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Finalists

AI and Robotics

National Grid Electricity Transmission
The age of AI: UK’s first trials to develop fully automated overhead line inspection

Precision Robotics
Precision Robotics is an innovative early-stage company at the forefront of developing cutting-edge medical robots for natural orifice and single-port procedures. They target early-stage interventions and develop robotic technologies to enable personalised and precision treatments with their portable medical robot.

Q5D Technologies Limited
Q5D's 5-axis CNC additive manufacturing robot is first to automate wiring assembly. Q5D's CY1000 unique robotic cell, launched in April 2023, automatically, economically, and securely adds components, connections, and conductors into products or components made of metal, ceramic, or polymer.

QiO Technologies
QiO Technologies is an Industrial IoT AI software products company supporting energy-intensive and asset heavy industries, data center and telecom companies in accelerating their sustainability and net zero agenda.

SEC Storage
DIDO - Data In, Design Out - is an Artificially Intelligent System Optimisation Platform Bot whose role is to design a fully optimised warehouse and ensure it remains optimised post-implementation by running 1000s of iterations of design simulations simultaneously and make design alteration suggestions based upon the data input.

Synthesized
Synthesized is on a mission to make the creation and access of high-quality data fast and easy. The SDK team developed the Synthesized Scientific Data Kit (SDK), which is a Python package that can be used to generate high-quality synthetic data for use in machine learning and data science tasks
Go to AI and Robotics Award

Chief Engineer of the Year

Natalka Design
The candidate provides evidence of outstanding contribution in leadership in the workplace, inspiring and mentoring peers and colleagues and also championing equality, diversity, and inclusion. Excellence and innovation at large are well presented and appropriately supported. Natalia achieved remarkable business results within her own company and inspired others to develop digital skills, strategic roadmaps and the ability to sum-up complex concepts in a simple and effective way.

Tokamak Energy
The candidate demonstrated outstanding excellence and innovation in the field of engineering as well as leadership in the workplace by means of bringing a culture of devolved responsibility which fostered a culture of camaraderie championing equality, diversity, and inclusion in engineering. With his professional behaviour Robert inspires other engineers and highly qualified technical people to push themselves achieving remarkable technical and engineering results.
Go to Chief Engineer of the year Award

Communications and IT

Arqit, Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult, Lime Microsystems and Slipstream Engineering Design
World’s first OpenRAN 5G base station with software-controlled, wideband power amplifiers and cloud quantum encryption.

BT Active Intelligence
BT Active Intelligence has created a new data solution that turns anonymised raw data from the EE network into insights. Active Intelligence is uniquely placed to safely share and analyse billions of responsibly sourced, anonymised, and aggregated data points from mobile phone activity across our spectrum. The Active Intelligence platform turns these data points into insights.

Neutral Wireless, University of Strathclyde, BBC R&D, LiveU, Sony Europe, Haivision
Working with BBC R&D and BBC News, Neutral Wireless designed and deployed a large-scale, uplink-optimised 5G standalone non-public network (SNPN), using shared spectrum to provide over 1 Gbps of uncontested wireless uplink connectivity for domestic and foreign broadcasters. This deployment was the largest temporary private 5G network in the world — featuring 8 radios providing coverage from Buckingham Palace along The Mall to Admiralty Arch.

No company listed
The objective of this project is how to design effectively Object-Oriented software systems, a knowledge gap found in [the applicatnt's] Computer Science and Informatics Division.

Radio Data Networks Limited
A hybrid satellite and terrestrial telemetry based, emergency/temporary flood/flow gauging system and service that permits the rapid deployment of water level gauging stations in urban and remote locations to improve rail safety, flood resilience, drought conditions, plus if required provide real-time local autonomous communications for the control of flood and flow assets
Go to Communication and IT Award

Emerging Tech of the Year

FlexEnable
FlexEnable’s biaxially formable optical films bring game-changing capabilities to AR and VR optics, enabling tunable lenses and pixelated ambient dimming with almost no additional weight or thickness.

