Departmental News
Read about the work the Department is undertaking, about its achievements and the valuable contributions students and staff are making to society …
Winner of the 2012 Salters’ Institute Award
The Salters’ Institute offers up to ten prizes, each of £1,000, to final-year undergraduates studying at UK universities. Candidates are expected to obtain a First Class Honours Degree in either Chemistry or Chemical Engineering in the Summer of 2012. The Department of Engineering Science is delighted to announce that this year David Adler (Oriel College) has won the Salters' Graduate Prize in Chemical Engineering.
Energy technology research collaborations between Oxford and Korea – a vision for the future
The Department of Engineering Science hosted two special visits recently by the Republic of Korea’s three largest energy technology institutes and by Mr Suk-Hwan Park, Korea’s Ambassador to the UK.
Winners of the 2012 IET Ambition and Achievement Awards
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Europe’s largest membership organisation for engineers and technicians and the largest engineering institution in the UK, recently held its annual Healthcare Technologies Network Lecture and its Ambition and Achievement Awards ceremony in London.
The 2012-2013 Sloane Robinson Scholarships
This year the Sloane Robinson Foundation has awarded two scholarships to graduates, Marisol Martinez-Alanis from Mexico and Qian Cheng from China, who are undertaking the Department of Engineering Science's MSc course in Biomedical Engineering.
Engineering Leadership Advanced Award
Congratulations to the Department’s third year undergraduate, Neil Alliston (Worcester College), for receiving one of this year’s Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) "Engineering Leadership Advanced Awards".
New metamaterials technology offers a cable-free lifestyle
Dr Chris Stevens and his research team from Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science have developed a new technology that allows devices such as mobile phones and cameras to both charge and transmit data without cables. Current applications target smaller, low power devices. However, employed on a larger scale, this technology might eliminate the need for power and data cables altogether. Isis Innovation Ltd, the University of Oxford’s research commercialisation company, is working with Dr Chris Stevens to bring the technology to market.
Royal Academy of Engineering headquarters is named Prince Philip House
The Royal Academy of Engineering announced that its newly renovated 'Forum for Engineering' in London is to be named Prince Philip House, in honour of its Senior Fellow HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who formally opened the building on Carlton House Terrace on Tuesday, 16th October 2012.
Distinguished Science Award
Congratulations to John Allen, Professor of Engineering Science (Emeritus), who recently received a Distinguished Scientist Award at the “International Topical Conference on Plasma Science: Advanced Plasma Concepts” held in Faro, Portugal.
International recognition for Professor Alison Noble
Congratulations to Professor Alison Noble FREng, Technikos Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Department of Engineering Science, who has been elected a Fellow of the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions Society (MICCAI)
The 2012 Sir Henry Royce Award for Technical Innovation
Dr Marko Bacic (and his colleagues Stephen Garner and Arthur Rowe), who works for Rolls-Royce and is an Oxford University Research Lecturer, recently received the prestigious 2012 Sir Henry Royce Award for Technical Innovation for work on model-based detection system for confirmation of Intermediate Pressure (IP) shaft failure on three-spool engines.
Professor Tarassenko is first Chief Advisor for new Open Access Journal
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced the appointment of Professor Lionel Tarassenko as the first of a team of Chief Advisors who will support and promote 'The Journal of Engineering', the IET’s new open access publication, due for launch in 2013. The decision to establish an international team of Chief Advisors reflects the broad scope and global reach of the new journal which will provide open access to essential engineering intelligence.
Oxford spin-out provides software to monitor vital signs via webcam
A new Oxford spin-out, OxeHealth, spun out from Oxford’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering, will allow a patient’s health to be monitored using a webcam and a software application.
Headstart for Sixth Formers
This year the Department of Engineering Science ran its sixteenth Headstart residential course for sixth formers from throughout the UK. The programme included practical problem-solving activities, team projects, industrial site visits, lectures and tours of laboratories - including a gala dinner at Hertford College.
Dr Martin Booth receives prestigious SAOT Young Researcher Award
Congratulations to Dr Martin Booth, EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow of the Department of Engineering Science, who has won this year’s prestigious Young Researcher Award of the Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technology (SAOT) , for his pioneering contributions in adaptive optics for microscopy and photonic engineering.
The 2012 Oxford Medtronic Lecture – Thursday, 21st June
For the last five years Medtronic, the global leader in medical technology, has supported the education and research of biomedical engineering across the Atlantic. Medtronic graduate scholarships, especially promoting women, and the Oxford Medtronic Lectureship have played a key part in encouraging the exchange of ideas in biomedical engineering between universities in the United States and Europe.
Biomedical Engineering initiative announced as a finalist in global health competition
The GSMA, in collaboration with the Qtel Group and Qualcomm Incorporated, recently announced that the Department’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering initiative, BabeeMon, took second place in its inaugural Mobile Health University Challenge.
International recognition for the Department of Engineering Science's EWH team
The Department’s Engineering World Health (EWH) team led by Dr Gari Clifford, researching low-cost blood pressure measurement technology, has won the Best Innovation Leveraging Technology Award in the international Dell Social Innovation Challenge – a prize of $10,000 to help bring the device to market.
Professor Coussios receives Lizzi award from the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound
Constantin Coussios, Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Department, has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Frederic Lizzi Early Career Award by the International Society of Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU).
Facebook for animals' tested on birds
A new way of analysing the social networks that link individual animals to each other has been tested on wild great tits by Oxford University researchers. The research team, supported by Microsoft Research, consisted of Ioannis Psorakis, Stephen Roberts and Iead Rezek from the Department of Engineering Science and Ben Sheldon of the Department of Zoology.