The IET Innovation Awards

Measurement in Action Award winner 2011

Plessey Semiconductors Ltd and University of Sussex EPIC – A Generic Electric Potential Sensor Technology

The judging panel commented:

This entry has been chosen as the winner for its development of an electrical measurement technique for exploitation in a wide range of markets. Thanks to its high sensitivity, this sensor can be used to detect electric charge through an insulating layer. It has application in healthcare, materials testing, security and forensics and has already received several awards for innovation in sensor technologies. The technology has been commercialised with several industrial partners and products are now on the market.

Also shortlisted:

Scope of category

Entries to the IET Measurement in Action Innovation Award category are welcomed from (but not limited to) engineers innovating in the areas of:

• Sensing
• Control
• Monitoring and diagnosis by the novel application of measurement science and technology
• Novel measurement systems or instrument design
• Novel applications of measurement
• Improvement of industrial processes or products by measurement
• The use of measurement in areas with large economic or social impact

Entries will be assessed for the level of innovation shown, the thoroughness with which ideas have been pursued, the economic or social benefits involved, and the degree to which the work has pioneered a significant new field or activity.

Winning innovations in this category

2010:
Acoustic techniques to replace existing approaches for monitoring gas filled subsea pipelines. (University of Manchester and Pipeline Engineering)

2009 :

Fibre-Optic Permanent Reservoir Monitoring for maximising Oil and Gas Reservoir; innovative use of optical fibre sensors for operation under the extreme conditions dictated in the oil and gas industry. (Stingray Geophysical for Fosar®)

2008 :
Novel technology for rapid non-invasive assay in production monitoring (LiteThru Ltd)

See also

• How to enter
• All categories