Neutral Wireless, University of Strathclyde, BBC R&D, LiveU, Sony Europe, Haivision
Working with BBC R&D and BBC News, Neutral Wireless designed and deployed a large-scale, uplink-optimised 5G standalone non-public network (SNPN), using shared spectrum to provide over 1 Gbps of uncontested wireless uplink connectivity for domestic and foreign broadcasters. This deployment was the largest temporary private 5G network in the world — featuring 8 radios providing coverage from Buckingham Palace along The Mall to Admiralty Arch.

PulpaTronics
PulpaTronics develops fully recyclable paper RFID tags that eliminate metal mining, simplify manufacturing processes and streamline recycling, thus reducing overall costs and emissions while preserving more of our world’s resources.

Turintech
TurinTech is the leader in code optimisation for machine learning and other data-heavy applications, helping businesses become more efficient and sustainable by accelerating time-to-production and reducing development and compute costs.

University College London / Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore
Virtual reality combined with sensory feedback provided through a robot reduces neuropathic pain in patients with spine and nerve injuries and post-amputation pain.

Zelemiq Ltd.
A simple wearable sensor for electrochemically measuring blood chemistry through fully intact skin using novel dermis conditioning technology, no needles, no pain, rapid results.
Go to Emerging Technology of the year Award

Engineering Team of the Year

Aerogen
The team demonstrated true leadership and outstanding teamwork by supporting individuals, encouraging and empowering them to voice their ideas and listening to each other. The key to this was creating a working culture that embraced the diverse backgrounds and expertise of the team members, and understanding their work and communication styles.

Birmingham City University
There is a real sense of team work and collaboration, with many DEIB aspects considered. This is a strong submission describing leadership and teamwork in an academic setting.

Mott MacDonald
The submission demonstrated excellent leadership and teamwork, considering each of the team members' diverse skillset. The team worked together to come up with a solution to a real challenge in the engineering industry, and considered user requirements to minimise human error. The team also empowered others by training and upskilling the workforce.

Northumbrian Water Ltd
The submission demonstrated good leadership in the implementation of a strategy that involved a large team across a large geographical spread, and the upskilling of technicians. Efficient and effective communication and engagement lead to the successful solution to reduce costs and inefficiencies - with an increase in regulatory expectations.

Tokamak Energy
The submission describes good leadership, collaboration and key stakeholder management, as well as how the diverse core team were able to work together efficiently, achieving a world first.

University of Strathclyde
The submission demonstrates collaborative team effort; it is impressive to be able to troubleshoot very quickly in high pressure situations by understanding team and team member capability.
Go to Engineering Team of the Year Award

Future Cities and Smart Technology

BT Active Intelligence
BT Active Intelligence has created a new data solution that turns anonymised raw data from the EE network into insights. Active Intelligence is uniquely placed to safely share and analyse billions of responsibly sourced, anonymised, and aggregated data points from mobile phone activity across our spectrum. The Active Intelligence platform turns these data points into insights.

Cyanoskin
Cyanoskin goes beyond traditional paint, as it not only beautifies buildings but also actively captures and reduces CO2 levels in the surrounding area. Once applied, the paint begins to grow and thicken, creating a living layer that acts as a carbon sink. By harnessing the power of photosynthesis, Cyanoskin efficiently absorbs CO2 and helps combat the negative environmental impacts of urbanisation.

PulpaTronics
PulpaTronics develops fully recyclable paper RFID tags that eliminate metal mining, simplify manufacturing processes and streamline recycling, thus reducing overall costs and emissions while preserving more of our world’s resources.
Go to Future Cities and Smart Technology Award

Future Mobility

Duku
We plan to make the transition to EVs accessible for all by providing a unique EV Charger designed using a research-led process to make charging effortless. The design features ground-breaking, automated cable management which significantly reduces the effort to connect a car to a charger, enabling people with disabilities and poor strength/dexterity the freedom to independently charge their vehicles.

Firstco
The Firstco Vertiport Management System (VMS) is the digital infrastructure required to enable the remote management of a distributed vertiport network and help make Advanced Air Mobility a sustainable reality.

Ricardo Plc
Liquid Hydrogen Cooled Powertrain for Long Haul Mobility. Propulsion inverter with a liquid hydrogen cooling plate featuring microchannels for equal flow distribution and electric machine with liquid/gas hydrogen cooling jacket engineered for large temperature gradients.
Go to Future Mobility Award

Health Technology

Genpax
IDEM: New genome analysis capabilities for proactive control of hospital, emergent, and AMR bacterial infections

mPulse-O2
mPulse-O2 is aiming to transform the pulse oximetry technology by overcoming and changing the lack of inclusivity in design and validation of biomedical devices.

