An award of £7,500 to UG Racing in support of their current projects. The team aims to enter its second electric vehicle at Formula Student UK 2024 and compete in dynamic events, having finished third at Formula Student UK 2023 in the Driverless category
You can find out more about UG Racing’s achievements at https://ugracing.co.uk/
Joe Doyle, 5th year MEng Product Design Engineering | £850 towards developing a mechanism for preserving spatial hearing when wearing hearing protection such as ear defenders
Robbie Graham, 5th year MEng Product Design Engineering | £450 for the development of a commercial light fitting using bioluminescent algae as the light source
Toby MacDonald, 4th year Product Design Engineering | £550 to develop electronic musical instruments intended to facilitate the creation of music by people unable to use traditional software and instruments.
Pin Syuan (Belle) Chen, 4th year Product Design Engineering | £300 for work on a projection toy for children, allowing them to play in small spaces with light projection. Here is a slideshow showing how the prototype turned out, demonstrating that you do not have to invest in expensive materials to achieve your goal
Robert Jack, 5th year MEng Electrical and Electronics Engineering | £150 for a wearable Bluetooth sensor node for use in underwater environments
Ninett Andreli, 5th year MEng Electrical and Electronics Engineering | £220 for work on a deep neuronal filter for use in a hearing aid, to improve directionality and enhance noise cancellation in the device
Idris Omar and team, 5th year MEng Electrical and Electronics Engineering | £500 towards the development of biodegradable or recyclable RFID circuits to minimise the amount of electronics waste generated by this technology.
Sophie Barcan and team, 5th year MEng Electronics with Music | £200 to design the hardware and software prototype of a multi-purpose kitchen aid for automatic spice dispensing to eliminate the need for frequent handwashing and to prevent contamination of spice containers with raw food