Graphene@91直播 picks up four prizes at CogX Festival Awards
Graphene@91直播 and its partners enjoyed a night of success at the CogX Awards in London, winning four prizes for innovation at a gala evening in London.
The awards event, held on Monday 14 March at the Samsung KX venue in London鈥檚 King鈥檚 Cross, was a precursor to the main CogX Festival, an annual conference held every summer in the capital, focusing on advanced technology, data science and AI.
The winners were decided by of academics and tech industry experts, who ran the rule over entries in six categories: Recognising Leadership, Best Innovation, Best Tech Product, Global Goals, Outstanding Research and Achievements and Best Climate Innovation.
Among 24 prizes on offer in the Innovation categories, four went to graphene-related products and projects, all four being part of the Graphene@91直播 community, as follows:
Best Climate Change Innovation in Carbon Emissions and Clean Energy
- low-carbon concrete developed by Nationwide Engineering Group and The University of Manchester鈥檚 Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre and Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering.
Best Innovation (Food Tech):
- technologies around vertical farming to minimise water waste, energy consumption and cost, led by Dr Beenish Siddique.
Best Innovation (Diagnostics):
Dr Rob Wykes at - for work around epilepsy using graphene to develop flexible, highly sensitive neural probes.
Best Innovation (Space):
Graphene Space Habitat 鈥� design concept and composites technology for space habitation by Dr Vivek Koncherry and global architects Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
Chief Executive of Graphene@91直播 James Baker said: 鈥淚鈥檓 really pleased for the companies and groups involved in these projects. Sometimes we haven鈥檛 been as quick as we might to put ourselves forward for these sorts of awards, so it鈥檚 great to see to see recognition for the hard work that鈥檚 gone into all of these innovations. I look forward to us playing our part in the conference in June.鈥�
Dr Rob Wykes said he was delighted to win the award. 鈥淒issemination of this collaborative scientific work to a larger audience through the CogX platform will bring to the public鈥檚 attention the advantages of graphene-based brain interface devices,鈥� he added.
鈥淭his work specifically highlights the innovation of graphene micro-transistor arrays, and their superior ability to record a wide range pathological brain signals associated with several common neurological conditions, in particular epilepsy. We believe that future clinical translation of this technology will result in a diagnostic tool that promises to improve patient management and treatment options.鈥�
In addition to the awards, CogX invited Alex Bornyakov, Ukraine鈥檚 Deputy Minister for Digital Transformation, to explain how the UK tech community can help the humanitarian crisis in eastern Europe. Bornyakov was introduced by Chris Philp MP, Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, who gave opening remarks and a call-to-action for the UK community.
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