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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    High School Poster Expo
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A1-a - 2-Aminoethoxydiphenyl Borate (2-APB) Protects Mouse Brain Cells from H2O2 - Induced Injury
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Jieya Leng – Brookwood High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A1-b - 3D scanning-based custom ankle rehabilitation device
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Justin Minjun Chun – Seoul International School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A2-a - A Caudate-Derived RNA Biomarker for Hydrocephalus
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Esol W. Shim – Dublin Jerome High
    Primary Investigator: Joon Shim
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A2-b - A Coupled HPA-Mirror Neuron Model of Chronic Maternal Stress and Autism Susceptibility
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Bhavya Dwivedi – Emerald High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A3-a - A Low-Cost Custom Device to Facilitate Precise Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Warren Wang – Wayzata High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A3-b - A Minimal HPA Axis Model Linking Cortisol Dynamic, Genetics, and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Mahita Chava – California High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A3-b - Modeling Relapse and Remission in Multiple Sclerosis Through T Cell Dynamics
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Mahita Chava – California High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A4-a - A Multi-Agent Framework for Enhanced Diagnostic Accuracy: Achieving State-of-the-Art Performance with Smaller Models
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Troy Liu – Green Valley High School
    Co-Author: Shengjie Zhai – University of Nevada Las Vegas
    Co-Author: Ming Zhu – University of Nevada Las Vegas
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A4-b - A Multilingual Framework for Dysarthria: Detection, Severity Classification, Speech-to-Text, and Clean Speech Generation
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ananya Raghu – NA
    Co-Author: Anisha Raghu – NA
    Co-Author: Nithika Vivek – NA
    Co-Author: Sofie Budman – NA
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A5-a - A Neuroprotective Target in the Shadows: What are the Implications of Pharmacological Gaps in Sigma-1 Receptor (σ1R) Agonism?
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Azzy (Alexa) Q. Xiang – Dublin Jerome High School & The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Mihir Khanna – Wissahickon High School
    Co-Author: Naisha Deepak – Wake Early College of Health and Sciences
    Co-Author: Leqing Chen – Lowell High School
    Co-Author: Izna Khanna – Saratoga High School
    Co-Author: Aarush Kulkarni – Heritage High School
    Co-Author: Shrishti Harish – Mountain House High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A5-b - A Novel High Impedance Ground Surface for Wireless Optogenetics
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Hans Park – College Station High School
    Co-Author: Guoyan Wang – ShanghaiTech University / School of Biomedical Engineering
    Primary Investigator: Sung Il Park – ShanghaiTech University / School of Biomedical Engineering
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A6-a - A Novel Neuromuscular-Electrical-Stimulation Optimized Rehabilitation Assistant for Orthopedic Surgeries
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Lekha Karthik – Hamilton High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A6-b - A Pilot Study Evaluating the Mechanical Strength and Fatiguability of Various Fixation Strategies for Sacral Insufficiency Fractures
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Sanjana Shankar – Hamilton Highschool
    Primary Investigator: Mei Wang – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Co-Author: Linda Mcgrady – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Co-Author: Steven Cherney – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Co-Author: Grant quiling – Medical College of Wisconsin
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A7-a - A Portable sEMG-Driven Haptic Feedback System for Post-Stroke Proprioceptive Recovery
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Roopa Rajagopalan, n/a – Fremont High School
    Co-Author: Soveen Agarwal, n/a – Mountain View High School
    Co-Author: Veer Mistry, n/a – Irvington High School
    Co-Author: Yichen Zhang, n/a – BASIS Independent Silicon Valley Upper School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A7-b - A Post-Processing Pipeline for Stitching Cell and Nuclei Masks in Tiled Histology Images
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Yu-Hsiang Yeh – The Science Academy STEM Magnet
    Co-Author: Samuel Perrott – UCLA
    Co-Author: Eric Huang – UCLA
    Last Author: Willy Hugo – UCLA
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A8-a - A Real-Size Dynamic Knee Joint Model for Compression Simulation
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Jacob Park, n/a – Lakeridge High School
    Primary Investigator: Abraham Youngbok Kang, n/a – George Fox University
    Co-Author: Laura Harper – George Fox University
    Co-Author: Hoseong Yoo – ConnectSTEM
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A8-b - A Real-Time, Artificial Intelligence-Driven, Non-Contact Monitoring System for Early Detection of Hospital-Induced Delirium
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Gurnoor Kaur – Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A9-a - A Wearable Iontophoresis Treatment Device for Hyperhidrosis
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Kavya R. Gounder – George School
    Co-Author: Christina Glover – MIT Lincoln Laboratory
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A9-b - A Wearable Patch for Real-Time Monitoring of Physiological Strain Index to Assess Heat Strain in Workers Under Harsh Conditions
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Daniel E. Yeo – Lambert High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B1-a - Analyzing mechanosensor role in regulating Drosophila heart function through optical coherence microscopy imaging
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Elizabeth Butler – Brentwood High School
    Co-Author: Abigail Matt – Washington University in St. Louis
    Co-Author: Elena Gracheva – Washington University in St. Louis
    Primary Investigator: Chao Zhou, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B1-b - Analyzing the Antibacterial Efficacy of 3D-Printed Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) Wound Dressings
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ananya Purohit, n/a – Vista del Lago High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B2-a - Application of Optical Coherence Microscopy for RVCL-S disease research in Drosophila melanogaster
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Dante Zou – Clayton High School
    Primary Investigator: Chao Zhou, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis
    Co-Author: Elena Gracheva – Washington University in St. Louis
    Co-Author: Abigail Matt – Washington University in St. Louis
    Co-Author: Fei Wang – Washington University in St. Louis
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B2-b - Artificial Intelligence for the Classification and Analysis of Heart, Lung, and Bowel Sounds
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ansh Kapadia – Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
    Co-Author: Yen-Sheng Lin – University of Texas Southwestern
    Primary Investigator: Eric Ortigoza – University of Texas Southwestern
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B3-a - Artificial Intelligence–Derived Cellular Morphometric Biomarkers Reveal Morphologic–Molecular Associations in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ryan Hong – Albany High School
    Co-Author: Kenneth Iczkowski – UC Davis
    Last Author: Hang Chang – Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B3-b - Assessing Ethnic Disparities in the Accuracy of Wearable Biomedical Devices
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Anaya Jain – Silver Creek
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B4-a - Assessing the Efficacy of Antioxidant-rich Compounds on Reducing the Embden-Meyerhof Pathway in 3T3-L1 Fibroblast Cells
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Zeren B. Li – Westview High School
    Co-Author: Erica Kim – Branham High School
    Co-Author: Kaide Zou – Troy High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B4-b - Augmented Reality Guided Needle Controller for Cost‑Effective Epidural Steroid Injection
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ahana Singh – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Alex Sur – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Michael Portnoy – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Ethan Black – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Sherry Huang – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Gurshawn Boparai – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Rudy Zhang – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Runsong Yu – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Juho Lee – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Songyuan Lu – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Linda Shi – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
    Primary Investigator: Frank Talke, PhD – University of California, San Diego
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B5-a - Automated classification of pancreatic neuroendocrine and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tumors using label-free multiphoton microscopy and machine learning
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Vineeth Menon – Paradise Valley High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B5-b - Automated Detection of Fetal Abnormalities
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Dharshana Uvaraj, n/a – Independence High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B6-a - Automated Pneumonia Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks on a Synthetic Chest X-ray Dataset
