The Labs to Riches 2011 event was held on 10 November 2011.
The event celebrates the Royal Society's support for innovation in science and technology. The highlight of the event is the formal presentation of the Brian Mercer Award for Innovation and the Brian Mercer Feasibility Awards.
Profiles of the winners in 2011 are included in the event brochure (PDF). A video about the winners of the Brian Mercer Award for Innovation 2011, Professor Tim Leighton and Dr Peter Birkin from University of Southampton, is also available.
Posters at the event
At the event a selection of current Industry Fellows, a selection of companies currently supported by the Enterprise Fund and last year's Brian Mercer Award for Innovation winner present posters of their work. These are available for download below.
Please note that these posters are in PDF format and were originally designed to be printed at A1 size.
Enterprise Fund posters: Sphere Fluidics (PDF), OrganOx (PDF) and Novacem (PDF).
Dr Paul Hopewell
Enhancing Aerospace Efficiency Through Integrated Electrical Power
Industry Fellow 2010 – 2012
Dr A S Kaddour
Benchmarking of triaxial and damage models for composites: The World-Wide Failure Exercises (WWFE-II &III)
Industry Fellow 2009 – 2012
Dr Martin Ward
An Industrial Strength Software Re-engineering Approach (ISSRA)
Industry Fellow 2010 - 2014
Professor Will Zimmerman
Applications of Energy Efficient Microbubbles
Royal Society Brian Mercer Innovation Award Winner 2010