Since 1992, ExploraVision has brought more than 245,000 students from across the United States and Canada together for scientific competition. The program encourages students to create and explore a vision of future technology by combining their imaginations with the tools of science, regardless of skills or experience. Participants are encouraged to continue a lifelong love of science. (Team pictured on the left with Dr. Brahim.)With projects being submitted from around North America, this competition is intense. Surprisingly, Crespi of Encino just had a major win for a small school in this large event. Dr. Sherryline Jogie Brahim and her students were recently selected as a 2010 Honorable Mention from Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision. The Honorable Mention award placed Crespi in the top 10% of all ExploraVision entries submitted to the competition this year.
Team members, Danielle Fasani, John Houselog, Kevin Schilling, and James Nassour, entered a project called, CURE-GN: Cancer treatment Using laser Radiation to Excite Gold Nanoparticles. CURE-GN applies the peptide bonding and photo reactive properties of gold Nanoparticles to target and destroy cancer cells. Gold Nanoparticles bonded to cancer seeking peptides are released into the bloodstream whereby they are targeted to enter cancerous tissue. Having penetrated diseased cells, the Nanoparticles are excited by laser radiation output from a Nanrobots, raising the temperature of the Nanoparticles and killing the cancerous cells that they have targeted. Such Nanrobots have built-in ultra capacitors that have the dual functioning of powering the robots through the body, as well as delivering rapid boosts of energy to their laser diodes. This technology offers a diagnosis and cure for cancer.
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