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Veena Karthik, n/a – Novi High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B6-b - Automatic Language-Model Based Chest X-Ray Image Annotation from Radiology Reports
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Alex Lu – Briarcliff High School
    Co-Author: Pingkun Yan – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B7-a - Automatic Medication Dispenser Powered By Image Recognition To Combat Medication Non-Adherence
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Sophie Barriault – Billerica Memorial High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B7-b - Automation of Bactopia Pipeline for Tracking Antibiotic Resistance from Treated Municipal Wastewater Reuse in a Spinach-Grown Lysimeter System
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Haiyue Ming – UCSD
    Co-Author: Connor Lee – UCSD
    Co-Author: Sree Vadlamudi – UCSD
    Co-Author: Chenhao Zhang – UCSD
    Co-Author: Derek Lam – Westview High School
    Co-Author: Matthew Cho – UCSD
    Co-Author: Ashley Fang – UCSD
    Co-Author: Brady Wu – UCSD
    Co-Author: Elle Eisenbeis – UCSD
    Co-Author: Ria Poluru – UCSD
    Co-Author: Sruthi Eyunni – UCSD
    Co-Author: Isabella Chin – UCSD
    Co-Author: Daniel Vinegrad – UCSD
    Co-Author: Adit Gownipalli – UCSD
    Co-Author: Anna Zhang – UCSD
    Co-Author: Chujing Zheng – University California Riverside
    Primary Investigator: Linda Shi – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
    Last Author: Yujie Men – University California Riverside
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B8-a - Blink Twice for Prosthetic Control: Low-Cost EEG Blink Sequencer for Multi Command Control
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Anukha Vusirikala – Castilleja School
    Primary Investigator: Simarjeet Saini – University of Waterloo
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B8-b - Blood Pressure Challenges: Mechanisms, Measurement and Potential Solutions
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Amina Afandiyeva – SABIS SUN International School Azerbaijan
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B9-a - Brain Impact Protection System (BIPS): Intelligent Real-time Concussion Detection for Contact Sports
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Abhinav T. Kothapalli – Www.Medical-X.com
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B9-b - Breaking the Silence, Lighting the Dark: Innovations in Usher Syndrome Treatment
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Dhruva S. Singu, Mr – Orlando Science High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C1-a - Correctional Algorithm Analyzing Racial Bias in Blood Oxygen Levels from Oximeters
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Reshma Sudhakar – Silver Creek High School
    Co-Author: Audrey Huynh – Silver Creek High School
    Primary Investigator: Sakthivel Sadayappan – University of Arizona
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C1-b - CT Segmentation of Femurs and Vertebrae in Middle-Aged and Older Adults Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Rasya L. rkolakaleti@guilford.edu – The Early College at Guilford
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C2-a - Daily Sleep Prediction Using Wearable Sensors and Self-Reported Behavioral Metrics: A Multimodal Machine Learning Approach
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Erica S. Wu, n/a – Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School
    Co-Author: Max Sun – Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School
    Co-Author: Shifali Sharma – University Of Maryland, Baltimore County
    Co-Author: Karen Chen – University Of Maryland, Baltimore County
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C2-b - Deep Learning Model for Classification of Helicobacter pylori Infections
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Wilfredo Villanueva Erazo – Pioneer Charter School of Science I
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C3-a - Delivery and In-Situ Deployment of 3D-Printed Leached SMPs for Endovascular Management of Intracranial Aneurysms
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Daniel Spirydovich, n/a – Purdue University
    Co-Author: Juan Camilo Mesa – Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
    Co-Author: Sergio Ruiz Vega, n/a – Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
    Co-Author: Chung-Hao Lee – The University of California, Riverside
    Primary Investigator: Hyowon Lee, n/a – Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C3-b - Design of Lightweight Floating Mazes for Head-Fixed Mouse Behavioral Experiments
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Christina Peng – Mahomet-Seymour High School
    Co-Author: Zooey Chen – University Laboratory High School
    Last Author: Yun-Sheng Chen, PhD – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C4-a - Designing a Neural-Network generated, High-affinity Peptide Binder to the Brd4 Extra-terminal domain to Outcompete Retroviral peptides utilizing a Computational Pipeline
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Twisha Bhattacharyya – Edgewood Jr./Sr. High School
    Primary Investigator: Alberto Perez – University of Florida
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C4-b - Designing a Novel Bamboo-Inspired Lattice Structure for 3D-printed Total Knee Arthroplasty Implants: Finite Element Method and Machine Learning-based Optimization Approach
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Yaejoon Jung, High school student – Phillips Academy
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C5-a - Determination of Peptide Effect on PC12 Calcium Dynamics Compared to NGF via Fluo-4 AM Fluorescence Microscopy
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Jia Dang – UCSD Institute of Engineering in Medicine, United States
    Co-Author: Katrina Chao – University of California San Diego
    Co-Author: Alexander P. Chung – University of California San Diego
    Co-Author: Sijin Qu – UCSD Institute of Engineering in Medicine, United States
    Co-Author: Sylvie Brown – UCSD Institute of Engineering in Medicine, United States
    Co-Author: Kerui Wu – UCSD Institute of Engineering in Medicine, United States
    Co-Author: Avni Krishnamoorthy – UCSD Institute of Engineering in Medicine, United States
    Co-Author: Yue Yu – UCSD Institute of Engineering in Medicine, United States
    Co-Author: Patrick Zhao – UCSD Institute of Engineering in Medicine, United States
    Co-Author: Paisley A. Ruddy – UCSD
    Co-Author: Darren Pai – UCSD
    Primary Investigator: Linda Shi – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Chengbiao Wu – UCSD
    Last Author: Veronica Gomez-Godinez, PhD – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C5-b - Developing a Convolutional Neural Network to Detect Early and Flared-Up Eczema
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Kellen E. Uhegbu – Del Norte High School
    Co-Author: Ethan T. Yu – Del Norte High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C6-a - Development of an Affordable, Handheld Palpation-Tracting Device for Real-Time Vein Mapping Using Force Resistive Sensors
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Stepan Mkrtchian – West Springfield High School
    Co-Author: Subaita Mahmuda – West Springfield High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C6-b - Digital Projector-Based Spatially Controlled Cell Apoptosis for Precision Tissue Editing
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Pragya Modgil – Johns Creek High School
    Co-Author: Ryan Joshi – Johns Creek High School
    Co-Author: June Choi – Johns Creek High School
    Co-Author: Abigail H. Lee – Johns Creek High School
    Primary Investigator: Sung Jin Park – Georgia Tech and Emory Univ
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C7-a - Disruption of Astrocyte Communication by Carbenoxolone During Shockwave-Induced Stress
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Alexis Kukkonen – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Serina Yan – UCSD
    Co-Author: William Chang – UCSD
    Co-Author: Brandon Ng – UCSD
    Co-Author: Christopher Lee – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Jason Kai – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Amina Matai – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Hayley Liu – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Felix Ding – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Darren Pai – UCSD
    Co-Author: Paisley A. Ruddy – UCSD
    Co-Author: Chengbiao Wu – Department of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
    Primary Investigator: Linda Shi – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
    Last Author: Veronica Gomez – UCSD
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C7-b - Distance-Dependent Reactive Astrogliosis Induced by a Refined Laser-Induced Shockwave System
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Kate Zhao – UCSD
    Co-Author: William Chang – UCSD
    Co-Author: Serina Yan – UCSD
    Co-Author: Brandon Ng – UCSD
    Co-Author: Paisley A. Ruddy – UCSD
    Co-Author: Medha Ravi – UCSD
    Co-Author: Angela Shen – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Yee Tong Lam – UCSD
    Co-Author: Ethan Chan – UCSD
    Co-Author: Michael Busalacchi – UCSD
    Co-Author: Jessica Liu – UCSD
    Co-Author: Chengbiao Wu – UCSD
    Primary Investigator: Linda Shi – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
    Last Author: Veronica Gomez – UCSD
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C8-a - Distinct EEG Spectral Signatures Differentiate Alzheimer’s Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, and Controls
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Aarian Dasgupta – Monte Vista High School
    Co-Author: Samyak Jain – Bellarmine College Preparatory
    Co-Author: Achint Kumar – Socratic Academy
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C8-b - DNA Origami-based Multigene-carrying, Nucleus-targeting Nanorobots for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Gene Therapy
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Sanya Kapoor – DEL NORTE HIGH SCHOOL
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C9-a - Effect of Albumin Supplementation on Planaria Head Regeneration
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Christian Lee – High Technology High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C9-b - Effects of Hypoxia on Neonatal Brachial Plexus Tissue during Complicated Birthing.
