University of Newcastle - Equipment Account
Lead Research Organisation:
Newcastle University
Department Name: Sch of Natural & Environmental Sciences
Abstract
The past decade has seen an explosion in the number of high frequency micro-manufactured devices being developed. Well-known examples include RF-Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (RF-MEMS), Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) devices for applications in biosensing, SAW devices for applications in digital signal processing (DSP), ultrasound transducers for applications in medical imaging and finally micromachined sonotrodes used in ultrasonic welding technology. This growth will continue as Nano-Electro-Mechanical (NEMS) become more prevalent due to developments in fabrication techniques and materials. For example, the unique electrical and mechanical properties offered by graphene will see devices developed with ever increasing resonant frequencies. An essential part in the development of high frequency devices is the measurement of their dynamic behaviour. This includes natural frequencies, modeshapes, displacement fields and support loss mechanisms. This is critical for design optimisation, optimising process steps and validating any model or simulation. The measurement options available for high frequency systems where displacements may be of the order of picometres are extremely limited and only a few options exist. Contacting characterisation techniques e.g. AFM, load the device and therefore prevent a true accurate measurement of its dynamics. High frequency laser vibrometry presents the only non-invasive measurement option.
We aim to purchase a ultra-high frequency laser vibrometer to enable dynamic characterisation of high frequency microsystems. This equipment will allow the displacement or velocity field of any structure will greater than 4% reflectivity to be measured with picometre resolution and up to a frequency of 1.2 GHz. It will therefore be ideal for characterising SAW devices, high frequency N/MEMS sensors and RF MEMS.
We aim to purchase a ultra-high frequency laser vibrometer to enable dynamic characterisation of high frequency microsystems. This equipment will allow the displacement or velocity field of any structure will greater than 4% reflectivity to be measured with picometre resolution and up to a frequency of 1.2 GHz. It will therefore be ideal for characterising SAW devices, high frequency N/MEMS sensors and RF MEMS.
Planned Impact
There has been substantial growth in the number of high frequency devices and sensors for applications in RF communications, biological diagnostics, inertial sensing and signal processing. Characterising the dynamic behaviour of these devices is always an essential step in the development process and currently the UHF-120 represents the best solution for frequencies in excess of 20MHz. Since the trend is towards continually higher frequency it is imperative that the measurement capability keeps apace with developments in fabrication technology and material science that enable this trend to continue. The measurement range of the UHF-120 is from 0 to 1.2 GHz and with picometre resolution. This will therefore meet the measurement needs for both current and future NEMS/MEMS, SAW devices and other high frequency devices.
Organisations
Publications
Abbott GD
(2018)
Exploring the geochemical distribution of organic carbon in early land plants: a novel approach.
in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Barlow A
(2018)
Observing the evolution of regular nanostructured indium phosphide after gas cluster ion beam etching
in Applied Surface Science
Barlow A
(2015)
Multivariate Auger Feature Imaging (MAFI) - a new approach towards chemical state identification of novel carbons in XPS imaging Multivariate Auger Feature Imaging in XPS
in Surface and Interface Analysis
Barlow AJ
(2016)
Removing Beam Current Artifacts in Helium Ion Microscopy: A Comparison of Image Processing Techniques.
