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The Engineer - Aftrak off-grid energy project wins Milken Motsepe Prize in Green Energy

More than 1.1 billion African people unlikely to have access to clean cooking fuels and technologies by 2050

The Engineer - New facility set to enable nanoscale imaging of solar cells

The interaction of light with solar cells and other electronic devices will be the focus of a new national facility at Loughborough University.

COVID Crisis Sparks Sustainable Health Innovation - The Good Men Project

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. COVID Crisis Sparks Sustainable Health Innovation Five newly designed oxygen ventilators are on their way to Lagos, Nigeria in April. For all the sorrow it brings, the COVID-19 pandemic is driving innovation and one UK-based startup is ready to move forward with a medical device that’s a potential gamechanger for the developing world. Five newly designed oxygen ventilators are on their way to Lagos, Nigeria in April after successful trials at Loughborough University’s National Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine and the Leicester Royal Infirmary Hospital. Another batch of the ShiVent ventilators are headed for Pune, India.

Low-cost, non-electric ventilator allows non-specialized workers to treat COVID-19 patients

Low-cost, non-electric ventilator allows non-specialized workers to treat COVID-19 patients A team of engineers from Loughborough University has designed and built a unique low-cost, non-electric ventilator in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ShiVent system was created to allow non-specialized workers to treat patients with coronavirus. The team - Yusuf Bilesanmi, Ricardo Nascimento, Dr Yusuf Shittu, Gaurav Nanajkar and Pawel Nycz - designed the ventilator with four key features: Simple to use- by the average health workers and takes only 30 minutes of training Low-Cost- can be produced at a very small fraction of the price of the average ventilator Non-Electric- making it suitable for hospital settings with unreliable power