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: yashvy patni – North Creek High
    Last Author: Anita Singh – Temple University
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D1-a - From Data to Design: Bioinformatics Insights Guiding Biomedical Engineering Strategies for Glioblastoma Drug Development
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Gabriel Muraszczuk – RISING RESEARCHERS
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D1-b - From Pixels to Pulse: Enhancing Remote Photoplethysmography (rPPG) Accuracy in Compressed Videos
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Farhan Tariq Ansari – The Harker School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D2-a - Functional and structural characterization of mechanosensitive Piezo1 channel in disease
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Dhruv Veerepalli – UCSD
    Co-Author: Sophia Liu – UC San Diego
    Co-Author: Isabella Fahy – UCSD
    Co-Author: Joshua Lee – UCSD
    Co-Author: Isabel Rizo – UCSD
    Co-Author: Ashanti Jones – UCSD
    Co-Author: Sanya Vasant – UCSD
    Co-Author: Maanya Shrivastava – UCSD
    Co-Author: Joshua Pillai – UCSD
    Co-Author: Chengbiao Wu – Department of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
    Primary Investigator: Linda Shi – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D2-b - Generative Protein Design Using Diffusion Models for Targeted Cancer Therapeutics
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Jaelyn S. Liang – Westview High School
    Co-Author: David He – Westview High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D3-a - Genomic, Proteomic, and Functional Validation of CRISPR/Cas9 Knockouts in Mammalian Cell Lines
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Titan Yasir – Rice University
    Co-Author: Melissa S. Cantú – Rice University
    Co-Author: Abigail Fabiano – Rice University
    Last Author: Michael King – Rice University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D3-b - Global trends in clinical trials involving engineered biomaterials
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Mahima Lele – Bridgeland High School
    Co-Author: Shaunak Kapur, n/a – Seven Lakes High School
    Co-Author: Sarah Hargett – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Nivedhitha Malli Sureshbabu – Texas A&M University
    Last Author: Akhilesh Gaharwar – Texas A&M University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D4-a - Heat Sensing Glove to Prevent Cold-Related Illness in Raynaud's Syndrome Patients
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Willow Olson – High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D4-b - High-Fidelity Medical Simulation: A Global Imperative for Enhancing Healthcare Training and Patient Outcomes
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Abhinav T. Kothapalli – Www.Medical-X.com
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D5-a - Highly Porous Nanofiber-Based Microspheres for Effective Tissue Regeneration
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ryan Chae – Elkhorn High School
    Co-Author: Donghee Lee, PhD – University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Last Author: Jingwei Xie – University of Nebraska Medical Center
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D5-b - Identification and Biocuration of the Top Clinically Relevant Disease Biomarkers using BiomarkerKB Database
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Sparsh Gupta – Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose, CA, 95148
    Co-Author: Sohana Bahl – Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA, 22312
    Co-Author: Isaac Kim – Bioinformatics, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20052
    Co-Author: Maria Kim – Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20052
    Co-Author: Daniall Masood – Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20052
    Last Author: Raja Mazumder – Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20052
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D6-a - Image Analysis of the Osteochondral Interface Development in Micro-Computed Tomography Images
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Diane Ferragu – Miss Porters School/University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Emily Shulman – The Emery/Weiner School
    Co-Author: Albert Chen, PhD – University of California San Diego
    Last Author: Robert Sah, MD, ScD – UC San Diego
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D6-b - Impact of Phenylalanine 2561 Mutations on von Willebrand Factor Dimer Stem Formation and C4–αIIbβ3 Binding
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Leo Song – Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
    Co-Author: Fan Gong, MD – University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Co-Author: Decheng Hou – University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Primary Investigator: Frank Zhang, PhD – University of Massachusetts Amherst
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D7-a - Impacts of DNA damage levels on P16 expression after Laser Ablation
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Prisha Prisha – UCSD
    Co-Author: Paisley A. Ruddy – UCSD
    Co-Author: Darren Pai – UCSD
    Co-Author: Shuwan He – UCSD
    Co-Author: Stella Liu – UCSD
    Co-Author: David Liu – UCSD
    Co-Author: Ronith Kumar – UCSD
    Co-Author: Nolan Yu – UCSD
    Co-Author: Kelson Jin – UCSD
    Co-Author: Diya Sriramagiri – UCSD
    Primary Investigator: Linda Shi – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Veronica Gomez-Godinez, PhD – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Nabora Reyes de Barboza – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D7-b - Improving Child Health in LMICs Through Wearable Vital Sign Monitoring Technologies
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Daniel Borisevich, n/a – Lexington High School
    Co-Author: Dhruv Seshadri – Lehigh University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D8-a - Improving Target Representation in the HW101 Health and Wellness Panel Through PCR Optimization
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ander Zhang-Chen – Horizon Prep
    Last Author: Zachary Cabin – GeneGoCell
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D8-b - Influence of p16INK4a+ Expression Levels on Calcium Signaling after Bleomycin-Induced DNA Damage in Lung Fibroblasts
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Sarang Kim – UCSD
    Co-Author: Shuwan He – UCSD
    Co-Author: Paisley A. Ruddy – UCSD
    Co-Author: Katrina Chao – University of California San Diego
    Co-Author: Darren Pai – UCSD
    Co-Author: Johnny Zhu – UCSD
    Co-Author: Cecilia Colangeli – UCSD
    Co-Author: Melody Zong – UCSD
    Co-Author: Yun Lai – UCSD
    Co-Author: Zining Lu – UCSD
    Co-Author: Rehaan Hassan – UCSD
    Primary Investigator: Linda Shi – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Veronica Gomez – UCSD
    Last Author: Nabora Reyes de Barboza – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D9-a - Integrating Digital Health and Education to Overcome Menstrual Taboos in Semi-Rural India
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Aditi Ramamurthi – Lehigh University
    Co-Author: Rupa Ravi Seshadri, MPH – Lehigh University
    Last Author: Dhruv Seshadri – Lehigh University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D9-b - Integrating Machine Learning Methods for Enhanced PCOS Diagnosis
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Aarnav Muddula – Enloe Magnet High School
    Primary Investigator: Bhadresh Amarnath – Elmira College
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E1-a - Miniaturized In-Stent Biosensors with Porous Polymer Dielectrics for Real-Time Intracranial Pressure Sensing
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Nathan Kim – Georgia Tech University
    Primary Investigator: W. Hong Yeo – Georgia Tech
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E1-b - Mitochondria Trafficking In Axonal Health And Neuroprotection
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Annabel Lee – Ardrey Kell High School
    Co-Author: Prashant Adhikari, Masters – UNC, Charlotte
    Co-Author: Khayzaran Qubbaj, Masters – UNC, Charlotte
    Primary Investigator: In Hong Yang – UNC, Charlotte
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E2-a - Mitochondrial and Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Neuronal Degeneration in Parkinson’s Disease
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Claire Lim – Canyon Crest Academy
    Co-Author: Ahmed Abushawish – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Maria Hutterer – University of California, San Diego
    Primary Investigator: Gulcin Pekkurnaz – University of California, San Diego
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E3-a - Morphological distinctions in mesenchymal stem cell nuclei as a potential indicator of differentiation.
