Lent 2010
Jing Zhang, Chemistry
This project was extremely attractive to me because of its potential to be applied in various areas and the possibility to completely revolutionize the current methods of initial drug screening. Working on this project has taught me an enormous amount about general business strategy, market analysis, team building, effective communication and presentation. This has been…
Manufacturing carbon nanotubes at low cost and at high volume
Contacts: Professor Derek Fray, Department of Materials Science Mentor: Marc Bax Carbon nanotubes have long attracted the attention of the media due to their unique physical and chemical properties. However, they are generally expensive and slow to manufacture, due to the low yield and complexity of current manufacturing methods. Although carbon nanotubes are used in increasing…
Using fingerprints to detect drugs and other metabolytes
Contacts: Professor David Russell, Department of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, & Jerry Walker, Intelligent Fingerprinting Ltd. Mentor: Dr. Julian White A team of researchers at the University of East Anglia have developed a ground-breaking new technique which can use the sweat in fingerprints to identify a number of illegal drugs, prescription drugs and drug metabolites.…
Highly-sensitive low-power gas sensors
Contacts: Professor Stephen Elliott, Chemistry, & Professor Bill Milne, CAPE Mentor: Dr. Mark Priest A team of researchers from Chemistry and Engineering have worked together to develop novel gas sensors based on carbon nanotube technology. These sensors have the potential to be low-power, compact and lightweight, as well as to be highly sensitive to low concentrations…