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was designed by Tanya Budd from Berkshire at the age of just 17 as one of her
A level projects at Waingels college, Woodley, Berkshire. Tanya was named ‘Young
Engineer for Britain 2005/2006 and she's also been awarded the ‘US
Coast Guard Award for Maritime Safety’ 2006 for her Hypo Hoist
man-overboard recovery system. Tanya's Hypo Hoist is now in commercial production and
the product is available from I.O.W. based marine safety equipment
specialist
SeaSafe Systems Ltd |
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Tanya receiving at her award from
TV
presenter Richard Hammond in September 2005 |
It was the
accolade of
Young Engineer for Britain that made a very important
decision for Tanya.
Tanya says
"Having won this award I know I want to study engineering".
So, added to the prize of £2,500 and a place to compete at
the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in
Indiana, Tanya has settled on engineering as her career
path. Tanya’s invention ‘the Hypo Hoist’ is a man-overboard
recovery system that recovers a casualty, conscious or
unconscious from the water, whilst maintaining a horizontal
attitude. Tanya got the idea for the device while taking
part in a man overboard exercise and immediately realised
how difficult the task can be.
The ‘Hypo Hoist’ was one
amongst many of the brilliant inventions and innovations at
the final that displayed an awareness of the overlooked
problems in our world today. |
Tanya's Timeline
of Achievements
Young Engineer for Britain competition
In September 2005 I got through to the Finals of the Young Engineer
for Britain competition, the largest and most prestigious
competition, where the top 10% of Britain’s Teenagers present to a
panel of judges from high profile UK Engineering organisations. That
evening at the Old London Naval College, I was named, Young Engineer
For Britain 2005! And the winner of a special award for innovative
use of Technology, presented to me by TV host Richard Hammond. |
Royal
Academy of Engineering
October 2005; I
participated, with Young Engineers, in the launch of the
Royal Academy of Engineering’s ‘Shape the Future’ campaign
at the London Science museum. The aim was to help the
engineering community to improve its efforts to raise
awareness of engineering and technology as a stimulating
career option and an essential and exciting part of modern
Britain. |
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Tanya speaking at
Young Engineers 2005
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National
Grid Head Quarters
October 2005; I had the opportunity to visit the Head Quarters of
National Grid to see the role of an engineer within their company.
SeaSafe
Systems Ltd
December
2005: with the help of Young Engineers I formed a partnership with I.O.W based SeaSafe Systems Ltd, to develop my product for the
market.
Jaguar XK
production line
March 2006; I was invited to visit the new automated Jaguar car
factory in Castle Bromwich Birmingham to have a personal guided tour
of the new production line for the latest XK
sports car -if only I had the money to buy one !!!!
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Outstanding
efforts in the engineering
During April
2006 it was announced that I had got through to the
Isambard Kingdom Brunel award
live final, sponsored by Brunel University. During the awards
dinner at the National Science Museum, it was announced that I was
the winner of my age category for innovation, and the winner of a
special award, commending me for my “outstanding efforts in the
engineering”. Both awards were presented to me by TV host Adam
Hart-Davis on behalf of the IMechE,
the Specialist Schools Trust, IMI Vision, Close Venture Management,
The IEE and IVECO. |
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Buckingham
Palace
On the 2nd
May 2006 I was off to Buckingham Palace with Young Engineers and
their main sponsors which include Lloyds, Honda and Airbus, for
Luncheon with HRH the Duke of York, to try and raise the profile of
engineering as a career within the UK. It was greatly encouraging
to know that the patron of Young Engineers has the same passion for
engineering as I have, and is committed to encouraging young people
to develop their talent as potential engineers. |
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United
States Coast Guard Award
On the 6th
of May I flew to America, to compete internationally, at the Intel
sponsored, international science and engineering fair, in
Indianapolis. Against 2,500 other students from 47 different
countries and all over the USA. I came 1st in the
United States Coast Guard Award for Maritime Safety and 4th
overall out of the world for engineering. I feel very honoured
as this award is normally only given to US citizens. |
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Commercial
launch of Tanya's invention
June saw the
successful commercial launch of my product, Hypo Hoist, at the
SeaWork international Boat show in Southampton, which I attended in
conjunction with Sea Safe Systems.
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In July 2006 Tanya was invited as guest
speaker at the Isambard Kingdom Brunel
100th anniversary celebrations in Bristol. The
2006 IKB Awards was a national
competition, organised by Brunel University in
association with Ideas21, to celebrate the bicentenary
of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The competition was
sponsored by IMechE, Specialist Schools Trust, IMI
Vision, Close Venture Management, The IEE and IVECO.