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Rohen Vargo – St. Margaret's Episcopal High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E3-b - Multi-Modal Autism Brain MRI Analysis Using Deep Learning Models
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Vedant Parikh – Dougherty Valley High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E4-a - Multimodal Biophysical Enhancement of Osteogenesis in Spheroid-Derived Dental Pulp Stem Cells via Iron Oxide Nanoparticle–Infused Scaffolds and Static Magnetic Fields
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Rohan Hablani – Arnold O. Beckman High School
    Co-Author: Dvita Bhattacharya – Yale University
    Co-Author: Alice He, n/a – Stanford University
    Co-Author: Matthias Kim – California Institute of Technology
    Co-Author: Jessica Hofflich – Stony Brook University
    Co-Author: Shi Fu – Stony Brook University
    Primary Investigator: Miriam Rafailovich, PhD – Stony Brook University
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E4-b - MyoGelix: A Tunable Hydrogel for Volumetric Muscle Loss Repair
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Meera Menon – James B. Conant High School
    Co-Author: Kruthi Avula – Lafayette High School
    Co-Author: Avyukth Raghuraman – Lafayette High School
    Primary Investigator: Koyal Garg, PhD – Saint Louis University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E5-a - Nano-Gelatin Delivery System for Targeted Chemotherapy in Malignant Melanoma
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Jason Sun – Carmel Catholic High School
    Co-Author: Jui-Sheng Sun – National Taiwan University College of Medicine
    Co-Author: Ching-Yun Chen – National Central University, Department of Biomedical Sciences & Engineering
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E5-b - Near-Infrared-II (NIR-II) Emitting Nanoparticles for Image Guided Interventions
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ruhan Reddy, High School – Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University
    Co-Author: Indrajit Srivastava, PhD – Texas Tech University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E6-a - Network-Centric Resistance Prevention via Physics-Informed AI and Synthetic RNA Therapeutics: Establishing Synthetic Resistance Collapse Points
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E6-b - NeuroLimb: Cost-Effective EEG-Based Sensory Neuroprosthetic
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Roshan Amurthur – Synovo Inc.
    Co-Author: Oliver Chen – The Harker School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E7-a - New Treatment for Hydrocephalus: Sugar Delivered Superior Sagittal Sinus Valve
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Camellia Abshire Cohen – Winston Churchill High School
    Co-Author: Jennifer Blain Christen, PhD – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Daniel Gulick, Dr. – Arizona State University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E7-b - Next-Generation Tissue Engineering for Diabetes: Biomaterials, Bioprinting, and Regenerative Strategies
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Abhishek R. Sriram – Liberty High School
    Last Author: Ruchita Mahesh Kumar, Masters – UT Southwestern
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E8-a - Non-Invasive Wearable Eye Patch for Glaucoma Therapy
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Nayani Annamalai – The Early College at Guilford
    Primary Investigator: Mohammad Moghimi – Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E8-b - Novel Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs) to Target and Treat Neuroendocrine Tumors with Engineered Somatostatin Receptor 2 Monoclonal Antibodies
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Phoebe Hu – Academy for Allied Health Sciences
    Co-Author: Zhuoxin Zhou – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Zhantao Du – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Jiashuai Zhang – The Ohio State University
    Primary Investigator: Margaret X. Liu – The Ohio State University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E9-a - Optimization of Cell Seeding in a Cylindrical Vascular Microfluidic Device
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: James Zhang – Bucknell University
    Co-Author: Jack Glennon – Bucknell University
    Primary Investigator: Olivia Boerman – Bucknell University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E9-b - Optimizing Synthetic Blood for Oxygen Transport: A CFD Approach
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ananya Menon – Dublin High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F1-a - Semantic-Aware Medical Image Segmentation via Large Language-Vision Models
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Jonathan T. Yu – Arnold O. Beckman High School
    Co-Author: Hannah Sun, n/a – International Polytechnic High School
    Co-Author: Naomi Sun, n/a – International Polytechnic High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F1-b - Silicone Scaffolds for Magnetic Resonance based Oximetry in Cellular Implants and Tissue Culture
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Nihira Sane – Hamilton High School
    Co-Author: Lakshmisree Damodaran – School of Biological Health Systems and Engineering, Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Charmayne Seaton – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Samrat Amin – Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
    Primary Investigator: Vikram D Kodibagkar – Arizona State University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F2-a - Sleep and Parkinson's: A Novel Computational Approach for Early Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Aditi N. Nair – Maggie L. Walker Governor's School
    Primary Investigator: Dean J. Krusienski, PhD – Virginia Commonwealth University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F2-b - Smartphone Imaging of Conjunctival Microvessel Tortuosity Changes Associated With High Blood Pressure Changes Associated With High Blood Pressure
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Mihika Gagare – Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
    Co-Author: Haripriya Sakthivel – Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
    Primary Investigator: Young Kim – Purdue University
    Co-Author: Michelle Karker – The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, MA, USA
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F3-a - Soft Robotics for Neuroadaptive Assistance: Actuation, Sensing, and Brain-Computer Interface Integration
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Arjun Raina – Vinjamuri Lab, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
    Co-Author: Abhay Raina – Vinjamuri Lab, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
    Co-Author: Viraj Janeja – Vinjamuri Lab, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
    Co-Author: Parthan Olikkal, MS – Vinjamuri Lab, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
    Primary Investigator: Ramana Vinjamuri, PhD – UMBC
    Last Author: Oritsejolomisan Mebaghanje – Vinjamuri Lab, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F3-b - Special Session Submissions- Generation of Lymphatic Endothelial Cell–Like Cells from Human Dermal Fibroblasts
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Derek Lee – Johns Creek Highschool
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F4-a - Structure-Guided Modeling of Proteolysis-Targeting Chimera (PROTAC)-Aptamer Conjugates Targeting Nucleolin Protein in Glioblastoma
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Meera Mishra – Stratford Preparatory High School
    Primary Investigator: Gaurav Sharma – Eigen Sciences
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F4-b - Studying the Effects of Losing Period 2 on Breast Cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Helen Zhang – Davis senior High
    Primary Investigator: Jian Jian Li – University of Davis, California
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F5-a - Tailoring Properties of Synthetic Hyaluronan Binding Synovial Membranes Using Electrospinning
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Hannah Forman – South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
    Co-Author: Tugba Ozdemir – South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
    Co-Author: Abby Krumpus, MS Biomedical Engineering – South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F5-b - The Effect of Anesthesia on the Viability of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells and its Portrayal of Anesthesia on Human Health
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Seoyoung (Trinity) Yun – Interlake High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F6-a - The effects of beta frequency auditory stimulation on locomotion in a dopamine-depleted mouse model
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Mary Deng – Boston Latin School
    Co-Author: Alyssa Beach – Commonwealth School
    Co-Author: Mohigul Nasimova – Boston University
    Primary Investigator: Xue Han – Boston University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F6-b - The Science Behind the Trends: Evaluating Popular Acne Remedies on Social Media Against Clinical Evidence
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Rasil Sheikh, n/a – Kumon
    Co-Author: Aashna Gupta, n/a – Irvington High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F7-a - Thermo-pHlex: A DNA-based Nanosensor to Study Thermoembolization
