UK National Quantum Technology Hub in Sensing and Timing
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Birmingham
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
The Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Timing, a collaboration between 7 universities, NPL, BGS and industry, will bring disruptive new capability to real world applications with high economic and societal impact to the UK. The unique properties of QT sensors will enable radical innovations in Geophysics, Health Care, Timing Applications and Navigation. Our established industry partnerships bring a focus to our research work that enable sensors to be customised to the needs of each application. The total long term economic impact could amount to ~10% of GDP.
Gravity sensors can see beneath the surface of the ground to identify buried structures that result in enormous cost to construction projects ranging from rail infrastructure, or sink holes, to brownfield site developments. Similarly they can identify oil resources and magma flows. To be of practical value, gravity sensors must be able to make rapid measurements in challenging environments. Operation from airborne platforms, such as drones, will greatly reduce the cost of deployment and bring inaccessible locations within reach.
Mapping brain activity in patients with dementia or schizophrenia, particularly when they are able to move around and perform tasks which stimulate brain function, will help early diagnosis and speed the development of new treatments. Existing brain imaging systems are large and unwieldy; it is particularly difficult to use them with children where a better understanding of epilepsy or brain injury would be of enormous benefit. The systems we will develop will be used initially for patients moving freely in shielded rooms but will eventually be capable of operation in less specialised environments. A new generation of QT based magnetometers, manufactured in the UK, will enable these advances.
Precision timing is essential to many systems that we take for granted, including communications and radar. Ultra-precise oscillators, in a field deployable package, will enable radar systems to identify small slow-moving targets such as drones which are currently difficult to detect, bringing greater safety to airports and other sensitive locations.
Our world is highly dependent on precise navigation. Although originally developed for defence, our civil infrastructure is critically reliant on GNSS. The ability to fix one's location underground, underwater, inside buildings or when satellite signals are deliberately disrupted can be greatly enhanced using QT sensing. Making Inertial Navigation Systems more robust and using novel techniques such as gravity map matching will alleviate many of these problems.
In order to achieve all this, we will drive advanced physics research aimed at small, low power operation and translate it into engineered packages to bring systems of unparalleled capability within the reach of practical applications. Applied research will bring out their ability to deliver huge societal and economic benefit. By continuing to work with a cohort of industry partners, we will help establish a complete ecosystem for QT exploitation, with global reach but firmly rooted in the UK.
These goals can only be met by combining the expertise of scientists and engineers across a broad spectrum of capability. The ability to engineer devices that can be deployed in challenging environments requires contributions from physics electronic engineering and materials science. The design of systems that possess the necessary characteristics for specific applications requires understanding from civil and electronic engineering, neuroscience and a wide range of stakeholders in the supply chain. The outputs from a sensor is of little value without the ability to translate raw data into actionable information: data analysis and AI skills are needed here. The research activities of the hub are designed to connect and develop these skills in a coordinated fashion such that the impact on our economy is accelerated.
Gravity sensors can see beneath the surface of the ground to identify buried structures that result in enormous cost to construction projects ranging from rail infrastructure, or sink holes, to brownfield site developments. Similarly they can identify oil resources and magma flows. To be of practical value, gravity sensors must be able to make rapid measurements in challenging environments. Operation from airborne platforms, such as drones, will greatly reduce the cost of deployment and bring inaccessible locations within reach.
Mapping brain activity in patients with dementia or schizophrenia, particularly when they are able to move around and perform tasks which stimulate brain function, will help early diagnosis and speed the development of new treatments. Existing brain imaging systems are large and unwieldy; it is particularly difficult to use them with children where a better understanding of epilepsy or brain injury would be of enormous benefit. The systems we will develop will be used initially for patients moving freely in shielded rooms but will eventually be capable of operation in less specialised environments. A new generation of QT based magnetometers, manufactured in the UK, will enable these advances.
