2011-2012
Enhancing Reality – finding commercial applications for Spectral Edge, a
Contacts: Professor Graham Finlayson, Dr. David Connah, School of Computing Sciences, UEA Mentor: Dr. Mark Priest, Harrogate Partners For some visual examples of the technology's capabilities, see here Professor Finlayson, founder of university spin-out Imsense which was successfully acquired in mid-2010, and his colleague David Connah, have developed a new approach to the problem of…
MicroEnCAPs – investigating the market demand for self-assembling “smart” materials
Contacts: Dr. Roger Coulston & Jing Zhang, Chemistry (both i-Teams alumni) Mentors: Dr. Julian White, Skalene The next generation of "smart" materials will require molecular self-assembly to achieve the high degrees of functionality and complexity that are required for a wide range of applications. Such materials are already used as heat absorbers, self-healing paints, optical sensors and…