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This project introduces new implementation and design of planner low profile antenna for UWB (Ultra-Wideband) applications. Our new microstrip antenna mainly consists of the partial conducti…
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Hurricane Harvey catastrophically flooded Houston in August 2017, followed a month later by Hurricane Maria that devastated Puerto Rico. Cell phone service, telephone landlines, internet ser…
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In the world people with disabilities face many problems in the society. Many people with such disabilities can’t afford to buy expensive gadgets and devices for their aid. Therefore, we hav…
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Fourth Award
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death in the world. The need exists to develop an innovative device to proactively detect the disease without the a…
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An Arduino microcontroller is a device that can be used to create many different gadgets and tools that can be used for entertainment, efficiency, and data processing. The goal of the experi…
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Children trapped in confined spaces such as cars could be badly affected due to oxygen exhaustion along with a heat stroke due to increase in temperature. Normal Oxygen level is 21%, and lev…
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Panama has a tropical climate with high 28°C temperatures and 65% humidity which lead to deadly health crises in low-income, hot, rural homes such as dehydration, coma, and heat strokes. We…
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Third Award
Available water dispensers lack effective automation, which often leads to overflows when users do not stop the machines on time. Therefore, the goal of this project was to develop a mechani…
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Third Award
Poor outdoor and indoor air quality causes disease and shortens life expectancy. Air pollution accounts for about 6.4 million deaths worldwide, according to a report published in the journal…
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Noise proliferates our increasingly developing environment in the form of noise pollution. Because noise can both negatively influence the quality of signals as well as the health of individ…
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The purpose of this research is to design, implement and apply biofeedback techniques in order to reduce anxiety and stress states, through automatic detection procedures using different tec…
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Fourth Award
At present, Blinds use paper Braille books with little information, and in the market, the Braille E-books are either bulky or expensive. This design is designed to produce a low cost Braill…
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1. What is onboard computer “CERBER”? The onboard computer “Cerber” is a hybrid device combining several different systems, such as security system, anti-theft device, a system for monitorin…
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First Award
The project is inspired by my late grandfather, who had limited manual dexterity caused by a stroke. He was unable to shave independently, thus requiring continuous care. Consequently, I set…
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Third Award
Blindness affects nearly 40 million people, a value expected to double before 2050. With a world incredibly dense with visual information, surviving and thriving can be hard, as a Visually I…
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Third Award
The purpose of this project is to design a multidimensional atmospheric sensor platform to facilitate the monitoring and visualization of airborne pollutants and improve the accessibility of…
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South Africa receives below world average rainfall and despite that, the country has limited water resources. It is also well known that people do not use water sparingly. This work focuses…
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Second Award
At standard switching frequencies, short-circuit current is a leading cause of power dissipation in a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) platform. Certain systems, such as missio…
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This project set about to build a radio astronomy station capable of receiving radio signals reflected from ionized meteor trails to measure two important characteristics affecting their use…
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The purpose of my project was to see if mental practice was better than physical practice. My hypothesis was, if I had three people watching a video of a pianist playing a specific song and…
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A Doppler Radar System is presented that is suitable for observing sudden changes of streamflow. Features of the system include a commercially available Doppler radar transceiver and Digital…
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Third Award
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) predicts the world's population will increase from 7.3 billion to 9.7 billion people by 2050 – which will require global crop yields to increase b…
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Fourth Award
Concussion diagnostics rely heavily on subjective data and inconclusive tests resulting in undetected concussions. Undetected concussion lead to permanent brain damage if another concussion…
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The purpose of this project was to develop a bionic hand that can use surface EMG as an input in order to understand what the user wants to do with the hand while also being at a low cost. L…
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Making a device to provide the appropriate environment for a large group of plant species by providing the important factors for growth and reducing the amount of water used in irrigation. A…
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The subject of my current development is a medical device which can keep the controlled temperature of the skin for hours. The effective part of the device is a thermo-electric cooler based…
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The purpose of this project is to create a natural and universal interface between humans and computers, by studying the movement of upper limbs. The study is based on a physical prototype r…
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First Award
The goal of this engineering project was to investigate and design an affordable system capable of controlling an electric wheelchair with ocular tracking. Based on electrooculographic (EOG)…
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Fourth Award
A new generation tilt sensor created in a totally new vision in order to accomplish the tasks where wide measurement range, high accuracy and simplicity required. By involving the most impor…
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Development: To make this switch possible, I was introduced to Arduino. “Arduino is an open-source computer hardware and software company, project and user community that designs and manufac…