Precision timing is essential to many systems that we take for granted, including communications and radar. Ultra-precise oscillators, in a field deployable package, will enable radar systems to identify small slow-moving targets such as drones which are currently difficult to detect, bringing greater safety to airports and other sensitive locations.
Our world is highly dependent on precise navigation. Although originally developed for defence, our civil infrastructure is critically reliant on GNSS. The ability to fix one's location underground, underwater, inside buildings or when satellite signals are deliberately disrupted can be greatly enhanced using QT sensing. Making Inertial Navigation Systems more robust and using novel techniques such as gravity map matching will alleviate many of these problems.
In order to achieve all this, we will drive advanced physics research aimed at small, low power operation and translate it into engineered packages to bring systems of unparalleled capability within the reach of practical applications. Applied research will bring out their ability to deliver huge societal and economic benefit. By continuing to work with a cohort of industry partners, we will help establish a complete ecosystem for QT exploitation, with global reach but firmly rooted in the UK.
These goals can only be met by combining the expertise of scientists and engineers across a broad spectrum of capability. The ability to engineer devices that can be deployed in challenging environments requires contributions from physics electronic engineering and materials science. The design of systems that possess the necessary characteristics for specific applications requires understanding from civil and electronic engineering, neuroscience and a wide range of stakeholders in the supply chain. The outputs from a sensor is of little value without the ability to translate raw data into actionable information: data analysis and AI skills are needed here. The research activities of the hub are designed to connect and develop these skills in a coordinated fashion such that the impact on our economy is accelerated.
Planned Impact
The Hub for Sensors and Timing will build on an exceptional track record of delivering significant impact based on world-class research. Our initiatives for impact include:
1) Supply of a trained, skilled workforce. We will train over 500 PDRAs, PhDs and undergraduate students in QT Innovation; our sector-leading first year PhD training course will be developed into a self-contained taught Masters' course accessible to industry-based participants
2) Industry-led collaborative projects; in Phase 1 we delivered £75M of leverage, expected to rise to £100M in Phase 2
3) Educate over 200 companies in the potential of QT, influencing investment behaviour through technoeconomic data such as Value Chain Analysis
4) A pipeline of technology exploitation opportunities for the UK through IP capture. The first Hub captured 145 ROIs and 15 patents, we expect this to increase in Phase 2
5) Reach and educate over 100 000 people via our public engagement activities, social media campaigns, and website
Long term, Quantum sensors with improved performance to current technologies will provide significant savings and generate new high-value markets. We will develop technologies relevant for 4 key sectors:
Infrastructure Productivity. Use of gravity sensors within surveys could reduce project overspend from 100% to 20%. We will focus initially on railway applications, yielding a potential saving of >£250M p.a. Mobile gravity sensors will accurately locate buried infrastructure, reducing utilities incurred costs of >£1.5 bn in street works and >6 million days of road disruption.
Oil and Environment. Conservative estimates indicate markets for quantum-sensors in oil surveys (£45M p.a.), volcano monitoring (>£200M), and carbon sequestration sites (>£100M p.a.) with obvious economic and environmental benefits, e.g. streamlining footprint and cost of oil exploration and enabling efforts to combat global warming. Use within soil-monitoring systems will facilitate 10% improvement in crop yield, helping to feed the global population
Healthcare. The economic cost of dementia is estimated at $1trn (World Alzheimer's Report 2015). MEG can monitor brain function which, with quantum sensors, can be made wearable. This will unlock new treatment pathways, enabling increased quality of life for patients and reducing the care load on society. Our magnetic brain scanning system will pave the way for myriad clinical and neuroscientific advances. Lifetime compliance enables data capture in children, enabling study of neurodevelopment. Free movement allows new experimental paradigms, e.g. in virtual environments, social interaction, or studying walking/falls in the elderly. At a cost <£100k, MEG could replace EEG as the technique of choice for epilepsy monitoring. Other clinical applications include brain injury, mental health and dementia. A 10% penetration of the 10,000 hospitals in Europe and US would yield a market of £100M.
