MAJOR PROJECT

The Major Project module was designed to encourage problem-based learning and integrative studies. Students are expected to work on a self-chosen or industry-based project, which will challenge them to explore new knowledge, as well as apply all knowledge and skills that they have learned and mastered in previous years, such as design for manufacturing, communication design and research. Up to now, Brunel Design students have supported various organisations (large and small; for-profit and not-for-profit; product-based and service- based) in solving their design problems. Through this module, students are able to demonstrate their ability to plan and manage an independent project and come up with original design solutions. The outcomes of this module have led to many innovative products/services in the marketplace and a number of successful design entrepreneurs.

MAJOR PROJECT

The Major Project module was designed to encourage problem-based learning and integrative studies. Students are expected to work on a self-chosen or industry-based project, which will challenge them to explore new knowledge, as well as apply all knowledge and skills that they have learned and mastered in previous years, such as design for manufacturing, communication design and research. Up to now, Brunel Design students have supported various organisations (large and small; for-profit and not-for-profit; product-based and service- based) in solving their design problems. Through this module, students are able to demonstrate their ability to plan and manage an independent project and come up with original design solutions. The outcomes of this module have led to many innovative products/services in the marketplace and a number of successful design entrepreneurs.

Alcotect
The world’s first vehicle key with a built-in breathalyser and biometric verification, preventing drink driving, keyless car thefts and uninsured driving.
Jake O'Sullivan
Get a Grip!
A set of products to make daily tasks easier for 50-70 year olds with dexterity-related impairments, positioned to challenge the stigma surrounding disabilities.
Hannah Coombs
Introl
Introl is a warning system to prevent distraction and improve awareness whilst in control of a vehicle, by monitoring the driver, the road and the cars nearby.
Harry Snow
Moo. Smart Cap
A smart milk cap which can accurately predict the spoilage date of fresh milk, thus reducing milk waste in the home.
Conor Richey
Phloss
An inclusively designed and sustainability-focused flossing alternative that uses a service system to distribute refills and utilise waste material, supporting a circular economy.
Charlie Boyle
Scan a Scale
A faster produce purchasing system to encourage UK supermarket consumers to purchase more loose produce, reducing the use of plastic packaging with fresh produce.
Joseph Irvine
Solar Fruit Drying
Using solar drying to reduce post harvest losses for small holding farmers in Africa, in collaboration with Alvan Blanch Dev Co.
Jacob McAdam
To Sew
ToSew aims to re-spark the joys surrounding sewing, aimed at young adults aged 18-30. It provides a fresh outlook on sewing, from an outdated task to a social and fun pastime.
Charlotte Basset
veda
A smart and reusable pregnancy range that enables the remote monitoring of intimate health and helps to reduce the impacts of urinary and vaginal infections during pregnancy.
Amber Sayers
VUI - Visual Unit Indicator
A visual lighting device that informs drivers of vehicles on the road with self driving assists.
Sirtaj Singh Ghata-Aura
Alorem
Making allergy immunotherapy treatment as easy as brushing your teeth, so helping patients to fully complete their treatment and achieve a better quality of life.
Daniel Valentine
AntiFall Fitness
This stool addresses the barriers stopping seniors from exercising, to allow them to safely use appropriate exercise and thereby reduce their risk of falling.
Tom Brew
APACHI
APACHI is a system which provides respiratory protection for special operations users while integrating with ballistic combat helmets to decrease donning time and improve usability over existing helmet mask solutions
Seb Parker
Athru
Athru is an adaptive luminaire that can provide a range of excellent lighting to match the changing needs of users and living spaces.
Coleman Deady Ridge
Automating Saffron
An autonomous picking system which utilises computer vision to roam a field of Saffron flowers, identify flowers in bloom, home in and extract their three stigmas, largely without human input.
George Farren
AWaRe
AWaRe offers an Autonomous Waste Removal solution to tackle the increasing problem of plastic pollution in the UK canal network.
Matt Gardner
Bamboo Flatpack
A sustainable alternative to hardwood, softwood and traditional flatpack furniture. The product improves sustainability by reducing deforestation and improves user interaction by simplifying the assembly process.
