Projects
Identifying the best markets for a new form of graphene-like
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 uncontaminated graphene in large enough pieces, and…
From Antarctica to the Arctic and everything in between –
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. It is a holistic approach to polar science. Their unifying focus is to understand…
Understanding the market for the home-monitoring of edema in heart
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 diet regimes. Half of these re-admissions are primarily due to poor…
Commercialising an Internet of Things management platform
Contact: Dr. Jat Singh, Computer Lab Mentor: Simon Pulman-Jones Dr. Singh’s research has focused on making distributed systems work simply, flexibly and securely. He is currently leading a project on developing a control platform for the Internet of Things (IoT). The platform can be used to send information to and coordinate the data exchanges…
Monitoring the phase behaviour of complex systems – in food,
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 predict reliably the shelf-life of the products, to…
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 be discarded into landfills and dispersed into the environment…
Finding the best market for low cost, efficient disruption of
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 industrial biotechnology, from production of bioactives such…
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 them very low-cost and easy to include in products. Over 2 million of these…
Using the biogas ecosystem to alleviate the poverty of African
Contact: Mohan Ahad & Lester Membe, Claremont Innovations Biogas digesters are becoming more widespread in the developing world. Anaerobic digesters on various scales take compostable waste and produce biogas which can be used to generate heat and electricity, as well as high-quality fertiliser to improve the soil. Anecodotally, many communities actually value the fertiliser…