Occuity
The AX1 Axiometer™ is an advanced medical device that precisely measures axial length and is the world's first handheld, optical, non-contact meter, crucial in managing myopia. The AX1 promises unparalleled convenience at minimal cost, enabling efficient large-scale screening by optometrists to facilitate earlier diagnosis and more effective management of myopia.

Precision Robotics
Precision Robotics is an innovative early-stage company at the forefront of developing cutting-edge medical robots for natural orifice and single-port procedures. They target early-stage interventions and develop robotic technologies to enable personalised and precision treatments with their portable medical robot.

smartR.AI Ltd.
alertR™ is a behavioral intelligence-based alerting system providing speedy support and assistance to protect vulnerable individuals. It reduces risks by understanding, interpreting, predicting and responding to unique user behaviors.

University College London / Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore
Virtual reality combined with sensory feedback provided through a robot reduces neuropathic pain in patients with spine and nerve injuries and post-amputation pain.
Go to Health Technology Award

International

Boston University
This innovation focuses on metamaterials that markedly boost the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and thus significantly improve the performance of MRI, making MRI crisper, faster, safer, and more affordable and accessible throughout the world. 

China Electric Power Research Institute
ADPSS is a digital power system simulator based on high-performance PC clusters. It accurately simulates complex power systems with large-scale AC-DC interconnected grids containing high penetration of renewable energy devices.

China Electric Power Research Institute
This technology solves the problem of incorrect operation of protection in renewable-based power systems by identifying and isolating faults in the power grid, greatly reducing the risk of black-outs and ensuring integration of large-scale renewables and grid safety.

GE HealthCare
GE HealthCare took a huge leap forward for patients, radiographers, and radiologists alike with the commercialization of AIR™ Coils. Their inspiration was to design an MRI coil that would free patients from the experience of traditional rigid heavy coils by providing ones that were both comfortable and comforting, like being wrapped in a blanket. 

Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Six-degree-of-freedom (6DoF) video is one of the contenders for the next generation of video communication. Audiences with this type of video can engage with the video content through 3DoF for head orientation and 3DoF more for body position/posture in a scenario. As a result, 6DoF video can provide a major immersive visual experiences to the audience.

Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute of Tsinghua University
This bimodal robotic underwater inspection system solves the detection problem of underwater concrete sediment shielding, and realizes high-quality and efficient visual observation of concrete damage, just like looking for floor tile cracks through carpets.
Go to International Award (Submissions outside UK and Europe)

Net Zero and Climate Action

AstraZeneca
This innovation is the creation and implementation of a F-Gas site management framework. It utilises and incorporates various methodologies and accepted techniques, brought together to promote and support the delivery of long-term sustainability goals, commitments and improvements

Cyanoskin
Cyanoskin goes beyond traditional paint, as it not only beautifies buildings but also actively captures and reduces CO2 levels in the surrounding area. Once applied, the paint begins to grow and thicken, creating a living layer that acts as a carbon sink. By harnessing the power of photosynthesis, Cyanoskin efficiently absorbs CO2 and helps combat the negative environmental impacts of urbanisation.

GeoPura
GeoPura Hydrogen Power Unit - providing zero-emission electricity for off-grid, temporary and backup power applications, enabling companies to eliminate diesel in the hardest to reach sectors today. Packaged within a 20ft shipping container, a HPU can be delivered to almost any location providing easy access to emissions free electricity.

Pell Frischmann
The development of an open, Embodied Carbon analysis tool for Structures (EC4S), better positioning industry and academia towards addressing the challenges of environmental and sustainability issues. EC4S is an online tool developed within Pell Frischmann that measures and compares the embodied carbon of various substructure and superstructure framing options, considering the whole building’s lifecycle. 

RheEnergise Ltd
RheEnergise has developed a globally scalable, long-duration energy storage solution called High-Density-Hydro® (HD Hydro®). Energy storage captures renewable energy when it is produced, for dispatch when it is needed, creating flexible, dispatchable renewable power grids and displacing fossil fuel flexibility technologies such as gas-peaking plants.

