TERAhertz high power LINKS using photonic devices, tube amplifiers and Smart antennas (TERALINKS)
Lead Research Organisation:
Queen Mary University of London
Department Name: Sch of Electronic Eng & Computer Science
Abstract
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Organisations
- Queen Mary University of London (Lead Research Organisation)
- Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) (Collaboration)
- AGC Chemicals Europe (Collaboration)
- Huawei Technologies (Collaboration)
- ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences (Collaboration)
- Thales Group (Collaboration)
- Plextek (Collaboration)
- Qinetiq (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- OFCOM (Collaboration)
- QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (Collaboration)
- Huawei Technologies Sweden AB (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Y Hao (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Alavi S
(2019)
A Distributed Event-Triggered Control Strategy for DC Microgrids Based on Publish-Subscribe Model Over Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks
in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
Aziz AK
(2018)
Ultrashort pulse synthesis for energy concentration control in nanostructures.
in Optics express
Cheng Q
(2017)
Near-Field Millimeter-Wave Phased Array Imaging With Compressive Sensing
in IEEE Access
Foster R
(2017)
Beam-Steering Performance of Flat Luneburg Lens at 60 GHz for Future Wireless Communications
in International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Gao J
(2018)
Beam steering performance of compressed Luneburg lens based on transformation optics
in Results in Physics
Giddens H
(2018)
Mid-Infrared Reflect-Array Antenna With Beam Switching Enabled by Continuous Graphene Layer
in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Giddens H
(2021)
Multimaterial 3-D Printed Compressed Luneburg Lens for mm-Wave Beam Steering
in IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
He D
(2019)
Influence Analysis of Typical Objects in Rural Railway Environments at 28 GHz
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Lei J
(2018)
Experimental demonstration of conformal phased array antenna via transformation optics
in Scientific Reports
Li G
(2018)
Connected Vehicle Channels: On the Consideration of Electromagnetic Scattering From Local Scatterers
in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
| Description | This project built upon the strength in the European community of THz research, covering THz power generation, high speed electronics, THz compatible dielectric materials, photonics and antennas. It is aimed to enable the innovation in THz communications, foster knowledge transfer from the university lab to industry. A beam steering THz indoor communication system has been demonstrated by integrating a 3D printed lens antenna with optoelectronics. The system can achieve 40Gbps at 0 degree and 20Gbps at 30 degrees, which suggests a 4K video can be downloaded within 1 minute. It opens up new applications such as future VR, IoT and autonomous vehicles. |
| Exploitation Route | Conformal, steerable lens antennas are of particular interest for mm-wave antenna designers, as they enable low cost solutions for applications such as 5th generation mobile communications, radio-wave imaging and satellite communications. Recent advances in additive manufacturing technology have opened up new possibilities for realising graded-dielectric electromagnetic devices. In this letter a compressed Luneburg lens fabricated from multi-material 3D printing is presented. Such a device has a steep dielectric gradient and cannot be easily realised using an effective medium approach that has become typical of 3D printed graded-index devices. Instead, 5 different dielectric filaments were used to print the lens with a 100% filament fill-factor. The lens is excited by a WR-10 open-ended waveguide probe across the 75-100 GHz band, and achieves a bore-sight gain of 22 dB, and -3 dB scan angle of 25°.The results will be taken by the industry. A new contract with AGC Japan has been signed and a new patent application will be prepared between QMUL and AGC on antennas for automotive radar systems. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Electronics |
| Description | TeraLINKs consortium brings key players in Europe with skills covering photonic and electronic devices integrated in a single waveguide based system. The overall aim is to fabricate photomixers, power amplifiers and antennas in a single system, ideally using 3D printing techniques. In 2018, a new Strategic Equipment project was funded by EPSRC which aims to facilitate an integrated "digital" manufacturing and characterisation capability in the UK for a wide range of THz antennas and passive components, which, in turn, will accelerate the impact of our THz research and serve both S&T communities in the UK to align with the EPSRC priority area of "21st Century Products", especially for Metamaterials and Manufacturing with reduced materials pallet. We aim to achieve this by combining a state of the art millimetrewave spherical near-field antenna measurement system with a state-of-the-art sub-micron resolution 3D printer to provide rapid prototype fabrication and test of antennas and devices up to 500GHz. This will be installed within the already extensively equipped Antenna Measurement Laboratory (AML) at Queen Mary and will form the Thz antEnna fabRication and measuRement fAcilities (TERRA). A new programme grant proposal is current under the consideration by EPSRC. TERAPACK is a multi-disciplinary programme that combines expertise and knowledge of leading research groups in the areas of semiconductor materials and devices, semiconductor device modelling, terahertz (THz) sources and detectors, THz passives, metamaterials, antennas and electromagnetics, monolithic microwave integrated circuits, high resolution, THz sensing for autonomous platforms, THz