Contacts: Dr Matthew Santer,Cambridge University Engineering Department Mentor: Marc Bax More information: http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/dsl Dr Santer, working with colleagues at both Cambridge University and MIT, has developed a design for flexible plate structures that are rigid in different … [Read more...] about Flexible rigid structures
Recycling car batteries in an energy-efficient way (CLEAN Lead)
Contacts: Dr Vasant Kumar, Department of Materials Science Car batteries represent a recycling success story, in that 90% are already recycled and over 50% of new batteries are produced using recycled lead. However, the processes used to break the batteries down into their component parts (lead … [Read more...] about Recycling car batteries in an energy-efficient way (CLEAN Lead)
Cheaper, more power-efficient displays
Contacts: Dr Steve Morris, CAPE, Cambridge University Engineering Department Mentor: Caren Weinberg Today, LCD displays are everywhere, in mobile phones, iPods, laptops, and as computer screens and domestic TVs. Current screens use white backlights with red, green and blue filters, and require … [Read more...] about Cheaper, more power-efficient displays
Virtual reality system
Contacts: Dr. Adar Pelah, Cambridge University Engineering Department Mentor: Caren Weinberg More information: http://www-sigproc.eng.cam.ac.uk/~jl/index.html Dr Pelah and Dr Lasenby have developed a virtual reality imaging system which is designed to measure precisely the movements of a … [Read more...] about Virtual reality system
New methods of manufacturing metal items
Contacts: Kathryn Jackson, Institute for Manufacturing Mentor: Marc Bax More information: http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/sustainability/projects/incremental.html Working with Dr. Julian Allwood, Kathryn has been researching new methods of metal forming, using a technique called incremental … [Read more...] about New methods of manufacturing metal items
Online multimedia collaboration techniques
Contacts: Yiannis Baltopoulos, Computer Lab Mentor: Shefaly Yogendra More information: http://www.yiannis-online.com/projects/jMule/docs/roadmap/index.html JMule is a suite of software for remote collaboration activities, such as distance learning. It was originally developed by a team at the … [Read more...] about Online multimedia collaboration techniques
Wireless acoustic sensors
Contacts: Dr Adrian Stevenson & Professor Chris Lowe, Institute of Biotechnology The platform technology, developed at the Institute of Biotechnology, is based on a wireless acoustic sensor for use in biomedicine as a diagnostic monitoring system, or as a real-time sensor in the food, … [Read more...] about Wireless acoustic sensors
Potential cure for TB: How to create a viable business to ensure that the drug can be brought to market
Contacts: Professor John Archer, Genetics Mentor: Julian Hickling, Working in Tandem More information: http://www.cambridge-mit.org/cgi-bin/default.pl?SSSID=532 Tuberculosis is widespread as a disease of developing countries and poor people within developed countries, killing at least 2 … [Read more...] about Potential cure for TB: How to create a viable business to ensure that the drug can be brought to market
Creating value by combining a multitude of traffic information to forecast future demands and changes
Contacts: Michael Simmons & Professor Peter Landshoff, Centre for Mathematical Sciences Mentor: Caren Weinberg More information: http://www.ntdf.org.uk Organisations in the UK collect data on travellers in a variety of different ways, but most do not have enough data to make accurate … [Read more...] about Creating value by combining a multitude of traffic information to forecast future demands and changes
Piezo-electric nanotube devices for microfluidic applications – investigating possible uses for drug delivery and misting products
Contacts: Dr. Finlay Morrison & Professor Jim Scott, Earth Sciences Mentor: Iain Simpson, TEAM Consulting Most nanotechnologies are viewed as "solutions in search of a problem". However, the development of piezoelectric arrays of very small tube diameters has obvious application to systems … [Read more...] about Piezo-electric nanotube devices for microfluidic applications – investigating possible uses for drug delivery and misting products
Potential cure for TB: How to create a viable business to ensure that the drug can be brought to market
Contacts: Professor John Archer, Genetics Tuberculosis is widespread as a disease of developing countries and poor people within developed countries, killing at least 2 million people per year, with 8.8 million new cases in 2002. The main treatments for TB involve a complex 6-9 month course of up … [Read more...] about Potential cure for TB: How to create a viable business to ensure that the drug can be brought to market
Tracking movements of crowds – potential security applications
Contacts: PDr. Gabriel Brostow, Engineering Mentor: Caren Weinberg The Vision & Robotics Group at the Engineering Department has worked on a wide range of projects related to computer analysis of videos and photos. The crowds project, carried out by Dr. Gabriel Brostow has focused on … [Read more...] about Tracking movements of crowds – potential security applications