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Titilope Adams – Cypress Ranch High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F7-b - Tissue Optics-Informed Deep Learning for Blood Hemoglobin Prediction from the Inner Eyelid
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Tara Kim – West Lafayette Jr/Sr High School
    Co-Author: Semin Kwon – Purdue University
    Last Author: Sang-Mok Park – Purdue University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F8-b - Transport Analysis of Miniature Perfused Channel Bioreactors by micro-Computed Tomography
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Summer Chang – Campolindo High School
    Last Author: Robert Sah, MD, ScD – UC San Diego
    Co-Author: Calysta A. McKinney, BS – University of California San Diego
    Co-Author: Albert Chen, PhD – University of California San Diego
    Co-Author: Van W. Wong – University of California San Diego
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F9-a - Trends in Reporting of Psychiatric Adverse Events Including Suicidal Ideation for Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Anish Ghosh – North Carolina School of Science And Mathematics
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F9-b - Quantitative Assessment of Microvascular Networks using Principles from Graph Theory and Network Topology
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Aoife Tang – Greenhills School
    Co-Author: Aoife Tang – Greenhills School
    Co-Author: Victoria Sturgess – University of Michigan
    Co-Author: C. Alberto Figueroa – University of Michigan
    Last Author: C. Alberto Figueroa – University of Michigan
    Primary Investigator: C. Alberto Figueroa – University of Michigan
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A10-a - Aberrant Differentiation and Protein Mislocalization in Hypoxic Human Skin Organoids
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Isabella Wang – Arnold. Beckman High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A10-b - Accuracy of Consumer Heart Rate Monitors Across Exercise Intensities and Demographic Groups
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Amrita Mondal – Winchester High School
    Co-Author: Victoria Wagner – Lehigh University
    Last Author: Dhruv Seshadri – Lehigh University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A11-a - Adaptive Physics-Informed Neural Network Algorithm for Closed-Loop Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Diabetic Neuropathy
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Nirbhuy Arun, n/a – Lewis and Clark Elementary School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A11-b - Adaptive Stability in Artificial Cells Through CAHS Integration
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Kayla Fu, n/a – University of Michigan
    Co-Author: Yongkang Xi, n/a – University of Michigan
    Co-Author: Allen P. Liu – University of Michigan
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A12-a - Age-Associated Transcriptional Changes in B-cell Development and Function
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Anshuman Garg, n/a – Westwood High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A12-b - Agent-Based Modeling of CAR-T Cell Immunotherapy for treating Multiple Myeloma
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Josef Isakson – UVA
    Co-Author: Shayn M. Peirce – University of Virginia
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A13-a - Agonist Synergy: Dual Infusion of Phenylephrine and Norepinephrine for Effective MAP Control
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ben Ferreira Bykov – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Angelica F. Lopez – The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Denis Routkevitch – The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
    Last Author: Nicholas Theodore, MD – The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
    Primary Investigator: Nitish V. Thakor, PhD – The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A13-b - AI-Based Electrospun Fiber Optimization for Bioregenerative Repair of Necrotic Myocardial Tissue
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Neel Banga – Dougherty Valley High School
    Co-Author: Alexi Switz – Florida International University
    Primary Investigator: Anamika Prasad – Florida International University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A14-a - AI-Generated Patient-friendly Multimedia Radiology Reports for Patient Education
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Michael Tellis – Woodside High School
    Co-Author: Michael Mascari, n/a – George School
    Co-Author: Talia Ye, n/a – Mills High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A14-b - An Edge-Deployed AI System for Integrating Multi-Omics and Phenotyping in Plant-Level Precision Agriculture
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Trishithsatya Repalle – Rouse High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A15-a - An Eye-Controlled Wheelchair: Design and Development of a Non-Invasive and Cost-Effective Human-Computer Interface (HCI) for Patients with Motor Neuron Disease
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Co-Author: Aayan Pattanayak – Tomball High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A15-b - Analysis of Brain Regional Volumetric Changes in Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Generative Adversarial Networks
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Minghui G. Yao – The Bishop's School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A16-a - Analysis of Cell Attachment onto Polycaprolactone Fibrous Scaffolds for Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Addison L. Wible – University of South Florida
    Co-Author: Azin Ghasemi, n/a – University of south florida
    Co-Author: Russell Kramer – University of South Florida
    Primary Investigator: Neda Latifi – University of South Florida
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    A16-b - Analysis of how crosslinking agents affect the surface interactions of chitosan with bacteria
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Kayley Winata, n/a – Portola High School
    Co-Author: Jayla Chan – Sage Hill School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B10-a - Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Patient Understanding of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Biosensors through Short-Form Video Communication
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Aditya H. Patel – Sharon High School
    Last Author: Dhruv Seshadri – Lehigh University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B10-b - Calcium Response of Perfluorooctanoic Acid-Treated Rat Pheochromocytoma (PC12) Cells After Laser-Induced Shockwave
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ruoxi Chen – UCSD
    Co-Author: Max Ying – UCSD
    Co-Author: Amara Karanikkis – UCSD
    Co-Author: Micah Tang – UCSD
    Co-Author: Saanvi kowda – UCSD
    Co-Author: Ian Kwon – UCSD
    Co-Author: Felix E. Yang – UCSD
    Co-Author: Enoch Law – UCSD
    Co-Author: Albert Gao – UCSD
    Co-Author: Jiyeon Song – UCSD
    Co-Author: Paisley A. Ruddy – UCSD
    Co-Author: Katrina Chao – University of California San Diego
    Co-Author: Darren Pai – UCSD
    Co-Author: Chengbiao Wu – UCSD
    Primary Investigator: Linda Shi – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
    Last Author: Veronica Gomez – UCSD
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B11-a - Characterization of Muscle-like Actuators for Wearable Assistive Devices
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Sarah Nosratinia – The Hockaday School
    Co-Author: Rhea Saxena – Plano West Senior High School
    Co-Author: Syed Imranuddin – University of Texas at Dallas
    Last Author: Yonas Tadesse – University of Texas at Dallas
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B11-b - Characterizing Transverse and Longitudinal Waveforms in an Achilles Tendon-Muscle Physical Model Under Varying Tension Forces
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Peter Schwab – Cedars Sinai
    Co-Author: Dylan Zinberg – Cedars Sinai
    Co-Author: Annamaria Schwab – Cedars Sinai
    Co-Author: Gage Olson – Cedars Sinai
    Last Author: Hamid Ghaednia – Cedars Sinai
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B12-a - Chitosan and Lysozyme: A Timed Reaction for Applications in Drug Delivery
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Sunisha Tangpong – Shanley High School
    Co-Author: Mohiuddin Quadir, PhD – University of Central Florida
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B12-b - CNN-Based Multi-Class Brain Tumor Classification Using MRI: An Optimization-Driven Approach for Model Generalization
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Apurva Sistla – Lynbrook High School
    Last Author: Sara Vanaki – Rice Universtiy
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B13-a - Combining Haralick Features and Machine Learning for Classification of Pancreatic Cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ethan Hancey, n/a – Perry High School
    Co-Author: Helena Hurbon, MA – The University of Arizona
    Co-Author: Noelle Daigle – University of Arizona
    Primary Investigator: Travis Sawyer, PhD – The University of Arizona
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B13-b - Comparative Analysis of Public Image Classification Models for Tumor Grading in Histopathological Cancer Slides
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Agastya Bhardwaj – Dougherty Valley High School
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B14-a - Comparative RNA-Seq Analysis of Gene Expression and RNA Modifications in Trunk and Limb Muscles of C57BL/6 Mice
