Biomedical Engineering
Long-term cigarette smoking can cause brain atrophy and cognitive impairment. Similar results were observed with chronic use of e-cigarettes. Therefore, it is essential to understand the bra…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Approximately 537 million adults (of 20-79 years) around the world are living with diabetes. It is estimated that 30% of diabetes patients end up developing some type of diabetic retinopathy…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
There are approximately 40 million imaging diagnostic errors annually worldwide (Itri, et al, 2018). Roughly 795,000 people in the U.S. alone die or are permanently disabled due to misdiagno…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Sustainable urban planning is essential to the future of cities and the harmony of humans and the environment. Increased urban infrastructure creates more area of impermeable surfaces, leadi…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Retinoblastoma (Rb) is a form of rapidly developing retinal cancer, and like many cancers, metastasizes via the release of lipid-encased extracellular vesicles (EVs) which create desirable c…
Animal Sciences
First Award
Populations of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Hawaii have become a source of concern over the past decade due to the tumor-causing disease fibropapillomatosis (FP), the number one cau…
Technology Enhances the Arts
The purpose of this experiment is to determine the effects of provided statistical data of a country's performance versus the disclosure of a given country's name on the perception of that c…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This investigation addresses clean water insufficiency in marginalized communities by exploring the viability of natural materials for water filtration. It was determined whether different r…
Systems Software
Third Award
There is an alarming increase in the population of ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBDs), with 475,000 cases reported annually, some of which are fatal. Due to limited training, healthcare pr…
Microbiology
Fourth Award
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is a poorly understood disease that is characterized by the overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine. Our current and most researched treatm…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Cleaning oil spills is a significant problem, especially in open-water systems. Many current remediation methods are expensive, not entirely effective, or are more detrimental to the environ…
Systems Software
The prevalence of dementia has increased over time as global life expectancy improves and populations age. An individual's risk of developing dementia is influenced by various genetic, lifes…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The late 20th and early 21st centuries have been marked by significant global climate change resulting in many environmental disasters. Specifically, the recent increase in both frequency an…
Biochemistry
Hydrogels are three-dimensional polymers that can serve as a strategy for sustained treatment of tumors by slowly releasing compounds into an area. By adding compounds such as AIPH and the n…
Translational Medical Science
Around 800 million individuals worldwide are estimated to have chronic kidney disease (CKD), with most cases being undiagnosed. Diagnosing CKD and other renal dysfunctions requires an assess…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
I characterized placenta and fetal brain tissues on the cellular level by leveraging single-cell (sc)RNA-seq data from pregnant pigtail macaques (Macaca nemestrina). My hypothesis was that t…
Biomedical Engineering
Lab-on-chip (LOC) technology is a developing nanotechnology that has promising applications in cell and tissue engineering. These devices must be hydrophilic, non-toxic, and inexpensive. Cur…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Smoke develops in the early stages of a wildfire and is vital to early prevention, but a new detection method is needed because smoke tends to be challenging to spot. This study used an imag…
Embedded Systems
This project focuses on developing a novel machine-learning (ML) solution on edge-devices, operating in high-noise environments, to detect major faults and events (such as crashes). Every ye…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
With water playing a fundamental and irreplaceable role in everyday life, water quality monitoring is crucial for preserving the aquatic ecosystem and ensuring a sustainable planet for the f…
Physics and Astronomy
Third Award
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) allows physicians to visualize metabolism in various organs and is widely used in cancer and neurological imaging. The radioactive tracer, usually Fluorode…
Translational Medical Science
Second Award
Across neurological drug development, researchers struggle with the inability of most drugs to pass through the blood-brain barrier (BBB), due to the semipermeable membrane’s high selectivit…
Translational Medical Science
Currently, 6.2 million adults suffer from heart failure (HF), with 30-40% surviving one-year post-hospitalization and a 30-day readmission rate of 23%. The urgent need for an affordable, spe…
Biomedical Engineering
Purpose: Surgical site infections cause significant morbidity and even mortality. Increase in wound pH has been correlated with infection and may identify infection before clinical symptoms…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
Adoptive Cell Therapy (ACT) is a promising form of Immunotherapy, wherein T-Lymphocytes are propagated in the laboratory and re-infused into patients. However, a major limitation to ACT is C…
Embedded Systems
Purpose: Children mistakenly left and trapped in cars can be victims of heatstroke, sometimes resulting in hospitalization, injury, and death. From 1990-2023, the average child vehicular hea…
Materials Science
Globally, 2-3 million skin cancer cases arise annually. This project proposes that Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) can be reduced by the creation of a non-synthetic UVR filter, and epidermal aff…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The 113 billion dollars of damages from Hurricane Ian prompted two needs: rapid first response and efficient reconstruction. However, first-response efforts were prolonged by the lack of eff…
Physics and Astronomy
Third Award
In light of the recent demonstration of breakeven on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) using indirect drive, interest in future indirect drive facilities has increased. A promising approa…
Chemistry
Implementation of biodegradable, eco-friendly, sustainable bioplastic films derived from fruit peels not only solves the issue of greenhouse gases emitted by disposed fruit waste in landfill…