holography and 3D imaging, and THz communications, to co-design and co-create a first compact & energy-efficient THz electronics technology platform and to demonstrate new functionalities across a range of application areas. It aims to deliver low-cost, energy-efficient, compact (a few square mm), high power (>10 mW at 300 GHz and 1 mW at 1 THz) transceiver technologies together with integrated or interfaced beam steerable antennas, and in this way enable completely new functionalities in sensing and communication systems. The science and engineering will be driven and validated by end-user applications in a holistic approach co-created and co-designed with a multidisciplinary team and industrialists. |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | London Regional Defence and Security Cluster organisation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | The LRDSC holds a number of values that are at the core of what it has been formed to achieve. We expect all members to uphold the same values: Collaboration: Encouraging collaborative working and partnerships to broaden outreach and increase efficiency Innovation: Fostering and incubating novel ideas and innovation Respect: Inclusivity of membership and opportunity to thrive for all, including the promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion. Representation: Providing a sector voice and representation, helping to shape the future of D&S People: Investing in our workforce through education, training and skills development |
| Description | Member of enterprise committee for the Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | In particular, I have contributed to the draft of responses to the following questions: • Do you agree with our characterisations of the issues facing UK SMEs, and our potential solutions to these issues? • Are there any other themes, issues or solutions that we have missed? • Is there any work by other organisations on the topics we have included that it would be useful to cite? • Are there any issues or solutions that are candidates for removal? |
| Description | Member of membership committee for the Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | policy changes including EDI considerations in FREng election etc |
| Description | Member of research committee for the Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Definition of role and responsibilities of the IC Advisor and University Research Advisor (document to be finalised) Possible revision of the Academy mentor's role and responsibilities in line with the point above- TBC University advisor requirement about citizenship Candidate with dual citizenships - allowed, confirmed that at least one is from the permitted list of countries (Australia, Canada, the EEA, New Zealand, Switzerland, the UK or the US) |
| URL | https://raeng.org.uk/ukicpostdoc |
| Description | member of ERC starting grant evaluation panel |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | The ERC Work Programme will no longer include detailed prescriptive profiles of principal investigators. In the application, the Curriculum Vitae and Track Record will be merged into one document of up to four pages. The applicant will be expected to include - apart from standard biographical information - a list of up to ten research outputs that demonstrate how they have advanced knowledge in their field, with an emphasis on more recent achievements, and a list of selected examples of significant peer recognition (for example, prizes). A short explanation of the significance of the selected outputs, the applicant's role in producing each of them, and how the applicant has demonstrated their capacity to successfully carry out the proposed project can also be included. The applicant may also include relevant information on, for example, career breaks, unusual career paths, as well as any particularly noteworthy contributions to the research community. These will not in themselves be evaluated but are important to provide context to the evaluation panels when assessing the principal investigator's research achievements and peer recognition in relation to their career stage. |
| URL | https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/evaluation-erc-grant-proposals-what-expect-2024 |
| Description | Adaptive Communications Transmission Interface (ACTI) |
| Amount | £2,000,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC MATERIAL DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING FOR FUTURE WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY (DREAM) |
| Amount | £2,579,837 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/X02542X/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 02/2028 |
| Description | Dstl PhD studentship on software defined materials |
| Amount | £120,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2019 |
| End | 07/2022 |
| Description | Frequency Agile Antennas |
| Amount | £300,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | SOFTWARE DEFINED MATERIALS FOR DYNAMIC CONTROL OF ELECTROMAGENTIC WAVES (ANIMATE) |
| Amount | £1,631,777 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R035393/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2018 |
| End | 08/2022 |
| Description | THz Antenna Fabrication and Measurement Facilities (TERRA) |
| Amount | £1,232,783 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S010009/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2018 |
| End | 11/2021 |
| Description | Transmission Channels Measurements and Communication System Design for Future mmWave Communications (mmWave TRACCS) |
| Amount | £491,424 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W026732/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2022 |
| End | 05/2026 |
| Description | AGC Contract on Optical Transparent Antennas for future wireless communications |
| Organisation | AGC Chemicals Europe |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | 3D printed antennas have been co-developed with AGC for future communications in driverless automotives |