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Joshua Wu – Diamond Bar High School
    Co-Author: Julianne Wu – Orange County School of the Arts
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B14-b - Comparative Study of Conventional and Sparse Convolutional Neural Networks in Brain Tumor Classification
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Amber M. Weatherspoon – Niles North High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B15-a - Comparing hand synergies between identical twins
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Abhay Raina – Vinjamuri Lab, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
    Co-Author: Arjun Raina – Vinjamuri Lab, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
    Co-Author: Viraj Janeja – Vinjamuri Lab, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
    Co-Author: Parthan Olikkal, MS – Vinjamuri Lab, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
    Primary Investigator: Ramana Vinjamuri, PhD – UMBC
    Co-Author: Oritsejolomisan Mebaghanje – Vinjamuri Lab, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B15-b - Comparison of Assemblers in Tracking Antibiotic Resistance in Spinach Grown With Treated Wastewater Reuse in a Lysimeter System
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Derek Lam – Westview High School
    Co-Author: Connor Lee – UCSD
    Co-Author: Ashley Fang – UCSD
    Co-Author: Sree Vadlamudi – UCSD
    Co-Author: Isabella Chin – UCSD
    Co-Author: Elle Eisenbeis – UCSD
    Co-Author: Matthew Cho – UCSD
    Co-Author: Brady Wu – UCSD
    Co-Author: Chenhao Zhang – UCSD
    Co-Author: Sruthi Eyunni – UCSD
    Co-Author: Ria Poluru – UCSD
    Co-Author: Haiyue Ming – UCSD
    Co-Author: Daniel Vinegrad – UCSD
    Co-Author: Adit Gownipalli – UCSD
    Co-Author: Anna Zhang – UCSD
    Co-Author: Chujing Zheng – University California Riverside
    Primary Investigator: Linda Shi – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
    Last Author: Yujie Men – University California Riverside
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B16-a - Computational Analysis of Hemodynamic Factors in Aortic Dissection: Insights from Patient CT Scans
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Srianshi Samantaray – Not Applicable
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    B16-b - Construction of a T Brachyury Cell Reporter Line to Study Adrenal Cortical Lineage Development
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Collin H. Lu – University of Pennsylvania
    Primary Investigator: Kotaro Sasaki – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Michinori Mayama – University of Pennsylvania
    Co-Author: Takeshi Sato – University of Pennsylvania
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C10-a - Effects of Mechanical Stress in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells with Various Saccharin Concentrations
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Matthew Yoon – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Enoch Law – UCSD
    Co-Author: Albert Gao – UCSD
    Co-Author: Paisley A. Ruddy – UCSD
    Co-Author: Katrina Chao – University of California San Diego
    Co-Author: Darren Pai – UCSD
    Co-Author: Yosha Bhardwaj – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Tad Jimenez – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Aspen Lee – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Masson Nelson – University of California, San Diego
    Co-Author: Jesse Zhang – University of California, San Diego
    Primary Investigator: Linda Shi – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
    Last Author: Veronica Gomez – UCSD
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C10-b - Effects of Sleep Deprivation on the Variability and Neural-Behavioral Correlation of Alpha and Theta Waves
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Rebekah Sung – Fremont Christian School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C11-a - Effects of Storage Time and Temperature on Nanoparticle Performance and Properties Post-Lyophilization
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ethan Zhou – Bullis School
    Co-Author: Yeongseo Lim – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    Co-Author: Kathryn Luly – Johns Hopkins
    Co-Author: Grace Shoemaker – Johns Hopkins
    Co-Author: Joanna Yang – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Stephany Tzeng – Johns Hopkins
    Primary Investigator: Jordan Green – Johns Hopkins University
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C11-b - Engineering a 3D-Printed Tissue Microarray Mold to Compare Freezing Effects on Tissue Morphology
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Daniel Musser – Menlo School
    Co-Author: Seon Ki Kim – Seoul National University
    Primary Investigator: Noo Li Jeon – Seoul National University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C12-a - Enhancing Advanced Stage Colorectal Cancer Segmentation on CT Images via Data Augmentation in U-Net Training Using Stage II Cancer Data
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Aarav Deshmane, n/a – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Aditya S. Varadan, B.S. – Midwestern University
    Co-Author: Janvi Srivastava – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Hongzhi Wang – International Business Machines (IBM)
    Co-Author: Vikram D Kodibagkar – Arizona State University
    Primary Investigator: John Chang – Banner-MD Anderson Cancer Center
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C12-b - Evaluating the Roles of Individual Tuning Parameters in Achieving Foot Clearance Using a Powered Knee Prosthesis
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Anya Damiano – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Xinyi Liu – UNC/NCSU Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Co-Author: He (Helen) Huang, PhD – North Carolina State University
    Primary Investigator: Ming Liu – North Carolina State University
    High School Poster Expo
  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C13-a - Evaluation of Commercial Electrodes Drive Innovation Towards Low-cost Scalable Biodegradable Monitoring
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Will Carten – Lehigh University
    Co-Author: Matthew Lindley, Undergrad – Lehigh University
    Co-Author: Vanessa Koranteng – Lehigh University
    Primary Investigator: Dhruv Seshadri – Lehigh University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C13-b - Evaluation of Extracellular Matrix Proteins to Study the Production and Integration of Shrink-wrapped Clusters of Healthy Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Sivon R. Feinberg, n/a – Taylor Allderdice highschool
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C14-a - Evaluation of Polymer Resins for Heart Valve Applications
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ava Sadeghi – Portola High School
    Co-Author: Farhad Sadeghi – UCI
    Co-Author: Nnaoma Agwu – UCI
    Co-Author: Asher Suttner – TVT Highschool
    Co-Author: Hannah Torabi – University High school
    Co-Author: Ario Kheradvar – University High school
    Co-Author: Arash Kheradvar – UCI
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C14-b - Ex Vivo Ultrasound Imaging and 3D Volume Reconstruction of Mouse Organs with Image Filtering
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Jiho Yoon – University of Oklahoma
    Co-Author: Adree Bhattacharjee, n/a – University of Oklahoma
    Co-Author: Sydney Turner – OU
    Primary Investigator: Sangpil Yoon – University of Oklahoma
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C15-a - Exogenous estrogen and progesterone regulate skeletal muscle architecture and regeneration in a dose-dependent manner in female mice
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Nithila Vijayan, High School – South Fayette High School
    Primary Investigator: Amrita Sahu, PhD, Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; McGowan Institute of Regenerative Medicine
    Co-Author: Abraham Brown, Grove City College, BS – University of Pittsburgh
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C15-b - Experimental Study on Optimizing Subglottic Secretion Drainage and Airway Humidification Cycles for Sustained Airway Moisture
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Daniel Hyun – Portola High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C16-a - Exploring Curing Properties of Latex-Silicone Composites for Biomedical Applications
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Suelia de Siqueira Rodrigues Fleury Rosa, PhD – Cornell University
    Primary Investigator: Imri Wolf, Student High School – Ithaca High School Public school in Ithaca, New York
    Co-Author: Sophia Fikayomi Ayeni, Master Student – Cornell University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C16-b - Exploring Neural Network–Based Inversion for Electrocardiographic Imaging
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Elizabeth Jiang – Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
    Last Author: Yong Wang – Washington University, St. Louis, MO
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C17-a - Exploring the Incorporation of Ultrasound Contrast in an Injectable Hydrogel for Localized Immunotherapy
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Desmond Zaharoff – Green Hope High School
    Last Author: David A. Zaharoff, PhD – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Georgia Helein – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Sophie Wu – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Phillip Durham – UNC Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Paul A. Dayton, Ph.D. – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C17-b - Exploring the Viability of 3D Printing to Enable Cataract Surgery in Resource-Limited Areas
