ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
Award winner: J.S.O. Evans
Institution: Durham University
Value: £15,613
Powder diffraction and Rietveld Refinement School 2010
Award winner: F. Meldrum
Institution: University of Leeds
Value: £93,722
Biomimetic routes to crystals with superior mechanical properties
Award winner: F.H.L. Essler
Institution: University of Oxford
Value: £9,993
Visiting fellowship for Professor Alexei Tsvelik
Award winner: E.U. Rafailov
Institution: University of Dundee
Value: £528,482
Compact diode-laser-pumped THz source based on a novel photomixer device
Award winner: A. Blakeborough
Institution: University of Oxford
Value: £202,444
Study of lateral pile soil interaction (LPSI) in seismically liquefiable soils
Award winner: S. Bhattacharya
Institution: University of Bristol
Value: £318,610
Study of LPSI in seismically liquefiable soils
Award winner: R.W.G. Bucknall
Institution: University College London
Value: £567,448
Low-carbon shipping - a systems approach
Award winner: O. Turan
Institution: University of Strathclyde
Value: £514,083
Low-carbon shipping - a systems approach
Award winner: S.J. Rosser
Institution: University of Glasgow
Value: £211,634
Multi-functional polymer scaffolds for cleaning catalysis
Award winner: A. Likhtman
Institution: University of Reading
Value: £260,149
Microscopic fundamentals of the macroscopic interface formation principles
Award winner: D. Mangan
Institution: Newcastle University
Value: £456,753
Low-carbon shipping - a systems approach
Award winner: S.J. Rosser
Institution: University of Glasgow
Value: £135,896
Functional imaging: atomic-force imaging using probes functionalised with modified enzymes
Award winner: A.J. Cadby
Institution: University of Sheffield
Value: £199,215
Functional imaging: atomic-force imaging using probes functionalised with modified enzymes
Award winner: S.P. Beeby
Institution: University of Southampton
Value: £113,297
Energy-harvesting network proposal
Award winner: J. Dinwoodie
Institution: University of Plymouth
Value: £22,438
Low-carbon shipping - a systems approach
Award winner: D. Gibbs
Institution: University of Hull
Value: £94,641
Low-carbon shipping - a systems approach
Award winner: D. Graham
Institution: University of Strathclyde
Value: £202,797
In vivo reporting using nanosystems chemistry and optical spectroscopy
Award winner: A.P. Dove
Institution: University of Warwick
Value: £197,641
Phased delivery of active ingredients for low-temperature cleaning
Award winner: S.J. Rosser
Institution: University of Glasgow
Value: £226,621
Phased delivery of active ingredients for low-temperature cleaning
Award winner: D. Duncan
Institution: Heriot-Watt University
Value: £181,118
Novel mathematical approaches for multiscale modelling of three-phase porous media flow
Award winner: D. Savic
Institution: University of Exeter
Value: £4,705
Simplified dual-drainage modelling for flood-risk assessment in urban areas
Award winner: X. Wang
Institution: University of Leeds
Value: £334,038
Processing nanoparticles in suspension of high solid concentration: online characterisation and process modelling
Award winner: A. Bows
Institution: University of Manchester
Value: £519,404
The High Seas project: assessing the technical and operational scope for rapid carbon-emission reduction from global shipping
IN DETAIL
Award winners: Anatoly Zayats and Stefan Maier
Institutions: Queen's University Belfast and Imperial College London
Value: £6 million
This project aims to develop technology for high-speed "optical computers". These "nanoplasmonic devices" - minute metal structures that guide and direct light waves - could be used to develop "optical computers", which process information using light waves rather than electric currents.