Congratulations to all this year's finalists pictured above with our sponsors! We are pleased to announce the prizewinners below. Please click on their names to find out more details about their projects!
Orthofix Prize for Best Medical Engineering Project Winner
Peter Niemetz, Imperial College London, 'The “B2W” – A Bike to All-terrain Wheelchair Transformation for Developing Countries'
Vicon Prize for Best Project involving the Design or Development of a Medical Device Winner
Robin Read, Middlesex University, 'The Design and Development of an End-Effector for a Wheelchair-Mounted Robotic Arm'
MediMaton Prize for Best Medical Engineering Recent
PhD Thesis Winner
Jonathan Caruana, University College London, 'Does Cement Mantle Thickness Really Matter?'
Corin Group Prize for Best Project Presentation Winner
Peter Niemetz, Imperial College London, 'The “B2W” – A Bike to All-terrain Wheelchair Transformation for Developing Countries'
The runners-up are as follows:
Orthofix Prize for Best Medical Engineering Project Runners-Up
Theofano Eftaxiopoulou, Imperial College London, 'Modelling of the Mechanics of the Glenoid Labrum'
Lindsay Stroud, Cardiff University, 'In-Vivo Non Invasive Measurement of Scapulothoracic Motion during Arm Elevation'
Vicon Prize for Best Project involving the Design or Development of a Medical Device Runners-Up
Mark O'Riordan, Bristol University, 'Design Study and Concept Proof of Motorised Microdrives for Multi Neuron Recording in Freely-Moving Rodents'
Xiao Fang Zhang, Cork Institute of Technology, 'Medical Infusion System Air Bubble Extractor Design and Development'
MediMaton Prize for Best Medical Engineering Recent
PhD Thesis Runners-Up
Alexander Evangelidis, Imperial College London, 'A Robotic System for Minimally Invasive Orthopaedic Surgery'
Severin Harvey, Imperial College London, 'Developing an Electrochemical Tissue Perfusion Sensor'
The Engineering in Medicine and Health Division would like to thank everyone who entered the competition, all the finalists, the judges and our sponsors MediMaton Ltd, Orthofix, Vicon Ltd and Corin Group.