Researcher: Dr. Sanjiv Sambandan, Lecturer, Department of Engineering Mentor: Dr. Jessica Ocampos Electronic printed circuit boards are ubiquitous in a world populated with digital and information technology. With few local recycling options, the aging or failure of these electronic boards … [Read more...]
Investigating the adoption of a new way of dyeing fabric in India
Researchers: Dr James Ajioka & Dr. Orr Yarkoni, Colorifix Mentors: Natsai Audrey Chieza & Daisy Ginsberg Dyeing is a surprisingly dirty business. Whether they are chemically synthesized or naturally sourced, dyes have a profound impact on the environment. Dye production involves either refining … [Read more...]
Identifying the market challenges of using solar photocatalysis to purify water
Researchers: Mike Coto and Dr. Vasant Kumar, Materials Science and Metallurgy Mentor: Dr Ian Willis Ten percent of the world’s population lacks access to clean drinking water. Although governments, development agencies, and non-profit organizations have made significant investments in water … [Read more...]
Investigating the best applications for a freestanding film or easily applied coating of carbon nanomaterials
Contact: Dawid Janas, Cnergytec (& formerly Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy) Mentor: Dr. Julian White Carbon nanomaterials have shown great promise for applications requiring high performance in terms of electrical, thermal, mechanical and optical properties. However, the … [Read more...]
Investigating the market need for the production of hydrogen from biomass
Contact: Dr. Erwin Reisner & David Wakerley, Department of Chemistry Mentor: Dr. Mark Priest, Harrogate Partners The technology is captivatingly simple, allowing the production of pure hydrogen from biomass at room temperature. Using a patented catalyst which is activated by sunlight, … [Read more...]
Early markets for a new family of chemicals – from cosmetics to oil recovery, from inks to paints and beyond…
Contacts: Professor Oren Scherman, Dr. Silvia Vignolini & Dr. Yang Lan, Department of Chemistry, & Dr. Erika Eiser, Department of Physics Mentor: Adrian Swinburne, Quintaxion A vast array of common products rely on a family of chemical particles known as colloids. From ice cream and … [Read more...]
Understanding the market for a novel approach to imaging brain activity in 3D
Contacts: Prof. Thanasis Fokas, Dr Parham Hashemzadeh (Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics) Andrew Walsh and Olivia Nico- letti (Cambridge Enterprise). Electroencephalography (EEG) is a well-established method for monitoring brain activity through the electrical potentials … [Read more...]
Identifying the best markets for a new form of graphene-like carbon
Contact: Dr. Simon Thomas & Dr. Ivor Guiney, Materials Science & Metallurgy Despite the excitement that surrounded the initial discovery of graphene, its potential has not yet been converted into actual products. There are many reasons for this, including the lack of a technique that can produce … [Read more...]
i-Teams projects scoop both prizes in the first Cambridge postdoc business plan competition
The first business plan competition at the University of Cambridge specifically for postdocs ran in 2015 as a collaboration between Cambridge Enterprise and the EPOC society (Entrepreneurial PostDocs of Cambridge). Applications were of a very high quality, and four teams made it to the … [Read more...]
From Antarctica to the Arctic and everything in between – finding new applications for wavebuoy technology
Contact: Dr.Beatrix Schlarb-Ridley, British Antarctic Survey Mentor: Dr. Julian White The British Antarctic Survey is a community of highly talented scientists, technologists, and engineers working across a wide variety of disciplines; from space physics through to glaciers and the deep ocean. … [Read more...]
Understanding the market for the home-monitoring of edema in heart patients
Contacts: Dr. Shamus Husheer & Dr. Oriane Chausiaux, Heartfelt Technologies Ltd. Mentor: Dr. Marc Bax Emergency hospitalization for heart failure is exceedingly common and costly –50% of heart failure patients will be re-admitted within 6 months, often due to non-compliance with either drug or … [Read more...]
Monitoring the phase behaviour of complex systems – in food, cosmetics, oil and more
Contact: Dr. Juraj Sibik, Chemical Engineering Complex mixtures are widespread in many industries, ranging from food production (for example chocolate spread), to cosmetics to laundry products to heavy petroleum oils which often form as waxes. In many of these it is important to be able to … [Read more...]
Commercialising a process to biodegrade polyethylene
Contact: Dr. Paolo Bombelli, Biochemistry & Dr. Federica Bertocchini, Baky Ltd. Mentor: Dr. Mark Priest Polyethylene (PE) is one of the most common plastics used. The annual global production is approximately 80 million tonnes. A large fraction of these 80 million tonnes is then destined to … [Read more...]
Finding the best market for low cost, efficient disruption of biomass
Contact: Dr David lea Smith and Prof Chris Howe, Biochemistry Mentor: Adrian Swinburne The research team led by Prof Chris Howe has developed a solution to the high cost and energy requirement of processing algal biomass. While microalgae are used widely in a range of applications in … [Read more...]
Lighting the developing world with solar-powered LEDs
Contact: Professor Humphreys, An Bao, Suman-Lata Sahonta, James Griffiths, Christopher Ren and F. Choi, Materials Science The Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride has pioneered research into the development of Gallium Nitride light-emitting diodes (LEDs) grown on silicon substrates. This makes … [Read more...]
