Davidson Inventors Challenge Final 2022

Our Davidson Inventors Challenge was launched in 2021, to encourage 14- to 17-year-old UK students to use engineering problem-solving skills to develop an innovative solution that addresses one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Davidson Inventors Challenge Final and Awards Ceremony took place on Thursday 26 May 2022, 15:00-17:00 BST with the four shortlisted teams pitching their innovations to a panel of judges.
We also heard from Dame Judith Hackitt, Chair of the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, the review implemented after the Grenfell Tower disaster, and Jane Cutler, President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.
The full event programme is below:
15.00-15.15pm Welcome and intro: Davidson Inventors Challenge, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Chemical Engineering at Cambridge
Welcome and Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology working towards Sustainable Development Goals (Head of Department, Professor Clemens Kaminski)
Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at Cambridge (Dr Kamran Yunus, Associate Teaching Professor)
15.15 - 16.20pm Presentation from the four shortlisted student teams
Izy Solution (Year 12), Eastbourne College, BN21 4JX
Filakas, Harrow School (Year 12), HA1 3HP
Smart Plastics (Year 12), Aylesbury High School, HP21 7SX
Biogas Renewed (Year 11), Wallington Country Grammar School SM6 7PH
BREAK 16.20- 16.30 pm Judging Panel deliberations
16:30-16.50 pm Keynote speaker: Dame Judith Hackitt, Chair of the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, and Chair of manufacturing trade body Make UK.
An exciting career in chemical engineering and important lessons learned from the Grenfell Tower disaster.
16:50-17:00 The President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), Jane Cutler
Announcement of DIC 2022 winners and runner-ups, and presentation of Award Certificates. A note on chemical engineering of the future.