Horizon 2020 Space – UK University/RTO Expertise & Interest UK academia has traditionally been a very strong player in EU research funding, and their knowledge and expertise of the proposal process and coordination administration is a key and valuable asset. However, the importance of having a balanced consortium with a clear market potential and commercialisation route for the project’s technology or service has never been greater. UK universities and research institutes often need the market knowledge and experience industry can offer. Likewise, industry can often have little or no knowledge of the proposal process and don’t have the resources or capability to write, submit or coordinate a proposal. To help UK research and industry work more closely together, a matrix of UK academic space research capability against the priorities of the space calls in Horizon 2020 was produced to highlight which upcoming topics researchers have expertise in. This is an updated version of the first matrix covering the 2017 calls. Many universities and research organisations across the UK responded, and the information has been presented to allow for consortium building or the search for expertise around a particular topic. The intention is for this document to be continuously updated, so if you would like to add your organisation’s information or update an existing profile, please email: [email protected].
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Horizon2020Space–UKUniversity/RTOExpertise&InterestUKacademiahastraditionallybeenaverystrongplayerinEUresearchfunding,andtheirknowledgeandexpertiseoftheproposalprocessandcoordinationadministrationisakeyandvaluableasset.However,theimportanceofhavingabalancedconsortiumwithaclearmarketpotentialandcommercialisationroutefortheproject’s technologyorservicehasneverbeengreater.UKuniversitiesandresearch institutesoftenneedthemarketknowledgeandexperienceindustrycanoffer.Likewise,industrycanoftenhavelittleornoknowledgeoftheproposalprocessanddon’thavetheresourcesorcapabilitytowrite,submitorcoordinateaproposal.To helpUK research and industryworkmore closely together, amatrix ofUK academic space researchcapabilityagainsttheprioritiesofthespacecallsinHorizon2020wasproducedtohighlightwhichupcomingtopicsresearchershaveexpertisein.Thisisanupdatedversionofthefirstmatrixcoveringthe2017calls.Many universities and research organisations across the UK responded, and the information has beenpresentedtoallowforconsortiumbuildingorthesearchforexpertisearoundaparticulartopic.Theintentionisforthisdocumenttobecontinuouslyupdated,soifyouwouldliketoaddyourorganisation’sinformationorupdateanexistingprofile,pleaseemail:[email protected].
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EARTHOBSERVATION EO-1-2017:Downstreamapplications X X X X X X X X X X X XEO-2-2017:EOBigDataShift X X X X X X X X X X XEO-3-2017:PreparationforaEuropeancapacitytomonitorCO2anthropogenicemissions X X X X
APPLICATIONSINSATELLITENAVIGATION GALILEO-1-2017:EGNSSTransportapplications X X X GALILEO-2-2017:EGNSSmassmarketapplications X X X GALILEO-3-2017:EGNSSprofessionalapplications X X X GALILEO-4-2017:EGNSSawarenessraisingandcapacitybuilding X X X COMPETITIVENESSOFTHEEUROPEANSPACESECTOR
COMPET-1-2017:TechnologiesforEuropeannon-dependenceandcompetitiveness X X X X X X X X X
COMPET-2-2017:CompetitivenessinEarthobservationmissiontechnologies X X X X X X X X X X
COMPET-3-2017:Highspeeddatachain X X X X X COMPET-4-2017:Scientificdataexploitation X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X COMPET-5-2017:SpaceWeather X X X X X X X X X X X
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EarthObservationTheprofilesundertheheadingEarthObservationhaverelevancetothefollowingtopics:
• EO-1-2017:Downstreamapplications• EO-2-2017:EObigdatashift• EO-3-2017:PreparationforaEuropeancapacitytomonitorCO2anthropogenicemissions
AnoutlineofEarthObservationresourcesandexpertisecanbefoundbelowfromthefollowingorganisations:
• AberystwythUniversity• CardiffUniversity• NationalCentreforEarthObservation• RALSpace• UKAstronomyTechnologyCentre• UniversityofBradford• UniversityofHertfordshire• UniversityofLeicester• UniversityofManchester• UniversityofNottingham• UniversityofOxford• UniversityofPortsmouth• UniversityofReading• UniversityofSurrey• UniversityofWestofEngland,Bristol
AberystwythUniversityTheEarthObservationandEcosystemDynamics(EOED)Laboratoryareinternationallyrecognisedfortheirexpertiseinopensourcesoftwaredevelopmentandlargescaledataprocessingwiththefieldofremotesensingandearthobservation.EOEDareprimarilyfocusedontheapplicationofremotelysenseddataforterrestrial (primarily vegetation) studies, with current projects spanning the globe. EOED led on thedevelopmentoftheNationalPhase1habitatmapforWalesandhaveworkedwiththegovernmentsinNewZealandandQueenslandintheirnationalmappingprogrammes.Forexample,EOEDhaveprovidedkey software tools for producing the current forest height and structure map for Australia (30 mresolution),atmosphericcorrectiontoolsthatarebeingusedwidelyandexpertiseandsoftwaretoolsforimage processing, object oriented classification and change detection which are being used to buildmonitoringsystems,suchastheGlobalMangroveWatch.EOEDhaveastrongtrackrecordinimplementingEOsystemsusinghighperformancecomputing(HPC)and‘bigdata’wellbeyondthecapabilitiesoftheofftheshelveEOsoftware.EOEDhavespecificexpertisein:• Landcover/habitatclassificationandmonitoringusingEOdata• RetrievalsofEnergyFluxes&SoilMoistureusingEOdata• Habitatsuitabilitymodellingandfusion/parameterisationwithEOdata• LargescaleLiDARdataprocessingandanalysis–includingfullwaveform• EstimationofabovegroundbiomassandforestgrowthmodellingWealsohavealargeequipmentpool,includingmultipleUAV’s(fixedwingandmulti-copter)withmanyinstrumentswhichcanbeflownontheseplatforms.EOED is part of the Aberystwyth Centre for Space and Earth Monitoring (ACSEM;http://www.aber.ac.uk/acsem/). More information is available fromhttp://www.aber.ac.uk/en/iges/research-groups/earth-observation-laboratory/Contactname:DrPeteBunting Email:[email protected]
CardiffUniversity• EOinstrumentationconcept,modelling,design,build• Overallsystemdesign,detectors,optics,cryogenics,filters,readout,etc.• ParticularexpertiseinIR/FIR/sub-mm• Icecloudobservationinstrumentconcept• Temperature&humiditysounding(meteorology)instrumentconceptContactname:PeteHargrave Email:[email protected]
NationalCentreforEarthObservationNCEOisaNERCresearchcentrewithmorethan80scientistsdistributedacrossleadingUKuniversitiesandresearchorganisationsandledbyProfessorJohnRemediosattheUniversityofLeicester.NCEOprovidestheUKwithcoreexpertisein:• Earthobservationscience• Earthobservationdatasetsandmergingtechniques
• ModelevaluationusingEarthobservationdataanddataassimilationmethodstounderpinEarthsystemresearch.
