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Proof of Concept Descriptions


No. Academic Commercial Manager QUB Department Commercialisation Activities
1 Dr Stephen Thompson Mr David Moore Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Energy Efficient Extrusion
2 Dr Chris Elliott Dr Pat McComiskey Veterinary Science Laboratory Rapid Analysis of toxic food contaminants using optical biosensor technology
3 Professor David Bell Mr Panos Lioulias Computer Science Software that helps make decisions in unclear situations, weighing relevant factors. Applications in document conversion, document management, search, robotics.  Won Electrolux prize for Robotics 
4 Dr Tony McNally Mr David Moore Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Development of Polymer layered silicate nanocomposites as novel materials for drug delivery
5 Dr Philip Turkington Dr Sean Duffy Chemistry
To detect DUB enzymes development of novel drugs
6 Professor Jim Johnston Mr David Moore Centre for Cancer Research MBC
Determinations of whether specific DUB enzymes will be diagnostic prognostic or therapeutic agents
7 Dr Stephen Spence Mr David Moore Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
A prototype air cycle refrigeration system for ultra low temperature 'green' refrigeration 
8 Dr David Artt Mr David Moore Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering A woodgas fuelled gas turbine engine turning wood into renewable electricity
9 Dr Graham Savidge Dr Pat McComiskey Marine Biology Station A seaweed based system for the removal of nutrients from treated waste effluent
10 Dr Gary McVeigh Mr David Moore
Ultrasound-based cardiovascular disease predictor
11 Professor David Woolfson Dr Pat McComiskey Chemistry Bioactive Composite Biomaterials for medical devices
12 Dr Mark Kelly Dr Pat McComiskey ECIT
A novel amplifier technology for mobile wireless communications applications
13 Dr Chris Allen Dr Pat McComiskey Pharmacy
Development of a novel biotechnology process for the production of catechol derivatives
14 Dr Andrew Doherty Dr Pat McComiskey Chemistry
Hydrogen Peroxide recovery from molten salt liquid catalyst media
15 Dr Chris Scott Mr David Moore Pharmacy Development of novel, rapid discovery and identification technologies 
16 Dr Nicholas Dunne Mr David Moore Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
Bone cement mixing system electron beam
17 Dr Fraser Buchanan Mr David Moore Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
Design of  bioresorbable medical devices with unique degradation behaviour that ensures nature tissue
18 Professor Bob McCullough Mr David Moore Maths & Physics
Thermat damage free production of processed layers  for 3-D semiconductor device stacking
19 Dr Laurent Wojcieszak Mr Panos Lioulias ECIT Design and implementation of 20 times faster image and DVD video processing, brings it to Real Time.
20 Mr Alan Clarke Mr Panos Lioulias Polymer Research Centre Material that provides biological and chemical protection and also is breathable.  It removes the problems of protection clothing here with retention of internal humidity that causes skin blistering and heat stroke.
21 Dr Wolfram Meier-Augenstein Dr Philip Graham Forensic & Human Epidemiology Non-invasive functional screening for reduced liver function and adverse drug effects
22 Dr sakir Sezer Mr Panos Lioulias ECIT Design and implementation of a refresh scheduler that can support 50,000 x more quality of service queues than existing technology.
23 Dr Mark Kelly Dr Pat McComiskey ECIT
A novel system in package technology for mass volume low noise wireless components
24 Professor David Jones Dr Pat McComiskey Pharmacy Antimicrobial