David Paling
Bed Meal Table
A redesigned mealtime experience for bedbound patients in hospital wards across the country, affording greater access, independence and self-esteem.
Nivedhaa Muthu
BioSphere
A multi-sense stimulating product that uses the benefits of plants to improve the time we spend indoors whilst working at a desk or workstation.
Angus Galton
Blob
A fitness companion that reminds and encourages physically inactive, time- starved young adults, to include and prioritise regular exercise in their day.
Omar Rushton
Bloom.
Bloom has been designed to allow older adults over the age of 65 years who live alone to grow herbs, microgreens and sprouts indoors.
Evelyn Grace Harris
Budget Buddy
A fun and engaging budgeting tool designed for children between the ages of 8 - 11. Budget Buddy helps children manage their money and understand its value in the digital age.
Viraj Javaharlal
Carapeis
Carapeis Body Armour is a breathable, lightweight and modular personal protection solution for young men in high-risk professions, such as private security or bodyguards.
Chris Delaney
Celli
Democratising access to a musical education — a one-size-fits-all student cello for a fraction of the cost of a traditional instrument.
Isaac Reeves
Cervsmile
Cervsmile is a portable neck exercise reminder which is designed to prevent or alleviate neck problems in those with a sedentary lifestyle by reminding them to do neck exercises regularly.
Yili Chen
CM via Meal Prep
Designing a financially sustainable service to treat cocaine addiction with contingency management therapy in England, via a meal preparation business.
Max Schöpp
Decrastinate
Helping university students with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) achieve higher levels of focus during their independent study by implementing meditation into their study regime.
Dante Roberts
DeliveryBo
A collaboration with BotsAndUs to produce a system to allow their existing platform to fulfil a role performing indoor delivery.
Peter Bushell
derme
A patient-driven mobile app designed to provide adults self-managing a chronic skin condition with a greater sense of control and confidence.
Katie Price
Dual basket
Reducing water used in the laundry process by preventing over-washing, increasing efficiency and providing users with a greater awareness of the water crisis.
Oliver Martin
DUOS
Duos aims to create sustainable sound absorbing panels made of waste and natural materials to absorb sound within music recording and rehearsal rooms in both external institutions and at domestic enviornments.
Isidora Rivera Vollmer
DX One
DX One is a health testing kit that provides quick and convenient testing, helping the family to stay fit and healthy.
Jamie Pinkham
DynamicDesignProcess
A new system to create custom bicycle geometry without the need for a bike fit process, enabling builds without face-to-face requirements.
Jan Nicholas Janiurek
ERO
Phase one of ERO is a Zero Waste shopping container that reduces user pain points and increases the sustainability value when compared to current solutions.
Stuart Meredith
Extent
A service designed to reduce the negative environmental impacts of the UK music festival industry by educating attendees and allowing users to up-cycle their damaged tents.
Ruby Ovenden
Fej
Fej is a system for creating custom fitted aerodynamic cycling helmets from 3D scans, maximising rider performance by fitting all aspects of the helmet optimally to the rider's body.
Sam Harding
FIBRE
Repurposing Carbon Fibre waste to tackle aviation’s hidden polluter with innovative commercially viable airline meal packaging and pre-booking service.
Luke Smith
Fika
An inclusive dining set for all the family; designed to tackle exclusion for children with Cerebral Palsy in their family meal times.
Emily Browne
Flight Friendly Food
Airplane food - some choose to eat, some choose not to eat, and the rest choose to eat elsewhere. This proposal highlights what could be the next evolution of in-flight meals.
Yash Bhansali
Flora
Flora is a hybrid riverboat solution powered by solar energy which promotes indigenous communities’ development through a new means of transport.
Fatima Hermosin Acasuso
Fungal Grown Coffin
Applying the natural growing properties of mycelium in funeral design to produce a biomass coffin solution based on the principles of a circular materials economy.
Harry Cozens
FurPlus
FurPlus is a service aimed at turning domestic food waste into balanced, nutritious food for pet dogs.
Arthur Brooks
Grip Assist
A fun and engaging way to train grip strength to promote continued and consistent development for better long-term results.
