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2011 FOR RESEARCH INTO SAFE WATER AND SANITATION HELPING TO SAFEGUARD MANY LIVES AND COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE
2017 FOR PIONEERING TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN FOOD AND NUTRITION
IN RECOGNITION OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN SATELLITE ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATIONS
FOR OUTSTANDING WORK OVER THREE DECADES IN THE FIELDS OF ION BEAM APPLICATIONS AND OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES
Mobile technology in medicine
Researchers from the University of Surrey have launched a new programme of research called eSMART (Electronic Symptom Management using ASyMS Remote Technology), that uses mobile phone technology to remotely monitor patients who are undergoing chemotherapy to treat breast, bowel and blood cancers. The Advanced Symptom Management System (ASyMS) allows patients to report the side effects from their chemotherapy via a mobile phone. This information is immediately sent securely to a computer, which assesses their symptoms and triggers alerts to doctors or nurses within minutes if they require specialist intervention.
Satellites and space debris
Researchers at Surrey Space Centre have created new technology to aid spacecraft repair, dispose of radioactive waste and monitor spacecraft. The intelligent robotic systems can inspect, monitor and identify when spacecraft needs repairing, and will also have the potential to support astronauts on space missions and to deal with space debris. The autonomous technology will be deployed in snake-like robots and will have a great deal of manipulability, perceiving their environment through built-in cameras.
Accessible tourism
Our research has found that Europe is losing out on as much as €142 billion every year due to poor infrastructure, services and attitudes towards travellers with special access needs. The European Commission-funded research found that travellers within the EU who required special access (whether through disability or age) undertook 783 million trips within the region in 2012, contributing €394 billion and 8.7 million jobs to the European economy. However, if European destinations were fully accessible, this demand could increase by up to 44 per cent a year – producing an additional €142 billion GDP and creating 3.4 million jobs.
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