In January 2025, a record 19 individual applications were made, as well as seven from groups within the School of Engineering. This resulted in considerable demands on our funds, and the following awards were made:
Jamie Clarke
£300 to develop a device that allows competitive motor bike riders to see better without compromising their aerodynamic position, enhancing both safety and performance in TT competitions
Sean Hayashibara
£406.57 to design an all-in-one whole spice storage, dispenser and grinder system to make spice use more accessible and convenient
Jalal Sayed and Murray McGinley
£550 to develop a resilient team of micro-rovers to simulate and study the dynamics of robotic teams when challenged with faults and failures in planetary exploration settings
Finlay Durkin and his team
£500 to create potentially the world’s smallest electrostimulation and liquid-handling robot for heart cells
Isabel Payne
£400 towards exploring the use of mycelium’s biofiltration properties for removing organic pollutants from sewage, to design a deployable water filter
Emily O’Neill
£560 towards her project, which aims to improve astronauts sleeping experience aboard current and future space stations by addressing the difficulty in sleeping identified by the International Space Station
Luke Barber
£300 to create a lamping system allowing users to customise their unique lamp online and and using sustainable, recyclable materials to create an innovative, modern lamp engineered to fit through a letterbox
GU Rocketry
Once again this team put forward a convincing presentation and were awarded £3 400
