Curtinnovation Awards
The annual Curtinnovation Awards recognise Curtin University’s commitment to transforming exceptional research into new products and services that benefit the community, with leading research acknowledged across Curtin’s Faculties of Science and Engineering, Health Sciences, Business and Law and Humanities.
The awards identify new technologies, products and services arising from research at Curtin or it’s collaborators, and enable us to highlight commercial opportunities at Curtin both internally and to the wider business community.
Applications are judged against criteria including the level of innovation and commercial potential of the opportunity.
2024 Awards Recipients
Curtin University is pleased to announce the award recipients for the 2024 Curtinnovation Awards, representing a diverse range of industries and sectors and scale of business development, announced at the annual ceremony on Friday 30 August where business leaders, investors, and key stakeholders received the opportunity to meet the finalists and learn more about their exciting innovations.
Griffith Hack Overall Winner
Daniel Turner, Dr Robert Howie and John Curtin Distinguished Professor Phil Bland.
Curtin Entrepreneurs Award (sponsored by the Malka Foundation)
Samuel Cunningham and Sean Oldenburger.
Business & Law Award
Associate Professor Anna Bunn, Dr Abhijeet Singh, Associate Professor Nik Thompson, Professor Rachel Sheffield, Craig Sims and Jack Moursounidis.
Health Sciences Award
Dr Yu Yu, Professor Paul Cohen, Dr Adeline Tan and Alishum Ali.
ChemoDX: Early Detection of Chemotherapy Drug Response in Ovarian Cancer
Science and Engineering Award
Dr Roslyn Ward, Associate Professor Petra Helmholz, Dr Richard Palmer, Geoff Strauss and the broader SMAAT team.
Humanities Award
Professor Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Sophie Karangaroa, Taylor-Jayde Gray, Jonathan Pillai, Maxmillian Wright, Noongar community and students of Weeip Maali Boodja, Curtin School of Design and the Built Environment students, Moombaki Chief and Partner Investigators and Moombaki Community Partners.
Trailblazer Award
Dr Hoa Bui, Professor Ryan Loxton, Dr Elham Mardaneh and Alex Massen-Hane.
Maintenance Schedule Optimiser: An optimisation engine that automates shutdown maintenance schedules