The Dyson Student Design Award: Product Design Engineering finalists
Monday, August 18, 2008
The Dyson Student Design Award is an annual competition run in parallel
with the Australian Design Awards. These awards aim to recognise and
reward the outstanding talent that exists amongst future Australian
designers.
Each year hundreds of student design projects from universities
across Australia are submitted in this competition, and are shortlisted
for final judging through a rigorous process of assessment by industry
professionals.
The Product Design Engineering course at Swinburne has four
recent graduates short listed for the Dyson student Design Awards from a
national shortlist total of 21.
Their outcomes are the result of extensive research and
collaboration with specialist industry partners and are strong in both
design and engineering resolution.
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Marika Mulqueen has developed an Ovarian Cancer Screening Device using non invasive MRI technology. Easily transportable, it has been designed for use in doctor's surgeries allowing for the early detection of ovarian cancer which dramatically increases survival rates. |
| Paul Sparks has designed Disaster Relief Housing for use by displaced communities devastated by natural disasters. It is extremely lightweight and easily transportable with a modular construction that allows unskilled assembly without the use of tools. |  |
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Suzanne Hurst's wheelchair for paraplegics who live independently supports both manual and powered operation allowing the highest level of physical activity and independence. It utilises nanotube construction and incorporates manual recharging and regenerative braking. |
| Steven Kelliher's Microdyn Pathogen Lab, is a handheld device that enables quick and discreet testing of foods and utensils to address the escalating problem of foodborne illness. It has the capability to test liquid, solid and swab samples for up to six types of bacteria and viruses with quantifiable results in less than 10 seconds. |  |