Many congratulations to Dr. Sithamparanathan Sabesan for being awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowship! Dr. Sabesan worked with an i-Team in 2009, looking at possible applications for his long-range RFID (radio frequency identification) technology. Since then the technology … [Read more...] about Congratulations to Dr Sithamparanathan Sabesan on receiving a Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowship
Inclusive user modelling – a new system for user interface designers
Inclusive user modelling - a new system for user interface designers Contact: Dr. Pradipta Biswas, Engineering Design Centre Mentor: Simon Pullman-Jones & Marge Eldridge For more information: Dr. Biswas' publications page Dr. Biswas has developed and released a simulator for user … [Read more...] about Inclusive user modelling – a new system for user interface designers
Creating the hydrogen economy using small-scale hydrogen-generation
Contact: Enass Abo-Hamed & Dr. Roger Coulston, Chemistry Mentor: John Hunter The hydrogen economy has huge potential but has so far not yet reached reality. Visions of the future range from large-scale hydrogen power stations to tiny fuel cells powering mobile electronic devices, to mid-size … [Read more...] about Creating the hydrogen economy using small-scale hydrogen-generation
Using magnetic fields to heat up localised parts of the body
Contact: Dr. Thanos Mitrelias and Dr Marina Tselepi, Cavendish Laboratory & Cavendish NanoTherapeutics Mentor: Bob Pettigrew Cavendish NanoTherapeutics is a spin-out from the thin-film magnetism group at the Cavendish Laboratory. Its products are designed to assist in the treatment of … [Read more...] about Using magnetic fields to heat up localised parts of the body
Using micro-cantilevers to measure the viscosity of blood and other fluids
Contact: Dr. Thanos Mitrelias, Cavendish Laboratory & Memsbio Mentor: John Loveluck The Thin Film Magnetism (TFM) group in the Cavendish have been working with a research team from Koc University, one of the leading Universities in Turkey, a collaboration which has now resulted in a Turkish … [Read more...] about Using micro-cantilevers to measure the viscosity of blood and other fluids
Finding the best route-to-market for printable lasers
Contact: Dr. Wen-Kai Hsaio, Institute for Manufacturing & Dr. Damian Gardiner, CMMPE Mentor: Simon Pulman-Jones References: Printed photonics arrays from self-organised chiral nematic liquid crystals The team from the Department of Engineering have created a unique way of printing organic … [Read more...] about Finding the best route-to-market for printable lasers
Identifying the best markets for porous silicon sensors
Contact: Tanya Hutter & Professor Stephen Elliott, Chemistry Mentor: Michael Katz & Marc Bax Porous silicon is inexpensive to manufacture and can be used to produce small, simple optical sensors for a wide range of gases and other materials. The silicon can be used in its bare state, or … [Read more...] about Identifying the best markets for porous silicon sensors
Finding the best commercial application for a new type of tuneable lens
Contact: Jerome Charmet, Nanoscience Centre, Engineering & Emily Triggs, Engineering Mentor: Adrian Swinburne Lenses are everywhere, in mobile phones, security cameras, projectors, medical equipment and lighting, as well as in more specialised optical equipment such as microscopes, with each … [Read more...] about Finding the best commercial application for a new type of tuneable lens
Using sunlight-activated catalysts to remove pollution and purify water
Contacts: Dr. Vasant Kumar, Giorgio Divitini, Dr. Caterina Ducati & Najeeb Ullah, Materials Science & Metallurgy Mentor: Dr. Mark Priest Sunlight can degrade pollutants in water with a suitable catalyst. Current solutions exist, with the most common catalyst being Titanium dioxide … [Read more...] about Using sunlight-activated catalysts to remove pollution and purify water
Lowering the cost of purifying cell populations and biopharmaceutical molecules
Contact: Ipshita Mandal, Matthew Townsend & Dr. Duncan Sharp, Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology Mentors: Wouter Meuleman & Dr. Marc Bax The biopharmaceutical industry is growing rapidly, currently standing at a market capitalisation of over $140bn, and growing at … [Read more...] about Lowering the cost of purifying cell populations and biopharmaceutical molecules
