Sponsored by Babcock International Group, and hosted by Rachel Riley, the Awards were attended by Matthew Hancock MP, Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise and Sir Chris Snowden, President of Universities U.K. The latter also acted as one of the overall Judges.
The five category winners and overall winner were announced during the lunchtime ceremony held at RIBA. Holly Bishop from the University of Plymouth was awarded the top prize of £25,000 including a bespoke mentoring programme from a senior engineer within Babcock International Group for her idea addressing patient adherence to medication.
The competition was designed to challenge first, second, third and fourth year STEM students to come up with an innovative idea that will help to make positive changes within a particular industry. Working alongside the Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies (SEMTA), the Higher Education External Relations Association (HEERA) and Universities UK (UUK), The Telegraph’s STEM competition aimed to attract both the younger generation and the wider public to the work carried out by STEM-based industries.
The winners in the five categories were as follows:
Automotive category, judged by McLaren
Daniel Crumpton, Gabriel Holdgate and Owen Joslin, University of Sussex - CAROP Generator.
Pharmaceuticals, judged by GSK
Holly Bishop, The University of Plymouth - The solution to medication non-adherence: A medical wristband proposal.
Defence, judged by BAE Systems
Alistair Godley, University of Manchester - A new method for the accurate location and safe disposal of naval mines.
Construction, judged by Atkins
Daniel Butters, University of Birmingham - Pumped Hydroelectric Storage and Solar Water Heater.
Environment category, judged by Semta
Richard Ogodeton, University of Sussex - The COFLO Eco-Shower.
Richard Gray, Science Correspondent, The Telegraph, said: “Each one of the shortlisted entrants along with the winners must be congratulated. Learning about their ideas and designs over the past few weeks has been inspiring and presented the judges with some tough decisions.
“Overall the quality of entrants to the first Telegraph UK STEM Awards, has been hugely encouraging and I hope that by taking part in these awards the students will feel inspired to contribute their own innovations and ideas to make our world a better and more exciting place.”
The competition was targeted at undergraduate university and higher-education students who were able to enter five different categories through a dedicated portal, telegraph.co.uk/stemawards on The Telegraph 14th March, until the 27th April.
The site contains further information and the each of the winners’ video submissions.