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Matheus Dabus – Ransom Everglades High School
    Co-Author: Noel Ziebarth – University of Miami
    Primary Investigator: O'Rese J. Knight, MD – UCSF
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C18-a - Extended Sparse Ultrasound Array for Efficient and Repetitive Focused Ultrasound Guidance to treat Neurodegenerative Diseases
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Paxton C. Summers – Friends School of Baltimore
    Last Author: Jeeun Kang, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Ananya Tandri – Johns Hopkins University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    C18-b - Flexible Dual-Zone Nanopillar Immunosensor with EG-ISFET Readout for Salivary Aβ42 and p-tau
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Maryam Moussa – WISE
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D10-a - Investigating the Biocompatibility of Shape-Morphing Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Biomedical Applications
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Aehraan Dongare – University of Connecticut
    Co-Author: Caroline Ferguson – University of Connecticut
    Primary Investigator: Xueju Wang – University of Connecticut
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D10-b - Investigating the Role of MRTF-SRF in Endocrine Resistance of ER+ Breast Cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Elijah Bullock – Winchester Thurston School
    Co-Author: Ishani Sharma – Dr. Partha Roy Tumor Progression and Metastasis Laboratory- University of Pittsburgh
    Primary Investigator: Partha Roy – University of Pittsburgh Department of Bioengineering
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D11-a - In-Vitro and Computational Assessment of Factor XIa Inhibition in Hemostasis
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ocean Punsalan – Oregon Health & Science University
    Co-Author: Ethan Oseas, MS – Oregon Health and Science University
    Primary Investigator: Owen McCarty, PhD – Oregon Health & Science University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D11-b - Khayatei Houssaini-High School Poster Abstract- Effect of cancer extracellular vesicles on healthy breast cells
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Hani Khayatei Houssaini – UC Berkeley
    Co-Author: Dakota McMillan – Berkeley City College
    Primary Investigator: Lydia L. Sohn, PhD – University of California, Berkeley
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D12-a - Kuramoto Model informed EEG based biomarker for Alzheimer’s Disease
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Siddharth Nori, n/a – South Brunswick High School
    Co-Author: Ranganathan Srinivasan – Lynbrook High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D12-b - Laser-Induced Shockwave as a Tool to Study Endothelial Response to Mechanical Stress
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Sarah Liu – University of California San Diego
    Co-Author: Katrina Chao – University of California San Diego
    Co-Author: Alexander P. Chung – University of California San Diego
    Co-Author: Celine Wu – University of California San Diego
    Co-Author: Niyathi Jagan – University of California San Diego
    Co-Author: Sam Lippman – University of California San Diego
    Co-Author: Chloe Lee – University of California San Diego
    Co-Author: Amogh Sharma – University of California San Diego
    Co-Author: Riyan Patel – University of California San Diego
    Co-Author: Paisley A. Ruddy – UCSD
    Co-Author: Darren Pai – UCSD
    Co-Author: Phu Nguyen – University of California San Diego
    Primary Investigator: Linda Shi – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
    Last Author: Veronica Gomez-Godinez – University of California San Diego
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D13-a - Leveraging Machine Learning and Feature Extraction from Physiological Signals for Multimodal Emotion Detection and Mental Health Support
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ashvik Raina, n/a – Cambridge Center for International Research
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D13-b - LiDAScan: AI-Powered LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) Capsule Endoscopy System for 3D Gastrointestinal Diagnostics
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Anvita A. Ambardekar – Woodbridge High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D14-a - Life Cycle Assessment of Polyglycolic Acid (PGA) for Biomedical Applications: Energy Demand and Global Warming Potential
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Emily Wang – OPALS (UCSD)
    Co-Author: William Zong – UCSD
    Co-Author: Audrey Chi – UCSD
    Co-Author: Crystal Cheng – UCSD
    Primary Investigator: Linda Shi – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D14-b - Lignin Composites Impact Fibroblast and Immune Cell Populations to Promote Diabetic Wound Healing
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Anthony You – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital.
    Co-Author: Varun Akondy, n/a – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital.
    Co-Author: Feteme Nazaryabrbekoh – Louisiana State University, Department of Biological Engineering
    Co-Author: Rami A. Choumar – Louisiana State University, Department of Biological Engineering
    Co-Author: Arin Kumar – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
    Co-Author: Taylor Lee – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
    Co-Author: Vincent Wollner – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
    Co-Author: Zara Chandrasekhar – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
    Co-Author: Mary Hui Li – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
    Co-Author: Ling Yu, PhD – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
    Co-Author: Mary Elizabeth Guerra, MD – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
    Co-Author: Jangwook P. Jung, PhD – Louisiana State University
    Co-Author: Swathi Balaji, PhD – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
    Co-Author: Casey Baxter – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D15-a - Lignin Macrophage
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Zara Chandrasekhar – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
    Primary Investigator: Arin Kumar – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
    Co-Author: Mary Hui Li – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D15-b - Longitudinal Study of Transradial Prosthetic Devices
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Jacob Nguyen – Mercer University and Brookwood High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D16-a - Low Cost Infant Hypoxia Monitor
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Primary Investigator: Jennifer Blain Christen, PhD – Arizona State University
    Presenting Author: Sisimogang O. Ratshosa – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Daniel Gulick, Dr. – Arizona State University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D16-b - Machine Learning Logistical Regression Based Prediction of Atherosclerosis Using Publicly Available Datasets
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Rewa Srivastava – Apex High School
    Co-Author: Dhruv Seshadri – Lehigh University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D17-a - Machine Learning Methods in Identifying Genetic and Demographic Factors in Glioma Grading
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Joshua Wang – Lane Tech High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D17-b - Machine Learning-Based Predictions of Parkinson's Disease Using Quantitative Gait Analysis Parameters
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Alvin Lin – Queens High School for the Sciences at York College
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D18-a - Magnetic Stimulation of Axons for Neuroprotection
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Kathryn Wu, n/a – Charlotte Latin School
    Co-Author: Khayzaran Qubbaj, Masters – UNC, Charlotte
    Co-Author: Prashant Adhikari, Masters – UNC, Charlotte
    Last Author: In Hong Yang – UNC, Charlotte
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D18-b - Measuring Volatile Organic Compounds Using a Multiplexed Gas Sensor
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Edward Hester, IV – Berkeley High School
    Co-Author: Carla Bassil – Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
    Co-Author: Kichul Lee – Mechanical Engineering, KAIST
    Co-Author: Divya Krishnan – Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
    Co-Author: Xun Liao – Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
    Primary Investigator: Ali Javey – Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D19-a - Mechanical Signaling-Mediated PKM2 and Hsp27 Phosphorylation Regulate Fibroblast Fibrotic Phenotype
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Vincent Wollner – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
    Co-Author: Casey Baxter – Baylor College of Medicine
    Co-Author: Arin Kumar – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
    Co-Author: Jaime Tellez – Baylor College of Medicine
    Co-Author: Mary Elizabeth Guerra, MD – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
    Co-Author: Taylor Lee – Baylor College of Medicine
    Co-Author: Varun Akondy, n/a – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital.
