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Sign Language Robotic Hand

The purpose of this project was to design a robotic hand for the deaf that area one hand amputee. The problem consisted of correctly doing American Sign Language. The criteria were to execut…

Simultaneous Inhibition of the PI3K/mTOR and Raf/MEK/ERK Pathways in Melanoma

Translational Medical Science

Melanoma stands as a growing problem in the world, and kills thousands of people every year. In an attempt to find a method of limiting the rapid proliferation and unchecked growth exhibited…

Single Cell Suspension and the Production of Factor VIII and Dilution Viability in Transfected Chinese Hamster Ovarian Cells

Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award

Hemophilia A is a recessive X-Linked disorder that effects one in every five thousand males. Hemophilia is characterized by a deficiency in Factor VIII (FVIII) in the bloodstream. Without FV…

Single-Track Gray Codes: An Efficiently Decodable Maximum Period General Construction and Extensions

Second Award

Gray codes are sequences of binary codewords with numerous applications in telecommunications, robotics, error correction, and graph theory. Single-track Gray codes are a subclass of Gray co…

Slaying the "Destructor": The Effectiveness of Alternative Varroa Mite Treatments

Biochemistry

In 1987, the Varroa destructor mite, an apivorous parasite, was introduced to the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera. Mite infestations are detrimental to honeybee hives, and if a colony conta…

SMART Cane: A Technology Integrated Device to Reduce the Fall Susceptibility of the Elderly

“SMART Cane” innovatively employs technology to reduce the fall susceptibility of the elderly. By focusing on minimizing the key aspects contributing to fall susceptibility, this project int…

SmartGuard: An Emergency Alert System for Android-OS

The purpose of this project is to create a wristband that would be able to work with an average smartphone that would alert emergency contacts with a pre-set message, and include other featu…

SMART House: Utilizing Embedded Electronics for Efficient Living

This project attempts to create a more energy efficient heating/cooling solution when compared to the traditional method of utilizing a whole house thermostat to maintain temperature. A typi…

SmartNotes: An Intelligent System that Enhances Efficient Social Communication in Learning Environments

Fourth Award

This project is designed to help people conveniently receive information regardless of any environmental distractions. One major factor contributing to inefficient communication in learning…

Smart Sensors for Localizing Blade Impacts

Humans are constantly creating and improving upon ideas and inventions. Our drive to improve has led to the creation and demand of lightweight structures. This has prompted the development o…

Soil Moisture Detection and Notification

The objective of this project was to use an intelligent moisture sensor to create a project that tests the moisture level of soil and alerts the plant owner if the plant needs to be watered.…

Solar Engine Applications III

The purpose of doing this project is that the world is dependent on fossil fuels. There are many ways to produce renewable energy. I have used the BASIC Stamp and Arduino to operate light se…

Solar Thermal Solutions II

The purpose of the experiment was to design and construct a solar thermal system that had two components; the first component was a panel that heated air by drawing it through porous copper…

Solution to the Realization Problem for Two Element Delta Sets

The study of error correcting codes seeks to minimize the redundancy needed for the accurate transmission of data on a fuzzy channel. Interference necessitates costly amounts of redundancy,…

Solving the Energy Crisis One Step at a Time

Finding a new sustainable, powerful, reliable and environmentally friendly form of energy has been a problem that has grown in importance over the last few decades due to the energy crisis.…

Solving World Hunger: One Family at a Time

The topic I researched was the production of green beans using bags of soil. I chose this topic because my grandfather was having both of his knees replaced in early spring and would not be…

Sorption Properties of Natural and Synthetic Materials

Due to human dependency on oil, it is constantly being drilled for. Safety precautions are used while drilling, but some oil still ends up in the ocean. These accidents cause harmful damage…

Sorting Nexin 27, a Novel Target Gene to Prevent Tumor Metastasis in Highly Aggressive Breast Cancer Cells

Translational Medical Science

Sorting Nexin 27 (SNX27) belongs to a super family of sortin nexins which mediate protein-protein interaction in intracellular trafficking, membrane remodeling, organelle motility, tight jun…

Squashing the Superbug: Discovery of Irreversible SrtA Inhibitors as Potential Antibacterial Drugs using a Novel Computational Drug Design Workflow

Fourth Award

Each year in the United States, at least 23,000 people die each year as a direct result of antibiotic-resistant infections with 80% of these deaths from gram-positive bacteria. One promising…

Stability of EPSPS Gene Copy Number in Glyphosate Resistant Amaranthus palmeri

Amaranthus palmeri is a type of weed known for being a threat to the genetically modified crops cotton and soybeans because of its resistance to the chemical herbicide, glyphosate. Glyphosat…

Stabilizing the Quality of Harvested Produce through the Introduction of Light and Dark Cycles, Year Two

Fruits and Vegetables have a circadian clock (physiological process for all living beings). It is believed this cycle continues after being picked. This investigation is the second phase in…

Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones: Middle School Students' Perceptions of Bullying

Systems Software

Research has shown that boys who bully are perceived as more aggressive and receive harsher punishments than girls who bully. In addition, people who bully girls are viewed as more aggressiv…

Stop the Bleeding! Discovery of a Novel Hemostatic Agent

Systems Software Third Award

This investigation aims to identify and optimize a composition that accelerates blood clotting. Severe bleeding is the leading cause of death on the battlefield and the second leading cause…

Structural Properties of 2-Bijective Connection Networks

Graph theory, a subfield of mathematics, is a versatile subject, able to be applied to numerous other fields such as computer science, sociology, and the physical sciences. Complex networks…

Studying Algal Lipid Production Under Nutrient Limitation to Develop a Dynamic Lipid Accumulation Model

Economic production of algal biofuel requires maximum lipid productivity. Optimizing production is more complex than choosing the best algal strain, since Algal oil content varies with envir…

Studying the Resilience of Ants through the Effects of Food in an Ant Colony's Environment

Biochemistry

The purpose of this project is to depict and analyze an accurate representation of the direct effects of food on an ant colony's egg count and population size. This come from the need and re…

Study of the Cellular and Molecular Signaling Processes which Influence Algal-Cnidarian Symbiosis and Bleaching

Fourth Award

Coral reefs and Cnidarians are hosts to symbiotic, nutrient-providing dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium/zooxanthellae). Almost all coral reefs experienced a major decline in the 1980s and climat…

Study of the Chemical Constituents and Properties of Passiflora Lutea through Isolation

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Natural products have a long-standing history of providing medicinally important compounds from aspirin all the way to taxol. Our group has an interest in identifying medicinally relevant co…

Sulfurization of Thin-Film Copper Antimony Sulfide for Low Cost and Environmental Friendly Solar Cells

Current common commercial solar cells use either crystalline silicon or thin-film cadmium telluride. Silicon in bulk crystalline form is expensive and cadmium is toxic. It is therefore desir…

Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Allicin

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Garlic and garlic extracts have numerous therapeutical properties that result from its organosulfuric compounds, notably allicin. The first primary objective of this experiment was to constr…