| Collaborator Contribution | AGC has been providing system requirements, system integration and demonstration. |
| Impact | A patent application is being prepared and a potential spinout will come out of this collaboration |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Adaptive Communications Transmission Interface (ACTI) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Previous work will have elucidated the requirements of the beam-steering antenna for this application and (probably) the shortcomings (e.g. SWAP) of the COTS products we have hitherto used. This work aims to solve these problems by employing novel antenna techniques. The fundamental electromagnetics problem is to create steerable directional beams from a compact antenna package. This is challenging because the frequency of operation is such that the antenna structure is not large in terms of wavelengths. Compromises in bandwidth and aperture efficiency conventionally are needed to reduce size as well as a reduction in directivity. The research programme will investigate novel methods that have the potential to break this rigid paradigm. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provide financial and technical support on the project. Determine performance of candidate antenna/control/stack hybrids. |
| Impact | The project has just started and more research outcomes will be reported in the next submission. This is a highly interdisciplinary collaboration involving researchers from communities in communications, wireless network, RF & Microwave Devices and antennas. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Adaptive Communications Transmission Interface (ACTI) |
| Organisation | Plextek |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Previous work will have elucidated the requirements of the beam-steering antenna for this application and (probably) the shortcomings (e.g. SWAP) of the COTS products we have hitherto used. This work aims to solve these problems by employing novel antenna techniques. The fundamental electromagnetics problem is to create steerable directional beams from a compact antenna package. This is challenging because the frequency of operation is such that the antenna structure is not large in terms of wavelengths. Compromises in bandwidth and aperture efficiency conventionally are needed to reduce size as well as a reduction in directivity. The research programme will investigate novel methods that have the potential to break this rigid paradigm. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provide financial and technical support on the project. Determine performance of candidate antenna/control/stack hybrids. |
| Impact | The project has just started and more research outcomes will be reported in the next submission. This is a highly interdisciplinary collaboration involving researchers from communities in communications, wireless network, RF & Microwave Devices and antennas. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Adaptive Communications Transmission Interface (ACTI) |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Previous work will have elucidated the requirements of the beam-steering antenna for this application and (probably) the shortcomings (e.g. SWAP) of the COTS products we have hitherto used. This work aims to solve these problems by employing novel antenna techniques. The fundamental electromagnetics problem is to create steerable directional beams from a compact antenna package. This is challenging because the frequency of operation is such that the antenna structure is not large in terms of wavelengths. Compromises in bandwidth and aperture efficiency conventionally are needed to reduce size as well as a reduction in directivity. The research programme will investigate novel methods that have the potential to break this rigid paradigm. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provide financial and technical support on the project. Determine performance of candidate antenna/control/stack hybrids. |
| Impact | The project has just started and more research outcomes will be reported in the next submission. This is a highly interdisciplinary collaboration involving researchers from communities in communications, wireless network, RF & Microwave Devices and antennas. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Adaptive Communications Transmission Interface (ACTI) |
| Organisation | University of Liverpool |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Previous work will have elucidated the requirements of the beam-steering antenna for this application and (probably) the shortcomings (e.g. SWAP) of the COTS products we have hitherto used. This work aims to solve these problems by employing novel antenna techniques. The fundamental electromagnetics problem is to create steerable directional beams from a compact antenna package. This is challenging because the frequency of operation is such that the antenna structure is not large in terms of wavelengths. Compromises in bandwidth and aperture efficiency conventionally are needed to reduce size as well as a reduction in directivity. The research programme will investigate novel methods that have the potential to break this rigid paradigm. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provide financial and technical support on the project. Determine performance of candidate antenna/control/stack hybrids. |
| Impact | The project has just started and more research outcomes will be reported in the next submission. This is a highly interdisciplinary collaboration involving researchers from communities in communications, wireless network, RF & Microwave Devices and antennas. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Applications of high impedance surface and other materials or methods in antenna designs for mobile devices at millimeter frequencies with an aim to reduce EM exposure to human body |
