Success Stories
Our previous winners are an amazing group. Learn more about them and the projects they presented to win their titles in the National Science & Engineering Competition.
Peter Hatfield
UK Young Scientist of the Year 2009
Peter won the Competition with his space science project
Plasma Prominences. He is now studying Mathematics at
Pembroke College, Cambridge. Read more about Peter's
experiences in the Competition and the amazing things he's
done since winning.
Chris Jefferies
UK Young Technologist of the Year 2009
(this prize is now known as UK Young Engineer of the Year)
Chris won the Engineering/Technology stream of the
Competition for designing and constructing devices that
detect and prevent damage to the equipment used in the testing
of gearboxes. He did this project, Setting Instruments for a
Proximity Probe, with three team-mates. Chris is now studying
Physics at Warwick University. Find out more about Chris's
experiences.
Tom Hearing
UK Young Scientist of the Year 2010
Tom won the Senior category of the Competition with his geology
project Mapping Monmouth Beach and the Eroding Ammonite
Pavement. He is now studying Earth Sciences at St Edmund's
College, Oxford. Watch an interview with Tom to find out more
about his project.
Shawn Brown
UK Young Engineer of the Year 2010
Shawn succeeded in the Competition with his invention Solar
Bike, a bamboo-framed electric trike that utilises as much
sustainable and reusable material as possible. Shawn is now
studying for a four-year Masters degree in Renewable Energy at
Exeter University and working on a charity project in Ghana. Learn
more in this interview.
Hannah Eastwood
UK Young Scientist of the Year 2011
Hannah is the current UK Young Scientist of the Year, a title
which she won with her project, Green Rust - the Good Gal.
She found a way of removing toxic heavy metals from
drinking water that is both environmentally-friendly and
cost-saving. She is now studying Veterinary Science at Bristol
University. Click here to find out what Hannah thought about
her time at The Big Bang and to watch an interview with her.
Andrew Cowan
UK Young Engineer of the Year 2011
Andrew is the current UK Young Engineer of the Year after being
selected by the judges for his Search and Rescue Robot project.
He is currently studying Electronic Engineering at
Southampton University. Watch an interview with Andrew to learn
more about his project and to see the robot in action.
Aseem Mishra
Intermediate Engineering/Technology
Runner up 2010 & Highly Commended 2011
Aseem has won prizes in two rounds of the National Science &
Engineering Competition, once for his Drum Lights (shown in the
picture on the left) and once for his Drum Kit Trousers. Click here
to watch a video of Aseem's experiences at the 2011 Big Bang
Fair.
Ellie Ogilvie
Senior Science/Maths Runner up 2010
Ellie presented her chemistry project, Smart Dithiocarbamates
as Ligands in Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, to the
celebrity judging panel in the Competition finals. She is now
studying Natural Sciences at Jesus College, Cambridge. Find
out more about Ellie's experiences at The Big Bang Fair.
Harriet Jones
Intermediate Science/Maths winner 2010
Hattie won the individual prize in her age category with her project
Carbon Monoxide: Friend or Foe? She also gained a place to
attend the London Youth International Science Forum, a two-
week residential event that takes place at Imperial College
London. Find out more about Hattie's time at The Big Bang.
Deepesh Patel and Raghd Rostrom
Deepesh and Raghd were both individual competitors in 2010
and when they met at The Big Bang Fair they realised that they
had a shared interest. After each won a prize in the Competition
finals they decided to team up and start a joint project
researching medicinal plants. They have now formed Canopy to
Cures which is going from strength to strength. Read more about
their amazing work and the successes they've had.
Andrew Smith
Andrew won the Best Use of Mathematics prize for his project,
Relativity: The special and general theories and applications in
global positioning, in the 2010 Competition finals. He is currently
studying Physics at Nottingham University and has developed
his own science communication website. Find out more.
Date Published: November 14, 2011