Microbiology
The purpose of this study was to determine if allergen causing proteins are passing through the different filters of our school. Our school has three different filter systems of all differen…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This research designed, constructed, and tested an earthworm-inspired robot that can maneuver through narrow spaces in order to search for survivors in rubble or inspect dangerous sites with…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
If the effects of X-inactivation are observed with tortoiseshell cats, then it will be determined that lyonization is random and not predetermined because each female cell designates X chrom…
Materials Science
Commercially used sanitary napkins are dangerous for women and detrimental to the environment because it is contains harmful chemicals such as furan and dioxin. These chemical toxins are uns…
Animal Sciences
Honey bees are extremely important, performing about 80 percent of all pollination worldwide. Their population has been rapidly declining at an alarming rate. Multiple studies have shown lac…
Physics and Astronomy
Recently released data (2017-present) from the Herschel space telescope for both the PACS and SPIRE instruments provides far-infrared (FIR) data to better analyze and identify young stellar…
Engineering Mechanics
Sound technologies are developing at an exponential rate. Headphones have become integrated into everyday use which leads to the problem of listener separation from ambient auditory environm…
Energy: Chemical
Hydrogen gas has the potential to be a clean source of energy and can be used in fuel cells, but current methods of H2 production such as natural gas reforming use non-renewable resources an…
Engineering Mechanics
The construction of the rockets will be divided into 3 parts. The first part will be the making of the rocket bodies. They will be made using rolled up pieces of cardstock that are covered i…
Biomedical Engineering
First Award
The goal of this project is to design a cost effective, 3D printable biocompatible prosthetic foot, capable of facilitating full function with little compromised gait. 3D printing enables th…
Biomedical Engineering
In the U.S., catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are attributed to 49,334 CAUTIs/year, 13,000 deaths/year, and sum expenses of over $340 million/year. The objective of this…
Materials Science
The biodegradable materials from renewable natural resources contributes to sustainability and reduction in the environment impact associated with waste disposal. 3D printing offers the manu…
Biomedical Engineering
Introduction: MYH6 gene variants are associated with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), a complex form of Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). CRISPR/Cas9 is a new gene-editing technology th…
Biomedical Engineering
In the field of targeted therapeutic treatment, there is growing interest in utilizing 3-D printing to advance personalized medicine. The aim was to create modified biodegradable polymer com…
Animal Sciences
This project was conducted to determine the effects of weaning methods on the weight gain, growth rate, feed intake, and feed efficiency of beef calves. Three different weaning methods were…
Energy: Chemical
The purpose of this project is to test whether or not bacteria can produce enough electricity to eliminate the need to use electricity that comes from a power plant. The question proposed is…
Energy: Chemical
Solar energy is a rising new alternative to fossil fuel. The most common source of solar energy, silicon-based solar cells, are often overpriced and environmentally harmful. In light of this…
Systems Software
Clients using public logs should be able to securely verify that data in the log has not been maliciously changed or removed by the log’s server. Unfortunately, this verification in existing…
Animal Sciences
Planarians are a form of flathead worm from the Tubellaria class. Their regenerative properties are renowned. The properties of the frequency of 528Hz are being introduced into the medical f…
Animal Sciences
Honeybee populations in the U.S. are declining at an unsustainable rate. For Apis mellifera, aka the domestic honeybee used on farms, the primary culprit is the varroa mite. This is not the…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Multiple sequence alignments, alignments of three or more biological sequences play a critical role in phylogenetic tree development and identification of evolutionarily conserved regions. E…
Animal Sciences
First Award
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are important components of the peripheral and central nervous systems. Nematostella vectensis, the starlet sea anemone, is an important model syst…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Pathogen populations are not static, but instead sporadically mutate, posing a difficult threat to combat as they evolve to resist antibiotics. Fortunately, we can look to genetics to help p…
Materials Science
This study gathered data on the breaking strengths of four groups of chestnut lumber, American chestnut (Castanea dentata), Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima), BC3 hybrid chestnut, and B…
Animal Sciences
Fourth Award
A novel muscle myopathy in chickens, termed woody breast (WB), is causing meat quality issues leading to consumer complaints and economic losses to the global poultry industry. Detection and…
Microbiology
Second Award
Arsenic presence in groundwater is a major health hazard. Efficient ways to monitor and remove arsenic from water must be developed for communities to prevent the adverse health effects that…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
Noctiluca scintillans, a dinoflagellate species, has a unique capability as a mixotroph to both photosynthesize and feed on organic nutrients. This behavior has allowed it to persist in the…
Microbiology
Necrotic enteritis (NE), caused by Clostridium perfringens (CP), is a re-emerging disease in chickens due to the removal of growth promoters (low level of antibiotics) from poultry feed by m…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Third Award
Nitrophenols (Nphs), a chemical used for synthesizing in pesticides, insecticides, herbicides and other industries, is a major source of water pollution. Due to population growth, the usage…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The purpose of my research was to build an accurate solo musical instrument classifier that assigns a probability distribution of instrument class labels to a given audio signal. Last year,…