Thrilled to share that our Project Manager, Alp Yesilkaya, has been selected to participate in the Converge Net Zero Challenge with our "Biflow" CO2 transportation solution! 🚀 Alp worked exceptionally hard on conducting a pre-feasibility study for his dissertation and we're proud his results are being recognized as "an exciting, valuable and arguably essential technology for our future CO2-storing-at-scale future." Chemical looping captures such incredible amounts of CO2, low-carbon transporation is imperative to reaching #netzero 🌱 Thank you Heriot-Watt University, remove, sus.lab | ETH, and Materials Processing Institute for your generous support of Alp!
🌎Nine #innovations from students and staff at Heriot-Watt University have made it through to the semi-finals of Converge 2024, Scotland’s largest company creation programme for the university sector. The innovations are: GI Healthcare Industries from postgraduate student Adip Ranjan Das – a food tech start-up developing semi-autonomous kitchen systems to help perform food preparation, cooking and cleaning tasks. INFINECT by Research Associate Samuel Rotenberg – developer of a satellite antenna to ensure emergency services have uninterrupted internet connectivity wherever they are. Respiratone by Hendrik Nahler, an Assistant Professor in our School of Engineering and Physical Sciences – inventor of a non-invasive sensor for quantifying acetone, a compound in breath that reflects the body's fat-burning activity and has important applications in health and sports science. RideScan by Postgraduate student Shivoh Chirayil Nandakumar – a tech start-up that has developed an attachable safety device to enhance the safety and reliability of autonomous vehicles and robots. Aspective Consulting by David Thorpe, a Postgraduate student in the University’s School of Social Sciences – a workplace consultancy specialising in neurodiversity. Let’s Do Engineering by Helen Bridle, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences – creator of engineering activity boxes to develop creativity and problem-solving skills in children aged from three to seven. Biflow by Alp Yesilkaya, a Postgraduate student in Heriot-Watt’s School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society – developer of technology which will allow captured carbon to be transported via existing gas network infrastructure without disrupting normal operations. AI Methane Tracker by Vitalii Starikov, a Dubai-based Research Associate in the University’s School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society – developer of a remote sensing device that combines computer vision and satellite data to detect methane leaks globally and regionally. AquaZoa by Hayder Al Mshelesh, a Postgraduate student in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences – developer of an automatic water sampling system to detect waterborne pathogens and control parasitic disease outbreaks. Heriot-Watt’s innovators will be among 100 semi-finalists to attend in-depth business training, with the most advanced projects invited to pitch their ideas live to investors, entrepreneurs and business leaders on 5 June in Edinburgh. Since its launch in 2011, Converge has supported almost 700 people to launch more than 420 companies, which have raised in excess of £360m in follow-on funding. Dr Claudia Cavalluzzo, executive director of Converge said: “Scotland has always been a welcoming place, particularly in our universities. It’s great to see that they continue to attract top-tier students and researchers from around the world.” #HeriotWattUni #Converge2024
