GAP Award Winners 2011
| PROFESSOR SIMON FOO Awarded $15,000 Video presentation |
Improved Photovoltaic Cell for Solar Energy Harvesting Fabricate and compare improved multijunction solar cells against state of the art designs with the goal to demonstrate higher efficiencies than existing multijunction solar cells. |
| PROFESSOR JINGJAO GUAN Awarded $45,000 Video presentation |
Improved Method for Diagnosing Breast Cancer Develop and test a new method for increasing the image field to diagnose breast cancer that proposes to greatly enhance an already widely accepted imaging technique. |
| PROFESSOR KENNETH ROUX Awarded $15,000 Video presentation |
Nut Allergen Detection Kit Develop and scale up test kits that can detect specific types of nut allergens to avoid nut allergy outbreaks. |
| PROFESSOR AMY SANG Awarded $40,000 |
Obesity Research Research and develop an advanced method to treat obesity. |
| PROFESSOR BRYANT CHASE Awarded $50,000 |
Nanobelt Sensors Develop and test a device that can be used to sense the presence of Hepatitis C viral proteins. |
| PROFESSOR IGOR ALABUGIN Awarded $25,000 |
Light-Activated Agents for Anticancer Drugs Develop a novel approach to cancer treatment that uses light therapy to identify a powerful class of anticancer agents and only destroying cancerous cells. |
| PROFESSOR RICHARD LIANG Awarded $12,000 |
High Performance Flexible Batteries Develop and test batteries that are smaller, more light-weight, and more flexible than what is currently available in the market using a carbon nonotubes based technology. |
| PROFESSOR EWA BIENKIEWICZ Awarded $25,000 |
A Novel Approach to Treating Vascular Injury Develop a novel therapeutic agent to minimize cell death following a vascular injury event, including stroke. |