Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this experiment was to determine how the efficiency of an electromagnetic braking system changes as the electromagnet is moved farther from the wheel’s center. I hypothesized…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
In year two of building the electromagnetic wall climber the goal of building a robot capable of climbing steel structures remained the same. This year the project’s focus is on improving th…
Plant Sciences
The purpose is to better understand the relationships that arise between corn plants and their mycorrhizal symbionts in order to pursue agricultural applications of mycorrhizal fungi. The hy…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Every year, over 600,000 people suffer from neurological injuries in the U.S. alone, and about 80% of acute stroke survivors lose motor skills of the upper limb. Research shows that methodic…
Biomedical Engineering
Over the years, I have worked with the visually impaired and the blind community in aiding them in different necessities of their lives. The visually impaired and the blind are sometimes ove…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
To provide broader protection and eliminate the need for the annual update of influenza vaccines due to mutations in the hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) glycoproteins, biomolecular…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The understanding of genetic mutations and their effects is the foundation of personalized medicine. Currently, this interpretation is time-consuming, costly, and susceptible to bias, involv…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Third Award
Background: Peanut allergies are an epidemic with no cure. Microbiome alterations favoring Bacteroides fragilis can dampen a peanut allergy. To clinically translate prior findings, a complex…
Energy: Physical
Energy through Wind Induced Oscillation Junwei Tan Florida Southwestern Collegiate High School, Fort Myers, Florida, United States The goal of this project was to investigate the effectivene…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Fourth Award
Therapeutic targets for Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) pathology are non-specific, and the cellular mechanisms that drive tissue proliferation in AS are poorly understood. This study investigat…
Engineering Mechanics
In order to propose a solution to the issues of organ shortages and a new method for cancer testing, among others, the idea to engineer a low-cost hydrogel 3D bioprinter was brought about. T…
Biomedical Engineering
Fingers are an important part of the body and are needed for everyday life. If someone were to lose even a single digit, a significant amount of hand dexterity will be lost. The purpose of t…
Embedded Systems
Most people are familiar with a distinct chlorine smell that they often detect around an indoor pool. However, most are unaware when they detect this smell, they are actually inhaling a dang…
Biomedical Engineering
Cardiovascular disease is the worldwide leading cause of death, yet there is a salient lack of cheap and proactive solution towards this problem on a global scale. To address this issue, a c…
Embedded Systems
Third Award
Approximately 90% of the world’s 40 million blind live in developing nations. Less than 10% of blind children in the developing world go to school due to lack of accessible materials, and li…
Engineering Mechanics
Buoyancy issues as a result of a boat crash are called Bubble Butt Syndrome (“Sea Turtle Injuries”). There are no means of getting the trapped air out of the turtle without further injuring…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Third Award
The enzyme Fidgetin-like 2 (FL2) suppresses cell migration by severing intracellular filaments called microtubules (MTs). Mouse studies showed that depleting FL2 using small interfering RNA…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Wind energy has reduced our environmental impact, but it has also destabilized the power grid, which is an obstacle to green energy integration. If we can predict short-term (2-5 minutes) wi…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Background: Traditional chemical-based treatments for disease are non-specific and cause undesirable side effects. These non-target effects can be avoided by site-specific, targeted therapy…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Age-related diseases are resulting in premature aging in humans, and it is reducing society’s quality of living. Studying genes related to premature aging will help further research to creat…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
This study examines epigenetic therapy as a treatment for slowing the growth of cancerous liver cells. More specifically, epigenetic changes such as the abnormal patterning of DNA hypo- and…
Materials Science
Horse hair has the potential to be a low-cost, widely accessible suture material for the use in third world countries. Historically, horsehair was used during the Civil War and in ancient In…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
This experiment was designed not only from a continuation of a previous year, but as well as an improvement. Essential oils were present to prove that they have special and unique properties…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Angiogenesis is requisite for the growth and metastatic spread of solid tumors. Identifying pathological angiogenesis regulators will provide therapeutic targets against solid tumor growth.…
Engineering Mechanics
Third Award
According to the World Health Organization, over 285 million people are visually impaired, and high rates of illiteracy among them are mainly a result of an unaffordable technology for readi…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics, plastics under 5 millimeters in diameter, are becoming an increasingly problematic aspect of water pollution for both humans and the environment. There is an estimated micropl…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Introduction The purpose of this experiment is to bring awareness to air pollution. In recent years news reportings on severe wildfires, such as the California and Texas wildfires, has focus…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Severe weather events such as tornadoes and high-wind thunderstorms pose a significant threat to human life and well-being. According to the NOAA, severe storms have caused over $200 billion…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
The purpose of this experiment was to better understand the impact of coal ash pollution in the environment through studying its impact on the model organism C. elegans. Coal ash, a pollutan…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Concussions are a brain injury caused by an outside blow to the head or rapid movement of the brain inside of the skull. Over 3.8 million high school athletes are affected by these injuries…