Projects
Enhancing Reality – finding commercial applications for Spectral Edge, a
Contacts: Professor Graham Finlayson, Dr. David Connah, School of Computing Sciences, UEA Mentor: Dr. Mark Priest, Harrogate Partners For some visual examples of the technology's capabilities, see here Professor Finlayson, founder of university spin-out Imsense which was successfully acquired in mid-2010, and his colleague David Connah, have developed a new approach to the problem of…
MicroEnCAPs – investigating the market demand for self-assembling “smart” materials
Contacts: Dr. Roger Coulston & Jing Zhang, Chemistry (both i-Teams alumni) Mentors: Dr. Julian White, Skalene The next generation of "smart" materials will require molecular self-assembly to achieve the high degrees of functionality and complexity that are required for a wide range of applications. Such materials are already used as heat absorbers, self-healing paints, optical sensors and…
Improving infant health in the developing world while breastfeeding
Contact: Stephen Gerrard, Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology & Arron Rodrigues, Engineering World Health Cambridge Other information: JustMilk Originally based on an idea from a conference at MIT where a team of students were challenged to reduce mother to child HIV transmission, Stephen, Arron and their team are working to develop nipple shields designed to deliver anti-retrovirals to…
Influencing government policy through scientific research
Contact: Dr. Christopher Tyler, Centre for Science and Policy Mentor: Nancy Bocken, Engineering Academic research which is relevant for informing government policy usually has a narrow set of obvious policy applications. On closer inspection much of this research would also have relevance to a wider range of policy areas. For example, research on ecosystems may be obviously applicable…
Investigating uses for a polymer “doorway” into living cells
Contact: Professor Nigel Slater, Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology Mentors: Dr Jason Mellad & Alex Hellawell, Innovia Professor Slater and his team have been working for the past 15 years on the problem of how to get delivery payloads into cells across living cell membranes. The problem is that most payloads are hydrophilic or highly charged…
Using a new basic technology to revolutionise multiple applications, from
Contact: Dr. Easan Sivaniah, Physics Mentor: Dr. Julian White, Skalene Dr. Sivaniah's team in the Cavendish have been working on developing new porous structures. Porous materials are widely used in many applications, from filters to catalysis to fuel cells to solar cells to many others. In most cases the reason for using a porous material…
Releasing perfumes and other vapours on demand
Contact: Dr. Jenny Tillotson, Institute of Biotechnology, Dept Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge & Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London Mentors: Rachel Jones, Instrata and Simon C R Lewis Before coming to Cambridge, Dr. Tillotson worked as a designer, pioneering ideas in wearable and responsive perfumes. Starting from a design perspective, she has now worked…
Novel Uses for a Portable, Daily Disposable, Neuromuscular Stimulation Device
Contact: Jerry Walker, St. Bartholomews Hospital, London and Dr Rachel Fallon, Sky Medical Technology Ltd Mentors: Marc Bax, Panchromos and Rob Moir, Innovia Technology The research team at St. Bartholomew's Hospital has developed a small, battery-powered self adhesive device [weighing 16g] that attaches to the back of a person's knee delivering current to a nerve situated just…
Cost-effective carbon capture and electricity generation
Contacts: Professor Derek Fray, Materials Science & Dr. Michael Priestnall, Cambridge Carbon Capture Mentor: Dr Mark Priest, Harrogate Partners Cambridge Carbon Capture is a potential spin-out from the Department of Materials Science. The team are developing a highly-efficient process for power-production and carbon sequestration that can convert fossil fuel and industrial waste materials directly into clean electricity…