NCEOprovidesakeycomponentoftheUK’sinternationalcontributiontoenvironmentalscience.NCEOscientistshaveexpertiseacrossthecompleterangeofCopernicusservicesfocusingparticularlyonland,ocean,atmosphere,climateandemergencymanagement.Inprinciple,therefore,NCEOscientistsandfacilitiesmanagedbyNCEO(CentreforEnvironmentalDataArchival,FieldSpectroscopyFacilityandNERCEarthObservationDataAcquisitionandAnalysisService)couldcontributetoawiderangeofapplicationsandservices,includingbigdataand,particularlythenewCO2topic.Inmoredetail:NCEO-Leicester:Forestbiomass,landsurfaceandseasurfacetemperature(potentiallyfoundationofmanyapplications),CO2andCH4retrievals,assessmentofatmosphericCO2vlandmodelsurfacefluxes,EarthSystemModelevaluation,precipitation,watervapour,humidity,tracegasesNCEO-Reading:Dataassimilationtheory,landandoceanmodeldataassimilation,precipitationandwatercycle,seasurfacetemperaturedatasetsNCEO-Edinburgh:Landsurfaceandatmosphericcompositiondataassimilation,emphasisonglobalcarbonfluxes,emissions,atmosphericconcentrations,troposphericozonedatasetsNCEO-PML:Oceandataassimilation,emphasisonbiogeochemistryNCEO-Leeds:Atmosphericcompositiondataassimilation,globalemissionsandatmosphericconcentrationsofCH4andCO2,inversionofCOandCO2,observingsystemsimulationexperiments,troposphericozoneNCEO-UCL:Forestbiomass,fireimpact,landsurfacemodeldevelopmentNCEO-Kings:FireradiativepowerNCEO-RALRemoteSensingGroup:Methane,troposphericozoneretrieval,cloud,aerosolNCEO-Imperial:radiationCEDA:BigdataNCEO-CEH:landsurfaceinfluenceonrainfallNCEO-Oxford:aerosols,cloud,CO2,methaneContactname:a) DrZofiaStott,ImpactsManagerb) ProfessorJohnRemedios,Director
Email:a) [email protected]) [email protected]
RALSpaceDataarchivecapabilities–VictoriaBennettContactname:SarahNash Email:[email protected]
UKAstronomyTechnologyCentre
DevelopmentofspaceandcryogenicmechanismsandtechnologiesrelevanttoUV,OpticalandInfraredsensing.DeployableOptics,ActiveOpticsandAdaptiveOptics(groundandspacebased)Highsensitivity,lownoiseinstrumentsLightweightingandsizereductionofoptical/IRinstrumentsandcomponentsContactname:DonaldMacLeod Email:[email protected]
UniversityofBradfordCloudcomputingexperttomanageBigdataprocessinginrealtimeContactname:MariamKiran Email:[email protected]
UniversityofHertfordshireTheUniversityofHertfordshirehasastrongresearchactivityincyber-physicalsystems,rangingfromefficientdesignoflarge-scaleapplicationtofault-tolerantsolutions.Theuniversityhasappliedtheseconceptstosoftwarearchitecturesforsatellitecommunicationsystemsandisextendingtheseactivitiestowardsapplication-specificsolutionsincludingaKnowledgeTransferPartnershiptoaddressEO-1-2016/17:DownstreamapplicationsandEO-2-2016:DownstreamservicesforpublicauthoritiesContactname:DrRaimundKirner Email:[email protected]
UniversityofLeicesterOurEarthobservationscienceexpertiseisinternationallyrecognisedwithresearchintoremotesensing,atmosphericandsurfacescience.Usingsatellitedata,theUniversitystudieskeychallengessuchasclimatechange,airqualityandmonitoringoflanduse.Itcarriesoutresearchintothedesign,build,dataanalysisanduseofsophisticatedsensorstosupportEOmissions.(seewww.le.ac./spaceforfurtherdetailsanddetailedcontacts)TheUniversityhasconsiderableexpertiseinlargedatasetsandanalysis.LatterincludesMathematicsandComputerScienceDepartments.Specificinterestsinclude:• Landcover,forestmonitoringandotherlandsurfaceapplicationsofEO• LiDAR,SARandopticalaswellashyperspectralremotesensingapplications• Sentinel-1and2monitoringapplicationdevelopmentandvalidation• CopernicuslandmonitoringserviceanditsevolutionContactname:a) Prof.PaulMonks(airquality)b) Prof.HeikoBalzter(landmonitoring)c) Dr.SarahStevens(generalenquiries)
Email:a) [email protected]) [email protected]) [email protected]
UniversityofManchesterOurEOexpertisecomesfromtwoofourschools:TheSchoolofEarthandEnvironmentalScience(SEES)consistsof40academicstaff,manywithworld-leadingbackgroundsandactiveresearchinterestsasend-usersordevelopersofremotesensingdataandinstrumentation.Theseinclude:• FTIRremotesensingandretrievalalgorithmdevelopmentforthemeasurementoftropospherictrace
gasconcentrations• Aerosolnumberandmassconcentrationprofilesandchemicalandtypespeciationusinglidar• CloudmicrophysicalretrievalusingsatelliteandairborneNIRandvisiblehyperspectralimaging• Cloudmicrophysicalretrievalusingsatelliteradarandlidarsystems• VolcanictracegasandaerosolemissionusingDOASandUVspectrometry
• Aircraft-basedremotesensing–leadingdevelopmentofFTIRandLIDARfortheNERCFacilityforAirborneAtmosphericMeasurement(FAAM).
• Noveldevelopmentofdrone-basedremotesensingusingopenpathabsorptionspectroscopyforthedetectionandquantificationofgreenhousegasfugitiveemissionsandmassfluxesfromhotspots.
TheseresearchinterestsareunderpinnedbyanextensivetrackrecordofNERCandERCfundinginparticulartotallingwellover30MEurossince2010relatedtotheseactivities.Together,theyrepresentend-to-endresearchanddevelopmentcapabilityinsensordesign,softwareandalgorithmdevelopment,validationandcalibrationandapplicationforanextensiverangeofhighimpactscience.TheSchoolofEnvironment,Education,andDevelopment(SEED)consistsofacademicandacademic-relatedstaffwhouseremotesensingdatatoaddressarangeofcontemporaryenvironmentalissues.EOactivitiesinSEEDarefocusedontheapplicationofremotelysenseddatatoaddressawiderangeofcontemporaryenvironmentalissues.SEEDhasparticularexpertiseinburnseverityofmoorlandfires,ecologicalrestorationmodellingandmonitoringandcryospheremonitoring.SEEDengagesinbothfundamentalresearchandprojectsdesignedtorespondtostakeholderneeds,throughthedevelopmentofEO-derivedproducts.ExistingexpertiseatSEEDincludestheCryosphereResearchatManchester(CRAM)group, aManchester-basedmultidisciplinary,cross-facultyandcross-universityresearchgroupconsistingof40researchersandPhDstudentsandrunbytheUniversityofManchester,andtheKnowledgeforWildfireproject.Thelatterprovidesa300-strongstakeholdernetworkandrepresentationontheEnglandandWalesWildfireForum(EWWF).TheSEEDgrouphasexperienceofworkingwithEOdataacrossarangeoftemporalandspatialscales.SEEDhasspecificexpertisein:
• SyntheticApertureRadar(SAR)andInterferometricSAR(InSAR)Optical(Sentinel-2A,Sentinel-3)andSAR(Sentinel-1A,Sentinel-1B)–datafusion
• Laboratory,fieldandairbornespectroscopyandimagingspectroscopyofvegetation.Drone-basedremotesensingfordevelopmentofterrestrialapplicationsandEOvalidation.
• IntegrationofEOdatainpeatlandeco-hydrologicalapplications• AnalysisofEOsatellitedataforcryosphereapplicationsandforvegetationassessment• Laboratoryscaleinstrumentation,includinghigh-performanceinfraredimagingofflame
propagationandbehaviourinpeatsoils.• Integrationofsatellite-derivedfireproductswithattendedfirestatisticsforfireregimestudies• Laserandradaraltimetry
Contactname:DrGrantAllen(SEES)DrStefaniaAmici(SEED)DrAngelaHarris
Email:[email protected]@[email protected]
UniversityofNottinghamTheNottinghamGeospatialInstitute(NGI)isaleadingcross-disciplinaryresearchandpostgraduateteachinginstituteatTheUniversityofNottingham.ItbringstogethertheexpertiseoftheFacultyofEngineeringandtheSchoolofGeographyonourcampusesintheUKandChina.Inaddition,itprovidessupporttostart-ups,SMEsandcompaniesthroughitsknowledgetransferunitGRACE.TheNGIisabletoprovideexpertisein:• Environmentalmonitoring• HealthmonitoringofstructuresandBuildingInformationMonitoring• Photogrammetry• Remotesensing,(digital,multi-spectral,conventionalimagery,terrestriallaserscanning)through
space-based,airbourne(includingUAVs)andterrestrialsystems
• NoveluseofCopernicusIdataforlanddeformationmonitoring• Sensorintegration• Geoinformaticsanddatamodelling• Algorithmdevelopment• Systemoptimisation• Geospatialintelligence• OpensourceGIS• Locationbasedservices• Computervisualisation• Semantics,includingopenorcrowdsourceddataandsoftware• Reasoningandcognition
Thecross-disciplinaryresearchoftheNGIsupportsthefollowingapplication-focussedthemes:• Disasterresponseandmitigation• Environmentalmonitoring• Globalfoodsecurity• IntegratedtransportContactname:Prof.StuartMarsh Email:[email protected]
UniversityofOxford• Atmosphericremotesensingoftemperatures,compositionandaerosols• Surfaceobservation(ocean,biosphere,GIS)• Geophysics(tectonics,volcanism,datapipelines)• Computerscience:Bigdatashift• Testingfacilities(https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/enterprise/services-and-specialist-
equipment/space-instruments)• Spacecraftsubsystems:deployablestructures;entry/re-entryaerodynamics.Contactname:SimonJackman Email:[email protected]
UniversityofPortsmouth
InstituteofCosmologyandGravitation:TheICGisengagedina“citizenscience”projectpartneredwithHampshireCountyCouncilexploretheuseofsatelliteimagingfordeterminingland-use.Wehaveexpertiseinrunningcitizenscienceprojects,handlingoflargeimagingdata,andexplorecitizenscienceasatoolforpublicengagement.
