Easter 2012
Redesigning electricity – Changing copper cables to carbon
Contact: Dr. Krzysztof Koziol, Materials Science Mentor: Dr. Charles Romito & Adrian Swinburne NOTE - first session for this project will be at 5pm on Friday March 23rd at the Department of Materials Science In the modern world we are surrounded by electricity and electrical cables, the technology for which has barely changed since its invention. Copper…
Finding biomedical uses for a low-cost portable tuneable laser
Contact: Dr. Philip Hands & Dr. Damian Gardiner, Engineering (CAPE) More information: Watch the video Mentor: Wouter Meuleman "Companies have a vision of hand-held diagnostic devices for non-experts" The research team at the Engineering Department has developed a unique, compact and low-cost laser which can be tuned within a range of wavelengths. While there are a wide range…
ZeoPhyte® – Marketing an environmentally-friendly soil conditioner to remediate contaminated
Contact: Dr Peter Leggo, Department of Earth Sciences More information: Peter Leggo and Technology trials Mentor: Nancy Bocken Centuries of mining and industrial activity have left large areas of land across Europe, the USA and other regions of the world virtually sterile and unable to support plant growth due to heavy metal or recalcitrant organic contaminants. Removal of contaminated soil…
An innovation to significantly accelerate the growth of algae
Contact: Dr Thomas Mock, University of East Anglia Mentor: Dr. Julian White The global market for algal biomass is blooming, attracting investment and interest from organisations wishing to utilise algae to produce high quality and sustainable biofuels, food supplements, animal-feed, high value co-products such as nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, bioplastics, biochemicals, fertilizers and cosmetics. Scientists at the University of…