The Faculty of Engineering at the ÌÇÐÄVlog hosted the 2025 Engineers in Business Competition final on Wednesday 14th May, highlighting the entrepreneurial talent of our students as they pitched real-world business ideas developed during the Faculty’s flagship programme.
Held in Diamond Lecture Theatre 4 and sponsored by the , the event brought together six multidisciplinary student teams. These finalists were selected from over 240 teams and more than 1,400 second-year engineering students who participated in EYH earlier this year.
Each team had just eight minutes to present their innovation, followed by five minutes of rigorous Q&A from a panel of industry experts. Their ideas addressed pressing global and local challenges, including:
- Autonomous drones to combat wildfires
- AI-powered systems for sorting fruits and vegetables
- Smart farming trays and portable farms to tackle the UK’s food import crisis
- Advanced soil aeration techniques
- Robots designed to detect and repair utility water leaks
The presentations showcased not just the students’ technical skills, but also their ability to consider business viability. Teams included detailed designs, CAD models, cost analyses, business plans, funding strategies and in some cases prototypes.
Finalist Teams:
- F.I.S.H. (Swarm Robotics)
- MUSH-ROOM (Smart Farming)
- Intelligent Water Turret (Autonomous Aerial Firefighting)
- The TANK (Smart Farming)
- The TerraSwarm (Swarm Robotics)
- Better Picked (AI Solutions for Engineering)
Dr. Raja Toqeer, Senior University Teacher for Computing, Control and Electrical Engineering and event host, said: "These teams have not only applied their technical knowledge they have demonstrated real entrepreneurial thinking. The pitches showcased the ingenuity and teamwork that define modern engineering."
Winners of the 2025 Engineers in Business Final were:
- 🥇&²Ô²ú²õ±è;The TerraSwarm – £1,500
- 🥈&²Ô²ú²õ±è;MUSH-ROOM – £1,000
- 🥉&²Ô²ú²õ±è;F.I.S.H. – £500
The competition prizes were funded by EIBF to encourage commercial development of student-led innovations. The top teams are eligible to participate in the , where they’ll compete against leading entries from other UK universities.
The Engineers in Business Fellowship supports the integration of enterprise and innovation into engineering education, helping students gain the commercial awareness needed to bring ideas to market.
The event also gave students the valuable opportunity to network with the industry panel, gaining insights and encouragement from professionals in the field.
This year’s final was a powerful demonstration of engineering for impact, turning technical concepts into practical, scalable and socially relevant business solutions.
First place
Toby Scally - BEng Mechatronics and Robotic Engineering, Chi Cheng - BSc ComputerScience (AI), Hubo Zhu - BEng Electronics and Computer Engineering, Ziad Yasser Ramadan - BEng Mechatronics and Robotic Engineering, Lewie Fleming - MComp Computer Science , Gregor Batley - MEng General Engineering with Industrial Placement Year
Second place
Wun Lo - BSc Computer Science (AI) with Industrial Placement Year, Alexander Sleath - BSc Computer Science, Grace Blain - MEng Mechanical Engineering with Industrial Placement Year, Callum Capes - MEng Chemical Engineering with Industrial Placement Year, Pipin Winfield Wilenski - BEng Mechanical Engineering, Muhammad Rosli - MEng Mechanical Engineering
Third place
Muhammad Mohd Asri - MEng Computer Science (SoftwareEng), Aaron Willey - BEng EEE with Industrial Placement Year, Hechen Shen - BEng Computer Systems Engineering, Jack Smith - BSc Computer Science with Industrial Placement Year, Oliver Roberts - MEng Mechatronics and Robotic Engineering, Jazlyn Sira - BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Industrial Placement Year
