Congratulations to the 2020 winners

The winners of the 2020 Collaborate To Innovate Awards were unveiled during a week of celebration and published content on The Engineer website.

Congratulations to all the finalists and winners

This event wouldn't be possible without the support of our sponsors - thank you
Also to our panel of independent judges who spent hours reviewing every entry we received - thank you

Scroll down to see a full list of the winners

Watch the launch video

Watch special awards video

View the 2020 winners brochure

Automotive

Winner:

i-CoBat (Immersion Cooled Electric Vehicle Battery Packs)
M&I Materials Ltd with Ricardo Ltd, Warwick Manufacturing Group at University of Warwick

Aerospace & Defence

Winner:

DRAMA
National Centre for Additive Manufacturing / MTC with ATS Global, Autodesk, Ansys Granta, Midlands Aerospace Alliance, National Physical Laboratory, Renishaw and the University of Birmingham

Energy & Environment

Winner:

ERM Dolphyn
ERM with Offshore Design Engineering (ODE), Tractebel Engie, Principle Power Inc (PPI), NEL, and Doosan

Highly Commended:

A Novel Thermoelectric Heat Pump/Heat Recovery System (EcoPump)
University of Nottingham with Environmental Process Systems, EPS Ltd, P.A.K Engineering Ltd, Thermo Electric Devices Ltd  Gaoke Applied Science Research Institute Co. Ltd, China and Southeast University, China

Healthcare & Medical

Winner:

Machine learning for enhanced diabetes care
Quin Technology Ltd, University of Bristol

Highly Commended:

TraCer
University of Oxford, King's College London, Aga Khan University, MRC Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Oxford Computer Consultants

Healthcare & Medical: COVID response

Special Commendation:

OxVent
Oxvent Ltd with University of Oxford, King's College London and Smith+Nephew

Joint Winners:

The InVicto Ventilator
JFD  with Frazer-Nash Consultancy, Angus 3D Solutions, MDU, Narayana Health and Innovhealth

Emergency Ventilator for Covid-19
Jenton International Limited with B&R Industrial Automation Limited, Festo Limited, Dero Fabrication Limited and Shearmans Limited

Zephyr Plus Ventilator
Babcock International with Raytheon, Kohler Mira Limited, Kinneir Dufort, Future Advanced Manufacture, PDD, Amtek Precision, Plexus

Information, Data & Connectivity

Winner:

AutoAir
UK 5G Test Bed for Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs): Dense Air with Millbrook, Blu Wireless Technology, McLaren Applied Technologies, University of Surrey, Quortus, Real Wireless, Celestia Technologies, Telefonica (O2) and Atkins.

Manufacturing Technology

Winner: 

Concrete Reinforcement of the Future
MTC with MetLase, ParaPy and Leeds Beckett University

Highly Commended:

Topology Optimisation of a heat exchanger with turbulent flow
Baker Hughes with Imperial College London, TOffeeAM LTD

Wild Card

Winner:

Tactile Telerobot
Shadow Robot Company with  ANA Holdings,  Tangible Research, HaptX

Young Innovator

Joint Winners:

Automated Snooker Scoring System
Jonathan Lim - Nottingham High School / University of Southampton

PPE Cooling Fans
Toby Weymouth, Kings School, Worcester

Future Thinking

Winner:

SUNRISE
Swansea University with Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Imperial College London, Brunel University London, and others

Grand Prix

Winner:

ERM Dolphyn
ERM with Offshore Design Engineering (ODE), Tractebel Engie, Principle Power Inc (PPI), NEL, and Doosan