Millions of pets go missing every year and this project has the purpose of offering a pet GPS tracking solution to aid in this issue. An Arduino microcontroller was combined with a GPS module and GSM module to create the hardware of the device, which was then connected to a mobile application that was developed for the explicit purpose of this project. Amazon Web Services was used to significantly bring down the cost of connecting the hardware to the mobile app. Upon the completion of the project, a prototype pet GPS tracking device and mobile application were developed, and instructions were given so that any user could re-create the same solution for their own purposes.

Plastic consumption has reached astronomical amounts. The issue is the single-use plastics that continue to harm the environment, degrading into microplastics that find their way into our environment. Finding sustainable, reliable, and safe methods to break down plastics is a complex but valuable endeavor. This research aims to assess the viability of using biochar as a catalyst to break down polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics under hydrothermal liquefaction conditions. PET is most commonly found in single-use plastic water bottles. Using glycolysis as the reaction, biochar is added and assessed based on yield and time duration of the reaction. This research suggests that temperatures of 300℃ and relatively short experimental times were enough to see the complete conversion of PET through glycolysis. Further research is necessary to determine the effectiveness of biochar as a catalyst and the potential of process industrialization to begin reducing plastic overflow.

This study investigated attachment styles as they apply to dog and dog-owner dyads. While the study was inconclusive, it examined how the four attachment styles (secure, preoccupied, dismissive, fearful-avoidant) can be measured in dogs and how attachment styles can be measured in dog and dog-owner dyads as opposed to studying each side of the relationship individually.