Jake Brown
Healthy Home System
A human-centred smart-environment system, designed to optimise living conditions and reduce daily stresses through automation and monitoring services.
Preetpaul Matharoo
HEAR
HEAR is a learning aid that enables hearing impaired students to attend mainstream lessons, closing the grade-gap for deaf students.
Helen Bellhouse
Hydra Templat
Removing the need to rely on instinct when trying to hydrate at the most efficient moments during a long-distance run.
Toby Middleton
HydroSense
HydroSense is an eight-week programme that workshops a product-service system with ward-based nurses, helping them to develop healthy personal hydration behaviours and tackling the nurse dehydration problem.
Owen Purvis
Hygienix
Hygienix is a system using gamification elements to encourage human behaviour change towards handwashing, reducing the spread of disease within heavily- populated buildings.
Oliver Minns
Illumitrex
Illumitrex is a smart survival tool that generates electricity as you walk, charges mobile phones and powers a torch to help aid in an emergency situation.
Thomas Knipe
Inhilate
Inhilate is a nebuliser mask designed specifically to reduce pressure on emergency healthcare professionals by allowing them to deliver emergency oxygen therapy to patients quickly and effectively.
Megan King
Kalos
An audio-visual device which delivers relaxation sessions which prevent burn-out in employees. Its functionality is based on complementary and alternative medicine, neuroscientific and psychological approaches.
Sam Bušovský
LIFEPILL
LIFEPILL is a medication adherence system designed to assist patients with increasingly complex pill regimes. It consists of a wearable smart patch, pill box and mobile application.
Roxana Mobasheri
LumoFuel Bioreactor
LumoFuel is a domestic bioreactor that cultivates algae and processes it into low emission, carbon neutral biodiesel that can be used to run an unaltered diesel engine.
Charlie Wilson
Memory Pod
Memory Pod aims to support a more fulfilling life for those living with dementia, using a combination of reminiscence therapy and effective communication.
Caitlin Beer
Micro Sampler
Micro Sampler is a microplastics sampling device that can be used by secondary schools to educate children on the problems our oceans are facing.
Toby Allen
Mina
Mina creates a platform for young individuals with Dyslexia to connect and share problems, information and products. Mina becomes an essential companion for those with Dyslexia.
Mia Almo
Moments
A companion service aimed at improving the mental well-being of those travelling solo through mindfulness interventions and self reflection techniques.
Alexander Burgess
Natural Detail
Creating custom footwear components in Timberland stores using a modular mould and algae based sustainable material.
Shivy Das
Nueva
An athletic shoe created specifically to prevent the occurrence of Patellar Tendonitis in female netball players, one of the most prevalent netball related injuries.
Imogen Campbell-Heanue
Ora
A sustainable and decorative material made up of seaweed (macroalgae) for indoor applications, combating health and environmental issues with current indoor building materials.
Arun Chalotra
Orbit
Orbit is a food assistant app that integrates with retailer information systems to provide the user with relevant meal suggestions based on their home inventory levels.
Lewis Muggeridge
Orion
Orion is an exercise product and app which enables patients with chronic muscular dystrophy diseases to enjoy working out in the knowledge that they are doing so efficiently and safely.
Elise Filleul
OSC
The Ozonated Showering Console (OSC) uses the Ozonated Showering Technology to prevent and treat pressure ulcers and related dermatological disorders.
Minnan Yu
Parametric Tailoring
This product-service system uses parametric design to facilitate the competitive mass production of tailored, high performance rock climbing shoes.
Robert William Foulds
Polar Dynamics
Redesigning a manufacturing solution to produce prosthetics for lower limb amputees with significant improvements to product performance and reduction in production time.
Luke Tolchard
Project Faber
Faber brings 3D printing of biodegradable footwear components into the retail environment, enabling personalised manufacture, sustainability-focused design and enhanced fit, all at the point of sale.
Andrew Pickering
Pulse
Sleep is a vital part of our everyday lives but for people who suffer from fibromyalgia, a condition that causes chronic pain, it can be difficult to get enough.
Justine Fernandez
Respire+
Respire+ is an asthma managing device developed for children to help them control asthma efficiently. This project aims to make asthma management an easy task.
