Contacts: Dr David Zou, Materials Science and GreenPB Mentor: Dr. Nicky Athanassopoulou GreenPB (who were originally an i-Team) are in the early stages of commercialising a new environmentally-friendly method of recycling car batteries, invented by Dr. Vasant Kumar of Materials Science. The … [Read more...] about Investigating the citric acid marketplace

Contacts: Simon Fothergill, Computer Lab Mentor: Dr. John Hunter A team of researchers from the Computer Lab and Engineering department in Cambridge have worked for the past 2 years on a detailed sensing project for athletes. The SESAME project (SEnsing in Sport and Managed Exercise) has looked … [Read more...] about Commercialising an automated rowing trainer

Contact: Jack Lang, Lecturer, Computer Lab Mentor: Amy Weatherup Applications to study Computer Science at University have dropped sharply over the past 10 years, as computers have become tools to use rather than machines to program. It is very hard for school-age children to find appropriate … [Read more...] about A low-cost programmable computer for kids