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This page contains a list of Design and Technology students' prizes and awards.

* Design and Technology Prize for Innovation - 2009
Sponsored by Loughborough University Enterprises Ltd (LUEL)

First prize: David Boyce - Wireless speakers

Second prize: Michael Nelson - Baby bottle and steamer

Third prize: Edward Shelton - Amphibian lifeguard fins


* RSA Design Directions 2008-09

Six students were shortlisted for interview. Four won RSA Awards, one was Highly Commended, another was Commended.

AWARD WINNERS:
Laurence Kemball-Cook
Design Council Award of £5,000
After the Post Office

Matthew Ward
NCR Internship, value £4,000
After the Post Office

Lucy Wilson
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Internship, value £7,500
Designed to quit

May Wilson
The Aircraft Medical Award for Design of £3,500
While you were sleeping...


Highly Commended:
Marcus Hanratty

Commended:
Helen Morris


* DesignWeek Awards - 2009
Loughborough University, Department of Design & Technology

Cadbury
Breakthrough chocolate products.
Highly commended certificates and prizes awarded to:
Alex Baker
David Kerr
Richard Mason
Arpana Patel
Ben Thomas
May Wilson


Benson Group
Cartonboard packaging for 'food-on-the-go'.
Prizes awarded to:
Rebecca Greenwood
David Moseley
Tom Pearce

Slam Design
Slam product concepts.
"Best Product" prize awarded to:
Charles Jones
"Best Presentation" prize awarded to:
Jonathan Banton


* Design Show Liverpool Student Design Award

Jonathan Fenton was the winner of the Student Design Award at the Design Show Liverpool design festival in June 2008. This was for his BioPod concept product. Jonathan was awarded a £500 cash prize and the chance to have his concept made into a real product by the competition's sponsors DuPont Corian. He was awarded the prize by the designer Wayne Hemingway.


* Design and Technology Prize for Innovation - 2008
Sponsored by Loughborough University Enterprises Ltd (LUEL)

First prize: Richard Merriam - Drinking aid

Second prize: Sarah Clarke - Swim coach communicator

Third prize: Takumi Yoshida - Mobile phone interface


* RSA Design Directions 2007-08

Five students were shortlisted for interview. Two won RSA Awards, two were Commended.

AWARD WINNERS:
Robert Curtis
RSA Fellows Award of £1,000
Design for Patient Safety

Jonathan Fenton
Mark Wilkinson Designers Award of £3,500
Domestic Greenclean


Commended:
Robert Taylor
Lauren Whitby


Shortlisted:
Jason Kline


* Envirowise prize

Amundeep Hothi was awarded the winning prize and trophy from Envirowise, for his proposal to reduce the environmental impact of paint packaging. Amundeep designed a new paint container for ICI paints.


* DesignWeek Awards - 2008
Loughborough University, Department of Design & Technology

Pacific Direct , UK
Packaging of eco-boutique toiletries range, for first-class hotels.
Prize awarded to:
Takumi Yoshida

OSIM, Singapore
Concepts health and well-being products.
OSIM products were awarded to the winners.
Robert Curtis
Jason Kline
Andrew Newby
Piers Storey

American EPAY, USA
Re-design of biometric employee timeclock.
Certificates and cash prizes were awarded to:
First prize: Richard Merriam
Second prize: Mozummal Mahmood
Third prizes: Samuel Willis


* Design and Technology Prize for Innovation - 2007
Sponsored by LATI, and LUEL (Loughborough University Enterprises Ltd)

First prize: Chris Nobles - Flat pack luggage

Second prize: Nikki Clark - Sustainable skincare packaging

Third prize: Simon Little - Hand cleaner dispenser


* Transport for London and Mothercare Urban Transport Design Award

Andrew Trainer (2007 graduate) won the Transport for London and Mothercare Urban Transport Design Award for his baby carrying system. He was awarded £1000 and a placement with Mothercare.


* RSA Design Directions 2006-07

Six students were shortlisted for interview. Three won RSA Awards, one was Highly Commended.

AWARD WINNERS:
Richard Andrews
National Patient Safety Agency Award of £1,500
Design for Patient Safety category

Lauren Brooking
GlaxoSmithKline Cash Award of £1,875
Designing Wellbeing category.

