Fourth Award
Nucleic acid aptamers are single stranded DNA or RNA that bind targets ranging from large biomolecules to small chemicals, with affinities and specificities emulating antibodies, and provide…
The purpose of our experiment was to build a a robot that dispenses medicine to people using and image recognition sensor. To do this we used two programming codes called Windstorm EV3 and P…
Topological insulators (TIs) are unique materials with novel quantum properties that arise from the existence of completely gapless surface states containing linear Dirac electronic dispersi…
Biomedical Engineering
This research sought to determine a relationship between the force exerted on the thoracic region by a sports bra and the lung function of the wearer. This query was inspired by high school…
Second Award
Streptococcus pneumoniae (MDRSp) has become multi-drug resistant. WHO lists it as the leading cause of child mortality globally. In developing countries, MDRSp causes 25-30% of child deaths.…
The purpose of this project is to create a computer program that will solve the Rubik’s Cube from any configuration in an efficient and logical fashion. I started by constructing an animated…
Eighty percent of the streams around the country sampled contained residues of drugs (USGS, 1999). The question is: What effect does the concentration of salicylic acid have on the growth of…
Second Award
The goal of this project is to design a low-cost earthquake early warning solution (Quakify) to provide adequate warning prior to hazardous ground shaking in a location. Harnessing the power…
Is it radioactive? That’s what everyone asks when I tell them that I test items from Prince William Sound (PWS) beaches with my family. I am concerned with what is, and what will be washed u…
Deep space exploration requires that food will need to be grown/ harvested on board the spacecraft. Storage space is minimal and would not accommodate the amount of food required for the dur…
As a reaction to Behind the Beautiful Forevers, a narrative chronicling the lack of sanitation in Mumbai slums, I engineered RainCloud, a financially feasible water conserving hand sanitatio…
The purpose of this app is to teach the rules of the lab in a fun and interactive way. My reasoning was when I started my BioComm class and we had to read 55 rules in for a science lab. It w…
Third Award
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the sixth leading cause of death in the nation. Although AD research is bustling, a concrete and effective treatment has yet to be found. The purpose of this proj…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In this work, experiments were conducted that used Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) on various bacterial samples with the goal of developing a method for the rapid determination of ba…
Fourth Award
The aim of this project was to develop a cost-effective, off-the-grid aluminum melting furnace that can safely melt 1,200 aluminum cans (approximately 35 lbs. of molten metal) per hour on a…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fluid intelligence (gF) is the basis of innovation, problem solving, and leadership; yet, a consistent theory of the neurological basis of gF is elusive. This study posited a new hypothesis…
Translational Medical Science
Cancer has threatened the lives of individuals all over the globe. With the rise of this infamous disease, prevention techniques such as radiation therapy and chemotherapy have been introduc…
The problem focuses on the optimization of making fibers from recycled polyethylene terephthalate in terms of an increase in sustainability in the process, efficiency of the product, and imp…
Third Award
Phosphorus is a limiting factor for algae blooms and often a problematic non-point pollutant. Stormwater basins are designed to collect urban and agricultural runoff, retain it, and remove p…
The purpose of the experiment was to identify an insulin sensitizer that would decrease the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease in Type II Diabetes patients, and to compare the effect of ins…
The purpose of this project is to develop a laser communications method for short space missions, voiding an emitter onboard the satellite bus. Building a cubesat to incorporate the new comm…
Within the increasing of age problems arise within your connective tissues. The most common connective tissue Articular Cartilage brings many problems to the body that deal with mobility. Th…
Translational Medical Science
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is a fatal neurodegenerative disease. This disease involves the degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons and leads to loss of skeletal muscle function, eve…
First Award
Two daunting problems facing humankind today are global warming and global hunger. Isolated chloroplast photosynthesis, which produces carbohydrates and sequesters carbon dioxide, is capable…
The purpose of this project was to determine the most effective method of remediation for blowback water from hydraulic fracturing. We tested two different methods of remediation; sand filtr…
Every year, 7 million people die around the world due to air pollution related causes, and 4,400 people die every day in China alone. Lung cancer rates have risen 465% in the last 30 years.…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Fourth Award
Heavy metals are increasingly found in drinking water worldwide from road, mining, agriculture and factory runoff. The heavy metals arsenic, cadmium, copper and lead are carcinogenic and cau…
Nutrient pollution is a widespread and serious contamination issue that occurs when excess aqueous phosphate causes severe algal growth, which curtails dissolved oxygen in freshwater bodies…
Third Award
Many outdoor extremists encounter loss of power for lighting, navigation, and communication devices in times of demand. Small problems soon escalate to major issues in absence of these techn…
Single atomic layer (2-Dimensional Semiconductor) materials may be fabricated from whole crystals. An example of fabrication is exfoliation of graphene from pyrolytic graphite. Many of these…