Timing and Navigation. An estimated 6-7% of GDP in Western countries is dependent on SatNav (EU Commission 2011). In the UK, sectors generating a total of £206bn in GVA (11.3% of UK GDP) are supported directly by GNSS (London Economics 2017). The military navigation market was $8.4Bn in 2017 growing to $12.1Bn by 2023 (Markets & Markets: June 2018). Cold atom technology has the potential to supplant classical units, gaining a market share worth £7.5Bn in 2017 (QT Blackett review). Quantum timing could provide a GNSS resilient solution for telecoms, energy networks and financial trade impacting 4-5% of GDP. Ultra-low phase noise oscillators using optical clocks promise a step change in high resolution and distributed array radar - critical to aerospace and automotive applications for unmanned aerial / automotive vehicles - and will enable radar and communications systems to be placed closer together in the spectral allocation, freeing up highly valuable frequency bands in the congested EM spectrum.
1) Supply of a trained, skilled workforce. We will train over 500 PDRAs, PhDs and undergraduate students in QT Innovation; our sector-leading first year PhD training course will be developed into a self-contained taught Masters' course accessible to industry-based participants
2) Industry-led collaborative projects; in Phase 1 we delivered £75M of leverage, expected to rise to £100M in Phase 2
3) Educate over 200 companies in the potential of QT, influencing investment behaviour through technoeconomic data such as Value Chain Analysis
4) A pipeline of technology exploitation opportunities for the UK through IP capture. The first Hub captured 145 ROIs and 15 patents, we expect this to increase in Phase 2
5) Reach and educate over 100 000 people via our public engagement activities, social media campaigns, and website
Long term, Quantum sensors with improved performance to current technologies will provide significant savings and generate new high-value markets. We will develop technologies relevant for 4 key sectors:
Infrastructure Productivity. Use of gravity sensors within surveys could reduce project overspend from 100% to 20%. We will focus initially on railway applications, yielding a potential saving of >£250M p.a. Mobile gravity sensors will accurately locate buried infrastructure, reducing utilities incurred costs of >£1.5 bn in street works and >6 million days of road disruption.
Oil and Environment. Conservative estimates indicate markets for quantum-sensors in oil surveys (£45M p.a.), volcano monitoring (>£200M), and carbon sequestration sites (>£100M p.a.) with obvious economic and environmental benefits, e.g. streamlining footprint and cost of oil exploration and enabling efforts to combat global warming. Use within soil-monitoring systems will facilitate 10% improvement in crop yield, helping to feed the global population
Healthcare. The economic cost of dementia is estimated at $1trn (World Alzheimer's Report 2015). MEG can monitor brain function which, with quantum sensors, can be made wearable. This will unlock new treatment pathways, enabling increased quality of life for patients and reducing the care load on society. Our magnetic brain scanning system will pave the way for myriad clinical and neuroscientific advances. Lifetime compliance enables data capture in children, enabling study of neurodevelopment. Free movement allows new experimental paradigms, e.g. in virtual environments, social interaction, or studying walking/falls in the elderly. At a cost <£100k, MEG could replace EEG as the technique of choice for epilepsy monitoring. Other clinical applications include brain injury, mental health and dementia. A 10% penetration of the 10,000 hospitals in Europe and US would yield a market of £100M.
Timing and Navigation. An estimated 6-7% of GDP in Western countries is dependent on SatNav (EU Commission 2011). In the UK, sectors generating a total of £206bn in GVA (11.3% of UK GDP) are supported directly by GNSS (London Economics 2017). The military navigation market was $8.4Bn in 2017 growing to $12.1Bn by 2023 (Markets & Markets: June 2018). Cold atom technology has the potential to supplant classical units, gaining a market share worth £7.5Bn in 2017 (QT Blackett review). Quantum timing could provide a GNSS resilient solution for telecoms, energy networks and financial trade impacting 4-5% of GDP. Ultra-low phase noise oscillators using optical clocks promise a step change in high resolution and distributed array radar - critical to aerospace and automotive applications for unmanned aerial / automotive vehicles - and will enable radar and communications systems to be placed closer together in the spectral allocation, freeing up highly valuable frequency bands in the congested EM spectrum.
