Many things that we depend on with transportation come from oil. Whether it is our package arriving on time to grocery store food being driven across the country. But that oil needs to be dug up from somewhere, and mistakes can happen. Over the course of humans digging up oil there have been multiple oil […]
C38: Japan’s Advancing Technology and Tsunami Intensity; A Cost Analysis
The general area of our research is tsunamis in Japan. Looking for the answer to our research question How has the advancement of Technology affect Cost of Natural Disaster Budget? We are conducting a cost analysis on the current warning systems/damage prevention systems from the past, present, and newly developed. At the same time, how […]
C34: Engineering an Oncolytic Adenovirus Containing HMGA1-Antisense for Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
Being one of the major cancers with the highest mortality rate and lowest 5-year survival rate, pancreatic cancer is growingly concerned world-wide. Recurrence rate after surgery is still high. Therefore, safe, affordable, and effective therapies are increasingly needed for a better outcome. The main objective of this project is to engineer an oncolytic adenovirus with […]
C35: Investigating the Role of the Gut Microbiome in the Onset of Type 1 Diabetes
My research is focused on Type 1 diabetes (T1D) and its potential link to the onset of T1D. T1D is an autoimmune disorder with a high prevalence and increasing incidence worldwide. T1D is characterized by a loss of insulin secreting β-cells, which places afflicted individuals at risk of death from complications and decreasing their quality […]
C37: Investigating the Efficiency of Nitrogen Fertilizer
Our research focuses on finding the most efficient fertilizer with the least environmental impact while still producing a high crop yield that incorporates the field of agriculture, environmental studies and business. We conducted our research by searching for information within published work. We used websites like the Web of Science and Google Scholar to find […]
C39: Sustainable Agriculture Project Proposal for Clean Water
Conventional industrial farming practices have greatly reshaped the environment, and some would say for the worst. While these modern practices amass large yields, it results in even greater damage to our soil and ultimately our water. Therefore, we set out to find an alternative to these practices and, through some digging, settled on regenerative agriculture. […]
C41: Synthesis of Copolymers through RAFT Polymerization
Biological macromolecules are some of the most fundamental examples of polymers with controlled sequences. Harnessing these abilities based on biological macromolecules will provide insight into potential synthesis of controlled sequence polymers in chemistry. In the upcoming experiment, block copolymers were synthesized through RAFT polymerization to potentially synthesize polymers with varying architectures and characteristics. The experiment […]
C42: Effects of Invasive Honeysuckle on Spring Wildflower Emergence
Invasive species, those being species that spread and thrive when outside of their native habitat, are a big issue in wildlife areas today. Amur Honeysuckle, the focus of my research, is a particular problem in the eastern United States. Compared to native plants, Honeysuckle grows its leaves out sooner and will keep them longer into […]
C43: Characterization of Magnetorheological Elastomers under Tensile Loading
Tensile testing on artificial skin is being proposed to ultimately help develop a wearable device that can constantly and accurately monitor blood pressure for individuals at a high risk for cardiac related illnesses. The expected outcome is that a range of compositions of artificial skin will be determined that most accurately mimic the same range […]
C44: Molecular Chaperone Implicated in Cancer Causation: Investigating the Role of Grp94’s Pre-N Domain
Molecular chaperones are a class of proteins that identify destabilized or misfolded proteins to prevent their aggregation as well as assist them in reaching their native conformations. Heat-shock protein 90 (Hsp90) proteins are a class of molecular chaperones of which Glucose-regulated protein 94 (Grp94) is the endoplasmic reticulum paralog. While Grp94 is responsible for the […]