Contactname:GillProsser Email:[email protected]
UniversityofReadingTheUniversityofReading(InstituteforEnvironmentalAnalytics)hasconsiderableexpertiseinexploitingEOdata,bothintermsofscientificapplication(e.g.throughtheNationalCentreforEarthObservation)andtheearly-stagedevelopmentofservices,workingwithcommercialpartners.
TheUniversityhasrecentlyformedtheInstituteforEnvironmentalAnalyticswithsomeofthesepartnerstobetterenabletheexploitationofEOdatainthepublicandprivatesectors.TheIEAincludes“bigdata”expertiseandisinvolvedinanumberofprojectstodesignandbuildinfrastructuresforbetterEOdataexploitation.Contactname:JonBlower Email:[email protected]
UniversityofSurreyEarthObservationapplications,withaparticularemphasisontheuseofSAR(EO-1-2016/17;EO-2-2016;EO-3-2016;EO-2-2017;COMPET-4-2017)Contactname:RaffeallaGuida Email:[email protected]
UniversityoftheWestofEngland,BristolEuropeanSmartCitiesInnovation–challengethedeliveryofpublicservicesisundergoingfundamentaltransformationstimulatedbybothinternalmanagementreformandexternaltechnologicalICTinnovation.Internalmanagementreformisaresponsetothecomplexityofcitymanagement,achallengetoogreatforexperttop-downgovernancealone.Thestimulationofbottom-upideasaswellastop-downsponsoringandsteeringembodiedinopenurbangovernanceandtheintegratedmanagementapproach,isnowacceptedasanessentialframeworkforthedefinitionofco-ordinatedpolicymodelssecuringsustainableurbandevelopment.Opportunity-ICTdriventechnologicalinnovationprovidestheessentialcatalystfortherealisationofthefullpotentialofopenintegratedurbandevelopmentatthelocalscale,byleveragingsocialnetworking,crowdsourcingandcollaborativeICTtechnologies.Thisbottom-upengagementwithurbanstakeholderssecuresnotonlygreaterunderstandingofcomplexcityprocesses,butalsoenhancedcitizenempowerment,anddemocraticlegitimacyforthechallengeofchange.Bottom-upengagementisnowviewedasanessentialdimensionofcitymanagement.Openurbangovernance,developedinthecontextofEuropeanSmartCitiesresearchandpeerreviewedpublication,aimstosecurethefulldeploymentofICTtoolsembeddedwithinexistingsystemsofurbangovernance,tosupportcollaborativee-governanceandpolicymodeling,andtoofferin-depthanalysisoflocalassetsandneeds,asexpressedbythelocalcommunity.Focus:• TargetsEUCopernicusLandmonitoringsystem,extendingthein-situcomponentsofCopernicus
UrbanAtlasapplicationsthroughtheempowermentofcitizensandcitizenassociationsindecision-makingandco-productionofcityregionstrategiesandactionplans,supportingsmart,greenandinclusivegrowth;
• ExtendstheoperationalcapacityoftheUrbanAtlasandgeneratesgeospatialassessmentmethodologiesandapplicationstospecifythedevelopmentpotentialofurbanland;
• Facilitatesthedevelopmentofcommonsolutions,basedonbreakthroughapplicationsconceptualisedascommonandgenericICTapplicationsapplicabletothe695UrbanAtlascitiesthroughoutEurope(EUinvestment87meuro2014-2020);
• DevelopsasustainablebusinessmodelbasedonhighlyeffectiveICTenableduser-definedsolutions,supportingaknowledge-basedeconomydrivenbySME’s,andtheexponentialtake-upofthepolicymakingtoolsdeveloped(CopernicusProgramme48,000jobs2030)
EUResearch-selected
• URBIS–urbanvacantlandapplicationsforurbanatlas(ICT-PSP,EuropeanCommission,2014–2017)• DECUMANUS–EOandsmartcityapplications(FP7Spacecall,EuropeanCommission,2013–2016)• urbanApi-urbanplanningtoolsandintelligence(FP7DGINFSO,EuropeanCommission,2011–2014)• Lifewatch-Biodiversityinfrastructureserviceplan(FP7,EuropeanCommission2008–2011)• HUMBOLDT–DataHarmonisationandServiceIntegration(FP6,EuropeanCommission,2006–2010)• BOSS4GMES-integratedsustainableservicesforGMES(FP6,EuropeanCommission,2006–2009)• EuropeanTopicCentre--SpatialInformationAnalysis(ETC-SIA)-ScientificsupportforEuropean
EnvironmentAgencyurbanprogramme(EuropeanEnvironmentAgency,2011-2014)• GSELandInformationServices(EuropeanSpaceAgency,2006–2008)• IntelCitiesIntegratedProject(FP6EuropeanCommission,2004-2006)• GMES–GlobalMonitoringforUrbanEurope(EuropeanSpaceAgency,2003–2005)Contactname:DavidLudlow Email:[email protected]
SatelliteNavigationTheprofilesundertheheadingSatelliteNavigationhaverelevancetothefollowingtopics:
• GALILEO-1-2017:EGNSStransportapplications• GALILEO-2-2017:EGNSSmassmarketapplications• GALILEO-3-2017:EGNSSprofessionalapplications• GALILEO-4-2017:EGNSSawarenessraisingandcapacitybuilding
AnoutlineofSatelliteNavigationresourcesandexpertisecanbefoundbelowfromthefollowingorganisations:
• DeMontfortUniversity• UniversityofHertfordshire• UniversityofNottingham
DeMontfortUniversityWehaveparticularexpertiseinthecommercialexploitationofGlobalNavigationSatelliteSystems(GNSS)data.DesigningsystemsthatuseGNSSmodules,coveringbothhardwareandembeddedsoftware.Applicationsincludeassettracking,locationandrecovery;assistedlivingfordementiasufferers;anddistributedenvironmentalmonitoring.WealsoassistedwiththedevelopmentoftheRFcomponents,andtheembeddedSoftwareDefinedRadioforthefirstcommerciallyavailablemulti-constellationGNSSreceiverforNSLLtd.WehaveworkedwithindustryandotheracademicpartnerstocommerciallyexploitGNSSdata.Projectsinclude:AutoTxt–thefirstvehiclealarm,immobilisationandrecoverysystemthatmettheThatchamCat5requirementforafactoryfitteddevice.Wealsodevelopedline-sidetestingofAutotxtforAstonMartinPRIMO–aKTPwithNSLLtdwhichdevelopedthefirstmulti-constellationGNSSreceiverforGALILEO/GPS/COMPASSandSBASdatabytheusedofSoftwareDefinedRadioiCARE–ATSBcollaborativeprojectthatintegrateddisparateassistedlivingdevicesontoasingleplatformforinter-operability.ThisincludedtheuseofGNSSdevicestolocatepeoplesufferingfromdementiawhohavewandered.TrialledwithLeicesterCityCouncil.Ringtrack–aKTPtoassistwiththedevelopmentofcommercialapplicationstooperateontheRingtrackTelematicsPlatform,whichisoneofthemostcompactGNSSenabledtelematicsplatformavailableonthemarket.MoTECH–designconsultancytovalidatethedesignofaGNSSenabledmobiletelecaredevice,nowinproductioniTRAQ–ahighlyinnovativesystemthatusesGNSSderivedcongestiondatatodeliverintelligenttrafficmanagementthatbalancestheneedtoreducecongestionwithairqualityenhancement.NowthebasisofamajorH2020bidentitledINTRAMOGalileoMasters–notaprojectbutanaward–UK&EireregionalWinner2007fortheproposaltouseGNSSaspartofamobiletelecaresystem.EUrunnerup.https://www.dmu.ac.uk/business-services/a-z-business-services/technology/telematics-and-satellite-navigation-applications.aspxContactname:AnthonyRyan Email:[email protected]
UniversityofHertfordshireTheUniversityofHertfordshirehasastrongresearchactivityincyber-physicalsystems,rangingfromefficientdesignoflarge-scaleapplicationtofault-tolerantsolutions.Theuniversityhasappliedtheseconceptstosoftwarearchitecturesforsatellitecommunicationsystemsandisextendingtheseactivitiestowardsapplication-specificsolutionsincludingaKnowledgeTransferPartnershiptoaddressallfourGALILEOtopics.Contactname:DrRaimundKirner Email:[email protected]