| Organisation | Huawei Technologies |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Description of the Project To develop flexible and compact HIS for millimeter wave frequencies and 5G. The HIS device is expected to operate freely, without degrading antenna performance. SAR reduction must be demonstrated for mobile applications. The prototype device will be made with innovative fabrication tools including 3D printing and graphene ink etc. The Work Plan Specified below: ? Stage 1: Oct.1 2018 ~ Oct.1 2019 Design and manufacture HIS antennas for future mobile devices ? Stage 2: Oct.1 2019 ~ Oct.1 2020 Demonstration of novel design approaches for HIS design including the use of characteristic mode theory and optimisation techniques ? Stage 3: Oct.1 2020 ~ Oct.1 2021 Testing, verification and integration of the proposed design with mobile devices, initially within controlled environments (i.e., lab based) and ultimately with different test subjects and within different locations and environments (e.g., indoor, outdoors). Develop guidelines for: the specific absorption rate (SAR), the minimum transceiver power requirements needed to transfer collected information to a nearby mobile device The Deliverables of every stage include the reports, papers or thesis on the research work, which must pass the review by the Industrial supervisor team led by Dr. Hanyang Wang. |
| Collaborator Contribution | PhD studentship contributions |
| Impact | PhD recruitment is still ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Compact Rotman Lens for 5G base station antennas |
| Organisation | Huawei Technologies Sweden AB |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | A Rotman lens based compact beamforming system has been proposed for some time in terms of developing cost-effective beam-steering antennas. Original designs are often frequency-dependent and they are bulky for RF frequencies, which are targeted, for example, current generations of mobile communication. Conventional techniques for Rotman lens size reduction often result in increased fabrication costs and reduced antenna performance such as beam-scanning. In this proposal, we present two techniques for the miniaturisation of Rotman lens without degrading major antenna radiation performance. The new design is based on several techniques developed at Queen Mary University of London, including artificial dielectrics, metamaterials, transformation optics and advanced manufacturing. We anticipate that all proposed solutions are cost effective and can be scalable based on low cost substrate materials such as FR-4 for industrial applications. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Huawei is funding a PDRA for 6 months for a feasibility study. |
| Impact | The project is still ongoing. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Graphene THz detector and antenna design |
| Organisation | ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | QMUL has been asked to provide the design and optimisation of THz detector and antenna based on graphene and 2D materials. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ICFO has provided technical requirements, the design and measurement of THz detector. |
| Impact | Research papers are being prepared and will be submitted this year. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Luneburg lens for passive radar enhancement |
| Organisation | Qinetiq |
| Department | QinetiQ (Farnborough) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The lens reflector is a sphere in shape, usually composed of concentric dielectric shells. By the proper selection of dielectric constants for each shell, radar energy incident on one of the faces of the lens is focused at a point on the rear surface of the lens. The rear conductive surface reflects radar energy back to the source. The physical characteristic of a Luneburg lens varies according to its application and the frequency at which it is required to operate. To meet a variety of weapon system requirements, QinetiQ Target Systems integrates a variety of lens types into its targets. Generally these are of 7.5 inches in diameter, but alternative sizes from 4 inches to 8.7 inches in diameter are available. QMUL has been able to use TO techniques developed from QUEST and compressed the lens into compact and flat devices, which enable seamless integration with airplane frame, such as wings. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Qinetiq provides funding, technical specifications and fabrication facilities to support this partnership. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Ofcom and Queen Mary University of London publish white paper on reflective surfaces in wireless networks |
| Organisation | Ofcom |
| Department | Office of Communications (Ofcom) - Research Department |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Ofcom has undertaken a piece of technology foresight work in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London on the potential role of reflective surfaces in future wireless communications. QMUL provided the technical support including numerical simulations of reflective surfaces. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Ofcom has provided the technical requirement, written the final white paper. |
| Impact | White paper has been published based on a multi-disciplinary effort, which the expertise of computational electromagnetics, wireless channel modelling and system planning is involved. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | SOFTWARE DEFINED MATERIALS FOR DYNAMIC CONTROL OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES (ANIMATE) |
| Organisation | Qinetiq |
