C2i Awards 2024 Shortlist
5
Aerospace & defence
Sponsored by
ASCEND - Aerospace and Automotive Supply Chain Enabled Development, GKN Aerospace
DragonFire, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Kratos, Solus Power
Project Skymast, Hydrogen Aircraft Services Limited trading as SPL and Stratospheric Platforms.
Smarter Testing - Data-driven Virtual+Real testing platform, Airbus Operations Ltd.
4
Automotive
eVITA – an inclusive electric wheelchair accessible vehicle (eWAV), Motability Operations
Project Jolt, Centre for Sustainable Road Freight
Secondmind and Mazda accelerate engine calibration with advanced AI, Secondmind
Solus Power, Solus Power
6
Energy & environment
Aftrak – a scalable, affordable, reliable microgrid solution to revolutionise energy access and agriculture in Africa, Loughborough University
AGRI-SATT (Agricultural Growth using Remote-sensing, IoT, Satellite and Autonomous Telecommand Technology), Brilliant Planet
HARRIER – towards constant beamed energy from space, Space Solar
Hyperuniform Disordered Metasurfaces for Selective Absorbers, University of Surrey
PRISMA; Advanced Liquid Air Energy Storage technology, Innovatium
Solar-Powered Air Conditioning System Using PCM Energy Storage (PCM-ACStore), University of Nottingham
5
Healthcare & medical
Sponsored by
Development of technologies for single and sub-cellular biomarker analysis, University of Surrey, Professor Melanie Bailey
Musculoskeletal conditions – from research to solutions, Save the Children UK
Nura Stroke Rehabilitation sleeve, CardioCrown
SimLevator™, Brunel University London
The Children’s Adaptive Deep brain stimulation for Epilepsy Trial (‘CADET’), Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital
6
Information, data & connectivity
Deployment of ZOE - AI enabled search, detection and tracking technology for the maritime domain, Zelim
Mine Water Heat Project, The Coal Authority
Neural Network IP Protection through Functionality Locking, Synoptix Limited
Project Jolt, Centre for Sustainable Road Freight
Project Skymast, Hydrogen Aircraft Services Limited trading as SPL and Stratospheric Platforms.
Smarter Testing - Data-driven Virtual+Real testing platform, Airbus Operations Ltd.
5
Manufacturing technology
AVA Bridge & Lift System, AVA Consortium
Cement 2 Zero, Cambridge Electric Cement
Crafting the Indivisible, Revealing the Invisible: Porotech and NPL's High-Throughput and Multi-Scale Metrology Solution for Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing, Poro Technologies Ltd (Porotech)
H1perChain, Hyperbat
Securing Aerospace Fasteners Manufacturing in the UK, The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC)
3
STEM Initiative
Increase STEM in Apprenticeships, Weston College
REIMAGINE, Ceres
The CIBSE Flush Challenge, CIBSE
6
Wild card
Advancing the Circular Economy in Conveyor Belts: Harnessing Tech Innovation for a Sustainable Future, Ecobelt Ltd
AGRI-SATT (Agricultural Growth using Remote-sensing, IoT, Satellite and Autonomous Telecommand Technology), Brilliant Planet
AVA Bridge & Lift System, AVA Consortium
Babcock Immersive Training Experience, Babcock International Group
Deployment of ZOE - AI enabled search, detection and tracking technology for the maritime domain, Zelim
Risk reduction Of gloveBox Operations (RrOBO), AtkinsRéalis
3
Young innovator
Sponsored by
dotFlow - A Refreshable Braille Display, Mohammad Alim, Nizar Abdelhannane - Yr 12 Featherstone High School
EcoChroma, Gurdit Singh
Green Pot: Growing the future, Keon Robert
The Impact Award for Innovation Excellence
Sponsored by
Sir David McMurtry – Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Renishaw
Prof. Paul Newman CBE – BP Professor of Information Engineering - Oxford University, Head of Oxford Mobile Robotics Group,; Founder and CTO of Oxa (formerly Oxbotica)
Dr Caroline Hargrove CBE – CTO Ceres Power