Anavi Modi
Ro
Ro is a multi-functional portable device that aims to improve the wellbeing of informal dementia caregivers through educational assistive technology.
Max Mitchell
Safe Way Bag
Protecting individuals from knife crime in the UK by studying how it is impacting civilians and what needs to be done to minimise its effects.
Elias Kara
Sammy Suit
The Samoyed Hypothermia Suit (known as the Sammy Suit) makes it possible to treat hypothermia in extreme pre-hospital locations using active external rewarming.
Andrew Gardener
Sana Health
Sana is a rehabilitation management system consisting of a mobile and wearable application designed to improve long term post operative outcomes for patients undergoing ACL reconstruction recovery.
Tanaka Kungwengwe
Scopum
Enhancing the potential and usability of consumer UVB phototherapy products for Psoriasis treatment by combining emerging LED technology and user-centric product design.
Ben Younger
Share
Share aims to redefine the donation experience, creating deeper and stronger relationships between the charity and its donors through the power of storytelling and user-generated content.
Maria Alejandra Pinilla Pease
Shiloh
A monitoring and alarm device for patients with high cardiovascular risk, with a mobile app which will help promote healthy behaviours.
Naomi Tucker
Solar Tree
A Solar Tree that utilises biophilic design to generate solar power and provide a desirable urban space for members of the public.
Amin Haruna
Supporting New Dads
Improving the wellbeing of families by supporting men in becoming Dad: A suite of products to improve the bond between father and child.
Pippa Copeland
Tabi Friends
Assisting distressed preadolescents (8 - 12 years old) with sensory processing difficulties to feel calmer and more focused in the classroom or while travelling.
Arphatsara Paowana
Tea-Pots
Tea-Pots are sustainable, durable and compostable plant pots created from recycled waste teabags sealed in a sustainably sourced, waterproof beeswax shell.
Jack Day
The Drivers Club
The Drivers Club is a new type of recovery tool aimed at creating new social interactions between male cancer patients.
Kevin Shaji
Thea
Thea is a menstruation service designed to reduce period poverty across the UK by educating women properly, creating a community among its users and encouraging giving to those in need.
Victoria Poizer
TIMEMARK
This project aims for people to develop a better reading habit through quantified self functions, to encourage users to read books regularly.
Shujie Chen
Trio
Transforming furniture designed for small living spaces within urban cities, while providing an environment for friends and family to disconnect from the digital world and socially reconnect face to face.
Skyler Riz Manalili
TRUETRAY
A manufacturing system which empowers businesses to create their own fully-customised packing trays for one-off product shipments.
Jonathan James
Urban Air
Unmasking the future, a personal air purifier, improving air quality for commuters in a global environment where there is an increasing need.
Niamh Cogley-Rock
Vans Haptics
Through haptic feedback (communication through vibration), Vans Haptics provides technique correction for Snowboarders in real-time; significantly reducing learning periods and developing one’s understanding of how their technique can improve.
Oliver Lambert
Versal Treadmill
A treadmill console designed to address the lack of accessibility in fitness equipment for visually impaired users, through utilizing improved audio output and tactile controls.
Miles Egbuchiem
Virtue
Elevating the way people fundraise through four essential tools brought together in a single mobile platform, helping those with little free time to make a difference.
Charlie Gilks
Wave Warrior
Wave Warrior is a trans-tibial surfing prosthesis for children, with a tri-axial ankle, increased grip sole and modular system.
Georgina Hatch
Wildbyte
By tackling food waste at its source, Wildbyte provides a convenient way for millennials to access fresh local produce through a new pre-plant and pre-order system, straight from growers.
Natalia Rehakova
Wombat
Wombat aids the visually impaired to escape fires alone. Self-help and professional guidance allow the user to find both emergency first aid and the best escape path.
Ruoyu Shi
!Xu
!Xu is a sterilisable and therapeutic soft toy, book and overarching system designed to help children understand and cope throughout their hospital stay.
Angharad Davies
YAC
An app produced in collaboration with Hillingdon Carers to help to provide a more efficient, digitalised service to the young adult carers they support.
Lauren Jane Rushen
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