UniversityofNottinghamTheNottinghamGeospatialInstitute(NGI)hasbeeninvolvedinthedevelopmentoftheEuropeanGNSSprogrammesinceitsinception.TheNottinghamGeospatialBuildingwasbuiltasatestfacilityforsatellitepositioningandnavigationtechnologies.Itincorporatesaroof-toptestingtrackforGNSSandINS,andasimulationlaboratory.ThecoreofInstituteresearchactivityinthisareahastraditionallyfocusedaroundsatellitenavigationandpositioningsystems.Morerecently,thishasexpandedwithR&Dintoubiquitouspositioningandnavigationtechnologiesusing:differentgradesofinertialsensors;signalsofopportunity,forexample:Locatalites,pseudolites,Ultra-wideband,GSM/GPRS,Wi-Fi,DAB,DTV,IMES,Bluetooth,andcomputervisionsystems.EGNSSawarenessraisingandcapacitybuildingTheNGIworkswithUKandEuropeanpartnerstoprovideprofessionaltrainingandawarenesscoursesinGNSSandGeospatialTechnologiesforspecificsectorsofindustry.Ithasexperienceofrunningarangeofcoursesformhalf-dayintroductionworkshopstoMScleveltrainingmodulesadaptedtouserneeds.ThesehavebeencarriedoutattheNGIsowntrainingcentreandacrossEurope.Currentresearchrangesfromfundamentalsciencetowiderengineeringandenvironmentalapplications,withaneverincreasingdiversity,fromnetwork-basedGNSSRTK,PrecisePointPositioning,softwarereceiverengineering,andmobilephoneapplications,toimageryandcommunicationsbasedpositioningandnavigation.TheNGIisabletoprovideexpertiseandtestingfacilitiesfor:• Multi-constellationsatellitenavigationandotherpositioningsystems• Integrationofsensorsandmulti-GNSSconstellationswithsignalsofopportunity• Ubiquitouspositioningfromlow-costtoultrahighprecisionpositioningandnavigationsolutions• Softwaredefinedreceivers• Developmentofadvancedalgorithms• Widerexplorationofbioscience,engineeringandenvironmentalapplicationsEachofthesetopicssupportstheNGIsmainapplicationthemes:• Disasterresponseandmitigation• Environmentalmonitoring• Globalfoodsecurityincludingprecisionagricultureandmachinecontrol)• Integratedtransport(includingautonomoussystems)Since2002theNGIhashostedBIGF,auniquearchiveofRINEXformatGNSSdata,metadataandderivativeproductsforuseinresearch,fundedbyNERC.Thisprovides15minuteintervalupdatesofatmosphericwatervapouracrosstheUK.Contactname:Prof.TerryMoore Email:[email protected]
SpaceTechnologyTheprofilesundertheheadingSpaceTechnologyhaverelevancetothefollowingtopics:
• COMPET-1-2017:TechnologiesforEuropeannon-dependenceandcompetitiveness• COMPET-2-2017:CompetitivenessinEarthobservationmissiontechnologies• COMPET-3-2017:Highspeeddatachain
AnoutlineofSpaceTechnologyresourcesandexpertisecanbefoundbelowfromthefollowingorganisations:
• CardiffUniversity• NationalCentreforEarthObservation• OpenUniversity• RALSpace• UKAstronomyTechnologyCentre• UniversityCollegeLondon• UniversityofBradford• UniversityofBrighton• UniversityofHertfordshire• UniversityofKent• UniversityofLeicester• UniversityofManchester• UniversityofOxford• UniversityofSurrey
CardiffUniversityDetectorexpertise.LeadingEU-FP7project“SPACEKIDS”andledESAreviewonnovelTIRdetectorsforsatelliteapplications.RunningcurrentESAcontractonlowdarkcurrentMCTarrays.DevelopmentofType-IIsuperlatticearrays.Contactname:PeteHargrave Email:[email protected]
NationalCentreforEarthObservationNCEOisaNERCresearchcentrewithmorethan80scientistsdistributedacrossleadingUKuniversitiesandresearchorganisationsandledbyProfessorJohnRemediosattheUniversityofLeicester.NCEOprovidestheUKwithcoreexpertisein:• Earthobservationscience• Earthobservationdatasetsandmergingtechniques• ModelevaluationusingEarthobservationdataanddataassimilationmethodstounderpinEarth
systemresearch.NCEOprovidesakeycomponentoftheUK’sinternationalcontributiontoenvironmentalscience.NCEOscientistshaveexpertiseacrossthecompleterangeofCopernicusservicesfocusingparticularlyonland,ocean,atmosphere,climateandemergencymanagement.Inprinciple,therefore,NCEOscientistsandfacilitiesmanagedbyNCEO(CentreforEnvironmentalDataArchival,FieldSpectroscopyFacilityandNERCEarthObservationDataAcquisitionandAnalysisService)couldcontributetoawiderangeofapplicationsandservices,includingbigdataand,particularlythenewCO2topic.Inmoredetail:NCEO-Leicester:Forestbiomass,landsurfaceandseasurfacetemperature(potentiallyfoundationofmanyapplications),CO2andCH4retrievals,assessmentofatmosphericCO2vlandmodelsurfacefluxes,EarthSystemModelevaluation,precipitation,watervapour,humidity,tracegasesNCEO-Reading:Dataassimilationtheory,landandoceanmodeldataassimilation,precipitationandwatercycle,seasurfacetemperaturedatasetsNCEO-Edinburgh:Landsurfaceandatmosphericcompositiondataassimilation,emphasisonglobalcarbonfluxes,emissions,atmosphericconcentrations,troposphericozonedatasetsNCEO-PML:Oceandataassimilation,emphasisonbiogeochemistryNCEO-Leeds:Atmosphericcompositiondataassimilation,globalemissionsandatmosphericconcentrationsofCH4andCO2,inversionofCOandCO2,observingsystemsimulationexperiments,troposphericozoneNCEO-UCL:Forestbiomass,fireimpact,landsurfacemodeldevelopmentNCEO-Kings:FireradiativepowerNCEO-RALRemoteSensingGroup:Methane,troposphericozoneretrieval,cloud,aerosolNCEO-Imperial:radiationCEDA:BigdataNCEO-CEH:landsurfaceinfluenceonrainfallNCEO-Oxford:aerosols,cloud,CO2,methaneContactname:c) DrZofiaStott,ImpactsManagerd) ProfessorJohnRemedios,Director
Email:c) [email protected]) [email protected]
OpenUniversity
TheOpenUniversityhaspatentedvalvetechnologyforhighperformance,lowmass,lowleakrateproportionalvalvesforpropulsionapplications.Contactname:SimonSheridan Email:[email protected]
RALSpace
• Bespokeelectronicsforusewithdetectorarrays–NickWaltham• Fieldtrialsforautonomousroboticoperations–RainIrshad• AdvancedopticsandelectronicsforEOsystemsusingTDI,largefocalplanes&hyper-spectralimaging
–NickWaltham• Atmosphericsoundinginstrumentsdevelopment–BrianEllison/DamienWeidmannContactname:SarahNash Email:[email protected]
UKAstronomyTechnologyCentreDevelopmentofspaceandcryogenicmechanismsandtechnologiesrelevanttoUV,OpticalandInfraredsensing.DeployableOptics,ActiveOpticsandAdaptiveOptics(groundandspacebased)Highsensitivity,lownoiseinstrumentsLightweightingandsizereductionofoptical/IRinstrumentsandcomponentsContactname:DonaldMacLeod Email:[email protected]
UniversityCollegeLondonPhysics&AstronomyDepartment:a) Opticalmetrology–OSL(OpticalScienceLaboratory)b) InfraredspectroscopyandcalibrationmeasurementsContactname:a) Prof.PeterDoelb) Dr.GiorgioSavini
Email:a) [email protected]) [email protected]
UniversityofBradford• Buildingcomplexsimulationwhichrequireextremecomputingtoprocessthem• MachinelearningtofinddatapatternsContactname:MariamKiran Email:[email protected]
UniversityofBrightonSchoolCEM:Weareexpertinthermalmanagementofspacecomponents.Weareparticularlyexpertintwo-phasepassivesystemssuchasheatpipes,loopheatpipes.Wearecarryingoutexperimentaltests,
andalsodesignandsimulationsofthethermalsystems.Weareusingourowncodes,butwemayusealsostandardsoftwaresuchasSINDA/FLUINTandESATAN.Weareinterestedinparticipatinginprojectswheretheheattransfercanbeanissue,suchasforcryo-coolers,thermalizationofmirrors,electroniccooling,radiatordesign.Moreoverweareexpertinplanning,buildingandperformingtestsinmicrogravityconditions,suchasparabolicflights,soundingrocketsandevenontheInternationalSpaceStation.Contactname:MarcoMarengo Email:[email protected]
