Technical Sessions

Call for Abstract Submissions

Principal's Award for Best Researcher

Principal's Award for Most Impactful Communicty Research

Award for Best Team Research

Award for Most Outstanding Regional/International Research Project

Award Most Outstanding Faculty Researcher

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Food & Agriculture

Faculty of Medical Science

Faculty of Humanities and Education

Faculty of Science & Technology

Faculty of Social Sciences

Award for Most Outstanding Researcher of the Centre/Institute/Unit

Most Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award & Mentorship Award

Award Most Productive Research Centre/Institute/Unit

Principal's Special Innovation Award

Award Most Productive Research Department

Best Oral Presentation Awards

Theme I: Agri-Food Technologies for Food and Nutrition Security

Omar Ali, Adesh Ramsubhag and Jayaraj Jayaraman

Seaweed extracts of Acanthophora spicifera and Sargassum vulgare as phytoelicitors

Theme II: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation and Disaster Management

Letetia Addison and Patrick Hosein

A comparison of traditional and machine learning models for flood risk assessment in the Caribbean

Theme III: Regional Health Issues and Advances

Andrew Dhanoo and Brian Cockburn

An investigation of novel non-invasive methods for diabetes mellitus screening

Theme IV: Science, Technology and Engineering Solutions for Sustainability

Llevan Ramharrack, Stephen D. B. Jr. Ramnarine, Adesh Ramsubhag and Jayaraj Jayaraman

Phytoremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons in soil employing vetiver and an inoculated bacterial consortium

Theme V: Social, Educational and Cultural Issues, Policies, Justice and Practices for Improved Life and Sustainable Environment

Lynne Parks

Spaces between: Evaluating ideas of nation and nationhood through the documentary lens

Theme VI: Communication and Digital Technologies Including AI and its Applications and Impacts

Amit Ramkissoon, Koffa Khan, Kwasi Edwards, Nicholas Mendez, Shareeda Mohammed and Wayne Goodridge

Severe warning and resilient network of Trinidad and Tobago

Best Poster Presentation Awards

Theme I: Agri-Food Technologies for Food and Nutrition Security

David Forgenie, Sharon D. Hutchinson and Andrew Muhammad

An aggregate food import demand function for the Caribbean: A Cointegration analysis.

Theme II: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation and Disaster Management

Sunshine A. De Caires, Chaney St Martin, Mark Wuddivira, Kegan Farrick and Bernie Zebarth

Comparative analysis of soil depth prediction in a humid tropical watershed: Regression vs. Geospatial models.

Theme III: Regional Health Issues and Advances

Mohammed, V. Sundaram, B. Cockburn, S. Ottey and R. Azziz

The PCOS Epidemiology and phenotype in Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad-pep) study: Preliminary results

Theme IV: Science, Technology and Engineering Solutions for Sustainability

Zaffir Mohammed, Ricardo Clarke and Gregory Gouveia

Expansive soil behaviour: Insights and innovations

Theme V: Social, Educational and Cultural Issues, Policies, Justice and Practices for Improved Life and Sustainable Environment

Keisha Samlal

An exploration of ‘Fat Women’s’ experiences with education in T&T

Theme VI: Communication and Digital Technologies Including AI and its Applications and Impacts

Sabina Gooljar, Kris Manohar and Patrick Hosein

Performance evaluation and comparison of a new regression algorithm

Best Research Seminar Presentation

Faculty of Engineering

Farrah Bridget Mathura 

Isolation and functional characterization of cellulose from decellularized Calathea lutea and Ravenala madagascariensis leaves from Trinidad for paper for food packaging applications