in Microscopy and microanalysis : the official journal of Microscopy Society of America, Microbeam Analysis Society, Microscopical Society of Canada
Chen Y
(2018)
Water quality monitoring in smart city: A pilot project
in Automation in Construction
Crick, R
(2017)
Learning frameworks for future infrastructure provision
Cumpson P
(2021)
Argon cluster-ion sputter yield: Molecular dynamics simulations on silicon and equation for estimating total sputter yield
in Surface and Interface Analysis
Cumpson P
(2015)
Multivariate analysis of extremely large ToFSIMS imaging datasets by a rapid PCA method Extremely large ToFSIMS imaging by rapid PCA
in Surface and Interface Analysis
Cumpson P
(2016)
Rapid multivariate analysis of 3D ToF-SIMS data: graphical processor units (GPUs) and low-discrepancy subsampling for large-scale principal component analysis
in Surface and Interface Analysis
| Title | Paintings |
| Description | Paintings. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | Understanding of pigment chemistry and degradation |
| URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169433215031670 |
| Description | characterisation of surface acoustic waves via LASER vibrometry. The picometre detection resolution allows for characterisation of inplane vibrating devices through parasitic out of plane motion. |
| Exploitation Route | This is a piece of characterisation equipment. Others may used it. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Agriculture Food and Drink Chemicals Communities and Social Services/Policy Construction Creative Economy Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Electronics Energy Environment Financial Services and Management Consultancy Healthcare Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Government Democracy and Justice Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology Retail |
| Description | CASE PhD Award |
| Amount | £90,207 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | Detecting the impact of vessels on air quality using emissions monitoring systems |
| Amount | £29,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department of Transport |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Energy Systems Catapult CDT |
| Amount | £44,723 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Flood-Prepared: Predicting Rainfall Events by Physical Analytics of REaltime Data |
| Amount | £1,500,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/P017134/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | HEIF Urban Flows |
| Amount | £67,113 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Higher Education Funding Council for England |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2017 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | Newton Fund |
| Amount | £188,294 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/P01531X/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 11/2019 |
| Description | Novel low-cost methods for marine mammal and environmental monitoring |
| Amount | £450,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/R014884/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 04/2020 |
| Description | The science of carbon capture: creating a carbon capture garden at Newcastle Science Central for people and nature |
| Amount | £17,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 01/2018 |
| Description | UKCRIC - PLEXUS - Priming Laboratory EXperiments on infrastructure and Urban Systems |
| Amount | £1,013,092 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R013535/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2019 |
| Title | Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToFSIMS) and Helium Ion Microscopy (HIM) |
| Description | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_ion_mass_spectrometry |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Many users, some industrial, necessary for generating excellent research |
| URL | http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nexus |
| Title | Principal Component Analysis of Massive Datasets (100GB to 1Tb) |
| Description | PCA is used for spatial chemical analysis: Tomography+omics = Tomomics |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | First 3D chemical tomographic multivariate analysis |
| URL | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sia.5800/epdf |
| Title | UO Main DB |
| Description | UO Environmental sensor DB; main DB for UO records |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Citations, many student projects, teaching, research proposals |
| URL | http://uoweb1.ncl.ac.uk |
| Title | UO Radar DB |
| Description | UO Radar data; Radar DB and data lake |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | NERC Flood prepared |
| URL | http://uoweb1.ncl.ac.uk/radar |
| Title | USB data |
| Description | USB sensor data; USB Sensor data |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Further research grants, teaching |
| URL | https://api.usb.urbanobservatory.ac.uk/ |
| Description | Analysis and related analytical characterization |
| Organisation | Pfizer Global R & D |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Analysis and related analytical characterization |
| Collaborator Contribution | Analysis and related analytical characterization |
| Impact | Analysis and related analytical characterization |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | CH2M/UoB |
| Organisation | CH2M HILL |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Leveraging on NPIF studentship funding and industrial sponsorship |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cash contribution to stipend, other in kind |
| Impact | PhD Studentship |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Google span |
| Organisation | |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Development of data visualisations |
| Collaborator Contribution | Co-creation of visuals and soundscapes |
| Impact | Google Span |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Proctor and Gamble |
| Organisation | Procter & Gamble |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Analytical Collaboration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Samples, some funding. |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Siemens Mindsphere Hub |
| Organisation | Siemens AG |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Co-development of tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in software |
| Impact | Siemens Mindsphere Hub |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Validation of numerical models for climate driven ratcheting of slope deformations |
| Organisation | Queen's University |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Development of an advanced numerical model to assess the behaviour of clay slopes under seasonal weather cycles. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The collaborator at Queen's has conducted unique centrifuge model tests that have generated measured behaviour that can be used to validate the numerical model developed for assessing the behaviour of clay slopes under seasonal cycles of weather. |
| Impact | Postill, H., Dixon, N., Fowmes, G., El-Hamalawi, A. and Take, A. (2018). Modelling Seasonal Ratcheting and Progressive Failure in Clay Slopes: A Validation. Geotechnique (submitted and under review) |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | WSP / UoB |
| Organisation | World Bank Group |
| Department | Water and Sanitation Program |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Leveraging on NPIF studentship funding and industrial sponsorship |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cash contribution to stipend, other in kind |
| Impact | PhD Studentship |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | XPS Analysis Work |
| Organisation | Big Solar Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | XPS analysis work |
| Collaborator Contribution | XPS analysis work |
| Impact | XPS data |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | XPS Facility Use |
