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The James Dyson Award is an international student design award that challenges young people to, "design something that solves a problem". The contest is open to university level students (or recent graduates) in the fields of product design, industrial design and
engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...
. The award is run by the James Dyson Foundation,
James Dyson Sir James Dyson (born 2 May 1947) is a British inventor, industrial designer, farmer, and billionaire entrepreneur who founded Dyson Ltd. He is best known as the inventor of the dual cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the princi ...
’s charitable trust, as part of its mission to get young people excited about design engineering. To qualify students must have studied in: Australia,
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, Sweden, Switzerland,
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. One national winner and four finalists are chosen from each country.
James Dyson Sir James Dyson (born 2 May 1947) is a British inventor, industrial designer, farmer, and billionaire entrepreneur who founded Dyson Ltd. He is best known as the inventor of the dual cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the princi ...
selects an international winner for the overall prize.


Winners

;International winners *2007 Maxi Pantel (Germany) for the ''Senjo'', an electronic device for the deaf to communicate with the hearing. *2008 Michael Chen (England) for the ''Reactiv'', a motion-activated LED safety jacket for cycling. *2009 Yusuf Muhammad and Paul Thomas (
Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It o ...
, England) for ''Automist'', a kitchen-faucet sprinkler system that controls residential fires. *2010 Samuel Adeloju (Australia) for ''Longreach'', water floating device for saving victims in water. *2011 Edward Linacre (Australia) for ''Airdrop'', extracts water from the air and delivers it directly to plant roots through a network of subterranean piping. *2012 Dan Watson (
Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It o ...
, England) for ''SafetyNet'', a new commercial fishing net to allow smaller and unwanted fish to escape. *2013
University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...
team (United States) for ''Titan Arm'', a bionic arm. The arm was developed for the Cornell Cup USA 2013 competition where they won first place. Award: $45,000 + $16,000 to the University. *2014 James Roberts ( Loughborough University, England) for ''MOM'', a portable inflatable incubator. Award: $45,000 + $5,000 to the University. *2015
University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo (UWaterloo, UW, or Waterloo) is a public research university with a main campus in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is on of land adjacent to "Uptown" Waterloo and Waterloo Park. The university also operates ...
team (Canada) for the ''Voltera V-One'', a laptop-sized printed circuit board printer. Award: $45,000 + $7,500 to the University. *2016 Isis Shiffer (Pratt Institute, United States) for the ''EcoHelmet'', a paper bicycle helmet. Award: $45,000. *2017 Michael Takla, Rotimi Bhavsar, Prateek Mathur (
McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale, adjacent to the Royal Botanical Ga ...
) for The sKan a device using thermal maps of the skin to detect melanomas. *2018 Nicolas Orellana, Yaseen Noorani ( Lancaster University) for the O-Wind Turbine. *2019 Lucy Hughes (
University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...
, England) for MarinaTex, a biodegradable plastic made from fish off cuts. *2020 Judit Giró (
University of Barcelona The University of Barcelona ( ca, Universitat de Barcelona, UB; ; es, link=no, Universidad de Barcelona) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, in Spain. With 63,000 students, it is one of the biggest universities i ...
and
University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and p ...
) for ''The Blue Box'', a biomedical device for pain-free, non-irradiating, low-cost, in-home breast cancer testing. *2021 Kelu Yu, Si Li and David Lee ( National University of Singapore) for HOPES, a device for pain-free, at-home eye pressure testing, opening up access to glaucoma testing. Joseph Bentley ( Loughborough University, England) for REACT, a technology that stems bleeding to help save stabbing victims’ lives. Jerry de Vos (
Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Delft), also known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. As of 2022 it is ranked by QS World University Rankings among ...
) for Plastic Scanner, a low-cost, handheld device to identify plastic for recycling.


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