University of Manchester, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Demonstrating the Value of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage for Net Zero and the UK’s Industrial Strategy. This project created a BECCS feasibility model that allows assessment of the viability of large scale BECCS deployment in the UK and provides industry with bespoke options to decarbonise their activities.
Go to Net Zero and Climate Action Award

Power and Energy

Distributed ReStart, National Grid ESO, SP Energy Networks & TNEI Consultancy
The Distributed ReStart Innovation Project – Electricity System Restoration from Distributed Energy Resources (DERs). The conventional approach to electricity system restoration (black start) uses large fossil fuel power stations – achieving net zero needs to include greener DERs like wind/solar/hydro/battery for restoration. The project was a world-first initiative that successfully demonstrated that renewable DERs can be used to support faster restoration, improve resilience and lower costs for consumers. 

EA Technology Ltd, SP Energy Networks
EA Technology and SP Energy Networks have worked together to create ConnectMore, a free-to-user software platform hosted on the SP Energy Networks website. ConnectMore will improve network and asset efficiency, allowing customers to connect quicker to locations where there is existing capacity accelerating new connections. 

Energy Systems Catapult & University of Strathclyde PNDC
The Whole Energy Systems Accelerator (WESA) is a world-first energy innovation test and evaluation facility, enabling interactions between homes, energy networks, and market & policy frameworks to be tested in real-time and across a range of future energy system and market scenarios.

RheEnergise Ltd
RheEnergise has developed a globally scalable, long-duration energy storage solution called High-Density-Hydro® (HD Hydro®). Energy storage captures renewable energy when it is produced, for dispatch when it is needed, creating flexible, dispatchable renewable power grids and displacing fossil fuel flexibility technologies such as gas-peaking plants.

SP Energy Networks
LV Engine is a globally innovation project which revolutionises the way we operate the LV networks. By using LV Engine technology, LV networks become active and smart, allowing faster connection of low carbon technologies, deferring conventional network investment, and facilitating Net Zero targets.

University of Manchester, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Demonstrating the Value of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage for Net Zero and the UK’s Industrial Strategy. This project created a BECCS feasibility model that allows assessment of the viability of large scale BECCS deployment in the UK and provides industry with bespoke options to decarbonise their activities.
Go to Power and Energy Award

Rising Star of the Year

BT Group
This applicant is an award-winning, highly cited engineering researcher whose innovations continue to solve complex problems for diverse stakeholders, working towards a vision of building an inclusive and diverse engineering workplace.

FHP ESS
This applicant has led and inspired a growing and diverse team, handled delicate mergers, deliver a high-quality service, promote and actively design for sustainability and support the professional development of Engineers.

Inclutech
This applicant is dedicated to improving diversity levels in the tech industry and actively lobbies for improved STEM resourcing and promotes technology education.

Protium
Vicky Paley is a powerhouse of innovation, adding value to the workplace by tapping into initiatives that make a difference to people, businesses and the world we live in.

University of Glasgow
Daniel has made a significant positive impact by fostering collaboration among world-changing engineers to solve real-world challenges, breaking down barriers, and encouraging students and researchers to work together in teams.

University of Oxford
This applicant has extertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Formal Methods (FM) to advance Assured Autonomy, has a passion for contributing to the scientific and broader community and has supervisory experience which undoubtedly help insprie the next generation of Engineers.
Go to Rising star of the Year Award

Start-up of the Year

Cardeo
Cardeo is a socially responsible consumer fintech transforming the UK credit card market for good. Its principal product is a unique, free app designed to help people manage, and ultimately refinance, their credit card debt.

GoCodeGreen
GoCodeGreen measures and identifies action to reduce the carbon impact of digital products and services. Their mission is to help decarbonise the digital world in which we all live.

Sustainable Sailing Ltd
Sustainable Sailing, is developing technologies to recycle composites and sails in particular at their end of life, through use of the DeeCom process, a novel recycling approach.
Go to Start-up of the Year Award

Sustainability

Glasgow Caledonian University
This innovation optimises the packing density of building integrated concentrating photovoltaic technology to improve its performance and reduce the embodied carbon through a novel 3-Dimensional hexagonal photovoltaic concentrator. This can reduce the cost and embodied carbon, promote energy efficiency, and improve its performance which will enhance net zero in buildings.

