Dr. Darshil Shah, University of Cambridge

Dr. Darshil Shah iMubatanidzwa Purofesa mune Materials Sayenzi uye Dhizaini paYunivhesiti yeCambridge Dhipatimendi reArchitecture.

Anotungamirira tsvakurudzo pa Center for Natural Material Innovation (CNMI). Shah ishamwari yeInstitute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

Kunzwisisa hukama pakati pezvinhu, nzanga, tekinoroji, nhoroondo uye muzvarirwo, Tsvakurudzo yaShah inovavarira patani uye kuvandudza zvinhu zvechisikigo nekuongorora nzira dzekugadzira dzisina simba shoma, kuvandudza mashandiro ezvimiro, kuunza multifunctionality, kushandura dzidziso nezvikamu zvekushandisa. Tsvagiridzo yekubatana yaShah iri pachiratidziro che akitekicha (dhizaini), vanhu, sainzi yepanyama, uye ouinjiniya, inotora zvikero zvehurefu hwakawanda uye kucheka muzvikamu zveindasitiri. 

A megawatt wind turbine ine shongwe yemapuranga uye flax biocomposite blades. Anotengeka ankle-tsoka yekuremara orthosis kubva yakadzokororwa chikweshe waste. An off-grid yakaderera-simba imba yakagadzirwa kubva kumaindasitiri hemp zvinhu. A room-temperature processing method ye silk-like textile fibers. A green policy iyo inoruka agroforestry uye kuvaka mune denderedzwa bioeconomy nzira inogonesa aggressive decarbonisation. Iyi mienzaniso yekutsvagisa uye dhizaini yaShah paCNMI inofungidzira kutsiviwa kwezvinhu zveanthropogenic nebio-based zvinhu, senge matanda einjiniya, bamboo, faibha dzechisikigo uye macomposites adzo. 

Shah akapihwa mari inopfuura £16million mune yakazara purojekiti yekutsvagisa basa. Basa rake rinoburitswa mukupera 65 mapepa ejenari akaongororwa nevezera rake, uye yakakwezva mibairo yakawanda yakadai seInternational Quadrant Award 2015 uye JEC Asia 2013. utsanzi Mubairo, uye Tsvagiridzo yeVice Chancellor Impact Award 2020. Anogara achitora mabasa ekubvunzana.

Kudyidzana nenharaunda yakafara, Shah akabatsira kumusangano wezvematongerwo enyika munyika yose (Komiti yeParamende yeUK yeEnvironment Audit Committee uye RIBA) uye kune dzimwe nyika (COP26), dhizaini yezvigadzirwa zvakaita seEC-Certified Covid19-control nhovo dzechiso, Kodzero dzeKugadzira dzakachengetedzwa bamboo cricket bats, uye biocomposite chikepe hulls, pamwe nekuratidzwa kwevanhu vose pa Dutch Dhizaini Vhiki 2021, London Dhizaini Biennale 2021 uye Royal Society Zhizha Sainzi Exhibition 2019.

Tsvagiridzo yake inowanzoitika munhau dzenyika uye dzepasirese, senge pa inogoneka zvinhu zvema turbines emhepo BBC Radio 5, hemp yeramangwana misha on BBC Reel, biomatadium for the inovakwa nharaunda on RIBA uye deceen, sirika yechisikigo uye isiri yakasikwa pa VICE News, uye bamboo cricket batsva on teregirafu uye muchengeti.

Asati ashanda kuCambridge (2015-ikozvino), Darshil akaita post-doctoral tsvakiridzo pamusoro pe-silk-based uye biological composite paYunivhesiti yeOxford's. Silk Group (Dhipatimendi reZoology, 2013-2014), uye akawana PhD yake pakugadzira zvidyarwa zvefiber macomposites ekushandisa simba remhepo paYunivhesiti yeNottingham's. Composite Research Group (Faculty of Engineering, 2009-2013).