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Royal
Academy of Engineers
In July I
was asked to be a speaker at the Brunel bicentenary engineering
conference in Bristol by the Royal Academy of Engineers (RAE), and the
Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE)
to try to encourage more young people into engineering. I arrived at
Bristol Temple Meads on the Orient Express after a Champagne
reception on Paddington Station with Brunel's Great Grand Son. I
attended a reception aboard the SS Great Britain with the Duke of
Gloucester, and was presented with the title ‘Entrepreneur of the
Year’ at the Gala dinner by the Institute of Civil engineers,
sponsored by Brunel University. Whilst in Bristol I was invited to
visit Airbus’s head quarters and engineering centre in the UK. |
Tanya's arrival by train for
the Brunel
Bicentenary |
Tanya Budd Technology Suite
On July 17th I opened the new 'Tanya Budd Technology Suite' at Waingels College in Woodley. I teamed up with Young Engineers Chief
Executive, Stuart Ellins to present 10 students with the 'Tanya Budd
Technology Award' for excellence in design Technology. I hope
that the new equipment I won for my former school will inspire other
students to follow in my footsteps and realise the excitement of
engineering. |
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High Flying
women into engineering
The week after
I was invited to Farnborough air show as the guest of Airbus, to
attend their ‘High Flying women into engineering’ conference, and
see the air display of the new A380 and meet the test pilots!
Southampton
International boat show
September 2006
was the launch of my HypoHoist product at the Southampton International boat
show, where the response was fantastic!
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Annual Celebration of Engineering
Two
days before this I attended the Annual Celebration of Engineering,
to see the high standards of entries for this years
Young
Engineer for Britain (YEB) competition,
and to talk in the evening gala dinner to both the engineers and the
prospective young engineers about what I had done over the last 12
months. (It
all had to fit into a few minutes!) |
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Brunel
University
I also started
my Engineering degree at Brunel University, and was asked to Judge
the Institute of Civil Engineers Engineering Media Challenge.
Independent/Bosch Technology awards
In October
2006 , I was invited to the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London
as a Guest for the Independent/Bosch Technology awards, presented to
the Young Creative people who wrote a piece about engineering. The
Guest Speaker was the Engine Design Engineer for the Mercedes
Formula 1 team! |
Institute
of Civil Engineers
Later in
October I attended the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) engineering media awards
"Shape the Future" presentation
hosted by Gordon Masterton, the President of the ICE. We presented
the awards to media pieces that we thought best represented and
promoted engineering to young people. |
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Royal
London College of Fashion
November the
13th was the opening of National Enterprise week, where I
was asked to speak about enterprise and engineering at the Royal
London College of Fashion, hosted by the Rt. Hon. Margaret Hodgson. |
Enterprising Young Brits competition
The following
morning was the judging for the finals of the Enterprising Young
Brits competition. After a nerve-racking few hours the awards were
presented over a lunch conference, Hosted by the Rt. Hon. Gordon
Brown. I was thrilled to have won they Enterprising Young Brits Teen
category!
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PechaKucha Making Our
Mark event 2007
Tanya had the great
pleasure of attending the private preview and launch of
this years Made In Brunel, design show at the London
Business and Design Centre, Islington on the 12th June
2007.
Tanya was a invited as
a guest speaker, along with Sir Digby Jones (CBI), Joe
Ferry (Head of design, Virgin Atlantic), Clive Grinyer
(Director of Design, Orange France Telecom) and many
more, at the PechaKucha Making Our Mark event. This was
a high energy, high profile series of speakers talking
about what making a mark means for them. For those who
haven't come across the Pecha Kucha Phenomena, the name
can be translated from the Japanese for 'Chit-Chat'.
This 'show and tell' presented 10 speakers showing 20
slides for 20 seconds each, without notes. Pecha Kuch
brought this exhilarating format to the fields of
Design, Engineering and Entrepreneurialism at this years
MADE IN BRUNEL Making Our Mark event
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Tanya is named President of the Brunel
Entrepreneurship Foundation!
Tanya Said "At Brunel, I like to think that we lead the way
in nurturing innovation. We are aiming to become experts in
networking, by involving everyone. This is why we are
linking the Business School with the Design and Engineering
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Academy Awards June 08
The 2008 Academy Awards showcases and
celebrates the best of British engineering achievement.
This year the theme was Engineers Design the Future with
a special focus on recognising innovation in
engineering. The event was held at the Merchant Taylors'
Hall on 9 June, in the presence of HRH The Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh KG KT and Academy President Lord
Browne of Madingley.The Master of Ceremonies was Alastair Stewart OBE who presented a number of the
Academy's major Medals and Awards, and congratulated our Young Engineers.
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Management Today's 2008, 35
Women Under 35!
Confident, passionate and in control,
MT's pick of tomorrow's female leaders are blowing a
fresh breeze through British business.
This year’s list of female
high-flyers belongs to the young. The average age of
the 35 women featured on these pages is just 31.
This includes inventor Tanya Budd, who at 20 is the
youngest woman to be included in MT’s ‘35 Women
Under 35’ list since its inception in 2001.
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Lunch at the House Of Lords July 08
On Monday 14th July 2008 all Party
Parliamentary Engineering and IT Group convened for
drinks on the terrace and lunch to debate how
engineering and climate change are linked. Tanya Budd
Was invited as a young engineer to share her ideas on
how engineers can and will help shape the future.
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A
brilliant ambassador
Former BBC Tomorrow’s World presenter and president of
"Young Engineers",
Kate Bellingham said,
“I’m so proud of Tanya, I think she is great. Her Hypo Hoist satisfied a real
need and provided a real solution to a real problem. She carried out its
production with excellent quality and has great communication skills, so she can
not only talk about the product but present an excellent portfolio as well.
Tanya is a brilliant ambassador, and the cream of talent.”
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Tanya demonstrating her HypoHoist invention
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