CSRC involved in ‘Honeypot’ Win
Fri, 17 Jul 2015 13:23:00 BST
On Tuesday 7 July teams of staff were tasked with a seven-hour design challenge as part of the Honeypot project. Honeypot involves researchers from across the University and aims to discover the very best in innovation and to promote interdisciplinary working. The design challenge focused on ways to reduce mortality in childbirth through exploring mechanisms to detect Perinatal Asphyxia. The winning idea is to be supported by the University’s Research and Enterprise department with £10,000 backing for further development initially through a bid to UNICEF. Dr Julia Meaton, CSRC member and a member of the winning team said. “ It was great opportunity to meet academics from other schools with different expertise, and despite the time pressures, or maybe because of them, it was an exciting day! Our team are delighted to have won and will be using the prize money to develop our innovation”.
Pictured above are the winning team and the judges, from left to right: Dr David Swann, Reader in Design in the School of Art, Design and Architecture (member of winning team); David Bailey, Creative Director of UX&D (GEL), BBC (Judge); Dr Karen-Leigh Edwards, Reader Advancing Clinical Practice, Australian Catholic University (Judge); Dr Serena McCluskey, Senior Research Fellow in the School of Human and Health Sciences (member of winning team); Professor Bob Cryan, Vice–Chancellor; Professor Liz Towns-Andrews, Director of Research and Enterprise and Chief Executive of 3M Buckley Innovation Centre (Judge); Dr Julia Meaton, Senior Lecturer in Sustainability, Strategy, Marketing and Economics and Course Leader in the Business School (member of winning team); Professor Eunice Ma, Director of Internationalisation in the School of Art, Design and Architecture (member of winning team) and Stefan Gabriel, Visiting Professor of Innovation (Judge).