| Department | QinetiQ (Farnborough) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The ultimate objective of ANIMATE is to remove the traditional boundary between the designs of antennas and RF/microwave electronics as well as materials and devices, so that a generic material platform can be developed that is programmable and flexible for multifunctional applications integrating communication, sensing and computation. Specifically, in this project, we will: 1. Establish a holistic approach of software-defined materials for communication, sensing and computation, by building novel integrated and adaptive antenna technologies. 2. Integrate wireless sensor networks into the design of computer interface and control units for tunable materials to demonstrate and validate the wholly new concept of "networked materials" at subwavelength scales. 3. Exploit challenging applications of proposed antenna and material technologies with our core industrial partners at all stages of development: prototyping, manufacturing, toolbox validation, platform integration and testing. 4. Research novel active and tunable materials and investigate fundamental limits of relevant materials to industrial challenges. 5. Develop simulation tools that span from materials, device and process modeling with intricate complexities that open up the design domain significantly and enable the production of optimal structures with improved performance. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our industrial partners are a vital part of our impact strategy, keeping our focus on what they need for innovative devices and systems to commercialise. We have recently established a strategic collaboration with Dr Sajad Haq (SH) and his team at QinetiQ (QQ), who have committed strong financial support and co-created the ANIMATE project. Other industrial collaborators include Thales UK, Huawei, BAE Systems, Satellite Application Catapult and UK SMEs including Flann Microwaves and Plextek, et al. We have a long history of collaborations with universities (Oxford, Sheffield, Exeter and Loughborough), some of whom (SYMETA) have provided letters of support for this application. |
| Impact | A news release from Qinetiq can be found from https://www.qinetiq.com/News/2018/06/Queen-Mary-Collaboration As the project just started, there has been no publishable outputs and outcomes. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | SOFTWARE DEFINED MATERIALS FOR DYNAMIC CONTROL OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES (ANIMATE) |
| Organisation | Thales Group |
| Department | Thales UK Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The ultimate objective of ANIMATE is to remove the traditional boundary between the designs of antennas and RF/microwave electronics as well as materials and devices, so that a generic material platform can be developed that is programmable and flexible for multifunctional applications integrating communication, sensing and computation. Specifically, in this project, we will: 1. Establish a holistic approach of software-defined materials for communication, sensing and computation, by building novel integrated and adaptive antenna technologies. 2. Integrate wireless sensor networks into the design of computer interface and control units for tunable materials to demonstrate and validate the wholly new concept of "networked materials" at subwavelength scales. 3. Exploit challenging applications of proposed antenna and material technologies with our core industrial partners at all stages of development: prototyping, manufacturing, toolbox validation, platform integration and testing. 4. Research novel active and tunable materials and investigate fundamental limits of relevant materials to industrial challenges. 5. Develop simulation tools that span from materials, device and process modeling with intricate complexities that open up the design domain significantly and enable the production of optimal structures with improved performance. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our industrial partners are a vital part of our impact strategy, keeping our focus on what they need for innovative devices and systems to commercialise. We have recently established a strategic collaboration with Dr Sajad Haq (SH) and his team at QinetiQ (QQ), who have committed strong financial support and co-created the ANIMATE project. Other industrial collaborators include Thales UK, Huawei, BAE Systems, Satellite Application Catapult and UK SMEs including Flann Microwaves and Plextek, et al. We have a long history of collaborations with universities (Oxford, Sheffield, Exeter and Loughborough), some of whom (SYMETA) have provided letters of support for this application. |
| Impact | A news release from Qinetiq can be found from https://www.qinetiq.com/News/2018/06/Queen-Mary-Collaboration As the project just started, there has been no publishable outputs and outcomes. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Software Defined Materials for Antenna Applications |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This project is aimed to develop a new paradigm for software defined materials with wireless sensor network at subwavelength scales, in industrial contexts, which can be programmable for current and evolving standards, security requirements and multiple functionalities. It arises from several industrial challenges relevant to the development of future wireless communication, radar and sensor systems, which require frequency agile, broadband and beam-steerable antenna solutions. It is related to topic areas including "materials for antennas" and "novel electromagnetic materials". |
| Collaborator Contribution | The ultimate objective of this PhD project is to remove the traditional boundary between the designs of antennas and RF/microwave electronics as well as materials and devices, so that a generic material platform can be developed that is programmable and flexible for multifunctional applications integrating communication, sensing and computation. |
