The Davidson Inventors Challenge (DIC) is a new project being piloted with UK schools during this academic year. This new initiative is a collaboration between our department and the Association of Science Technology and Innovation (ASTI) in Malaysia led by one of our alumni Dr Yunus Yasin.
It is aimed at young students interested in STEM in tribute to our Emeritus Professor John Davidson, and former Head of Department, who sadly passed away last December. He was known as “the founding father of fluidisation” and worked in chemical engineering since 1952, including the areas of fluid flow, process dynamics, gas absorption and fluidisation technology, remaining very active until his death. He was passionate about his students, interested in their well-being and enjoyed their questions. He was always committed to the very highest standards of teaching and research and often had simple solutions relying on a profound understanding of the fundamentals.
Here is the Dr yunus chappie.
