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Davidson Fellows are students 18 and under who have completed a
significant piece of work in science, technology, engineering, mathematics,
music, literature, philosophy or outside the box. The work of a
Davidson Fellow must have the potential to make a positive
contribution to society. Since 2001, the Davidson Institute has
recognized 246 Davidson Fellows, each receiving a $50,000, $25,000
or $10,000 scholarship.
Positive contributions to society
made by the 2014 Davidson Fellows include:
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Creating a blood-testing device for the early
diagnosis of cancers.
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Inventing a low-cost wearable sensor for
real-time, reliable detection of Alzheimer’s patients’ wanderings
out of bed.
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Examining the dependence of hurricane economic
loss on wind speed and size using 73 tropical cyclones that made
landfall in the United States from 1988 through 2012.
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Creating a biological tool to visualize diseases
at the molecular level.
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Combining computational modeling and simulation
with biological and structural studies to speed the discovery of new
flu medicine.
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Examining postcolonial novels of the African
Diaspora.
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Investigating interactions between quantum dots
and photons in multijunction solar cells to identify fundamental
limiting factors of solar cell efficiency.
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Developing a model of a beating heart by using
fluid mechanics to derive equations that naturally handle the
changing shape of the heart to study cardiac arrhythmias.
Contributions
of Davidson Fellows recognized since 2001 include:
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Designed an efficient and inexpensive
method for detecting landmines.
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Developing an affordable arsenic water
filter and test that is exponentially cheaper than
current methods.
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Research in the field of number
theory, with results that have broad implications in
cryptography, specifically to protect against identity
theft.
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Developed algae as an effective oil
source for biodiesel.
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Building a multi-mode 24/7 generator
that is powered by any heat source – stove, flame, sun,
etc.
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Created an algorithm that automates
the diagnosis of bladder cancer.
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Created a device that can
simultaneously produce electricity and hydrogen gas from
wastewater using anaerobic bacteria.
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Developed a new drug delivery method
to increase the efficiency of chemotherapy treatments,
thereby controlling tumors in areas where surgery is not
an option.
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