UniversityofHertfordshireTheOpticalNetworksResearchGroupwithintheSchoolofEngineering&TechnologycarriesoutresearchfundedbytheEUFP7ICTprogrammeandInnovateUK,includingaKnowledgeTransferPartnership.TheGroupResearchtrackrecordincludes:• Waveformsdesignfornextgenerationopticalandwirelessnetworks• FPGAimplementationofnextgenerationtransceiversforterrestrial/satellite• Mm-waveRadiooverFibre(RoF)forDistributedAntennaSystems• 5Glinksimulationandexperimentalevaluation• Protocolsandalgorithmsfornextgenerationopticalnetworks• Systemlevelsimulationforinterferencemitigationin5GRANs• Applicationofsoftwaredefinednetwork(SDN)for5Gbackhauling• FPGAimplementationofnextgenerationOpticalandWirelessDSPalgorithms• NewdecodersfortheDVB-S2xstandardContactname:DrPandelisKourtessisDrMilosMilosavljevic
Email:[email protected]@herts.ac.uk
UniversityofKentSpaceantennatechnology;smartantennas;phasedarrayantennas;U16-SpacequalifiedGaNcomponentsanddemonstrators.U23–Developmentoflargedeployablestructuresforantennas.Activeantennasforradar-exploringlower(PandS)andhigher(XandKa)frequencyranges-Transmit/ReceiveModules(TRMs),digitalbeam-formingandwaveformgeneration,largedeployablereflectors.Radarsandsensorsforsmallsatellites;TechnologiestoadvanceinfractionatedsystemsandformationflyingforEarthObservation.Re-configurablehighdataratelinksincludinghighfrequencybands:directandinteroperablelinksbetweenLEOsatellitesandlinkstoEarthandmobileoraerialplatforms(includingXband,Kabandandoptical),ordirectlinksbetweenGEOsatellitesandEarthormobileoraerialplatforms,andinter-satellitelinks(beyondthespecificationsoftheEuropeanDataRelaySystem–EDRS).Contactname:Prof.StevenGao Email:[email protected]
UniversityofLeicesterTheUniversityishometowide-rangingengineeringexpertiseofrelevancetoSpaceandotherapplicationsincluding:mechanical,thermalandopticalengineering;spacenuclearpowersystems;orbitalandradiationanalysis;digitalandanalogueelectronics(includinghighspeedelectronics),andembedded(FPGAandprocessor)systems.SpaceResearchCentre’sexpertiseincludesconceptsforthenextgenerationofinstrumentation,toolsandtechniquesforsurfaceplanetarysciencewhichmayhaveapplicationstorobotics.Scienceactivities,seeSpaceExplorationandScience)mayalsohavesuchapplications.(seewww.le.ac./spaceforfurtherdetailsanddetailedcontacts)Contactname:a) ProfessorMarkSimsb) Dr.SarahStevens
Email:a) [email protected]) [email protected]
UniversityofManchesterTheUniversityhasastrongheritageofspaceresearchencompassingpioneeringradioastronomyatJodrellBank,astrophysics,planetaryscience,spaceinstrumentationandspacetechnologydevelopment.Thefollowingarethesomeoftheareaswherewehavespacerelatedexpertiseandcapabilities. Spacecraftsystems:Wesupportthecontinuedgrowthofthespaceindustrythroughthedevelopmentofnovelandinnovativesolutionstoexistingandnewproblems,throughnewsystemsapproachesandtechnologies.Wehavekeyexpertisein:• VerylowEarthorbitsatellitetechnologies–developingplatformtechnologiestoenableasignificant
reductioninoperationalaltitudetosupportEarthobservation• Orbitalaerodynamicscharacterizationtoolsforapplicationtosatellitedynamicsandend-of-lifedrag
sails• Constellationdeploymentstrategies-developingdesignandoptimizationmethodologiesfor
constellationdeploymenttoenablepromisingmissionarchitectures• Electricpropulsion-developingnumerical,analyticalandexperimentaltoolsforthedesignand
testingofhighperformanceelectricpropulsiontechnologies.Lightweightmaterials&structures:FocusofourCompositesCentreincludeslowcost,lowenergy,lowcycletimemanufactureofcompositesandmorespecificallystructuraltextilecomposites,non-destructiveandSHMtestingwithstateoftheartX-raytomographyequipmentintheHenryMoseleyX-rayImagingFacilityanddesignandfailureanalysisofpolymercomposites.TheCentrealsohousestheNationalCompositesCertification&EvaluationFacility,NCCEF,thatservesshort-termneedsoftheindustry,whichcanleadtolongtermR&Dcollaboration.NCCEFisanindependentISO17025accreditedtestlaboratory(testcentreNo4566),assessedbytheUnitedKingdomAccreditationService(UKAS)againstasuiteofinternationalASTMcompositematerialtestprocedures.MatterinExtremes:Thereisanincreasingdemandfordesignandqualificationofmattersubjecttoenvironmental(dynamicflow;erosion,chemicalattack;corrosion),radiological,mechanical(hightemperatureandpressure)or
pulsepowerloading(high-current,high-voltagedischarge;lightning)indemandingandextremeenvironments.Manchesterpossessesauniqueworld-leadingcapability,whichcantestanddiagnosebehaviouracrossthescalesandcreatematerialmodelsthatwillallowinsilicodesignandqualificationofmattertoengineerthefuture.Experimentalresourcesincludeextremes-on-a-microscopeforprocessesatthemicroscale,testinglaboratoriesforcomponentsatthemesoscaleandmacrolabsforstructuralinvestigationsatlargescale;allofthesesitwithintheuniversityoronthesitesofthefamilyofpartnerscollaboratingintheeffort.Controlsystemsanddecisionmaking:
WiththeestablishmentoftheJointAdvancedControlSystemsLaboratorywiththeChinaAerospaceScienceandTechnologyCorporation(CASC),theSchoolofEEEcontinuestoworkondecisionandcontrolissuesofaerospaceandspacecraft,inparticular,onvariousissuesrelatedtodeepspaceexploration,suchas:• Intelligentfusionofmultipleplatforms,multiplesources• Spacecraftcoordinationformultiplecomplextasks• Consensusandcooperativecontrolofmultiplespacecraft• Flightenvironmentintelligentsensing,prediction,activecontrolandutilization• ControlofcomplicateddynamicalobjectswithunknownstructureandunknownparametersContactname:DrPeterRoberts Email:[email protected]
UniversityofOxford• Robotics–PaulNewman(Eng.Sci)• Deployablestructures–ZhongYou(EngSci)• Entryvehicles/Hypersonicsatellitedrag&deorbit–MattMcGilvray(EngSci)• Telecomms–ChrisStevens(Eng.Sci)• EOMissionTechnology–DonGrainger(Physics)• HighSpeeddatachain–DavidWallom(e-ResearchCentre)Contactname:ColinWilson Email:[email protected]
UniversityofSurreya) Micro/Nano-satellitetechnologies(COMPET-1-2016;COMPET-1-2017;COMPET-2-2017);Space
powersystems(COMPET-1-2016;COMPET-1-2017)�b) Electronicpropulsion(COMPET-3-2016)�c) Spacerobotics(COMPET-4-2016)�d) Spaceautonomoussystems(COMPET-4-2016)�e) In-orbitconstellationmaintenance(COMPET-3-2016)�f) On-boarddatahandling(COMPET-1-2016;COMPET-1-2017;COMPET-2-2017;COMPET-3-2017)�g) Structuralintegrityofsatellite&payloads,includingspacecraftstructures,spacemechanismsand
materials(COMPET-1-2016;COMPET-3-2016;COMPET-1-2017)h) Spacedebrisremoval(COMPET-1-2016;COMPET-4-2016;COMPET-1-2017)�Contactname:a)CraigUnderwoodb)AaronKnollc)ChakravarthiniSaajd)YangGao
Email:a)[email protected])[email protected])[email protected])[email protected]
e)PhilipPalmerf)ChristopherBridgesg)GuglielmoAgliettih)JasonForshaw
e)[email protected])[email protected])[email protected])[email protected]
