Behavioral and Social Sciences
The Harmony project aims at understanding the effect of applying mathematical rules in the design of everyday objects on their aesthetical perception. In the past, mathematical canons were u…
Chemistry
Clays are minerals, usually aluminosilicates, characterized by a noticeable variety of structures and physical and chemical properties. Their relevance is not only limited to geology, as it…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of the project was to contribute to seismic risk mitigation in homes and schools by increasing the awareness of high seismic hazard in a part of the population of the region Friu…
Chemistry
The Curcumin molecule is the active ingredient of turmeric; it can capture heavy metals. The purpose of the research is to evaluate the capability of curcumin to combine with copper ion. For…
Embedded Systems
Today the Internet is one of the most important services that everyone needs, for personal uses, but specially for business: email, web banking, cloud services, etc... Areas where is not pos…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Drinking water is a basic need for every living being. Unfortunately, water sources are running out because of human pollution and the global demographic increase. For this reason, it is nec…
Systems Software
A recent study showed that over half of Irish adults drink hazardously. Adolescents report increased levels of alcohol consumption. Previous research has inferred the influence of the parent…
Fourth Award
CONSERVAA is a smart way to combine green technologies in order to provide a longer, healthier food preservation. The main concern is to give nourishment to both the planet and people, by lo…
We synthesized silica (SiO2) nanoparticles: we applied them onto glass surfaces in order to verify if nanoparticles give them some extraordinary properties. For the synthesis we followed the…
Second Award
In countries with an unpaid and voluntary blood donation system, most donations are collected in blood drives arranged by mobile blood collection units. Optimizing the utilization of these u…
Fossil power plants, nuclear power plants, fracking - all those processes are ways to produce electricity or natural gas. They are known for being really dangerous for our environment. So th…
My research regards some of the main developments in the electrochemical field. We tried to use sodium hypochlorite as a depolarizer for batteries. The depolarizer is fundamental for the cor…
Fourth Award
Due to the dynamic and variable nature of the stock market, trading strategies do have strong and weak periods. That requires periodic changes in the strategy, which involves finding the bes…
Our project is concerned with the construction and programming of a six-legged exploration robot. The intention of using it for exploration in danger areas such as buildings at risk of colla…
The aim of this project was to synthesize silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and to investigate their effect on the luminol–hydrogen peroxide chemiluminescent system. It is known that AgNPs could…
It is becoming more and more necessary to find an alternative fuel to petroleum. In the last few years crops, waste oil, coffee grounds and different seeds have been studied to produce biodi…
Biomedical Engineering
Our project was born with the aim to give people suffering from Dysmetria a useful and effective way of improving their opportunities for rehabilitation. Dysmetria, a particular case of Atax…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
4+1 is a project that implements four functions created to improve the safety of driving plus one which improves the efficiency of the cars affecting positively pollution and energy consumpt…
Mathematics
Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) and salicylic acid are anti-inflammatory drugs with several molecular targets in cells. They were also found to suppress the growth of prostate and colon cance…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The adult muscle has stem cells called satellite cells. Those cells are quiescent in a normal situation and they get activated after injury. The most important function of satellite cells is…
Plant Sciences
The aim of our project is to create a product which results effective in the fight against overweight lately affecting more and more young people. Our attention addressed a particular cause…
Engineering Mechanics
The project concerns the development of an energy generator capable to absorb kinetic energy of deep water currents in tidal regions. A linear device named “SEA-LEG” accumulating the action…
Engineering Mechanics
The main purpose of this study is to produce a microbial fuel cell which can use cellulose as fuel. Another aim is to investigate the overall working principle of the microbial fuel cell in…