Lent 2008
A novel electric microsensor
Contacts: Ibraheem Haneef, CAPE Mentors: Adrian Swinburne These novel patent-pending microsensors have been developed at the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics over the past three years, combining expertise from a number of areas including semiconductor design and aeronautical engineering. The sensors have been initially designed to measure the skin friction on aircraft in flight, but have…
Finding real-world uses for a new material made from recycled
Contacts: Dai Morgan, Institute for Manufacturing Mentors: Charles Romito, Institute for Manufacturing Over the past 2 years, Dai Morgan has been focused on developing a low-energy, low-cost approach to dealing with a certain form of industrial polymer-based waste. Previous recycling approaches required a large energy input and produced noxious waste products. In contrast, Dai's method uses relatively…
Low-cost short pulse lasers (nanoSolutions)
Contact: Dr. Andrea Ferrari, Dr. Alexey Rozhin, Claudio Marinelli, CAPE Mentors: Marc Bax, Panchromos Limited The nanoSolutions team has developed a unique composite material using carbon nanotubes and flexible polymers, which can be deployed in a range of photonics applications. The particular application of interest to the i-Team is the use of this material to produce low-cost femtosecond pulse lasers…
Modelling fractal connectivity in long-memory networks
Contact: Professor Ed Bullmore & Maher Khaled, Cambridge Neuroscience Mentors: Dr. Aled Jones, Development Director for Climate Change & Energy Programs, Cambridge University Professor Bullmore and his team focus on the imaging of cognitive functions in the brain, using techniques such as MRI. In studying the results of this imaging they discovered the unexpected result that at low frequencies,…
Low voltage nanopumps for narrow channels
Contact: Professor Charles Smith, Physics Mentors: Dr. Jessica Morrod, Postgraduate Skills Training, Physical Sciences Professor Charles Smith who works at the Cavendish Laboratory is the joint founder of a spin-out company, Cambridge Lab on Chip Ltd. Professor Smith and his team have developed a nanopump technology which uses low AC voltages to pump fluids though narrow channels.…