Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of the experiment "Getting Crossed" is it will provide coaches with a tool to help players evaluate and adjust their skills and thus improve their free throw percentage and inevi…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
This investigation researches if using amino acids instead of nitrogenous bases in bacterial data storage systems protects against the corruption of the stored data due to mutations. The hyp…
Materials Science
The project used the memory shape and super elastic properties of nickel titanium alloy wire to move the fingers on a 3D printed hand. When nitinol heats to 500°C, the molecules set in that…
Plant Sciences
With more than 93% of corn produced in the United States being genetically modified in some way, it is challenging for non-GMO corn producers to prevent contamination of their crop from GMO…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of vaping in teenagers/adolescents on mental acuity. To test this, a mock Stroop Test was implemented and was used to test three different gr…
Translational Medical Science
Over the past year, approximately 10,000 American teens have died due to a prescription stimulant overdose. A comprehensive, accurate, and easily integrable approach to detect a drug overdos…
Translational Medical Science
The hypothesis of the project was that machine learning can be used to identify disease patterns in medical imaging. Machine learning functions were used to identify patterns in chest X-rays…
Translational Medical Science
Thousands of people are affected by ovarian cancer each year. Usually, ovarian cancer is not detected in the early stages. Typically, the cancer is detected when a tumor is already formed. T…
Environmental Engineering
With a goal of reducing sand usage and providing a use for waste plastic, the research conducted studied the impact of adding varying percentages of HDPE plastic by mass into concrete blocks…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Colon cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Sea cucumbers are a potential source of medicinal compounds and have been consumed in traditional Chinese medicine. Thus, it was hypothesi…
Translational Medical Science
The purpose of this experiment is to identify the effects of different 2 Deoxy-D-glucose (2DG) concentrations on the proliferation of cancer cells. It was hypothesized that if a 2DG concentr…
Biochemistry
The purpose of this experiment was to determine which comestibles, increased a daphnid’s heart rate the most. The independent variables were chosen to have equal numbers of stimulants and de…
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to explore the effect that ambient humidity has on the ability of Pisum Sativum var. Marcrocarpons (sugar peas) to Perform Photosynthesis. The Hypothesis t…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Planarian, more specifically Brown planarian have an extremely high concentration of neoblast stem cells and causes the planarian to have some of the most reliable regeneration powers. This…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Polystyrene takes up to 30% of landfill space by volume, and takes over 500 years to decompose. This makes finding a solution to disposing of plastics and Styrofoam imperative. Mealworms, Te…
Microbiology
I did research last year for my school science class testing out how well different cleaners you bought from the store, actually killed E.coli bacteria as advertised. I found the one that wo…
Systems Software
Channel State Information (CSI) describes the properties of a channel (i.e., the instantaneous amplitude and phase of a signal) in a wireless communications link. Transmitted Wi-Fi signals c…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions, becoming a preventable leading cause of death worldwide. A multitude of approaches and animal models have been employed to investigate the pathophys…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Surgical fires pose a major threat in the operating room (OR) to patients, personal, and to facility. Surgical Drapes served fuel for 85% of fires and 81% of fires involve electrocautery, wi…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This study presents a triboelectric (TENG) and electromagnetic (EMG) hybrid floor-tile nanogenerator to harvest the already expended energy of human footsteps for electrical energy conversio…
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this project is to attempt to combine the hyperloop with other techniques to make it cost-effective while being just as efficient. With the idea of Elon Musk’s hyperloop, comb…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects the nervous system, affecting millions worldwide. However, the early diagnosis of ALS is difficult since symp…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a growing field of therapeutics with lower risks of antimicrobial resistance compared to conventional antibiotics. However, experimentally testing peptides…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
2 statistically likely, novel drug candidates for solute transporter protein member 5, SLC5, were identified in this study. Dysfunction of a roundworm orthologue of SLC5, sulp-5, was linked…
Microbiology
Antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, called superbugs, require new strategies to improve infection treatment. In my previous years’ research, I discovered that the Native American herb…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Lupus Nephritis (LN) is an autoimmune disease that leads to chronic inflammation of the kidney and excessive proteinuria. Current methods of treatment involve management of symptoms and slow…
Microbiology
Currently over a million cases of cancer are diagnosed each year, around fifty percent result in death. Cancer only accounts for 2.5% of the 4,000 identified genetic diseases. Genetic diseas…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
According to the FDA, approximately 1.3 million people are injured due to medicine errors annually in the United States. A large percentage of these people are the elderly and people with mu…
Materials Science
The purpose of this experiment is to recreate the standard degradable sanitary pad with organic biodegradable ingredients to incorporate a more environmentally friendly alternative while uph…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Lateral ground displacement is a very dangerous soil phenomenon that occurs in small slopes. Lateral ground displacement can cause excessive damage to buildings and infrastructure but the ex…