The School of Engineering
Student Projects: Mechanical, Manufacturing and Petroleum Engineering and Product Design
Departmental Project Prizes in 2011
In academic year 2010/11, the winners of the departmental project prizes were:
Department Excellent Performance Prize (BEng Mechanical Engineering)
- Abdulrahman Al Khorafi (Hemp fibre/Vinyl ester Composites: Effect of compaction pressure on mechanical properties and water absorption)
Department Excellent Project Prize (BEng/MEng Mechanical Engineering)
Department Excellent Performance Prize (BSc Computer Aided Product Design)
- Albert Joseph Codali (Space Saver Compression Luggage)
Department Excellent Project Prize (BSc Computer Aided Product Design)
- Alex Manning (Recycling In Public Places)
Department Excellent Performance Prize (BSc Product Design and Innovation)
- Felicity Fuller (Development of a Teething Aid)
Department Excellent Project Prize (BSc Product Design and Innovation)
- Jonathan Charles Rowe-Davison (Improvement and Development of NHS Standard Crutches)
Department Excellent Performance Prize (MEng Mechanical Engineering)
- Justin Nicholls (Electrically Assisted Pedal Bicycle)
Department Excellent Performance Prize (BSc Marine Sports Technology)
- Adam Michael Smith (Sailing Dinghy Seating for Wheelchair Users)
Department Excellent Project Prize (BSc Marine Sports Technology)
- Patrick Arne Burke (Emergency Rudder)
Department Excellent Performance Prize (BEng Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering)
Department Excellent Project Prize (BEng Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering)
- Michael David Thomas (Design and Optimisation of an Advanced Clamping System)
Mr P A George Memorial Prize (4 winners)
- Josephine Ann Mitchell (An Investigation into the Wear Resistance of Points on a Spaldings Flatlift Subsoiler)
- Tom Peter Cox (Innovative Home Gym Equipment)
- Alan Booker (Characterisation of Novel Scaffold Materials for Knee Repair)
- Christopher James Wilde (Bluetooth Integration and Development of a Ball Robot)
Professor G M Bedford Memorial Prize
- Adam Andrew Charlton (Sustainable Classroom Furniture for the Third World)
Externally Awarded Prizes in 2011
In academic year 2010/11, the winners of the externally awarded prizes were:
IET Manufacturing Engineering Student Prize for Student Excellence
- Alex Marsh (An Investigation into Helicopter Vibration Analysis)
IMechE Best Student
- Sam Fenton (Scooter Multi-Tool)
IMechE Frederic Bames Waldron 'Best Student' Prize
- Alex Manning (Recycling In Public Places)
IMechE Project Certificate
- Johann Praffcke (An Investigation into the Potentials of FEA-Simulation for the Stress Softening Behaviour of Elastomers)
IMechE Project Prize
- Thomas Duncan Eeles (Non-Linear Analysis of Conical Shells Under Uniform Hydrostatic Pressure)
Pall Europe Ltd Project Prize
- Sean Philip Larsen (R22 ITC - Instrument Training Console)
Best Performance by the Royal Navy Student
- Alex Marsh (An Investigation into Helicopter Vibration Analysis)