Richard Linford
The BT Award of £1,000
Inclusive Worlds category


Highly Commended:
Nikita Golovlev
Inclusive Worlds category

Shortlisted:
Alex Bradley
Einar Blixhavn


* PTC Worldwide Student Design Challenge

Chris Nobles (2007 graduate) won the European section (19 and older) of the PTC Worldwide Student Design Challenge. This was for his re-design, CAD modelling (using Pro/ENGINEER) and presentation of a shaver for rapid manufacturing.


* DesignWeek Awards - 2007
Loughborough University, Department of Design & Technology

Boots, UK
Concepts for range of Boots' containers and jars.
First prize: Lee Goodwin
Second prize: James Field
Third prizes: Tim Emmott and Peter Killeen

Tai Wah and SIMTech, Singapore
Concepts for hair and skin care devices.
Certificates of Appreciation were awarded to the participating students, based on the quality of work completed.

Jabra, Denmark
Concepts for Bluetooth phone and music headsets.
Prizes of JABRA Bluetooth headphones were awarded to:
Ben Attenborough
Einar Blixhavn
Rebecca Calvert
Jack Finnerty
David Holmes


* New Designers - 2006

The UK's premier annual exhibition for graduating design students

Hannah Plevin
Winner of the KBSA Award for the Kitchen Bathroom or Bedroom, for her electronic cooking instruction and recipe collection device.

Ben Hubert
Winner of the Corus Award for his interior interactive, ambient lights.


* Design and Technology Prize for Innovation - 2006
Sponsored by LATI, and LUEL (Loughborough University Enterprises Ltd)

First prize: Johnathan Hughes, for a design of an emergency pneumothorax set

Second prize: Marc Bull, for his product - 'Beatpanz' - the world's first wearable drum kit

Third prize: Benjamin Hubert, for his 'Puff out lights' - ambient, interactive lights

A special prize, 'Most Commercially Developed Product', was awarded to Hannah Plevin for her electronic cooking instruction and recipe device.


* DesignWeek Awards - 2006
Loughborough University, Department of Design and Technology

Progressive Sports Technologies
Special prize: Rob Waters

TRANSURANIC
Highly Commended certificates awarded to:
Alex Frost
Graham Smith
Paul Smith

PAL International
First prize: Alex Wilson
Second prize: Christopher Johnson
Third prize: Lucas Horne

Every Bright Company Limited
Certificates of Appreciation awarded to:
Sam Blank
Adam Geernaert
Ben Hubert


* RSA Design Directions, student design competition - 2005/06

AWARD WINNERS:
Peter Humphery
HEAD Trust Award
Design for Debate section

Christopher Johnson
The Helen Hamlyn Research Centre Award
Inclusive Worlds section

HIGHLY COMMENDED:
Rebecca Lawson
Ceramic Futures secion

SHORTLISTED STUDENTS (in relevant sections):
Ceramic Futures:
Rebecca Lawson

Natural Disaster Relief:
Philip Staunton

Design for Debate:
Nick Hunter
Andrew Walker
Peter Humphery


Inclusive Worlds:
Christopher Johnson
Andrew Last


Horizon Scanning:
Ben Hubert
Alex Robinson


Furniture for Real Environments:
Tang Tang


* Loughborough University Student Business Plan Competition 2006
Competition to develop a business idea and produce a business plan to demonstrate its potential as a financially successful new enterprise.

First prize:
Daniel Currin


* DIAGEO New Product Development project - 2006
Confidential collaboration between the Department and the global drinks company DIAGEO

First place:
Philip Hine and Matthew Lambert

Second place:
Mike Bennett and Rebecca Calvert

Third place:
Lucy Newell and Alice Rathbone
Tim Sanders and Josh Thornton

Fifth place:
Rob Tsu and Jake Wright

Sixth place:
Paul Hampson and Jakrapong Leenutaphong

Highly Commended:
Ben Chappell and Ed Rout
Laura Edwards and Sam Healey


* Excellence in Housewares Awards 2005

D&T Alumni James Samwell and Kamal Peshawaria were part of the design team of Imperial which received the Excellence in Housewares Awards Best Design Team Award.

