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Previous winners of the bluebox Ideas Competition include:
2008:
First place:
Professor Christian Langton – “A robotic ultrasound technique for use in cancer treatment” (Faculty of Science)
Runners up:
Toby Gifford – “Interactive music software to accompany human musicians" (Faculty of Creative Industries)
Professor Nathan Efron, Nicola Pritchard and Katie Edwards – “A testing device to determine neuropathy” (Faculty of Health)
Finalist:
Reece Clothier and Duncan Greer – “An automated airspace guidance system” (Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering)
Notable mentions:
Ritwik Majumder – “Stability and control of microgrid” (Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering)
Sarah Bankins and Naomi Puchala – “Understanding, meeting and managing the expectations of different generations: Managers and graduates online learning product” (Faculty of Business)
Hugh Brown – “Musowiki.net” (Faculty of Creative Industries)
Associate Professor Neil King – “Developing an electronic device for monitoring appetite and health” (Faculty of Health)
Christian Flender – “Model-driven service engineering” (Faculty of Information Technology)
Professor Des Butler – “Air Gondwana” (Faculty of Law)
Dr Tristan Croll and Dr Sean Richards – “A next-generation model of full thickness skin” (Faculty of Science)
2007:
First place:
Dr Ben Goss, Cameron Lutton, and Dr Lance Wilson – Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation – for the development of a new orthopaedic surgery tool to cut bone cement.
Runners up:
Dr Tim Dargaville – Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation – for a new method of improving wound healing using pH indicators.
Alfredo Nantes – Faculty of Information Technology – for an artificial intelligence system for computer game testing.
Notable mentions:
Sam Wallace – Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering
Dr Madeleine Schultz, Dr Mark Wellard and Professor Judith Clements – Faculty of Science