Organisations
- University of Birmingham, United Kingdom (Lead Research Organisation)
- Quspin Inc (Collaboration)
- Young Epilepsy (Collaboration)
- Ultra Electronics (Collaboration)
- Thales Group, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Magnetic Shields Ltd (Collaboration)
- University of Nottingham (Collaboration)
- University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Collaboration)
- M Squared Lasers Ltd, United Kingdom (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) (Collaboration)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (Collaboration)
- Queen's University of Belfast, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Network Rail Ltd, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Bridgeporth (Project Partner)
- National Physical Laboratory NPL, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- The Royal Institute of Navigation (Project Partner)
- University of Sydney, Australia (Project Partner)
- MBDA UK Ltd, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Geometrics (Project Partner)
- Manufacturing Technology Centre, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Laser Quantum, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Geomatrix (Project Partner)
- E2V Technologies PLC, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Re:Cognition Health (Project Partner)
- Amey Plc, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- XCAM Ltd (Project Partner)
- Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd (Project Partner)
- BAE Systems, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- The Coal Authority (Project Partner)
- Oxford Instruments plc, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- British Telecommunications Plc (Project Partner)
- QuSpin (Project Partner)
- Ordnance Survey, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Royal IHC (UK) (Project Partner)
- Knowledge Transfer Network (Project Partner)
- Balfour Beatty Plc, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- RedWave Labs (Project Partner)
- Atkins Global (Project Partner)
- Canal & River Trust, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Torr Scientific Ltd (Project Partner)
- ITM, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Severn Trent Group (Project Partner)
- Leonardo Mw Ltd (Project Partner)
- Jacobs (Project Partner)
- Collins Aerospace (Project Partner)
- J Murphy & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- RSK Group plc, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Forresters (Project Partner)
- Shield (Project Partner)
- ESP Central Ltd, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- AWE, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Oxford Electromagnetic Solutions Limited, Ipswich, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Airbus Defence and Space (Project Partner)
- Qinetiq Ltd, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Skyrora Limited (Project Partner)
- Defence Science & Tech Lab DSTL, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Added Scientific Ltd (Project Partner)
- Northrop Gruman (Project Partner)
- National Centre for Trauma (Project Partner)
- Unitive Design & Analysis Ltd (Project Partner)
- Nemein (Project Partner)
- Magnetic Shields Limited (Project Partner)
- General Lighthouse Authorities (Project Partner)
- PA Consulting Services Limited (Project Partner)
- Cardno (Project Partner)
- BP International Limited (Project Partner)
Publications
Attard, B;
(2021)
Fundamentals of Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Metals
Bao G
(2022)
All-optical spin locking in alkali-metal-vapor magnetometers
in Physical Review A
Barrett T
(2022)
An environmental monitoring network for quantum gas experiments and devices
in Quantum Science and Technology
Boddice D
(2022)
Microgravity surveying before, during and after distant large earthquakes
in Journal of Applied Geophysics
Bongs K
(2021)
Author Correction: Taking atom interferometric quantum sensors from the laboratory to real-world applications
in Nature Reviews Physics
Boto E
(2021)
Measuring functional connectivity with wearable MEG.
in NeuroImage
Bregazzi A
(2021)
A simple imaging solution for chip-scale laser cooling
in Applied Physics Letters
Brookes MJ
(2021)
Theoretical advantages of a triaxial optically pumped magnetometer magnetoencephalography system.
