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The Independent-Bosch Technology Horizons Award
The Independent-Bosch
Technology Horizons Award essay competition is
administered by the Academy under the Shape the
Future banner and has now been running for four
years. The essay theme this year was – How can
technology and engineering provide innovative
solutions for today’s global challenges? The
presentation of awards celebration was held at the
The Royal Academy of Engineering on Wednesday 1 July
where the winners and runners-up were announced.
14 – 18 age group
Winner - Leon Zhang
(Urmston Grammar School Manchester)
Runner-up - Jonathan
Morris (St Olaves Orpington Kent)
Highly commended
Emily Cullis (Ounsdale 6th Form College Wombourne
Wolverhampton)
Max Iles (Worcester 6th Form College)
Constance Mantle (Highgate School London)
Ben Richardson (Cults Academy Aberdeen)
Ethan Simpson (Hawick High School)
19 – 24 age group
Winner – Gavin Harper
(Cardiff University)
Runner-up - Alejandro
Vicente-Grabovetsky (Cambridge University)
Highly Commended
Thomas Barker (Sheffield Hallam University)
Mohammad bin Jalil (Welbeck Defence 6th Form College
Loughborough)
Holly Ferrie (Brunel University)
Su Sean Goh (London School of Economics)
Cole Soutter (Year in Industry - EPSRC)
The £700 top prize in the
14-18 age range went to Leon Zhang of Urmston
Grammar School Manchester who wrote about technology
solutions not only for the energy crisis but also
the much less well-known water crisis. Winning
the £1000 top prize in the 19-24 age category
was Gavin Harper of the University of Cardiff,
who wrote about mass production of energy saving
technologies. Both winning essays will be reproduced
in the Independent newspaper.
The prizes were awarded by Dr
Peter Fouquet, president of Bosch UK and Andy Green,
the current world land speed record holder. An RAF
pilot in his day job, Andy was the driver of Thrust
SSC (SuperSonic Car) that travelled faster than the
speed of sound in 1997. Now he and Thrust SSC
director Richard Noble plan to break their own
record with the jet and hybrid rocket powered
Bloodhound SSC, intending to achieve 1000mph (1600
km).
As well as keeping the record
in British hands against various international
challengers, the main aim of the project is to
inspire young people to understand science and
engineering in an exciting way. Speaking at the
awards celebration, Andy said his view on the single
greatest challenge the world faces is 'a desperate
shortage of engineers and scientists – the people
able to solve the big problems'.
The three-year Bloodhound SSC
project takes a significant step forward this
weekend as the full-sized Bloodhound 'show car' is
unveiled for the first time at the Goodwood Festival
of Speed. If you are interested in participating in
next year's Technology Horizons Award, the 2010
essay theme will be announced soon.
'Saving
tomorrow's world' news release.
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