In 2021, the University of Birmingham ran its very first Engineers in Business competition and included the following finalists:
1st prize
Alix Johnstone-Morfoisse (PhD School of Physics and Astronomy)
Alix won the University of Birmingham competition with her entry Simply Radiation.
Her idea is a first of a kind tool which estimates robots' failure under radiation, by combining classic radiation modelling and failure modes with effects analysis. Alix was entered into the national competition and has since registered a business to pursue her idea into market. Read Alix's story here
2nd Prize
Arushi Madan (Electronic and Electrical Engineering), Rizza Riparip - (Biomedical Materials Science), Alice Phillips (Law), Gloria Nwator (International Relations with Economics) and Abrar Hussain (Economics)
Team Project Globe entered their idea to create a mobile app that encouarages people to travel safely during and after the pandemic by keeping them informed of COVID-19 regulations, suggesting places and activities based on the users past experiences and providing an easy interface to plan hassle-free group trips.
3rd prize
Ethan Diamond (Mathematics with Computer Science) and Alexandre Delaitre (AI and Computer Science).
Ethan and Alexandre's project called Altitude Capital seeks to create an ecosystem underpinned by a proprietary crytocurrency to bridge the gap between those who are unable to code but understand the value of algorithmic trading.
National Finalist: Joe Garrett (MEng Mechanical Engineering)
In addition, Joe entered his idea seperately in the national competition and reached the final! Joe designed AuraGen a hybrid vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) that can dramatically reduce a household's CO2 footprint by about 850.5kg per year. Read about his invention