in NeuroImage
| Description | We have discovered a novel way to map brain function, which is significantly more versatile and cheaper, than any existing technology. This promises a revolution in medical diagnostics for brain health, e.g. dementia in the ageing society, schizophrenia, trauma and child concentration deficit. We have demonstrated the detection of underground targets in civil engineering environments, which promises to de-risk construction works, reducing cost overruns, accidents and roadworks. This has been published in Nature and had extensive media coverage reaching over 11,000,000 people We have contributed to the national discussions about resilient critical national infrastructure and position, navigation and timing, working on solutions for autonomous vehicles and underwater operations. We have triggered discussions with stakeholders about airspace control requirements in times of packet delivery drones and flying taxis. We have set up a worldwide unique radar test facility for quantum oscillator enabled radar for the surveillance of the airspace in and above cities, |
| Exploitation Route | We have a very active knowledge transfer program with industry, working on collaborative projects both with direct industry funding and with InnovateUK-funded collaborative activities led by industry partners. we expect the emergence of a range of products and services using quantum sensors, contributing to a safer environment, resilient national infrastructure and multi-£bn economic benefits. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Security and Diplomacy,Transport |
| URL | http://www.quantumsensors.org |
| Description | The Hub has contributed to the development of a commercial ecosystem in the area of Quantum Technology, in particular quantum sensors and timing. Highlight successes are a joint venture spin-off Cerca for quantum magnetoencephalography systems, which has already sold two units internationally, as well as BAE Systems, BP, BT and PA collaborating with the Hub to create an end-user driven roadmap for quantum sensors supporting the resilience of critical national infrastructure in the UK. The Hub findings have also been picked up by the press and contributed to international roadmapping activities. One example is the identification of Quantum Sensors as one of the top 10 emerging technologies in 2020 by the World Economic forum, mentioning explicitly two of the Hub activities in their reasoning. The hub research has led to the creation of a second spin-off DeltaG, which aims at the commercialisation of gravity gradient instrumentation. The hub has contributed to a large number of policy briefings and standards discussions, supporting the development of a QT commercial ecosystem in the UK. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Construction,Education,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Security and Diplomacy,Transport |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | Dstl Contested ElectroMagnetic Environment Programme Advisor |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | improved national security |
| Description | MOD Defence Science Expert Committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a advisory committee |
| Impact | improvements to national security |
| Description | Prof Douglas Paul is a Member of the MOD Defence Science Expert Committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a advisory committee |
| Impact | As this work is related to UK national security it is not possible to state impacts in the public domain. |
| Description | Scientific advice to Minister for Defence Procurement |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | Improvements in national security |
| Description | Working with BEIS, MOD, InnovateUK, NCSC and Dstl for quantum technology definitions on the National Security Investment Bill |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | The bill is aimed to prevent foreign states purchasing companies and IP from high technology companies and one of the 17 areas is quantum technology. |
| URL | https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8784/ |
| Description | chair of IoP Scotland |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a advisory committee |
| Impact | Promote the role of physics in education, health, the environment, technology, and scientific literacy. We work with a range of partners to support and develop the teaching of physics in schools; we encourage innovation, growth and productivity in business including addressing significant skills shortages; and we provide evidence-based advice and support to policymakers across Scotland. |
| URL | https://www.iop.org/physics-community/iop-membership-where-you-are/iop-scotland#gref |
| Description | AION: A UK Atom Interferometer Observatory and Network |
| Amount | £801,185 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/T006536/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2021 |
| End | 06/2024 |
| Description | CASPA Accelerometer |
| Amount | £747,118 (GBP) |
| Organisation | UK Space Agency |
| Department | Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2020 |
| End | 04/2022 |
| Description | Concurrent non-invasive millisecond imaging of brain and spinal cord in health and disease |
| Amount | £659,982 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 223736/Z/21/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 01/2025 |
| Description | DASA - Wind Farm Mitigation |
| Amount | £400,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Thales Group |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | France |
