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The James Dyson Award is open to university level students (or recent graduates) and rewards those who "design something that solves a problem". [1] The award is run by the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson’s charitable trust, as part of its mission to get young people involved in design engineering.
Charles Henry Dyson (August 2, 1909 – March 14, 1997) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was founder of the Dyson Kissner-Moran Corporation (founded in 1954) and the Dyson Foundation (founded in 1957).
The program is endowed by a $25 million gift from the Dyson family. It also receives annual state appropriations through the SUNY budget. As is the case with all students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, in-state students pay a lower tuition than do out-of-state students.
Dyson set up the James Dyson Foundation in 2002 to support design and engineering education. It is a registered charity under English law [85] and operates in the UK, US, and Japan. The foundation aims to inspire young people to study engineering and become engineers by encouraging students to think differently and to make mistakes.
The school offers a four-year integrated undergraduate Master of Engineering course, which started in 2015. [5] The department offers five postgraduate courses, including a joint two-year postgraduate course with the Royal College of Art, Innovation Design Engineering, which awards a master's degree in each of art and science from the respective institutions.
The Dyson Breast Center is a full service breast care center, first opened on August 3, 2015. The 11,746 square foot [10] facility is housed on the second floor of the Vassar Ambulatory Surgery Center. The Dyson Foundation, the center's main benefactor, awarded $1 million for construction in 2014. [11]
Dyson Limited, d.b.a Dyson, is a Singaporean–British multinational technology company. [7] Founded in 1991 by James Dyson in Malmesbury , England, the company designs and manufactures household appliances such as vacuum cleaners , air purifiers , hand dryers , bladeless fans , heaters , hair dryers , and lights.
The Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology is a private institution of higher education in England, founded in 2017 by James Dyson and based at the Dyson technology campus in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. [1] Students work in a position in Dyson for three days a week, receive a salary, and have their tuition fees paid during their four-year ...