Balvinder Kaur Dhillon

Masters of Engineering Student

Awards


Global Winner, Global Undergraduate Awards (“Junior Nobel Prize”) September 2025
Recognised as the top submission among international entries for research developing an advanced multimodal deep learning system for automated brain tumour analysis and clinical decision support.
Small Group with a Big Impact Award April 2025
Recognised for impactful team-based innovation in developing affordable assistive devices to support individuals with accessibility needs.
Innovation & Development Honours Award April 2025
Awarded for outstanding contributions to the design and development of low-cost assistive technologies within a student-led initiative.
Posters in Parliament Finalist March 2025
Selected from a highly competitive pool of submissions across the United Kingdom to present innovative research on low-cost vision assistance devices at the British Parliament.
1st Runner-Up, Barts & The London Digital Health Hackathon March 2025
Awarded out of nine teams for developing a gamified application to detect burnout in healthcare workers within four hours.
Queen Mary Academy SEED Award November 2024
Awarded for co-creating enhancements to the third-year Engineering Design Project module, improving student engagement, accountability, and support. Selected as one of the top three outstanding applications and shortlisted for the competitive SEED Award Prize.
Global Winner, Global Undergraduate Awards (“Junior Nobel Prize”) September 2024
Awarded under the patronage of the President of Ireland for my dissertation, Developing a Bioresorbable Drug-Eluting Stent with Organ-On-A-Chip Validation.
Best Innovator Award, Barts & The London Innovation in Medicine Research Symposium April 2024
Recognised for my oral presentation of Developing a Bioresorbable Drug-Eluting Stent with Organ-On-A-Chip Validation.
1st Place, MedTech Innovation Programme May 2023
Won first place for designing a sustainable, biocompatible pressure sensor to detect infection onset after orthopaedic surgery by monitoring fluid pressure changes.
Innovator Award, Bright Network January 2023
Acknowledged for innovative contributions to the Hyperlink Society, including the development of a hyperloop pod prototype and pioneering biomedical research.