SpaceExplorationandScienceTheprofilesundertheheadingSpaceExplorationandSciencehaverelevancetothefollowingtopics:
• COMPET-4-2017:Sciencedataexploitation• COMPET-5-2017:Spaceweather
AnoutlineofSpaceExplorationandScienceresourcesandexpertisecanbefoundbelowfromthefollowingorganisations:
• AberystwythUniversity• CardiffUniversity• NationalCentreforEarthObservation• OpenUniversity• RALSpace• UniversityofBradford• UniversityofGlasgow• UniversityofLeicester• UniversityofManchester• UniversityofNottingham• UniversityofOxford• UniversityofPortsmouth• UniversityofReading• UniversityofSouthampton• UniversityofStAndrews• UniversityofSurrey
AberystwythUniversitySciencedataexploitation:TheSpacePhysicsgroupspecialisesinthedevelopmentofimageprocessing,dataanalysisandmodellingtoolsforsolar&heliospheric,planetaryandmagnetosphericobservations.Membersofthegrouppublishregularlyinhigh-impactjournals(>100uniquerefereedpublicationsfrom2010-2014,seehttp://users.aber.ac.uk/hum2/SSP_publications_2010_2015.pdf).Thegrouphasspecificexpertisein:• Advancedmagnetohydrodynamicmodellingofthesolaratmosphere(coronalloops&jets),ofcritical
importanceinunderstandingcoronalheatingandinterpretingdatafromthelatestsolarmissions.• Analysisoflunarsurfacecomposition,morphologyandresources.• StudyofatmosphericlossatVenus• Developmentofwidely-usedimageprocessingtoolsforsolarremotesensingdata,revealingpreviously
undetectedphenomena• Advanceddataanalysisofnear-Earthsolarwindplasmaconditions• Observationandmodellingofenergeticparticles in the terrestrialmagnetosphere ringcurrentand
radiationbeltsInstrumentation:Thegrouphasexpertiseinthedevelopmentofbespokeinstrumentationformaterialscharacterisationandremotesensing,designofopticalsystemsandembeddedcontrol.Wehaveextensivemanufacturing facilities, both manual and CNC, enabling in house manufacture of flight hardware.Extensiveresearchfacilitiesenablein-housecharacterisationandcalibrationofbothactive(sensorsetc.)andpassive(calibrationtargetsetc.)instrumentcomponents.Weareinvolvedinthefollowingprojects:• WorldclassexpertiseinplanetaryX-rayfluorescenceinstrumentation.CoPionESABepiColomboSIXS,
PIonIndianChandrayaan1C1XS,PIonESASmart1DCIXS• GroupmembersareCo-IsontheinternationalinstrumentteamsfortheExoMarsPanCam,CLUPIand
ISEM instrumentsandaredesigning,developing,manufacturingandcharacterising the radiometriccalibrationtargetsforallthreeinstruments.Thegroupisresponsiblefordevelopingandimplementingtheradiometriccalibrationprocess,facilitiesanddataprocessingpipelineforthePanCaminstrument.
• Technology Development for PanCam 2020 project. The group is involved in a project to develophyperspectralcameratechnologybasedonalinearvariablefilter,whichwouldbesuitableforfutureplanetaryexplorationmissions.
• AuroraTechnologyTransfer–developingterrestrialapplicationsforspacetechnology.DevelopmentofatechnologydemonstratorusingthelinearfiltertechnologyfromthePanCam2020projecttocreatea hyperspectral camera for UAV-based crop inspection, targeting the spectral region aroundchlorophyllabsorptionedge.
• SolarwindSherpas-thegroupispartofthisworld-leadinggroupofeclipsescientists,leadingtonewdiscoveriesofthecoronaandofimportanceintestingnewinstrumentsconceptsforfutureground-andspace-basedmissions.Thegrouphasrecentlyproposeda4-channelhigh-resolutionspectrometerforeclipsestudies,withanelementofdevelopmentforfuturespaceproposals.
Spaceweather:Thegroupisbecomingincreasinglyinvolvedinspaceweather,andisdevelopingsomeofthe most advanced tools for calibration & analysis of coronagraph data of the extended corona(detection/analysisofCoronalMassEjections,andtomographyofthequiescentbackgroundcorona/solarwind).Agroupmemberisvice-chairoftheCOSPARSpaceWeatherPanelandanauthoroftherecentCOSPARSpaceWeatherRoadmapDOI:10.1016/j.asr.2015.03.02·.Weareco-leadersoftheEUfundedPlanetarySpaceWeatheractivityofEuroplanet2020.ThegroupisheavilyinvolvedwiththeCORIMPCMEcatalogue(currentlyhttp://alshamess.ifa.hawaii.edu/CORIMP/,soontomovedtoAberystwyth),amajornewwebserverfor solar/coronal data products with emphasis on space weather (http://eagle.imaps.aber.ac.uk/, underdevelopment), and has a Leverhulme award for further space weather prediction development. Our
scienceexpertizealsocoversterrestrialandplanetaryeffectsofspaceweather(geoeffectiveness),spaceradiationenvironmentsandionosphericradiopropagation(incollaborationwithQinetiq).Contact:ProfReyerZwiggelaar Email:[email protected]
CardiffUniversity• PIinstituteforHerschel-SPIRE• Build&testingofPlanck-HFIfocalplaneinstrument• JWST-MIRI&NIRSPEC–calibrationsources&opticalcoatings• Filtersformanyprojects,includingMarsrovers/orbitersContactname:PeteHargrave Email:[email protected]
NationalCentreforEarthObservationNCEOscientistssupportthedevelopmentofEOmissionsinanumberofwaysoutlinedbelow.Theirprimaryinterestisascustomersfordatafromnewspacemissions.Inordertoensurenewmissionsmeetscientificrequirementstheyparticipatein:• Studiesforconceptsfornewmissions:Supportforthedevelopmentoffuturemissionconceptsin
preparationforthenextgenerationofspacemissions.Theactivitiesincludeconsiderationofnewobservationsnotpreviouslymeasuredfromspace,participationinairbornecampaignstodemonstratethefeasibilityofmissionconceptsunderstudybyspaceagencies,targetedstudiestoconsolidatepromisingbutscientificallyimmaturemissionconcepts,toolboxes(includingmodels,simulationtools,spectrallibrariesandalgorithms)tostimulatethedevelopmentoffuturemissionconcepts.
• Scienceteammembership:Manymissionsincludemissionscienceteams,whichareintimatelyinvolvedwithmissiondevelopment(egparticipateinkeymeetings)toensuremissiondevelopmentcontinuestomeetscienceneedsandtoplacetheminagoodpositiontoexploitmissiondataearlyafterlaunch.
• Pre-launchdevelopment:developmentofalgorithmsinanticipationoflaunchofplannedmissionstodevelopmethodstoexploitdata,egretrievalsandobservationoperatorsfordataassimilation.
Ingeneralwewouldencouragetechnologiststoworkcloselywiththescientificcommunity.Contactname:a) DrZofiaStott,ImpactsManagerb) ProfessorJohnRemedios,Director
Email:a) [email protected]) [email protected]
OpenUniversity
TheOpenUniversity(OU)ishometoalargegroupofresearchersengagedinspaceresearchconfiguredaroundthreemainareas–(1)Astronomy(2)PlanetaryandSpaceSciencesand(3)SpaceInstrumentation.TheOUhaswide-rangingresearchinterestsinorigins,systemsandprocesseswithrespecttotheevolutionandchemistryofmaterialsthatformthestarsandplanetarybodies,theprocessesandnaturalsystemsthatshapetheenvironmentofourhabitableworld,andtheessentialpropertiesofaSolarSystemthatallowslifetodevelopononeofitsplanets.Thesearepursuedthrough:• laboratoryinvestigations(analysesofmeteorites,cometarydust,lunarsamples,materialfromMars)• spaceenvironmentalsimulationsandstudiesofhypervelocityimpacts• Hardwareanddatarolesinspacemissions(e.g.Rosetta,Gaia,JUICE,BepiColombo,ExoMarsTGO,
ExoMarsSchiaparelli,ExoMars2020,LunarResource(Luna-27),Athena,Euclid,SMILE,OGRE,WSO,WFIRST,UKube-1,AlSat-1N).
