2019-2020
Identifying the market needs in Africa and beyond for a
Inventors: Dr. Ljiljana Fruk & Leander Crocker, Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology Dr Fruk and her team have been working on developing flavin derivatives which have high catalytic properties. These can quickly degrade toxic dyes in water and were originally intended to be used in water purification activities. The compounds have been successfully attached to magnetic…
Investigating the requirements for air quality monitoring in the developing
Inventor: Peter Pedersen, EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sensor Technologies for a Healthy & Sustainable Future and open-seneca Mentor: Dr. Bill Matthews Open-seneca was set up by a group of Cambridge PhD students from the Sensor CDT with the aim of using citizen science to create a global air quality monitoring network. Their solution…
Finding the best developing world applications for an innovative, low
Inventors: Dr. Ilan Adler, University College London & Peter McKay, EcoNomad Solutions Ltd.Mentor: Dr. Simon Pulman-Jones Based on over 5 years of collaborative work, the inventors have developed a novel solar-powered water pump that has no moving parts and can be made from easily-sourced materials. The water pump will be used to extract water for…
Investigating the market need for 360° 3D displays
Inventor: Dr. Ozgur Yontem, Computer Lab Dr Yontem is an expert in holography, signal processing and optics. Building on the concepts of the Star Trek Holodeck and the Star Wars Holographic Chess, Dr Yontem is developing the technologies needed to create a commercial 360° display. His goal is to produce a 3D visualisation engine which…
Finding applications for flexible printed solar cells
Inventor: Dr. Leonard Ng Wei Tat, Electrical Engineering Mentor: Dr. Alex Smeets The inventor has helped develop roll-to-roll printed perovskite solar cells in an international research project using the inventor’s patented graphene technology. Current solar cell technology is nascent, achieving poor efficiencies (∼21%), have rigid form factors and face severe recycling issues at the end…
Investigating the best markets for low-power Internet of Things sensor
Inventor: Dr Jessica Ocampos, Camnexus (formerly of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology) Mentor: Adrian Swinburne, Quintaxiom Camnexus-IoT-Network is an end-to-end “Internet of Things” solution from sensors network to real-time warning system. The solution integrates wireless battery-powered sensors through a low-power and long-power area network (LoRaWAN) based backbone to a cloud-based server. This system allows the management…
Investigating patient and clinician acceptance of different methods for monitoring
Inventors: Dr. Gita Khalili Moghaddam (Clinical Neurosciences), Professor Chris Lowe (Cambridge Academy of Therapeutic Sciences) & Jeff Blyth (GlycoVue) Mentor: Bob Pettigrew Diabetes needs to be carefully controlled, with regular monitoring of blood glucose levels and careful use of insulin. The incidence of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes is increasing throughout the world,…
Identifying medical applications for a device which can improve fine
Inventors: Dr Gerald Mako, Cambridge Motorics Mentor: Bill Matthews How to support ageing populations is one of the most pressing issues Europe and other parts of the world are facing; according to the UN, the percentage of people over 65 is expected to rise from 11.3% in 2005 to 18% in 2030 and in Japan…
Finding the best medical applications for a new neurostimulation device
Inventors: Dr. Christopher Proctor & Vincenzo Curto, Electrical Engineering & Dr. Damiano Barone, Addenbrookes There are currently two different types of spinal cord implants available to clinicians and patients. These electrically stimulate the spinal nerves as a way of managing chronic pain in patients who are not responsive to opioids. One of these is very…