GoCodeGreen
GoCodeGreen measures and identifies action to reduce the carbon impact of digital products and services. Their mission is to help decarbonise the digital world in which we all live.

PulpaTronics
PulpaTronics develops fully recyclable paper RFID tags that eliminate metal mining, simplify manufacturing processes and streamline recycling, thus reducing overall costs and emissions while preserving more of our world’s resources.

QiO Technologies
QiO Technologies is an Industrial IoT AI software products company supporting energy-intensive and asset heavy industries, data center and telecoms companies to accelerate their sustainability and net zero agenda. The Foresight Sustainability Suite™ operates by collecting data from industrial assets ranging from kilns, furnaces, boilers and compressors to cooling systems and data center servers. The embedded AI accelerates operational sustainability by identifying the most efficient ways to operate assets, then implements real-time actions resulting in immediate reductions in GHG emissions, energy use, production costs and waste.

The University of Edinburgh
Our joining and reuse technologies aim to drive sustainable development by addressing technological barriers and enabling the uptake of cost-effective, recyclable thermoplastic-based composites in various industries (e.g. renewable energy).

University of Manchester, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Demonstrating the Value of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage for Net Zero and the UK’s Industrial Strategy. This project created a BECCS feasibility model that allows assessment of the viability of large scale BECCS deployment in the UK and provides industry with bespoke options to decarbonise their activities.
Go to Sustainability Award

Technology for Social Impact

Apps4Good
Apps4Good presents 'Brave-Hearts' - an app that tackles homelessness through the collective power of the public. They have worked alongside the charity Street Team to develop an app which will allows the user to pin the location of a person in need. The app asks the user for information about the person's condition (e.g. if they appear hungry, cold or injured) and their current location. Then, it's partner technology, the Volunteer Dashboard, displays information to the Street Team so that they can help the person on the go.

Kitt Medical
Kitt Medical - Anaphylaxis Kitts that are 'Just like a defibrillator, but for allergies"". The team have successfully launched a multi-award winning Anaphylaxis Kitt service - providing over 100 schools with a regulated supply of emergency adrenaline pens.

mPulse-O2
mPulse-O2 is aiming to transform the pulse oximetry technology by overcoming and changing the lack of inclusivity in design and validation of biomedical devices.

Northumbria University
This innovatin has developed Solar2Water system, a decentralized solution for remote off-grid communities. This innovative water production unit uses solar energy to extract moisture from the air and turn it into clean, safe drinking water.

Zelemiq Ltd
A simple wearable sensor for electrochemically measuring blood chemistry through fully intact skin using novel dermis conditioning technology, no needles, no pain, rapid results.

Zero Gravity Tech Ltd
Zero Gravity is a pioneering social mobility tech start-up that launched in 2019. Their mission is to revolutionise opportunities for students from low-opportunity backgrounds, empowering them to access top UK universities and kickstart their careers by using an innovative platform which leverages proprietary technology that offers personalised learning and mentorship programs, engaging content, and supportive communities.
Go to Technology for Social Impact Award

People’s Choice - Young Pioneer of the Year

The E&T Young Pioneer Award shines a light on innovation and creativity and uncovers amazing tech ideas that are borne out of issues that young people care about. We want to use this award to find a new generation of tech entrepreneurs and inventors who are putting their brilliant minds to new tech solutions that can support a better engineered world. Unlike the other categories in the E&T Innovation Awards, you can help decide the winner of the Young Pioneer Award.

The voting will close during the awards ceremony on 10 November 2022, when the winner will be revealed.

Zachary Morgan
Make Maths Easier is an online maths learning platform that uses artificial intelligence in order to design tailored lessons for individual pupils ensuring they are being challenged to the level they are working at for every topic, whilst reporting all their hard work to their guardian for added parental involvement.

Sophie Maw
An affordable closed-loop shower system that utilises an innovative dual-filter backwashing technology. It aims to address water usage and sewage storage challenges, particularly in festivals, to promote environmental sustainability.
Go to Young Pioneer of the Year (People’s choice)