• R&DinCCDandCMOSimagingsensortechnologiesforallspaceapplications(e.g.GNCcameras)• Spacetechnologytranslationandknowledgeexchangeforterrestrialapplications• Computationalatmospheric,surfaceandsubsurfacemodellinganddataanalysisthroughassimilation
techniquesTheOUistheHeadquartersoftheEuroplanetconsortium–agroupofaround90Europeanorganisationsengagedinplanetaryscienceresearch,plustheOUcoordinatestheResearchInfrastructureprojectofthesamename.TheOUleadsorispartnerinotherkeyEUandESAprojectsandprogrammes:• EURO-CARES-EuropeanCurationofAstromaterialsReturnedfromtheExplorationofSpace• MIARD-Multi-instrumentanalysisofRosettadata–Establishinganewparadigmforcometary
activity• UPWARDS-UnderstandingPlanetMarsWithAdvancedRemote-sensingDatasetsandSynergistic
Studies• MarMITE-MarsModellingInformationToolforEngineers• EUSPACE-AWE-EUSPACEAWARENESS-Outreachthrougheducation• EAC–EuropeanAstrobiologyCampus–AnErasmus+programmetodevelopteachinginAstrobiology.• ASTERICS–AstronomyESFRI&ResearchInfrastructureCluster• LUVMI–anagileroverfortherapidlocationandidentificationofvolatilesinlunarpolarregions• PROSPECT–leadingthedevelopmentofthesampleanalysispackagetodetectwatericeandother
volatilesatthesouthpoleoftheMoonintheESA-RussiaLunarResource(Luna-27)mission• PhobosSampleReturn:variousprojectsaimedatinvestigatingtheacquisition,integrityandanalysis
ofsamplesandtheplanetaryprotectionclassificationandimplicationsofthemission(SterLim)ScientificInstrumentation;TheOUhasextensiveexpertiseinScientificInstrumentationinnumerousareas:MassSpectrometry:OUutiliseditsheritageinlaboratoryanalysesofApolloandmeteoritesamplestodevelopanewrangeoflightweightmassspectrometersforstudiesoflightelementsandvolatilesthroughoutthesolarsystem.Ptolemymadethefirstin-situmeasurementsofthechemicalcompositionofacomet(RosettaPhilaelander)andisnowbeingdevelopedforExoMarsSurfacePlatform(2020)andESA’sPROSPECTvolatilesanalysispackagefortheLunaResource(Luna-27)collaborationwithRussia(2021).Plansformassspectrometersonpenetrators(Moon,Europa)arewell-advanced.Spectroscopy:OUleadstheUV-VISinstrumentwithinNOMADwhichwillinvestigatemethaneintheMarsatmosphereonboardExoMarsTraceGasOrbiter
DustDetectionandPhysicalProperties:Extensiveheritageindustdetectorsandphysicalproperties/environmentalsensorsforvarioustargetbodies.Imaging:TheOUhousestheCentreforElectronicImaging(CEI),acollaborationbetweenTheOUande2vtechnologiesplc.CEI'sprimaryfocusisonthedevelopmentofimagingsensorsforspaceapplications,withexpertiseinX-rayspectroscopyandthestudyoftheeffectsofradiationdamage.TheCEIareinvolvedindetectordevelopmentformanycurrentandfuturemissions(e.g.Gaia,Euclid,IXO/Athena,Chandrayaan-1&2,UKube-1).AstronomersattheOUhaveleadingrolesinmanymajorinternationalprojectsandfacilities,includingSuperWASP,JCMTLegacySurveys,LOFAR,andHerschel.COMPET-4-2017Scientificdataexploitation;OUexpertiseliesinSolarsystemexplorationincludingExoplanets;Marsatmosphericresearchandsurfacescience;designofopticalinstrumentation;anddataexploitationfrompreviousmissions,includingRosetta.TheOUhasfacilitiestostudylunarsamplesandhasEUfunding(EuroCares)thatutilisesthis.TheOUhasauniquecombinationofanalyticalandenvironmentallaboratoriesforcharacterisingthechemicalandisotopiccompositionofSolarSystemmaterialsandforsimulatingplanetaryenvironments.ThePlanetaryEnvironmentsgrouphasaccesstohigh-speccomputing(GISworkstationsandacluster)forprocessingplanetaryimagery.Importantly,theyhaveaccesstoSocetSetsoftwareforphotogrammetry.COMPET-5-2017:Spaceweather;TheOUisengagedinseveralcollaborativeprojectsconsideringspaceweather,soOUhasprojectexperienceandexpertisetofurtherengagehere.TheOU’sexpertiseinoutreachanddisseminationsupportssuchprojects.Contactname:GemmaMaldar Email:[email protected]
RALSpace
• Scientificinstrumentationforexplorationmissions,includingevolvedgasanalysers–NickWaltham/ChrisHowe
• Spacephysicsdataanalysisandexploitation–ChrisPerry• Spaceweatherexpertise–MikeHapgoodContactname:SarahNash Email:[email protected]
UniversityofBradford
• Buildingcomplexsimulationwhichrequireextremecomputingtoprocessthem• MachinelearningtofinddatapatternsContactname:MariamKiran Email:[email protected]
UniversityofGlasgowa) i)Knowledgeofsolaractivity(especiallysolarflares);ii)Analysisofspace-basedsolarimagingdata
andspectroscopydata,acrosstheentireelectromagneticspectrum(radiowavelengthstogamma-rays);iii)Morphologicalimageprocessing,Bayesianapproachestosignalanalysis;iv)Theoryandmodellingofphysicsofspaceplasmasandradiationproductionmechanisms
b) Expertiseindevelopmentofmassspectrometertechnologiesforspaceflightandroverdeployment,specifically,developmentoftechnologiesforinsituplanetarygeochronology.Exploitationofisotopedatafortemporallyconstrainingprocessesandeventsingeologicalhistoriesofplanetary,asteroidandlunarbodies.Resources:state-of-the-artAr/Ardatingfacility.
c) Expertiseintheanalysisofextraterrestrialsamples(cosmicdust,meteorites).ResourcesincludescanningandtransmissionelectronmicroscopesandRamanmicroscopes.
Contactname:a) LyndsayFletcherb) DarrenMarkc) MartinLee
Email:a) [email protected]) [email protected]) [email protected]
UniversityofLeicesterResearchscientistsattheUniversityofLeicesterhavealonganddistinguishedrecordofdiscoveryinspacescience.Everyyearsince1967hasseenaLeicester-builtinstrumentoperatinginspace.Wehold,andhaveheld,vitalrolesinmanyspacemissionsforspaceagenciesincludingNASA,EuropeanSpaceAgency,UKSpaceAgency,ISRO(India)andJAXA(Japan),coveringastronomical,planetaryandEarthobservationsciencemissions.TheseincludeNASA/ESA’sJamesWebbSpaceTelescope,ESA’sBepi-Colombomission,andESA’sandEUMETSAT’sMeteosatSecondGenerationmissions.4directlyrelevantresearchgroups:X-rayandObservationalAstrophysics:oneoftheworld’sleadersinhighenergyandobservationalastrophysics.ThisGrouphasabroadmulti-wavelengthresearchprogrammerangingfromGamma-raythroughtogravitationalwaveanddetectionofexoplanets.RadioandSpacePlasmaPhysics:attheforefrontofresearchintotheinteractionofplanetaryenvironmentswiththesolarwind,includingspaceweather.Experimentalstudiesareconductedwithspacecraftandgroundbasedfacilitiesincludingradars,someofwhicharedesignedandbuiltin-house.ActivitieswithinourSpaceResearchCentre:arefocusedonnovelsensorsandopticsforbothspaceandinterdisciplinaryapplications;engineeringcapabilityinspace;andplanetaryscienceincludingconceptsforthenextgenerationofinstrumentation,toolsandtechniquesandplanetarymaterialsandtheiranalysis.(seewww.le.ac./spaceforfurtherdetailsanddetailedcontacts)TheoreticalAstrophysics:detailedtheoreticalmodellingofastrophysicalphenomenarangingfromblackholestoplanetaryformationandcomparisontodata.Relevantdetailsinclude:• Experienceofworkingwithmajorspacesciencedatasets,suchasfromESAmissionsincluding
Cluster,MarsExpress,VenusExpress,NASAmissionssuchasPolar,IMAGE,VanAllenProbes,othermissionssuchasDMSP,AMPERE.
