2007-2008
George Lentaris
I was one of the first students who joined the i-Teams back in 2007. I have to admit that the experience really shaped my career, as I changed professional course and from an engineering student doing his PhD, became a business consultant, and then project manager.
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.…
Low-cost solution for variable speed motors
Contact: Dr Ehsan Abdi, CAPE, Cambridge University Engineering Department Mentors: Adrian Swinburne Wind Technologies were finalists in the 2007 CUE Business Creation Competition, using technologies developed in the Cambridge University Engineering Department since 1999. The research has recently matured, enabling practical and complete designs to be made with confidence, both for power generation techniques (wind turbines) and…
Laser-assisted metal spraying
Contact: Matthew Bray, & Dr. Andrew Cockburn, Institute for Manufacturing Mentors: Marc Bax, Panchromos Working under Professor Bill O'Neill, a team of researchers is investigating a number of different approaches to manufacturing metal items without the use of moulds and molten metal. This is important for the repair of existing metal objects, coating one metal with a metal of…
Intelligent online textbooks
Contact: Dr. William Billingsley, CARET Mentor: Caren Weinberg Dr. Billingsley has developed the concept of an Intelligent Textbook, which can use existing online resources to assist school and university students and others with learning and examinations. Using an AI engine, the Textbook can offer a range of features and benefits which are not possible using traditional printed…