The device consists of car tyres lashed together to form a giant 80-100 metre ring that is filled with a buoyant material, such as foamed concrete, to support giant plastic tubes which extend 100m deep into the ocean.
Prof Tughrul Arslan, Ahmed El-Rayis and Nakul Haridas at the Institute for Integrated Micro and Nano Systems (IMNS) invented and pioneered a novel "smart antenna" that will make poor reception for smart phones and tablet PCs "a thing of the past".
James Truesdale, who graduated with a MEng degree in Chemical Engineering in June 2012, has won the AWE Award for the Best Chemical Engineering Student at the 2012 SET Awards.
We are saddened by the sudden death of our friend and colleague David Archibald following what seems to have been a tragic accident on 9th September. Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.