BEEAS 2012 Shortlist announced

The shortlist was selected by a panel of judges drawn from a cross section of electronic and engineering design disciplines. The technical and well qualified judges are champions of innovative engineering design. The awards, which aim to promote the quality of British engineering design, will be presented on October 25th at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London. Full details of the event can be found here. CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR, Sponsored by Eureka Magazine Altair Product Design Cambridge Design Partnership Crux Product Design Industrial Design Consultancy Team Consulting Ltd DESIGN ENGINEER OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Mouser Electronics Chris Squire Dave Swan James White Mike Smith Simon Kidd DESIGN TEAM OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Anglia Alstom Grid UK ByteSnap Design Johnston Sweepers Ltd SAKER Project Team Stanlow Design Office Natural Gas Project ELECTRONIC PRODUCT OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Digi-Key MiCOM P40 Agile, Alstom Grid UK NCT-L1100, Nujira PSL350 MAGIC high brightness LED, Plessey Semiconductors STP8X, Sepura plc Ultra Slim Box HDT-610R digital TV recorder, EchoStar Europe Wolfson WM5110, Wolfson Microelectronics GREEN PRODUCT OF THE YEAR Sponsored by National Instruments Diverse Energy PowerCube, Mike Rendall Food Waste Destruction Unit FDU60, C-Tech Innovation Ltd Racor Superlmpactor CCV, Parker Hannifin Manufacturing (UK) Ltd The Solar Paddle, Zeta Specialist Lighting MATERIALS INNOVATION OF THE YEAR, sponsored by Engineering Materials Magazine HPrail, Tata Steel Europe Qbeak Chassis, Inrekor Ltd Superbainite Armour, Tata Steel Europe The QTC Electronic Nose sensor, Peratech Xsense Touch Sensor, Atmel MECHANICAL PRODUCT OF THE YEAR, Sponsored by igus UK Ltd Footloose Hybrid Folding e-bike, MAS Design Products Ltd Johnston C201 Compact Sweeper, Johnston Sweepers Ltd Qbeak Chassis, Inrekor Ltd Rotite Fastening System, Rotite Technologies Stannah Sadler, Stannah Stairlifts Ltd SMALL COMPANY OF THE YEAR, Sponsored by D Young & Co LLP 3C Test Ltd Croft Associates Inrekor Ltd Outram Research Ltd Sesame Access Systems START-UP OF THE YEAR, Sponsored by Cambridge Consultants Amantys Ltd Inrekor Ltd Rotite Technologies Sheffield Precision Medical Strainsonics Ltd YOUNG DESIGN ENGINEER OF THE YEAR, Sponsored by RS Components Alex Hepworth James Carswell Michael Aldridge Simon Pykett William Speed