| Start | 06/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | DISCOVERY: Developing UK Industrial Supply for Commercial Quantum Computing |
| Amount | £7,160,242 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 50133 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2020 |
| End | 07/2023 |
| Description | Defense and Security Accelerator (DASA) Open Call for Innovation |
| Amount | £33,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2020 |
| End | 02/2021 |
| Description | Defense and Security Accelerator (DASA) Open Call for Innovation |
| Amount | £66,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 01/2022 |
| Description | Department of Transport - Catapult |
| Amount | £84,969 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department of Transport |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 01/2025 |
| Description | Development of a lifespan compliant magnetoencephalography system |
| Amount | £935,016 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V047264/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| End | 08/2024 |
| Description | Diode-pumped Ti:sapphire lasers: a manufacturable platform for precision photonics |
| Amount | £935,452 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T014288/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2020 |
| End | 07/2023 |
| Description | Feasibility study into Quantum Technology based Gravity Gradient Sensing for CCS (sub award of UKCCSRC, funded by EPSRC EP/P026214/1) |
| Amount | £29,993 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| End | 10/2021 |
| Description | Gravimetry survey of the Mount Meager volcanic complex using a MEMs gravimeter |
| Amount | £12,272 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/V02034X/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 05/2022 |
| Description | Gravity Delve |
| Amount | £424,982 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 133991 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 04/2021 |
| Description | Gravity gradiometry with an enhanced measurement rate for deployment on moving platforms (PhD) |
| Amount | £131,445 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2019 |
| End | 08/2023 |
| Description | Industrial CASE Account - Imperial College London 2020 |
| Amount | £1,841,616 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V519534/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2020 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | Interface for quantum clock links - IQ-CLIK |
| Amount | £181,113 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10010836 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2021 |
| End | 05/2022 |
| Description | International Clock and Oscillator Networking - ICON |
| Amount | £1,559,399 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W003279/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2021 |
| End | 10/2025 |
| Description | International Network on Sensor and Timing Applications with Quantum Technologies (INSTA-QT) |
| Amount | £507,956 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W026945/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2022 |
| End | 02/2025 |
| Description | International Network on Space Quantum Technologies |
| Amount | £480,293 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W027011/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2022 |
| End | 01/2025 |
| Description | MEMS Gravimeter |
| Amount | £300,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | BP (British Petroleum) |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2018 |
| End | 07/2021 |
| Description | Network synchronisation better than 1ns using a frequency comb |
| Amount | £138,976 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10010210 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2021 |
| End | 05/2022 |
| Description | Novo Nordisk Exploratory Synergy Programme |
| Amount | 5,000,000 kr. (DKK) |
| Organisation | Novo Nordisk |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Denmark |
| Start | 05/2021 |
| End | 05/2024 |
| Description | PHASE-ZERO |
| Amount | £181,609 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10012091 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2021 |
| End | 04/2022 |
| Description | Q-ACE |
| Amount | £63,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | UK Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Q-ACE 2 |
| Amount | £128,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | UK Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | Quantum Technology - Mapping and map Integration for Buried Assets (QT-MIBA) |
| Amount | £499,261 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 133955 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2020 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | Quantum sensors for end-of-line battery testing |
| Amount | £3,771,860 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 42186 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2020 |
| End | 10/2023 |
| Description | Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies |
| Amount | £2,780,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | CiET2021_123 |
| Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2020 |
| End | 09/2030 |
| Description | UK Supply cHAin for stRontium clocK Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (UK-SHARK-VECSELs) |
| Amount | £49,264 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10004810 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| End | 02/2022 |
| Description | Wee-g on a UAV |