• Experienceofbringingtogetherdifferentdatasets,e.g.Spaceandgroundbasedtoprovideaddedvalue–forexampleEUFramework7projectECLAT.
• SpaceWeatherexpertiseatEarthandMars.UseofdatatounderstandthephysicalprinciplesbehindSpaceweatheraswellastheinvestigationofeffectsoflargeSpaceweathereventsaswellassmall,butcontinuousspaceweatherdisturbances.Useofgroundbasedandspacebasedfacilities.
• OperationofSuperDARNradarscontinuouslytoprovidethemeasurementsofelectricfieldintheionospherecrucialtopredictingtheresponseintheionosphereandupperatmosphereofspaceweatherevents.
• ExpertiseinX-ray/EUV/UVdetectorsandoptics,dataanalysisandsatelliteoperations,scienceexpertiseinstudyofstarsandinterstellarspace
Contactname:a) ProfessorMarkSimsb) ProfMartinBarstowc) ProfMarkLesterd) Dr.SarahStevens
Email:a) [email protected]) [email protected]) [email protected]) [email protected]
UniversityofManchesterTheSchoolofEarthandEnvironmentalScienceconsistsof60academicstaff,manywithworld-leadingbackgroundsandactiveresearchinterestsinthelaboratorystudyofextraterrestrialmaterials.Laboratorystudyofextraterrestrialmaterialsincludeschemical,mineralogicandisotopicstudiesofmeteorites,presolargrains,lunarsamples,andsamplesreturnedfrommissionstocometsandasteroids.ResearchtopicsincludetheformationandearlyevolutionoftheSolarSystem,therecordofnucleosyntheticprocessesrecordedbypresolargrains,compositionandgeologyofsmallbodies(asteroidsandcomets),formationandgeologichistoryoftheMoonandMars.Instrumentationusedtoaddressthesequestionsincludes:1.Arangeofmassspectrometrytechniquesincludingnoblegasmassspectrometry,secondaryionmassspectrometry(ToF-SIMSandNanoSIMS)andinductively-coupledplasmamassspectrometry(ICP-MS).2.Spatiallyresolvedmicrobeamtechniquesformineralogicalanalysisincludingscanningelectronmicrocopy(SEM),electronprobemicroanalysis(EPMA)andSIMS.Theseresearchinterestsareunderpinnedbyanextensivetrackrecordofexternalfunding,totalingaround£5MofchieflySTFCandEuropeanfunding.Contactname:DrKatieJoy Email:[email protected]
UniversityofNottinghamTheNottinghamGeospatialInstitutehasconcentratedsignificantresearcheffortintomonitoringandstudyingtheeffectsofthedisturbedionosphereasaresultofsolarirregularitiesthatcauseGNSSsignalscintillation.Thisinformationsupportsresearchintothefollowingtopics:• IonosphericScintillationMonitoring&Mitigation• GNSSTroposphericEffects&MeteorologyContactname:Dr.MarcioAquino Email:[email protected]
UniversityofOxford• PlanetaryScience:IRradiometry&spectrometry;meteorologicalsensing.NeilBowles(Physics)• Astrophysics&cosmology:widerangeofdataexploitationtopics;alsonewdetectors&technologies
–DmitraRigopoulou,Physics.• PlasmaPhysicsmodelling–AlexanderShekochinContactname:ColinWilson Email:[email protected]
UniversityofPortsmouth
InstituteofCosmologyandGravitation:TheICGisaworld-leadingdepartmentinthestudyofobservationaltestsofthelawsofgravity,darkmatteranddarkenergyoncosmicscales.Wehave11membersofstaff,20postdoctoralresearchersand20PhDstudentsexaminingdifferentaspectsoftheoreticalandobservationalcosmology.Weareexpertsintheexploitationofdatafromspacetelescopes.WehavealsobeeninvolvedinthedefinitionofspaceinstrumentationwithESA.Weowna3700coreHPCsystem,SCIAMA-2,whichweusefortherequiredprocessingofobservations,dataanalysis,andcomparisonwiththeory.
Contactname:DavidBacon Email:[email protected]
UniversityofReadingInstituteforEnvironmentalAnalytics:TheDepartmentofMeteorologyattheUniversityofReadingincludestheSpaceandAtmosphericElectricity(SPATE)group,whoseresearchinterestsincludeAtmosphericelectricityandIonosphericphysics,Heliosphericphysics,Magnetosphericphysics,andSpaceweatherandclimate.Contactname:Prof.ChrisScott Email:[email protected]
UniversityofSouthampton• AtomicoxygenandUVsensors(alreadyflownonISS)• Modellingofradiationenvironments,inparticularSolarEnergeticParticleEvents(SEPEs)and
radiationeffectsonelectronics• SpacedebrismodellingContactname:a) SteveGabrielb) HughLewis(spacedebris)
Email:a) [email protected]) [email protected]
UniversityofStAndrewsSolarandMagnetosphericTheoryGroup(SchoolofMathematics&Statistics):AcademicstaffatSMTGare:ProfAlanW.Hood(HeadofGroup),ProfThomasNeukirch,ProfClareE.Parnell,ProfInekeDeMoortel,DrAndyN.Wright,DrDuncanH.MackayandDrVasilisArchontis.TheHeadofGroup,ProfAlanHood,isgivenasthefirstpointofcontactbelow.SMTGmembersareattheforefrontof:• Fluxemergencesimulations(studiedtheemergencethroughthephotospheretothecorona;
showedtheformationofstandardandblowoutjetsanderuptionofcoronalfluxropesinaCME-likemanner)
• CoronalMHDwavesandforwardmodelling(revisedthespatialdampingprofileforpropagatingtransversewavesinafluxtubewithawideinhomogeneouslayer;modelledtheeffectoftheoptically
thinline-of-sightintegrationonobservedDopplershiftoscillationstoclarifytheinterpretationofobservedwavesandoscillations)
• 3Dmagneticreconnection(establishedmanynewcharacteristicsof3Dreconnectionandthenproposedmanyregimesfor3Dreconnection-spine,fan,separator,quasi-separatrixlayer)
• Longtermglobalcoronalfieldmodelling(theonlylongtermsimulationsoftheSun’sglobalcoronalmagneticfieldtoincorporateobservationaldataasaboundarydrivingmechanism)
• MagnetosphericMHDwaves(foundedthe'waveguide'modelofthemagnetosphere,establishedthetheoryforwavecouplingin2D,identifiednonlinearmechanismsforproducingsmallscalesinauroralAlfvenwavesthroughcouplingtoaresponsiveionosphere)
• Solarparticleaccelerationmechanisms(developedafullyanalyticaltheoryofcollapsingmagnetictraps)
• Kinetictheoryofcurrentsheets(firsteveranalyticalsolutionforanonlinear,force-free,collisionlesscurrentsheet)
• Spaceweather:developmentofanewrealtime,data-drivenmathematicalmodeltosimulatethestorageandreleaseofenergyintheSun’satmosphere.ThesciencemodelhasbeenhighlysuccessfullyandisabletoreproducethetimingandenergyreleaseofaCoronalMassEjection.Thesimulationtechniqueishighlyrelevantforspaceweatherprediction(andiscurrentlybeingtestedasareal-time,data-drivenoperationalframework).
Contactname:ProfAlanW.Hood Email:[email protected]
UniversityofSurreya) Radiationenvironment&effects(COMPET-5-2017);Scientificinstrumentation(COMPET-5-2016)
b) Spaceweather(COMPET-5-2017)In-orbitinstrumentsanddatasources,highlevelexpertisefromseveralresearchacademics/fellows,withfocusonspaceweathereffects(inspaceandwithinatmospheres).Spaceweathermeasurementsandmodels.On-sitefacilitiesincludetheRealisticElectronEnvironmentFacility(REEF).CurrentlyinvolvedinEUSpacestormproject.Contactname:a)CraigUnderwoodb)KeithRyden
Email:a)[email protected])[email protected]
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