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Projects Profile

Following the regular calls to ICUK proof-of-concept fund and partnership grant, quite a few ICUK projects are now up and running. To give some reference to interested academic colleagues and potential industrial partners, some projects profiles are provided below.

Please click the project title below to view the brief project profile. If you have interests to know more about the projects below or have any enquiries, please send your enquiries to info@icukonline.org. More interesting projects profiles will be added to the list below from time to time.

Climate Change, Environment, Energy

Proof-of-Concept Projects

Overcoming the barriers of commercialising Biomass Fast Pyrolysis Technology with joint efforts between UK and China

High-efficiency carbon nanotube hetero-junction solar cells for energy generation

Anaerobic biological treatment process of waste metal working fluids

A novel dew point air conditioning system

Feasibility study of developing innovative Carbon Dioxide capture technologies

Novel early world warning and risk assessment system (NEWS) - a new generation software expert system for flood warning and risk analysis

Partnership Grants Projects

Portable biosensors based on Lab-on-a-Chip Technology for environmental pollution monitoring

E-learning courses covering environmental decision making and applications of GIS (Geographical information Systems)

Innovative combined solar/wind compound parabolic concentrator

Solar-thermochromic Composite Films of Ionic Liquids and Polymers for Smart Windows


Nanotechnology, Materials Science

Proof-of-Concept Projects

Nanocrystalline functionally-graded wear and corrosion-resistant coatings

High efficiency carbon nanotube hetero-junction Solar Cells for Energy Generation

Processing of nanostructured titanium for use in medical implants

Partnership Grants Projects

Oxygen, glucose and lactate (bio) sensor-based diffusivity tester for biomaterials



Healthcare, Biosciecnes, Veterinary, Agricultural and Infectious Diseases

Proof-of-Concept Projects

Anti-HCV immune responses in chronically infected patients by HCV Antigen loaded microsomes

Development of software for monitoring blood flow to the brain

Identification of genetic markers associated with fertility and longevity traits in dairy cows

UK-Chinese initiative for the development and evaluation of novel spidrex conduits for peripheral nerve repair

Partnership Grants Projects

Development of novel antibiotic compounds with potential in therapy, cosmetics and wound healing

Establishment of a technical platform for development of new biomarkers and therapeutics for cancer treatment in China

Optical biosensor for monitoring microbial loads in food and water

Time-resolved fluorescent imaging to measure micro-viscosisty in living cells

Development of commercial genetic markers for rice for nitrogen-use efficiency

Development of novel metal compounds for Alzheimer's disease therapy

Development of a blood based test screen for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Smart on-body wireless sensor networks for healthcare applications

Development of novel anti-microbial drug products based on pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interactions

On the use of brain-computer interfacing for rehabilition

Biotreatment of oestrogen - a model for the biodegration of pharmaceutical products and associated waste

Development of an expert system for optimised cell culture growth and protein production

Establishment of a novel immunological assay to distinguish patients with autoimmune hepatitis from those induced by hepatitis B virus infection

 

Information Communication Technology, Engineering and Space Technology

Proof-of-Concept Projects

Development of a prototype anthropomorphic robotic Hand

Development of prototype low-cost GPS receivers for high precision real-time applications

Development of a geostationary forest fire monitoring and characterizing system for China and the wider Asian region

A novel photocatalytic mop fan air cleaning system

EMC testing of mobile communications platforms

VISTA: Video analytics software for real-time human profiling

Development and commercialisation of reconfigurable workholding devices

A novel dew point air conditioning system

Quantative medical imaging: technology innovation and clinical applications

Development of high performance digital MEMs gyroscope

Optimising ride comfort for motor grader operators by modelling the cabin-seat-driver dynamic
System

Energy efficient mobile networks by interference management

Development of Bayesian Network Templates and Probabilities for Enhanced Processing and Prosecution of Frequent Digital Crimes

Partnership Grants Projects

Quantitative medical imaging: Technology transfer, market research and regulation

Web Science: Breaking down the barriers to collaboration on the internet between China and the UK

Improved colour filter arrays for digital cameras

Enhanced GPS for indoor and urban environments

Feasibility study of novel partial discharge detection using Faraday effect of optic fibre

Broadband multilayer optics for extreme ultraviolet lithography

Exploration of a novel wheel legged robot with compliant metamorphic structure for lunar exploration

An innovative combined solar/wind compound paraboilc concentrator

Compact multiband antenna for mobile terminals

An image matcher for an FPGA-based embedded system for next generation Mars exploration

 

Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine

Proof-of-Concept Projects

Comprehensive database of traditional chinese medicine

Pharmaceutical and commercial development of a purified phytochemical extract from the chinese fungus,

Ganoderma Lucidum for use in prostate cancer chemoprevention

Development of anti-fibrotic drugs from Chinese herbs

Identification and mechanistic studies of novel antibacterials from Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM) using anti-sense mRNA sensitized whole cell screening

Partnership Grants Projects

Analytical approaches to the quality control of Compound Danshen Dripping Pill, a
traditional Chinese medicine

Development of traditional Chinese veterinary products to improve embryo development and success rate of embryo transplantation

 

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