Imperial is a Leicester-based home and kitchenwares supplier.


* Farapack Student Design Awards 2005

Rosalie Eustace
First prize in FaraPack Associate Award for her design of a Lucozade bottle.

Christopher Cundall
and Carl Hewett were also shorlisted in the awards.


* Design and Technology Prize for Innovation - 2005
Sponsored by LATI, and LUEL (Loughborough University Enterprises Ltd)


First prize: Drew Duncan, for a re-usable fracture cast for ankle injuries

Second prize: Simon Farmer, for a confidential project collaboration with Motorola

Third prize: Allister Hodson, for a traveller's smoke alarm and personal safety device

* DesignWeek Awards - 2005
Loughborough University, Department of Design and Technology


DIAGEO
Overall winner: Victoria Martin
Second place: Molly Anderson
Third place: Jessica Sheppard

Huntleigh Healthcare
First prize: Edward Jones

Amcor Flexibles
Best Concept: Simon Farmer

HBC Engineering Solutions
Certificates of Commendation to:
Peter Hill
Mark Hudson
Kate Malpass
Gareth Webb

* RSA Design Directions, student design competition - 2004/05


SHORTLISTED STUDENTS (in relevant sections):
Ceramic Futures:
Oliver Bradley
Kate Malpass

Brand New:
Alex Atkinson

Design for Debate:
Antoine Atkinson
Eujin Pei

Inclusive Worlds:
Stuart McMurray
Paul Wolfson


WINNER (of 2 Awards):
Paul Wolfson
The Helen Hamlyn Research Centre Award, and The Mercer's Company Award

The RSA also recognised the work of the following students:
Antoine Atkinson - Commended
Oliver Bradley - Commended
Kate Malpass - Commended
Alex Atkinson - Commended

Additionally, Oliver Bradley and Kate Malpass were invited to show their designs at the 2005 London Design Festival.

* Amcor Flexibles and McCain New Product Development project - 2005
Confidential collaboration between the Department and the global packaging company Amcor with the food brand McCain

First place: Jonathan Hull and Matt Langfield

Second place: Graeme Hammond and Liam Heath

Third place: James Lamb and Simon Little

* BBC Audiobooks - 2004
Loughborough University, Department of Design and Technology
DesignWeek 2004

Tom Crick
Outstanding Achivement Award

Michael Diprose
Outstanding Achivement Award

Daniel Kirby
Outstanding Achivement Award

* New Designers - 2003
The UK's premier annual exhibition for graduating design students

Timothy Stickney
Winner of the Dyson Future of Design Award for Product Design

* RSA Student Design Awards - 2002/2003

Gemma Pridmore
Medical Products category
Winner of the GlaxoSmithKline Attachment Award

Ben Manwaring
was shorlisted in the "Less Crime Through Design" category


* New Designers - 2002
The UK's premier annual exhibition for graduating design students

Stuart Cooper
Winner of the Dyson Future of Design Award for Product Design

* RSA Student Design Awards - 2000/2001

Peter Daniel
Product Design category
Highly Commended

* RSA Student Design Awards - 1999/2000

Sean Patrick Nelson
Winner of Danisco Pack Attachment Award

Timothy Penfold
Winner of Travel Award

Nicholas Williams
Highly Commended

* IoM Horners Student Plastics Design Competition - 1999


Theresa Pike
Finalist

* RSA Student Design Awards - 1998/1999

Matthew Blackmore
Winner of Able Industries Ltd Attachement Award

Robin Ferraby
Winner of the Cellnet Travel Award

Tanya Gledhill
Winner of Travel Award

Cameron Brewer
Commended

Rosemary Shott
Shortlisted and interviewed

* Innovation in Design - 1998

Paul Johnson
The Institution of Engineering Designers Central Region

* RSA Student Design Awards - 1997/1998

Richard Hickmott
Winner of Heights Design Attachment and a Travel Award
New Design for Old

Zara Hooley
Winner of BAA Research Travel Award
Transportation Design

* RSA Student Design Awards - 1996/1997

Martin Sanders
Winner of Random Product Design Attachment Award
Consumer Products and Public Facilities

Richard Joseph
Commended
Consumer Products and Public Facilities
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