Shortlist
The Engineer were thoroughly impressed with the high quality of entries across all the categories this year and it was extremely difficult, given the standard, to choose the shortlist.
After much deliberation the shortlist has now been chosen, please see the list below and look out for the Shortlist Supplement in the magazine. The winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on 4th December at The Royal Society.
Automotive / Rail / Marine
- BVT Surface Fleet / CorusNST / Welding (UK)
University of Strathclyde / University of Malta / University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Ironing out the bumps - Delta Motorsport
University of Oxford
500Nm modular YASA motor - Ricardo UK Ltd., Denso UK, Jaguar Land Rover
University of Brighton
2/4CAR - A 2stroke/4stroke switching engine
Energy
- Aquamarine Power
Queen's University, Belfast
Oyster - BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre / Vestas Technology UK
University of Manchester / University of Sheffield
Stealth Technology enables Wind Energy - Rolls-Royce
The University of Birmingham / Swansea University
Titanium Aluminide Turbine Blades
Aerospace & Defence
- AWE
Cranfield University
Advanced Computer Models for Compressible Turbulant Mixing - BAE Systems
University of Southampton
ALADDIN - Magna Parva
University of Leicester
Collaboration for Space Exploration
Environmental Technology
- Rolls-Royce
University of Cambridge
FlowTool - Sorption Energy
The University of Warwick
Sorption Energy - UPS Systems
University of Glamorgan
Renewable Hydrogen Research and Development Centre
Medical & Healthcare
- Biomer Technology
University of Liverpool
Polymer coatings to control in-stent restenosis - Finsbury Development
University of Southampton
Development of Large Bearing Ceramic Hip Replacements - The Technology Partnership / Cancer Research Technology
Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology / University of Oxford
CyMap
Process & Production
- Bristol Water
University of Bristol
Ice Pigging in the Water Supply Industry - Corus UK / Organised Technology / UMIP
The University of Manchester / The University of Birmingham
Advanced Microstructure Analysis using Induction Spectroscopy - SELEX Sensors & Airborne Systems
The University of Manchester
SKADS
Civil
- BAE System Advanced Technology Centre / Smart Fibres / Insensys
Aston University
Nerves of Glass: Fibre Optic Health Monitoring: From Concept to Reality - Tarmac
University of Nottingham
Creative Energy Homes - Cable Detection
Staffordshire University
Digital Signal Processing for CATs