| Organisation | Procter & Gamble |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | XPS analysis |
| Collaborator Contribution | XPS Facility Use |
| Impact | XPS Facility Use |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Title | New device for deposition of layers |
| Description | New device for deposition of layers |
| Type Of Technology | New/Improved Technique/Technology |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Impact | Likely to be made into a product by a UK manufacturer |
| URL | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sia.6045/pdf |
| Title | XPS and ToFSIMS Facility |
| Description | Surface Engineering and Analysis Laboratory: SEAL, NEXUS |
| Type Of Technology | Systems, Materials & Instrumental Engineering |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Impact | Very many. We have had >800 projects in collaboration with 39 UK universities since 2011 |
| URL | http://www.ncl.ac.uk/nexus |
| Description | Air Quality Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Workshop with participants in the research to form future partnerships |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Article for The Conversation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | ToFSIMS of mars meteorites |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/how-our-discovery-of-microbe-traces-in-ancient-rocks-on-earth-could-help... |
| Description | Briefing to HKU on Cities Research at Newcastle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and discussion on Cities Research at Newcastle to form future partnerships. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Briefing to HKUST on Cities Research at Newcastle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and discussion to HKUST to form future partnerships. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Briefing to Xiamen on Cities Research at Newcastle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and discussion to Xiamen on Cities Research at Newcastle to form future partnerships. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Digital Twin Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Took part at the Digital Twin Workshop to form future partnerships |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Future Cities Catapult, Newcastle, 17/07/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and discussion about the project with 25 attendees of the workshop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | GISRUK 2017, Manchester, April 18-21, 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and discussion about the project to 300 academics in order to inform them about the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Google Span Newcastle/Gateshead 05/10/2017, Newcastle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Delivered a workshop and activities at the Google Span Newcastle/Gateshead event to showcase results to 400 members of the general public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Habits workshop Jan 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Habits workshop between academics and the public to discuss the outputs for the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited presentation at Euroscience open forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in a debate and presentation at the Euroscience open forum amongst fellow academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Invited presentation to Environmental Association for Universities & Colleges (EAUC) Living Labs event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation to Environmental Association for Universities & Colleges (EAUC) Living Labs event to inform fellow academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Invited talk at BCS Southwest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Theo Tryfonas delivered an invited talk at monthly chapter event for the BCS to raise awareness of the UO and UKCRIC in general and for networking. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Newcastle Bee monitoring Launch Event, Newcastle, 09/06/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Delivering an introduction to monitoring activities to 25 members of the general public about the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Northumbria Water Innovation Week, 10 ~14 July 2017, Newcastle race course |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and discussion at Northumbrian Water's Innovation Week. Presentation was made to an audience of 50 attendees to inform and to discuss partnerships. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Optimistic workshop - Chengdu China sept 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at the optimistic workshop in Chengdu to discuss future partnerships amongst academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Pint of Science - how do you turn a city into a lab? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Evening talk to public audience to inform and entertain |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Roadmaps for Energy event, Newcastle, 11/05/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A presentation and discussion about the project with a mixed international audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Science of public event at Core- 28th sept 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to inform the general public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Sheffield City Council Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Workshop with Sheffield Local Council to inform the sensor build competition topics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Sheffield Digital Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and debate at the Sheffield Digital Conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Showcasing Bristol's region work in Brussels (Theo Tryfonas) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Theo Tryfonas promoted the Bristol research outcomes to the European Commission, MEPs, Project Partners and NGOs in order to raise the profile of the project and to network with potential grant application partners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Success project workshop 28th Sept |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion of outputs at the Success project workshop. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Tees Valley Environmental Protection Group Jan 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and discussion about the project to inform the general public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Transport Systems Catapult Meeting, Milton Keynes, 07/10/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delivered a presentation and took part in a discussion at the Transport Systems Catapult Meeting in Milton Keynes to form future partnerships |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Urban Flows City Council Briefing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to Sheffield Local Council to form future partnerships. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Wuthering Bytes, Hebden Bridge, 04/09/2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation about the project to a mixed audience of 75 attendees to inform and discuss partnerships. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | briefing to the Adaptation Sub Committee of the Committee on Climate Change on Climate Change Risk Assessment and Infrastructure Interdependencies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Richard Dawson gave a briefing to the Adaptation Sub Committee of the Committee on Climate Change on Climate Change Risk Assessment and Infrastructure Interdependencies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | n8 green cities workshop 25th May 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and discussion at the N8 green cities workshop to inform different audiences about the Urban Observatories, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |