Science and Engineering Students Pura Amazing at Research Frontiers Event
Published: 5 August 2015
Four Science and Engineering PhD students made up the winning team at the University’s first Research Frontiers event with a project to tackle the issue of water wastage in the home.
Four Science and Engineering PhD students made up the winning team at the University’s first Research Frontiers event with a project to tackle the issue of water wastage in the home.
The event took place from 9-11 July 2015 at the Tall Ship in Glasgow and featured 46 researchers from a range of disciplines. Teams had to work together to develop a solution to a key water-related challenge of their choosing. They had access to a team of mentors from a range of backgrounds, including the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), the River Clyde Foundation, the Water Innovation Service, Scottish Water, professional engineers as well as Targeting Innovation’s mentor team which included intellectual property, design, commercialisation and innovation experts.
The winning team – Puracycle - consisted of Kirsty Annand, Scott Smith, Shoubhik Gupta and Szymon Calus. Kirsty said of the event: “The experience of taking part in the water challenge has been invaluable as it has helped us better understand how we apply the skills and knowledge developed during our PhD to a real-world problem in an innovative manner. We were given the opportunity to work in a multi-disciplinary team which allowed us to explore and develop each of our individual strengths. This challenge allowed us the unique opportunity to gain vital experience in the many stages of developing an idea, and provided us with the tools to spark innovation, collaboration and new ways of thinking in industry.”
First published: 5 August 2015