| Amount | £179,854 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Dstlx-1000123543 |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 08/2021 |
| Description | Wee-g: a wideband Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Sensor for applications in Gravity Surveying and Gravitational Wave Astronomy |
| Amount | £99,960 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/V005499/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2021 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | Workshops with Aveillant on the quantum enabled staring radar |
| Amount | £12,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2020 |
| End | 07/2021 |
| Title | A visualisation tool to model gravity/gravity gradient data |
| Description | This is an online calculator that facilitates visualisation of gravity or gravity gradient data measurements for different density anomalies using a forward model. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This simple online tool allows users to readily visualise the impact of various parameters on gravity data. This include instrument, survey and anomaly parameters. The main advantage of this intuitive online calculator is that it provides a platform for a wide range of users with little or no background in this field to understand how gravity data can be used. |
| URL | https://gravity-forward-model.herokuapp.com/forward-model |
| Title | Data for: "A Fast Algorithm for Calculation of Theo1" |
| Description | Supporting dataset for the article "A Fast Algorithm for Calculation of Theo1". A comparison of algorithms for the calculation of Theo1. The algorithms are supplied as individual c++ files. Data summarising the relative performance of the algorithms for different sizes of dataset is provided in a csv file. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/datasets/4403d30e-4257-4a4a-817f-f459e7465011 |
| Title | Non-coherent network synchronisation error modeling |
| Description | Analytical model of the timing error due to clock offset and clock drift in a non-coherent staring radar network |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The model helps to predict the processing artefacts due to loss of synchronisation in a netowrk radar that can be used to post process the data to improvie target dection and localisation. It is also informing the potential advantages offerd by a fully coherent network. |
| Title | Research data supporting the publication "Quantum sensing for gravity cartography" |
| Description | Research data supporting the publication "Quantum sensing for gravity cartography" |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The impacts are currently those attached to the related research paper. |
| URL | http://edata.bham.ac.uk/740/ |
| Title | Staring radar data |
| Description | This is a data set of echoes recording using a special staring form of radar. The objects in the data include drones, birds, vehicles in a variety of settings and times of year. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The data has been used to develop a CNN algorithm that differentiates birds and drones, although this is still being assessed. |
| Description | Field trials Queens University |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Field trials of the MEMS gravimeter |
| Collaborator Contribution | Field measurements of local gravity during acquifar draw down measurements |
| Impact | Field testing of the MEMS in an outdoor environment. This in turn informs our mechanical and electrical design of the device |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | M2 L |
| Organisation | M Squared Lasers Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | xxx |
| Collaborator Contribution | xxx |
| Impact | xxx |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | QT Hub Ph 2 |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Continued to support commercialisation activities of the UoN developed OPM MEG |
| Collaborator Contribution | Continued technical and commercial development of OPM MEG |
| Impact | On-going development of MEG. Spin-out company established. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Thales-Aveillant collaboration |
| Organisation | Thales Group |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We have formalised a close collaboration with Thales-Aveillant. The company are supplying two radars that will be used on this award (although funded separately). The first of these two radars has been delivered and installed on campus at the university of Birmingham. The formalisation of the collaboration is part of the contract to purchase the two radars and has already enabled joint experimental trials, sharing of data and general aspects of know-how. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Monthly meetings are held with the Thales-Aveillant CTO at which exchanges of various sorts are discussed. A workshop (funded separately) has been held at which both the Thales-Aveillant and Birmingham teams presented on drone-bird classification and embryonic activity around cognitive signal processing concepts. Further workshops are planned. |
| Impact | The closeness of the collaboration has resulted in a successful proposal to fund research into classification techniques - reported in "further funding". |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | University of Copenhagen collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Copenhagen |
