Dr Neil Vaughan - Current Awards
Nov 2016. Winner of the IET Innovation Awards (2016, November): Virtual Reality Data-driven Orthopaedic Simulator (externally funded by WAHSN). Winner of: Information Technology Award. Also Top 5 for Model-based Engineering award. Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET). See more details: News article. IET Website.
NHS Acorn Innovation Challenge 2016: Two projects: One winner and a second shortlisted in Top 8:
1. "Device for Peripheral Neuropathy" (Winner £10,000)
2. "Development of an Epidural Simulator" (Runner up)
Winner of NIAA/AAGBI Research Grant £15,000 (2016, March) "Development of an Epidural Simulator".
http://niaa.org.uk/February-2016
IET Innovation Awards (2015, November): Shortlisted as finalist in three separate categories: (Communications, Healthcare Technologies and Measurement in Action). Institution of Engineering & Technology, London:
1. Smartphone Device for Diabetic Tele-monitoring
2. 3D-Printed Smartphone Probe for Tele-monitoring and Sensation Loss Measurement
3. Smartphone Probe for Monitoring Remote Patients Transmitting Wireless Healthcare Data
Final 8 in the Times Higher Education Awards (THE Awards) 2014, at Mayfair London, selected from all universities in UK.
Post-graduate research Prize, 2014, from vice chancellor of Bournemouth University- for the top research project across all schools and faculties delivering most impact and progress judged by University Executive Team (UET).
Winner of ICT Pioneers 2014, 1st place in transforming society prize, judged by the EPSRC funding council. 1st place from all PhD students in the country, winner of 'Transforming Society' award, beating Oxford, UCL, Imperial in the grand final
Winner of 2013 scholarship from IET (Institute of Engineering & Technology).
Winner of IET Innovation Awards 2013 and highly commended in three
categories, 20th Nov 2013. Selected winner of IT category from over 400 entries from 32
countries. 1. "Recording
Epidural Pressure and Needle Insertion Speed in Obstetric Patients During
Needle Insertion for Epidural Simulation" Measurement in Action
category. 2. "Epidural
Simulator for Training with Patient-specific Insertions using MRI and Soft
Tissue Modelling" Information Technology category. 3. "Body
Shape Estimation Neural Network Learning Model for Medical Simulations" Intelligent
Systems category. http://conferences.theiet.org/innovation/categories/information/past-winners/index.cfm
UK Patient Safety & Care Integration Awards 2013, Shortlisted in final 8.
"Poole Hospital Foundation Trust & the School of Design, Engineering and Computing, Bournemouth University, Development of an epidural simulator for training"
Grosvenor Hotel, Mayfair, London
Category: Technology and IT to improve Patient Safety
http://www.patientsafetyawards.com/633816
Best Poster Competition presentation at ACA 2013. Selected by the organizing committee.
Measurement Of Epidural Insertion Pressures In Labouring Women Of Varying BMIs,
18th Asean Congress of Anaesthesiologists, Singapore, 31 Oct 2013.
Obstetric Anaesthesia conference, Bournemouth 2013
Top 12 Oral Presntation http://abstracts.oaa-anaes.ac.uk/results.aspx
Accepted for one of twelve Oral presentations from over 250 abstracts.
Expedited for full publication in International Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia (IJOA) 2013.
"A pilot study to measure the insertion force of a Tuohy needle in a porcine spine"
ASME Innovation Showcase (IShow) 2013 Shortlisted International Semi-Finalist, in the final 10.
"Bournemouth University Epidural Simulator"
Awarded $3000 travel grant from Americal Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
June 22nd 2013.
Indianapolis, USA. Alongside MIT and Harvard university.
https://www.asme.org/about-asme/news-media/asme-news/ten-asme-ishow-finalists-selected
ASME-Computers & Information in Engineering, graduate research poster session 2013, awarded $750 travel stipend.
"Patient BMI Specific Epidural Simulator with Modeling of Soft and Hard Heterogeneous Deformable Haptic Tissue Structures"
Poster Presented in Portland, OR, USA, Computers and Information in Engineering conference,
Winning award of $750 travel stipend from Advanced Modeling and Simulation Technical Comittee.
7th August 2013. http://www.asmeconferences.org/IDETC2013/CIEPosters.cfm
Shortlisted in the top 10.
Design of Medical Devices International Student Showcase 2013. Minneapolis, MN, USA.
"Device to accurately place Epidural Tuohy needle for Anesthesia Administration"
April 2013.
Accepted for Oral Presentation at ASPiH Conference.
Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare, Harrogate 19th Nov 2013.
From over 200 abstracts.
Accepted as one of twelve Oral Presentation at Obstetric Anaesthesia 2013.
Awarded publication in International Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia.
2010 Science, Engineering & Technology for Britain (SETforBritain).
Finalist Presentation in the House of Commons, Westminster London.
Supported by Poole Member of Parliament Conor Burns.
http://www.conorburns.com/news/bournemouth-university-%E2%80%98virtual-patient%E2%80%99
2006 - Awarded the University Medal from Brunel University in 2006 for "Automatic Face recognition by Image Processing", in Brunel University (Dept of Computer Science & Informatics (DISC)), London.
2005 - Winner of 2005 Best Research Project (and Blackwell Publishing Prize) in Brunel University (Dept of Computer Science & Informatics (DISC)), London.
2005 - Winner of 2005 Best Thesis Award, in Brunel University, (Dept of Computer Science & Informatics (DISC)), London.
2000 - Winner of Young Technologists Competition.