{"id":14201,"date":"2024-07-11T12:08:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T11:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?p=14201"},"modified":"2024-07-23T08:45:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T07:45:19","slug":"plans-for-prototype-invention-revealed-at-childrens-award-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/plans-for-prototype-invention-revealed-at-childrens-award-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans for prototype invention revealed at children’s award ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Friday 5th June, UWE Engineers revealed early plans to turn a young person’s winning design into reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Leaders Award<\/a> is a nationwide engineering competition (run by Primary Engineer<\/a>) for young people to design inventions to solve a problem. UWE Engineering is one of the Leaders Awards partners in the South West of England and hosted this years exhibition of distinction shortlisted, highly commended & winning designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the Awards ceremony, Hollie Lewis, Lecturer in Sustainable Project Management, presented plans for a UWE team to build last year’s winner Elliot James’ design, the “Smart shower”. Hollie is heading up the “Proto team” which includes Electronics Mechatronics Technical Team Leader, Steve Regester and Engineering Students: Erika Aiwekhoe, Ruth Cockroft and Naing Tun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

120 people attended the celebration event to congratulate the winners and take a look at the activities UWE Engineering’s Inspire Sustainability team had to offer. The exhibition remained up the following day for the Family Fun day, where over 900 people visited and took part in a whole range of hands-on activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hollie Lewis, Proto-team lead, alongside Elliot James, inventor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hollie presents at the Awards Ceremony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Award winners & their families viewed the competition exhibition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Elliot James and his proud family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Smart Shower”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Elliot James, pupil at St Katherine’s sixth form, won the prize for best Year 12 design – you can see his original “SMARTH” – SMART Bath – design below. The UWE proto-team have adapted this design and are starting to build the Smart shower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elliot James Leaders Award design won the Year 12 category in 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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More prototypes!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Engineers from GKN, headed up by Ian Gent, Research Engineer in Composites, also revealed a prototype machine that purifies water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dean of Engineering, Ramin Amali expressed at the Awards Ceremony how wonderful it is to have so many local young people participating in this Engineering competition and having their designs turned into a reality!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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