Translational Medical Science
GLP-1 drugs address diabetes-obesity crisis that claims 12 lives per minute from associated complications, yet their uncharacterized off-targets may pose long-term health risks. Current safe…
Software Design
School Buddy is a multi - functional communication app developed to centralize school announcements, messaging, homework partner matching, club announcements, and extracurricular activity pl…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Globally, 43 million blind and 295 million visually impaired individuals lack independent indoor mobility. Existing aids are either reactive (white canes), expensive (guide dogs), or ineffec…
Chemistry
Traditional silicon solar cells are limited to approximately 33% efficiency, proposed by the Shockley-Queisser limit. Singlet fission (SF), a process in which one singlet exciton splits into…
Translational Medical Science
AI-powered breast cancer diagnostics remain inaccessible in low-resource settings due to patient privacy constraints, high hardware costs, and bandwidth limitations. This project designed an…
Environmental Engineering
Purpose: The world loses billions of trees each year, and current reforestation efforts cannot keep pace. Drone-based seed planting has emerged as a promising solution, with current systems…
Chemistry
Humic acid supplements are marketed as natural detoxifiers that claim to bind harmful metals while leaving essential metals unaffected. This study evaluated the selective binding of copper a…
Biomedical Engineering
Diaphragm dysfunction is a major cause of respiratory failure, affecting millions of patients worldwide. Current assistive solutions rely on invasive approaches with high complication rates,…
Biochemistry
Obesity has increased to 1 in 8 people globally, causing dangerous comorbidities, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Many obese adults, particularly in low socio-…
Materials Science
Flexible electronics are an increasingly important field due to the growing demand for lightweight, bendable, and low-cost devices that can conform to nontraditional surfaces. Applications s…
Embedded Systems
Individuals who are deaf or deafblind face serious safety risks because they cannot perceive critical environmental sounds. Existing assistive technologies are often expensive, stationary, o…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Accurate and timely detection of emerging infectious outbreaks is critical for an effective public health response. While current systems like the National Syndromic Surveillance Program hav…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused by an uncontrolled immune response to infection and remains a leading cause of death worldwide, affecting nearly 49 million people annually, whe…
Translational Medical Science
Sepsis, responsible for 11,000,000+ deaths globally and 270,000+ annually in the U.S., is very time-sensitive. Mortality increases by 7.6% per hour of delayed antibiotic treatment. Bedside t…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
With the rise of Artificial Intelligence tools, society has seen a significant increase in their applications in high-stakes, sensitive industries. However, these tools often operate with op…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Breast cancer (BC) is the most expensive cancer to treat in the United States and a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Nuclear enlargement is a well-established histopathol…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Overcoming aerodynamic drag is crucial for reducing aviation’s fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. This study examines a biomimetic approach to skin-friction drag reduction through shark-ski…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Having a song stuck in your head is a common problem, and while music identification apps can be helpful sometimes, they have a limitation: they cannot process user humming, only prerecorded…
Environmental Engineering
Coastal erosion poses a significant threat to Louisiana's ecosystems, infrastructure, and communities, with land loss occurring at one of the highest rates in the United States. This study i…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Epilepsy affects over 50 million people, and one in three cannot stop their seizures with medication. Neuromodulatory therapies are the leading alternative, but development has been bottlene…
Biochemistry
Around the world, 15% of adolescents struggle with mental illnesses affecting mood and behavior. Depression, one of the most common conditions, is diagnosed primarily through clinical evalua…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are one of the most therapeutically important receptor families, being the target of >30% of FDA-approved drugs. Activating a GPCR changes its shape, allo…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Pedestrian-vehicle conflict at intersections is a major safety challenge, as conventional fixed-time traffic signals do not adapt to real-time pedestrian crossing behavior and drivers often…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Outdoor pets face risks from sudden flooding and extreme heat when owners are away. This project addresses engineering problem of designing an off-grid shelter that monitors and maintains a…
Translational Medical Science
Purpose: Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) causes a central scotoma that destroys reading ability. Static edge-enhancement aids exist but lack dynamic adaptation. This study developed a…
Chemistry
Current organic photovoltaics (OPV) have narrow light absorbance, inefficient electron transport, and low energy output. This project aims to solve these efficiency issues by designing an or…
Biomedical Engineering
Ultrasound(US)-guided vascular access requires a high level of expertise as the clinician must understand the spatial relationship between US probe, imaging, and the patient’s anatomy. Furth…
Animal Sciences
Numerous factors can affect avian biodiversity including air temperature, precipitation, wind, and air quality. This study aimed to determine how these meteorological and wildfire-related fa…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States, with metastasis responsible for the majority of CRC deaths. Emerging research suggests that micro…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality, primarily due to its high metastatic potential and difficulty of early detection. Current clinical approaches rely on low-s…