| Impact | The project is about to start and PhD recruitment is in the process. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Spatial SpANiel Antennas (Spatial Antenna Network Intelligence) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This project supports AOTOMAT, our recent spinout company from QMUL founded by Prof. Yang Hao and Dr Henry Giddens in partnership with Queen Mary Innovation, the technology Transfer Office of QMUL. AOTOMAT uses a suite of proprietary modelling and design tools to develop new electromagnetic devices, materials and systems that are based on recent advances in electromagnetics, atomistic-scale materials, meta-heuristic optimisation and data-driven modelling. The AOTOMAT technology is robust and minimises the cost of design, development and prototyping of complex EM devices. In particular, AOTOMAT technology is focused on designing antennas and EM devices such as lenses which are suitable for 3D printing and additive manufacturing. The AOTOMAT design tools utilise a number of methods such as TO and multi-objective constrained optimisation of 3-dimenaional EM devices. Importantly, these are tailored to account for the limitations of differing manufacturing methodologies. Recently, AOTOMAT's technology has been used to generate 3D printed lens designs for car windscreen antennas with mm-wave beam tilting for next generation automotive communications. |
| Collaborator Contribution | AOTOMAT will be subcontracted by QMUL to deliver new designs of various lens antennas that are suitable for 3D printing using their propriety design tools. Any IP that is developed by AOTOMAT in the development of the design tools used in the this work relating specifically to the TO and Electromagnetic Optimisation design process will be retained by the company. All final designs and the details of the design process will be provided in the technical documentation provided during and at the end of the project. The physical antennas and their individual designs will be owned by DSTL. |
| Impact | This project supports AOTOMAT, our recent spinout company from QMUL founded by Prof. Yang Hao and Dr Henry Giddens in partnership with Queen Mary Innovation, the technology Transfer Office of QMUL. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Collaborating with Queen Mary University of London on advanced materials |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | The news release has drawn attentions within the industry/business on a recent funded EPSRC project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.qinetiq.com/News/2018/06/Queen-Mary-Collaboration |
| Description | Keynote Speaker at ACEM, Nanjing, August 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This is a keynote delivery for research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Keynote Speaker at ANTEM, Waterloo, Canada, August 2018. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This is a keynote speech on Transformation Optics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Keynote Speaker at RINEM, the 26th Italian National Meeting on Electromagnetics, Cagliari, Italy, September 2018. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This is a keynote delivery on transformation optics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Keynote Speaker at Sigma Symposium 2018: "LED there be light", Nijmegen, Netherland, April 17, 2018. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This is a talk at workshop organized by students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Keynote Speaker at iWAT, Florida, USA, March 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This is a keynote speech on our current research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Next Generation of Antenna Research Secured with £1.2M Grant |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | New contracts and contacts have been made, a joint lab is in process with several companies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.iconnect007.com/index.php/article/113055/next-generation-of-antenna-research-secured-with... |
| Description | Preparations for 'move towards a 6G future, 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | A media report has been written and published. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.palatinate.org.uk/durham-university-begins-preparations-for-move-towards-a-6g-future/#go... |
| Description | • Qinetiq new strategic partnership with Queen Mary University of London is set to deepen and enhance our commitment to investing in partnerships with academia and will drive forward innovation in the field of advanced materials. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | ANIMATE is an advanced materials programme led by Queen Mary University of London under the leadership of Professor Yang Hao. It is funded by industry and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) which is the main UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences. QinetiQ works collaboratively with a range of UK universities on research projects that are funded by the EPSRC. On this particular project, our involvement will: Provide the mechanism for transitioning of technology into new products Help new products to create revenue across the wider UK supply chain Engage current and future customers from inception of the programme Provide £300K to fund three PhD studentships in this area ANIMATE is specifically focusing on synthesising a new class of software-defined smart materials which have properties that can be modified by a software-controlled digital hardware, enabling new functionalities for alternative applications to be added simply by loading or updating new software. In doing this, we will create a generic systems platform that is programmable and flexible for multi-functional applications, enabling integrated communication, sensing and computation. We expect that the first generation products which could be marketed will be in the areas of multi-functional antennas, compressive sensing and imaging. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.qinetiq.com/News/2018/06/Queen-Mary-Collaboration |