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PhD student in Human Biology wins at the Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society World Congress 2012

Professor in Maths and Statistics takes Wolfson Research Merit Award for his contribution to statistical methods for epidemiology. 

Professor in the Institute of Educational Technology wins  International Society for the History of the Neurosciences' Award for Howard Andrew Knox: Pioneer of Psychological Testing at Ellis Island.

Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences features in 2012 Birthday Honours.

A DAMS prototype has completed a successful five-month trial on board a nuclear submarine. Its performance has led BAE’s platform engineers to approve a new design philosophy for on-board atmospheric monitoring on the next generation of nuclear submarines, the Successor class. This new design is based around the inclusion of several DAMS sensor units. 

 'In many ways monitoring the atmosphere inside a sub is even more challenging than working in space, not least because it is essential to safeguarding a number of lives,' says Dr Geraint Morgan.

Impact

 This research led to the formation of the ongoing Floodplain Meadows Partnership, which interacts with conservation practitioners, landowners and other stakeholders to put into practice new understanding arising from the research.

 The Partnership brings together The Open University and seven other organisations: 

The MusicJacket has been evaluated through 50 sessions with schoolchildren in co-operation with their violin teachers. Children as young as six are able to improve their posture when playing with the system, and older children are able to use more sophisticated features of the system.

During a week of public performances in Battersea Arts Centre in London in 2010, blind and sighted volunteers took part in a haptic theatre experience. Many reported that the Haptic Lotus provided a strong sense of reassurance in the dark.