The Chief Executives’ Club at Queen’s Annual Gala

incorporating The Inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Prize

Awards

The Whitla HallQueen’s University Belfast6 December 2012

The Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Prize2012

LOCAL TALENT, GLOBAL IMPACT

The Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Prize 2012

The Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Prize Short-listed Applicants

2012LOCAL TALENT, GLOBAL IMPACT

Dr Fran BreartonSchool of English

Modern Poetry Criticism• Dr Brearton’s work with broadcast and print media has had a tangible effect

on the public appreciation of poetry, and Irish poetry in particular.• Her regular appearances on Radio 4’s ‘In Our Time’ reach a global audience

of more than two million listeners.• Her work on ‘The Great War in Irish Poetry’ has helped address this often

divisive issue.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Prize Short-listed Applicants

2012LOCAL TALENT, GLOBAL IMPACT

Professor Roy Douglas

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

The Impact of Vehicle Modelling for City Buses• Professor Douglas’s team comprises world leading experts in modelling

hybrid vehicles engines.• Their proactive engagement with Ballymena’s Wrightbus has led to this

modelling being a key tool for Wrightbus engineers.• Wrightbus used this method as part of their winning bid for the ‘New Bus for

London’ contract.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Prize Short-listed Applicants

2012LOCAL TALENT, GLOBAL IMPACT

Dr Bhaskar Sen GuptaSchool of Planning, Architecture

and Civil Engineering

Removing Arsenic from Groundwater• Dr Sen Gupta has developed a chemical-free method of removing Arsenic

from groundwater, an issue affecting an estimated 137 million people worldwide.

• His team has installed nine plants delivering clean water to over thirteen thousand people in India, Cambodia, Malaysia and the US.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Prize Short-listed Applicants

2012LOCAL TALENT, GLOBAL IMPACT

Professor Joanne Hughes & Professor Tony Gallagher

School of Education

Shared Education: A Model for Divided Societies• Professor Hughes and Professor Gallagher’s Shared Education Programme

provides a system to help bring together children educated under ethno-religious divisions.

• Following success with sixteen thousand school children in Northern Ireland, the Programme is being further developed for Macedonia and Israel.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Prize Short-listed Applicants

2012LOCAL TALENT, GLOBAL IMPACT

Professor David Jones

School of Pharmacy

A Preventative Treatment for Breakdown in Stoma Care

• Professor Jones’ work has provided a material capable of helping patients avoid some of the painful side-effects of invasive bowel surgery.

• Through collaboration with Comber’s TG Eakin Ltd, their ‘Cohesive paste’ has sold more than one million pounds worth of product, treating patients in twenty six countries.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Prize Short-listed Applicants

2012LOCAL TALENT, GLOBAL IMPACT

Professor Adrian Long

School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering

The Adoption of Arching Research Carried out at Queen's

• Professor Long used forty years of expertise in cement arches to assist London Underground with their platform design.

• His scheme avoided unnecessary work estimated at two hundred million pounds, and several times that in disruption to London.

• Professor Long went on to develop an arching product with Toomebridge’s Macrete Concrete, which is in active use across the UK and Ireland.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Prize Short-listed Applicants

2012LOCAL TALENT, GLOBAL IMPACT

Dr Karl Malcolm & Professor David Woolfson

School of Pharmacy

A Microbicide Vaginal Ring to Protect Women Against HIV/AIDS

• Dr Malcolm and Professor Woolfson have worked to provide a method for women to protect themselves from HIV/Aids, the number one cause of death for women aged 14 to 44 in sub-Saharan Africa.

• Their product is currently undergoing phase three clinical trials, and has the potential to save millions of lives globally.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Prize Short-listed Applicants

2012LOCAL TALENT, GLOBAL IMPACT

ProfessorShadd Maruna

School of Law

The Desistance Theory and Offender Rehabilitation

• Professor Maruna has engaged with justice systems from across the world to enact his world-leading theories on ex-offenders’ desistance from crime.

• His models are having a direct, positive effect on the lives of ex-prisoners and the societies they live in from the UK to Canada, Singapore and the US.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Prize Short-listed Applicants

2012LOCAL TALENT, GLOBAL IMPACT

Professor Phil ScratonSchool of Law

The Hillsborough Independent Panel 2009-12• Professor Scraton’s forensic analysis of the death of ninety six men, women

and children in the Hillsborough disaster has led to an apology from the Prime Minister in Parliament and a review of the UK’s emergency response to disasters.

• His continued engagement with the families of the bereaved and approach to the analysis have set a new precedent for how governments should respond to such events.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Prize Short-listed Applicants

2012LOCAL TALENT, GLOBAL IMPACT

Professor Kenneth Seddon

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Mercury Removal from Natural Gas Streams• Professor Seddon’s work with Malaysia’s Petronas has led to a new, more

efficient way of removing Mercury from natural gas.• The HycaPure Hg system was developed from concept to pilot operation in

two years.• The take up of this pioneering system will act to reduce the number of

people whose health is affected by the presence of Mercury, or who are killed in incidents linked to Mercury induced damage.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Prize Short-listed Applicants

2012LOCAL TALENT, GLOBAL IMPACT

Professor Kenneth Seddon

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Mercury Removal from Natural Gas Streams• Professor Seddon’s work with Malaysia’s Petronas has led to a new, more

efficient way of removing Mercury from natural gas.• The HycaPure Hg system was developed from concept to pilot operation in

two years.• The take up of this pioneering system will act to reduce the number of

people whose health is affected by the presence of Mercury, or who are killed in incidents linked to Mercury induced damage.

Runner Up

The Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Prize Short-listed Applicants

2012LOCAL TALENT, GLOBAL IMPACT

Dr Karl Malcolm & Professor David Woolfson

School of Pharmacy

A Microbicide Vaginal Ring to Protect Women Against HIV/AIDS

• Dr Malcolm and Professor Woolfson have worked to provide a method for women to protect themselves from HIV/Aids, the number one cause of death for women aged 14 to 44 in sub-Saharan Africa.

• Their product is currently undergoing phase three clinical trials, and has the potential to save millions of lives globally.

Runner Up

The Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Prize Short-listed Applicants

2012LOCAL TALENT, GLOBAL IMPACT

Professor Phil ScratonSchool of Law

The Hillsborough Independent Panel 2009-12• Professor Scraton’s forensic analysis of the death of ninety six men, women

and children in the Hillsborough disaster has led to an apology from the Prime Minister in Parliament and a review of the UK’s emergency response to disasters.

• His continued engagement with the families of the bereaved and approach to the analysis have set a new precedent for how governments should respond to such events.

Winner