birth_place awards nationality birth_date known_for article_title education name
nottingham wcsim young engineer of the year 2013 british 12 february 1994 autodock , man overboard samuel wheelhouse
 nottingham high school , loughborough university samuel wheelhouse
samuel wheelhouse

samuel wheelhouse is a young british inventor and engineer .
his work includes the autodock and man overboard !
systems .
autodock was designed in 2010 .
it was designed to aid the docking of large ships and yachts using a combination of thrusters and sensors .
the following year wheelhouse also developed man overboard the device can be used to detect crew members falling overboard ships in heavy seas .
the project uses multiple technologies that are not available with current solutions .
both projects were developed during his final two years at nottingham high school .
wheelhouse has been recognized for his work by a number of regional , national and international awards .
he is also an arkwright scholar and was sponsored by the lloyd 's register who were responsible for funding his projects .
the autodock system placed him in the top 5 in the national science and engineering competition 2012 .
the following year his man overboard !
project was awarded east midlands regional winner of the national science and engineering competition 2012 .
he then proceeded to win the wcsim young engineer of the year 2013 at the big bang fair in london , uk .
he was later invited to represent the united kingdom at the intel international science and engineering fair in phoenix , az.usa .
his man overboard !
project was awarded 3rd in the electrical and mechanical engineering category of the intel international science and engineering fair .
samuel has now been made an apprentice to the worshipful company of scientific instrument makers -lrb- who sponsored him through the intel isef -rrb- .
he is also currently trying to commercialise his projects .
he now studies mechanical engineering at loughborough university and is expected to graduate in 2016 .