    Co-Author: Sonya Keswani, n/a – Baylor College of Medicine
    Co-Author: Zara Chandrasekhar – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
    Co-Author: Mary Hui Li – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
    Co-Author: Ling Yu, PhD – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
    Co-Author: Sundeep Govind Keswani, MD, MBA, FACS, FAAP – Baylor College of Medicine
    Primary Investigator: Swathi Balaji, PhD – Laboratory for Regenerative Tissue Repair, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor college of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D19-b - Melanoma Education through Learning, Imaging, and AI
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Subaita Mahmuda – West Springfield High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D20-a - MicroHeart: A Novel, Structurally Accurate, Physiologically Relevant, and Scalable Heart-on-a-Chip Platform
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Aadi N. Bhensdadia – Sarasota County Schools
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    D20-b - Micronuclei & Chromosomal Chaos: Tracking SMC3 to Investigate Cohesin Loss
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Abigail Qiu – Pacific Ridge School
    Last Author: Morgan Black – Salk Institute
    Primary Investigator: Jesse Dixon – Salk Institute
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E10-b - OptoMT and OptoTIP: Reversible Optogenetic Labeling of Microtubules and Plus Ends in Live Cells
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Megan Chiu – The Bryn Mawr School
    Primary Investigator: Xiaoxuan liu – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Guolin Ma – Texas A&M University Institute of Biosciences & Technology
    Last Author: Yubin Zhou – Texas A&M University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E11-a - P.A.L.M.: A Low-Cost, Wearable Vibrotactile and Thermal Feedback Device for Upper Limb Prostheses
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ndiana N. Obot – Hinsdale South High School
    Co-Author: Arianna Lam – University of Illinois at Chicago
    Co-Author: Rohan K. Joshi – Hinsdale South High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E11-b - Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis With Antibody-Magnetic Nanosphere Cocktail
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Audrey Zheng – North Allegheny Senior High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E12-a - Pathogen Detection in NH Freshwater Turtles via Metabarcoding and Bioinformatic Analysis
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Jon Civitarese – Phillips Exeter Academy
    Co-Author: Lawrence Gordon – University of New Hampshire
    Co-Author: Kellen Sawyer – University of New Hampshire
    Co-Author: Erin MacDonald – University of New Hampshire
    Co-Author: Joseph Sevigny – University of New Hampshire
    Primary Investigator: W. Kelley Thomas – University of New Hampshire
    Co-Author: Jeffrey Hall – University of New Hampshire
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E12-b - Patterns of Mechanical Stress and its Relationship to Calcification in the Bicuspid Aortic Valve
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Lola Kudronowicz – Saint Thomas More High School
    Co-Author: Haily Kazik, PHD – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Primary Investigator: Joy Lincoln, PHD – Medical College of Wisconsin
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E13-a - Performance Optimization of Wearable EMG Band-based Neural interfaces
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Isabel Yun – Cary Academy
    Co-Author: Reilly Stafford – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Ming Liu – North Carolina State University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E13-b - Personalized Music Therapy and Machine Learning–Based Seizure Prediction for Pediatric Epilepsy
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Aashika Reddy – Cardinal Carter CHS
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E14-a - pH Sensitive Dye Encapsulation in Alginate-Chitosan Beads for Targeted Drug Delivery
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Haasini Bhupalam – Mission San Jose High School
    Co-Author: Aaditya Badia – Mission San Jose High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E14-b - Pilot Study on Gustatory Response Detection via Low-Resolution EEG
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Tad Jimenez – University of California, San Diego
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E15-a - Plasma Exosomal RNA Signatures for Early Detection of Adolescent Major Depressive Disorder
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Yiheng Lu – The High School Attached to Shandong Normal University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E15-b - Precision Biofabrication of Silk-Based Microneedles via Digital Light Processing for Transdermal Delivery and Skin Regeneration
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Xuyang Zhang – American Heritage Schools
    Co-Author: Fangzheng Tong – Soochow University
    Co-Author: Xuanwen Wang – Soochow University
    Primary Investigator: Jun Zhang, Dr. – Soochow University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E16-a - Prediction of Bone Fracture Malunion and Nonunion using Machine Learning Models Trained on Demographics, Comorbidities, Clinical Data, and Lab Events
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Cameron Jiang – Leigh High School
    Primary Investigator: Chamith S. Rajapakse – University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E16-b - Programming Cell Death with Blue Light: Gene Expression Dynamics and Macrophage Clearance for Tissue Engineering Applications
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Abigail H. Lee – Johns Creek High School
    Co-Author: June Choi – Johns Creek High School
    Co-Author: Ryan Joshi – Johns Creek High School
    Co-Author: Pragya Modgil – Johns Creek High School
    Primary Investigator: Sung Jin Park – Georgia Tech and Emory Univ
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E17-a - Pull to Move: Investigating Tendon Displacements and its Relation to Finger Rotations in a Prosthetic Hand
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Pradyun Gowda – Del Norte High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E17-b - Quantifying Postpartum Cognitive Changes Using De-identified EEG and Cognitive Task Datasets
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Deetya Singh – North Creek
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E18-a - Repeated Impacts on Cycling Helmet Efficacy
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Ian Jora – Blacksburg High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    E18-b - Self-Assembling Peptide–Drug Conjugates as Immune Targeting Depots for HIV Treatment
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Sophie L. Huang, n/a – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Katrina Schwensen – Johns Hopkins University
    Primary Investigator: Honggang Cui, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F10-a - Use of Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras against the Zika Virus
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Keshav Ramesh – University High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F10-b - Using eye tracking methods to evaluate eye behaviors while watching short videos
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Yijia Mao – Clayton High School
    Co-Author: Eric Zhou – Clayton High School
    Primary Investigator: Chao Zhou, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis
    Co-Author: AJ Adkins – Washington University in St. Louis
    Co-Author: Daniel Bocsi – Washington University in St. Louis
    Co-Author: Bei Hu – Washington University in St. Louis
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F11-a - Using Machine Learning to Determine Best Biomarkers for Predicting Ovarian Cancer
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Sky Fu-Ramsey – Corvallis High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F11-b - Using Wearable Technology to Bridge Health Gaps in Global Maternal Health Monitoring
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Rishika Mukherjee – San Mateo High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F12-a - Utilizing DNA-Barcoded pMHC Multimers to Determine Antigen-Specific Epigenomic & Transcriptomic Profiles of Naive T Cells
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Kimiya Shafaat – UC San Diego
    Co-Author: Yicheng Zhao – UC Riverside
    Co-Author: Sophia Liu – UC San Diego
    Co-Author: Christopher Tsai – UC Riverside
    Co-Author: Vivian Crumpacker – UC San Diego
    Co-Author: Halijah Arnold – UC San Diego
    Co-Author: Pranav Muthukumaran – UC San Diego
    Co-Author: Naomi Wu – UC San Diego
    Co-Author: Haozheng Han – UC San Diego
    Primary Investigator: Linda Shi – Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego
    Last Author: Huimin Zhang – UC Riverside
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F12-b - Utilizing Opentrons Liquid-Handling Robotics to Facilitate High-throughput, Low-cost Bulk RNA-seq
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Veronica Xu – Westview High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F13-a - Variations in the Connection of Nodes in Triple-network Model due to Tension
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Nathan Chang, n/a – Branham High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F13-b - Zero-Training Multimodal Integration for Alzheimer's Disease Classification Using Independent MRI and Clinical Datasets
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Hannah You – Williamsville East High School
    Co-Author: Daniel Wang – Lynbrook High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F14-a - Optimizing Lipid-Based Delivery of Short Interfering RNA for Euchromatic Histone Lysine Methyltransferase 2 Gene Silencing in Mammalian Cells
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Irene Eun – Diamond Bar High School
    Co-Author: Joshua Wu – Diamond Bar High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F14-b - Engineering of Hydrogel-based Microwell Device for Tumor Spheroid Culture and Analysis
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Co-Author: Raheeg Eisa – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
    Co-Author: Adhrith Jana – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
    Last Author: Reem Ali – NC A&T State University
    Primary Investigator: Arvind Chandrasekaran – North Carolina A&T State University
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F15-a - Uncovering Transcriptomic Structure Across 12 Cancers Using Deep Learning and Pareto Task Inference
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Noah R. Kaleekal – Irvington High School
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F15-b - Towards Predicting Heart Failure in Coronary Artery Disease: A Random Forest and Feature Importance Analysis with "All of Us" Data
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Presenting Author: Julia C. Jung – Baton Rouge Magnet High School
    Co-Author: Nicholas L. Schroeder – Auburn University
    Last Author: Joohyun Kim, n/a – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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  • Saturday, Oct 11th
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    F16-a - Horizontal Pupil Dynamics in Nystagmus Using Computer Vision and Signal Processing
    Location: Exhibit Hall F, G & H
    Invited Speaker: Samyak Jain – Bellarmine College Preparatory
    Co-Author: Achint Kumar – Socratic Academy
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