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Student case studies
If you are interested in applying for a bursary, you may find it useful to read some of the case studies below to find out what it might be like.
Student name: Kutwing Loo
School: Radyr Comprehensive School, Cardiff
Project title: Simulating the Aerodynamic Behaviour of BLOODHOUND SSC
Host: School of Engineering, Swansea University
Project category: Engineering
Find out more about Kutwing's project here.
Student name: Nada El-Hariry
School: Loreto College, Manchester
Project title: Study of Gamma Ray Transmissions through Small Penetrations
Host: AMEC
Project category: Physics
Read more about Nada's project.
Student name: Courtney Williams
School: William Farr C of E Comprehensive School, Lincolnshire
Project title: Listening For Ghost Particles: The Acoustic Cosmic Ray Neutrino Experiment (ACoRNE)
Host: Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Sheffield
Project category: Physics
Click here to discover more about Courtney's project, and her recent win at the EU Competition for Young Scientists.
Student name: Sam Bedford
School: Halesowen College, West Midlands
Project title: FGF-2 and its Implications in Muscle Atrophy
Host: School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham
Project category: Biomedical
To read more about Sam's project and his win at the Big Bang Fair, click here.
Student name: Rosy Halfyard
School: The Cavendish School, Hertfordshire
Project title: Determination of a method for testing disinfectants
Host: Bio Products Laboratory
Project category: Biology
Find out more about Rosy's project, and her success at the Big Bang Fair, by clicking here.
Student name: Mike Aspinall
School: Neston High School, Cheshire
Project title: Low cost water heaters to suit developing world markets
Host: Unilever R&D
Project category: Environmental
Click here to read more about Mike's project
Student name: Aimee Hopper
School: Deeside College, Wrexham
Project title: S.P.A.C.E. B.U.G. - Searching Photonics Assisted Collecting Expedient, Built Using Gadgets
Host: Photonics Academy at OpTICs
Project category: Physics
Click here to read more about Aimee's project.
Student name: Lisa Howell
School: Tomlinscote School and Sixth Form College
Project title: Managing landscapes in the context of climate change: use of wild horses for sustainable governance of wetlands
Host: Royal Holloway, University of London
Project Category: Environmental
Click here to read more about Lisa's project, and watch videos of her experiences.
Student name: Claire Rafferty
School: Dumfries Academy
Project title: An investigation of dairy calf behaviour
Host: Scottish Agricultural College, Summer 2008
Project category: Biology
Click here to find out more about this bursary.
Student name: Jennifer Crowhurst
School: Sutton High School
Project title: Studies of the Phase Behaviour of Biological Amphiphiles
Host: Chemistry Department, Imperial College London, Summer 2007
Project category: Chemistry
Click here to find out more about this bursary.
Student name: Pavan Shah
School: Monks Walk School, Wlewyn Garden City
Project title: An investigation to assess heavy metal content in evasive Louisianan crayfish, native freshwater crabs and the effect they have to the Cape Clawless Otter populations in Kenya
Host: The Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Hertfordshire, Summer 2006
Project category: Environmental
Click here to find out more about this bursary, and to read a diary of Pavan's bursary placement.
Student name: Heather Reynolds
School: Sale Grammar School
Project title: Measuring the similarity between dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI images
Host: Division of Imaging Science and Biomedical Engineering, Manchester University, Summer 2007
Project category: Mathematics/computing
Click here to find out more about this bursary.
Student name: Varsha Kadaba
School: Howell’s School, Llandaff in Cardiff
Project title: The use of digital imaging in the early diagnosis of glaucoma
Host: The Department of Opthalmology in the School of Medicine at Cardiff University, Summer 2006
Project category: Biomedical
Click here to find out more about this bursary.
Student name: Jenny Best
School: Collyers College, Horsham
Project title: Behavioural traits of Green Turtle and Logger head turtle at the Sea Life Centre, Brighton
Host: Sea Life Centre, Brighton, Summer 2006
Project category: Environmental
Click here to find out more about this bursary.
Student name: Victoria Kendall
School: Swanshurst School, Birmingham
Project title: Mood in the Psychology of Movement
Host: School of Life and Health Science, Aston University
Project category: Psychology
Click here to find out more about this bursary.
Student name: Malcolm Hutchison
School: Harris Academy, Dundee
Project title: Assessing Gastro-Intestinal Stability of Phenolic Compounds and Anthocyanins in Strawberries
Host: Quality, Health & Nutrition Department at the Scottish Crop Research Institute, Summer 2006
Project category: Biochemistry
Click here to find out more about this bursary.
Student name: Rebecca Downs
School: Lancaster Girls Grammar School
Project title: Site Directed Mutagenesis of Polymerase Beta
Host: Department of Biological Sciences, Lancaster University, Summer 2006
Project category: Biology
Click here to find out more about this bursary.
Student name: David Oppenheimer
School: St Edward's School, Oxford
Project title: The use of fine resolution hydrological data in improving the estimation of generation potential for run-of-river hydropower schemes
Host: CEH Wallingford and Wallingford Hydrosolutions, Summer 2006
Project category: Engineering
Click here to find out more about this bursary.
Student name: Karishma Jaycee
School: St Pauls Roman Catholic School, Leicester
Project title: Quality Assurance for Computed Radiography
Host: Leicester Royal Infirmary, Summer 2006
Project category: Physics
Click here to find out more about this bursary.
Last Updated Thu, 10 December 2009