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The nonprofit and UCF direct-support organization will receive $85,000 to help bring its video game, Quantum’s Pursuit, to life.

The event welcomed heroes from across the state of Florida to the Governor’s Mansion in Tallahassee to honor them for exhibiting courage, perseverance, and self-sacrifice.

The UCF team is developing screws, pins, rods and other medical implants that are made of magnesium and dissolve within the body, eliminating the need to remove them.

Professor of Medicine Melanie Coathup has earned one of the highest professional distinctions for medical and biological engineers.

The cutting-edge technology could help improve the lives of people living with neurological conditions that reduce their mobility, including patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

The coating can not only destroy the COVID-19 virus, but it can also combat the spread of Zika virus, SARS, parainfluenza, rhinovirus and vesicular stomatitis.

The invention uses ultrasound-responsive nanobubbles to deliver treatment to targeted areas of a person’s body, avoiding side effects associated with traditional osteoporosis treatments, such as osteonecrosis (delayed healing of the jawbone) and gastrointestinal problems.

The device could be used to monitor heat stress in firefighters as well as in law enforcement, agricultural workers, astronauts, military personnel and even people working outside in hot climates such as Florida’s.

The awards honor and celebrate inspiring mission-driven organizations and leaders from around the globe.