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Mae myfyrwyr y brifysgol yn helpu i gwtogi’r amser sydd ei angen i lanhau ambiwlans o 45 munud i lai na 20 munud.


Dan arweiniad Canolfan Ragoriaeth y Fenter Ymchwil Busnesau Bach (SBRI) a Gwasanaeth Ambiwlans Cymru, yr her oedd cwtogi’r amser sydd ei angen i lanhau cerbyd yn drylwyr a’i gael yn ôl ar yr heol.


Wedi’i dyfeisio a’i datblygu mewn llai na phythefnos, roedd diddordeb aruthrol yn yr her, gyda dros 200 o systemau yn cael eu cynnig o bob cwr o’r DU. Roedd Prifysgol Abertawe ymysg y deuddeg cais ar y brig i ennill cyllid a chymorth, sy’n brawf o’r dyfeisgarwch a’r mentergarwch sy’n codi o’r argyfwng. 


Bydd system Prifysgol Abertawe yn profi triniaeth newydd i ryddhau nwy yn sydyn i ddiheintio ambiwlansys, a allai gael gwared â covid\-19 o’r arwynebeddau a’r awyr mewn llai nag ugain munud, heb angen i berson orfod wneud y gwaith o lanhau.


Darparwyd cymorth i’r her gan DASA (Defence and Security Accelerator) a gwyddonwyr y Llywodraeth yn Porton Down.


Os bydd y profion yn llwyddiannus, gellid cyflwyno’r system i wasanaethau golau glas eraill, trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus a wardiau ysbyty.  


Dywedodd Kirsty Williams, y Gweinidog Addysg:



> Mae’n prifysgolion a’n colegau wedi bod ar flaen y gad yn y frwydr yn erbyn y coronafeirws, gan anfon doctoriaid a nyrsys i reng flaen y Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol ac ymuno â’r frwydr ryngwladol i ddod o hyd i wellhad.
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> Fel Llywodraeth, rydyn ni’n edrych ar sawl llwybr i guro’r coronafeirws. Gan weithio gyda’n partneriaid yng Nghymru a’r Deyrnas Unedig, mae’r gystadleuaeth hon yn dangos bod modd ymateb yn arloesol i sefyllfaoedd o argyfwng. 
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> Rwy’n falch bod prifysgol o Gymru wedi cyrraedd cam cyllido’r gystadleuaeth, gan ddangos sut gall ein prifysgolion roi eu harbenigedd academaidd ar waith wrth wynebu’r heriau mwyaf sydd o’n blaen.


Dywedodd y Gweinidog ar gyfer yr Economi, Trafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru, Ken Skates:



> Rydyn ni i gyd yn chwarae rhan mewn helpu i arafu lledaeniad y coronafeirws ac rydyn ni wedi gweld esiamplau ledled Cymru o bobl yn dod at ei gilydd i wynebu’r heriau mae’r feirws yma’n parhau i’w creu bob dydd.
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> Nid yw ein busnesau a’n prifysgolion ni’n wahanol o ran wynebu’r heriau yma ar y cyd ac rydw i’n ddiolchgar i bawb sy’n rhan o’r cydweithredu arloesol yma am ba mor gyflym maen nhw wedi gallu ymateb.


Dywedodd Dr Chedly Tizaoui, peiriannydd cemegol a Phrif Ymchwilydd y prosiect:



> Mae Prifysgol Abertawe yn hynod o falch o gael gweithio gyda chymorth Gwasanaeth Ambiwlans Cymru, Llywodraeth Cymru a Chanolfan Ragoriaeth SBRI i ddarparu ateb cyflym posib ar gyfer glanhau ambiwlansys. Mae’n gyfle gwych i ni helpu gwasanaethau rheng flaen a’n cydweithwyr Iechyd yn y frwydr yn erbyn Covid\-19\.


Fel y prif ymchwilydd, bydd Dr. Tizaoui yn gweithio ar y prosiect gyda’i gydweithwyr yr Athro Dave Worsley a’r Athro Peter Holliman.







Translation:


 
Students from the university are helping slash the time it takes to clean an ambulance from 45 minutes to under 20 minutes.


Led by the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) Centre of Excellence and Welsh Ambulance Service, the challenge was to reduce the current turnaround time to deep clean a vehicle and get it back on the road.


Devised and developed in under two weeks, interest in the challenge was overwhelming, with over 200 proposed solutions from across the UK. Swansea University were among the twelve top ranked bids securing funding and support, a testament to the ingenuity and enterprise being applied to issues arising from the crisis. 


Swansea University’s solution will see them test a new rapid\-release gas treatment for ambulances, which could remove Covid\-19 contamination from surfaces and the air, in under twenty minutes, removing human cleaning intervention.


Support for the challenge has been provided by the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) and government scientists based at Porton Down.


If trials are successful, it could also be rolled out for other blue light services, public transport and hospital wards.  


Kirsty Williams, the Minister for Education, said:



> Our universities and colleges have been at the forefront of the battle against the coronavirus, deploying doctors and nurses to the NHS frontline and joining the international effort to find a cure.
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> As a Government, we are exploring many routes to help combat the coronavirus.  Working with Welsh and UK partners, this competition shows how innovation can be applied quickly to emergency situations. 
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> I’m proud that a Welsh University has got through to the funding stage of the competition, demonstrating how our universities apply their academic expertise to meet the biggest challenges we face.


Minister for Economy, Transport, and North Wales Ken Skates, said:



> We are all playing a role in helping to slow the spread of coronavirus, and we’ve seen examples all over Wales of people coming together to face the challenges this virus continues to pose each day.
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> Our businesses and universities are no different in jointly rising to these challenges and I am grateful to everyone involved in this innovative collaboration for the speed in which they were able to respond.


Dr Chedly Tizaoui, chemical engineer and Principal Investigator of the project said:



> Swansea University are delighted to be working with the support of the Welsh Ambulance Service, Welsh Government and the Welsh SBRI Centre of Excellence to deliver a potential rapid solution for ambulance cleaning.  It is a great opportunity for us to assist front line services and our Health colleagues in the fight against Covid19\.


As the principal investigator, Dr. Tizaoui will be working on the project with colleagues Professor Dave Worsley and Professor Peter Holliman.