2023 Blue Ribbon Judging Finalists
Listed by division, then project name.
Animal Sciences
Senior Division: Is Your Cat or Dog Really Spayed: A Novel Test to Diagnose Ovarian Remnant Syndrome
Junior Division: The Kitty CATch in Visual Impairment
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Senior Division: DSM Diagnosis is Dead: Novel, AI-Powered Biopsychosocial Fingerprinting for depressive, Anxiety, and Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
Junior Division: The Illusory Truth Effect: Influencing Human Health and Behaviors
Biochemistry
Senior Division: A Novel Approach to Treating Parkinson’s Disease with Amino Acids to Alleviate LRRK2 Gene Mutation Symptoms in C. elegans Evaluated Via the Use of Multidimensional Analysis Methods
Junior Division: Dopamine Makes You a Scholastic Machine
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Senior Division: Proliferous Metabolics
Junior Division: How does Direction, Distance and frequency impact sound localization in hearing aid wearer’s vs non hearing aid wearers?
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Senior Division: Attenuation of Methylglyoxal Cytotoxicity with Fisetin Rescue in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Junior Division: Effect of Targeting Multiple Neural Pathways Using Nutraceuticals on Cognition in Drosophila Melanogaster
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Senior Division: Monco: A Novel Deep Learning Pipeline to Predict Drug Candidates for the Inhibition of EZH2 Cofactors in Pediatric Neuroblastoma
Junior Division: An analysis of mRNA backbone in an aqueous solution data: Are there base mutations that make sequences less susceptible to degradation?
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Senior Division: Comprehensive Dataset Utilizing Meteorological and Topographical Feature Data for Next-Day Wildfire Spread Prediction
Junior Division: Banana Pads ?!?
Microbiology
Senior Division: Combating Pseudomonas Resistance: Cloning of ampC Gene Encoding for Beta-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Computational Mutagenesis of TEM-1 Beta-Lactamase to Identify Potential Allosteric Binding Sites and Inhibitors
Junior Division: Are The Natural Bactericidal Agents as Effective as Bleach?
Plant Sciences
Senior Division: Agro-Rhizoremediation: Rhizoremediation with Agro-transformed Oryza sativa to facilitate Arsenic degradation in-situ (Year III)
Junior Division: Soil Fever – A Scientific Analysis of the Effects of Polypropylene (Plastic) on Plants
Translational Medical Sciences
Senior Division: A translational approach to develop N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) as a biomarker for diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease
Junior Division: Football Safety: Does a Helmet Protect the Brain?
Biomedical Engineering
Senior Division: DiaWest: A Non-invasive Glucose Monitoring System for Diabetes Management
Junior Division: Development of a Portable Solar-Powered Cost-Efficient Sterilization Unit for Use in Developing Countries
Chemistry
Senior Division: Engineering a Cost-Effective and Biodegradable Cellulosic Battery Composition
Junior Division: Determination of Ascorbic Acid through Redox Titration
Embedded Systems
Senior Division: ChroniSense: Developing a Wearable Device for the Dynamic Detection, Tracking, and Mitigation of Chronic Pain
Junior Division: Plam Reading: A Novel Computer Vision Approach to Translating Sign Language
Energy: Sustainable Materials & Designs
Senior Division: Engineered Phototropism: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Residential-Use Solar Tracking Use Soft-Bodied Thermal Expansion
Junior Division: Piezoelectric Power Generation From Automotive Tires
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics
Senior Division: ArmAssist: A Lightweight, Concealable Active Arm Support that Empowers Victims of Muscular Atrophy
Junior Division: Project Guidance
Environmental Engineering
Senior Division: Plastic Waste: A Sustainable Aggregate for Concrete
Junior Division: Bio-Breeze: A Biodegradable Air Filter Using Snake Plant Cellulose Fibers
Materials Science
Senior Division: Synthesis of a Sustainable Bio-Nanocomposite Coating to Reduce Post-Harvest Agriculture Losses
Junior Division: The Impacts of Microwave Cooking Relative to Conventional Methods on Protein
Mathematics
Senior Division: Mathematical Modeling of CO2 Migration and Trapping in Geologic Formations for Risk Assessment of Carbon Sequestration Impacting Carbon Footprint
Junior Division: Analyzing the Effects of Gender and APOE Genes on AD
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Senior Division: VisAide: A Multifaceted Self-Learning AI Assistant for the Visually Impaired Using A Novel Context-Based Approach
Junior Division: Intelligent Traffic Light System
Physics and Astronomy
Senior Division: A Hierarchical Labeling Deep Learning Framework for Classifying Particle Jets for Generalizable Jet Tagging
Junior Division: Using Schlieren Imaging to Test the Efficacy of Different Facemasks for Reducing the Transmission of Respiratory Droplets
Systems Software
Senior Division: AIM-AI: An AI-Based Natural Language Processing Approach to Reducing Fatal Risks of Medical Imaging in Patients through Automated Imaging Order Selection
Junior Division: Plant Life – An app to aid gardeners
