Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The goal of this project was to create a better alternative to permanent magnet synchronous motors, by enhancing specific characteristics of the synchronous reluctance motor. Specifically, i…
Microbiology
Vibrio infections are an increasing global concern. These pathogenic bacteria not only affect humans but are also a leading cause of mortality in aquaculture, often linked to major oyster ha…
Biomedical Engineering
Exoskeleton robots have proven effective in rehabilitating patients with upper limb neuromuscular impairments. However, existing designs often lack essential components such as brain-driven…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Alzheimer’s disease affects over 55 million people worldwide, making early prediction crucial for timely interventions to slow disease progression and improve quality of life. Single Nucleot…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Drug discovery is intricate and costly. Current methods in de novo drug design rely on undiversified and scarce datasets due to the impossibility of recording all intermolecular interactions…
Translational Medical Science
Brain tumors represent a critical health challenge, affecting thousands of individuals annually and often leading to significant harm and mortality. Such challenges highlight the need for in…
Materials Science
Frequent forest fires, persistent air pollution, and the COVID-19 pandemic have sparked a surge in the widespread use of disposable face masks. At the height of the pandemic, 1.6 million ton…
Environmental Engineering
Since the invention of modern plastics during the 20th century, microplastics (MPs) have become one of the most pervasive anthropogenic pollutants on Earth—being found everywhere from the Ma…
Materials Science
A Faraday cup is a conductive cup that serves as a plasma detector, catching the charged particles in a vacuum and measuring the particle flow rate. Due to its advantages in being simple, ac…
Systems Software
PDF-based stegomalware is a growing cybersecurity threat that disguises malicious payloads within the tree structure of PDF documents, exploiting features like embedded JavaScript, metadata,…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Tau protein aggregation is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), disrupting neuronal function and impairing synaptic signaling. The clinical efficacy of tau aggregation inhibitors like TRx…
Biomedical Engineering
The Flexshoe addresses foot and ankle swelling and circulation issues, especially common in the elderly, targeting conditions like pedal edema, chronic venous insufficiency, and diabetic ede…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Waste pollution, driven by improper recycling practices, remains a pressing environmental issue that humans continually struggle to manage effectively. Building on last year's project, which…
Physics and Astronomy
Turbulence is a natural phenomenon that serves as an underlying principle for many other fields, ranging from astrophysical studies of star formation to climate change modeling. Due to its c…
Translational Medical Science
Major Depressive Disorder negatively affects millions worldwide by decreasing productivity, degrading physical well-being, and increasing the risk of suicide by 60%. Moreover, miscalculating…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Understanding pCO2 is essential for assessing the ocean's role in the global carbon cycle. However, in many current methods for predicting pCO2, satellite-derived measurements for regional w…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Water treatment plants use disinfectants like chlorine to eliminate waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid. However, disinfection results in the formation of disinfection byproducts…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
T-cell malignancies contribute significantly to the high mortality rates of lung and colon cancers, two of the deadliest globally. Current CAR T-cell therapies, while promising, suffer from…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The aerodynamic efficiency of an aircraft's nose cone is crucial to overall flight performance. Traditional nose cone designs are optimized for specific speed regimes, which limits their ove…
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains difficult to diagnose in its early stages. Current diagnostic approaches often miss subtle early symptoms, delaying intervention. In this research, a novel m…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Due to growing industries and poor methods of recycling, landfills are filled with millions of tons of wasted recyclable materials. Making recycling more accessible to communities around the…
Mathematics
In this study, I present a novel approach for model compression to reduce the size of neural network models. In recent years, with the rise of LLMs such as ChatGPT, deep learning models have…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Anthropogenic open burning is known to release hazardous chemicals and has been associated with an increased prevalence of cardiopulmonary issues. For example, studies show that veterans who…
Embedded Systems
In recent years, radar technology has gained significant interest in its application in detecting vital signs. It has the potential to play a crucial role in identifying obstructive sleep ap…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Thirty-five million Americans have an implanted medical device (IMD), like a pacemaker. IMDs have a fixed battery life (~7-12 years), requiring invasive surgery to replace the battery, with…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Zooxanthellae is the mutualistic microorganism that lives in coral and provides nutrients for the expansion of coral with the byproducts of photosynthesis. The main photosynthetic pigment is…
Microbiology
The oligodynamic effect is the ability of metals to kill microbes, including bacteria. This effect is vital to modern methods of sterilization, as biocidal metals are commonly incorporated i…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of various anti-plaque toothpaste formulations in reducing plaque, with a particular focus on comparing whitening and non-whitening products. P…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Globally, over 18% of men and 20% of women have been diagnosed with obesity as of 2025. While approved artificial sweeteners like aspartame, sucralose, acesulfame K, and saccharin are common…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Sepsis—a global health priority declared by the World Health Organization—is a life-threatening immune response to infection and the cause of 20% of all deaths. Early recognition is crucial,…