Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
In the context of modern aviation, aerodynamic efficiency and reduced fuel consumption are critical priorities. Nowadays, modern airliners travel relatively close to the speed of sound (Mach…
Environmental Engineering
Emergencies like wildfires and industrial accidents threaten public health. Accurate predictions of pollutant dispersion are vital for timely protective actions, but atmospheric models often…
Chemistry
Traditional “best-before” dates on packaged meat are often rough estimates that do not take real storage conditions into account which can increase the risk of consuming spoiled food, posing…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Waste affects nature because it often accumulates in inaccessible spots like lakes, crevasses and slopes. In the mountains tourists can bring in and wind scatter wastes like plastic, paper,…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Online platforms such as social media and video games are designed to stimulate reward mechanisms in the brain, which can lead to excessive use and reduced attention control. This project in…
Microbiology
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, remains the deadliest infectious disease, responsible for approximately 1.25 million deaths and 10 million new cases in 2023. A major…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
At the moment, there are over 60,000 km² of mined areas around the world and approximately 110 million landmines remaining, while their manual removal is not feasible at the current rate of…
Environmental Engineering
The causes of air pollution range from human activities to natural events. The experimental station is capable of simultaneously monitoring and correlating data on key environmental factors.…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Artworks are one of the most important parts of cultural heritage. Unfortunately, they are often exposed to a lot of damage and are altered by threats like fire, water, fading, tearing, and…
Biomedical Engineering
Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is an innovative technique that disrupts cellular homeostasis, functioning similarly to non-thermal apoptosis. This method enables the selective ablation o…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
In this paper we investigate multiple electromechanical actuators with the aim to build a hybrid actuator which has a broader actuation domain or uses less power to obtain a given displaceme…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Currently, the average global efficiency of oil extraction is around 35%, leaving almost two thirds of the initial reserve unexploited. Using a theoretical modeling of a magnetostrictive act…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Fourth Award
Modern aircraft consume a lot of fuel. This provides high environmental and financial strain on society, and is a field where constant improvement and innovation is targeted. Hawk Wing is a…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Kinetic Assemblies is a comprehensive solution for populating printed circuit boards (PCBs) on a medium scale. The medium scale is defined as a number between 300 and 600 PCBs, which falls i…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Third Award
Zoro is a robotic quadruped meant to explore and map unknown or dangerous environments using many sensors such as an Xbox Kinect for IR depth sensing and mapping and encoders, touch sensors,…
Biochemistry
Glucocorticoids are effective drugs with multiple side effects. They can develop respiratory failure, similar to COVID-19. However, dexamethasone is effective for the treatment of severe COV…
Biochemistry
Tau protein is an intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) with essential roles in the assembly, stabilization, and modulation of microtubules, which play a critical role in the proper functio…
Biomedical Engineering
The project is addressed to people with below-the-knee amputation and aims to replace the missing leg, fully taking over its functions of pivoting, propelling, maintaining balance and preven…
Physics and Astronomy
High-power laser technology is based on ultrashort pulses, which enables research into particle acceleration, non-linear vacuum properties, or electron-positron pair production. Power=Energy…
Biomedical Engineering
Thousands of people suffer from skin damage or burns every year, accidents that can cause disability or even death. The present work proposed a new concept of intelligent dressing for tissue…
Biomedical Engineering
The present research focuses on three applications of electromagnetic forces in medicine: improving blood circulation, developing faster ways to transport medicaments, and reducing blood vis…
Biomedical Engineering
PURPOSE: Demyelination is a biological process that can cause serious motor, coordination and balance disturbances. This project aims to introduce the use of equivalent electric circuits int…
Materials Science
Wave energy extraction using dielectric elastomers is a recently developed technology with a lot of potential. The system used is made from a dielectric elastomer coated on both sides with e…
Biomedical Engineering
Our project is meant to help visually impaired people regain their independence from medical staff. We want to create a means for these patients orient themselves without the need for help i…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
Air pollution is one of the world's most critical challenges today, generating numerous premature deaths and diseases and negatively impacting the environment. Therefore, forecasting air qua…
Chemistry
Electrochemical microactuators that work by using the development of gas in a miniature electrolysis cell to create pressure or generate mechanical work were studied in this paper. A number…
Biomedical Engineering
The study of microtechnologies has received great attention in recent decades. With the rapid development of society, the need for high-level equipment has also increased, thus requiring the…
Biomedical Engineering
What is the connection between a psychiatric illness and upper limb motility? The present paper aims to identify specific motility of the upper limb in connection with the sphere of psychiat…
Chemistry
ABSTRACT Electroosmosis is the motion of an electrically neutral fluid under the influence of an electric field due to interface breaking of local electrical neutrality. We analyzed a simple…
Biomedical Engineering
This paper presents the study of cellular structures with the purpose of creating microactuators, some of which have applications in medicine or MEMS. The microactuators were developed after…