| Country | Denmark |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Expertise on optical magnetometers |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise on quantum physics (by partners from the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen) and biomedicine/cardiology (by partners from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Dep. of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen) |
| Impact | Exchange of knowledge on experimental quantum physics, optical magnetometry and cardiology. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | University of Nottingham - Ultra Electronics Collaboration |
| Organisation | Ultra Electronics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | University of Nottingham contributions: sharing of technical knowledge, numerical simulations. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Ultra Electronics contributions: sharing of technical knowledge, sharing of data |
| Impact | Outputs: Joint funding applications. Sharing of technical knowledge, 3 months placement of PhD student. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Young Epilepsy/ Great Ormond St Hospital/ National Hospital/ Nottingham |
| Organisation | Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | We have been working closely with clinical (Young Epilepsy, Great Ormond St. Hospital, The National Hospital) , academic (University of Nottingham) and industrial (Quspin Ltd, Cerca, Magnetic shields Ltd) to establish OPM technology for diagnosis and pre-surgical planning in epilepsy. We have been working with adults with epilepsy at UCL (and the National Hospital) and now we (with the partnership) are working to integrate this technology into the GOSH clinical pipeline for paediatric epilepsy surgery. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have had a long-standing collaboration with Quspin and Magnetic shields who have developed novel sensors and shielding solutions respectively. Cerca have just installed a 128 channel paediatric OPM system at Young Epilepsy. The University of Nottingham have developed novel active shielding solutions and have proven the YE system by running the first adult cohort. |
| Impact | Numerous Publications Public engagement workshops/ videos Training of healthcare professionals Industrial collaboration Multi-disciplinary: physics, medicine, biology. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Young Epilepsy/ Great Ormond St Hospital/ National Hospital/ Nottingham |
| Organisation | Magnetic Shields Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We have been working closely with clinical (Young Epilepsy, Great Ormond St. Hospital, The National Hospital) , academic (University of Nottingham) and industrial (Quspin Ltd, Cerca, Magnetic shields Ltd) to establish OPM technology for diagnosis and pre-surgical planning in epilepsy. We have been working with adults with epilepsy at UCL (and the National Hospital) and now we (with the partnership) are working to integrate this technology into the GOSH clinical pipeline for paediatric epilepsy surgery. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have had a long-standing collaboration with Quspin and Magnetic shields who have developed novel sensors and shielding solutions respectively. Cerca have just installed a 128 channel paediatric OPM system at Young Epilepsy. The University of Nottingham have developed novel active shielding solutions and have proven the YE system by running the first adult cohort. |
| Impact | Numerous Publications Public engagement workshops/ videos Training of healthcare professionals Industrial collaboration Multi-disciplinary: physics, medicine, biology. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Young Epilepsy/ Great Ormond St Hospital/ National Hospital/ Nottingham |
| Organisation | National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | We have been working closely with clinical (Young Epilepsy, Great Ormond St. Hospital, The National Hospital) , academic (University of Nottingham) and industrial (Quspin Ltd, Cerca, Magnetic shields Ltd) to establish OPM technology for diagnosis and pre-surgical planning in epilepsy. We have been working with adults with epilepsy at UCL (and the National Hospital) and now we (with the partnership) are working to integrate this technology into the GOSH clinical pipeline for paediatric epilepsy surgery. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have had a long-standing collaboration with Quspin and Magnetic shields who have developed novel sensors and shielding solutions respectively. Cerca have just installed a 128 channel paediatric OPM system at Young Epilepsy. The University of Nottingham have developed novel active shielding solutions and have proven the YE system by running the first adult cohort. |
| Impact | Numerous Publications Public engagement workshops/ videos Training of healthcare professionals Industrial collaboration Multi-disciplinary: physics, medicine, biology. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Young Epilepsy/ Great Ormond St Hospital/ National Hospital/ Nottingham |
| Organisation | Quspin Inc |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We have been working closely with clinical (Young Epilepsy, Great Ormond St. Hospital, The National Hospital) , academic (University of Nottingham) and industrial (Quspin Ltd, Cerca, Magnetic shields Ltd) to establish OPM technology for diagnosis and pre-surgical planning in epilepsy. We have been working with adults with epilepsy at UCL (and the National Hospital) and now we (with the partnership) are working to integrate this technology into the GOSH clinical pipeline for paediatric epilepsy surgery. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have had a long-standing collaboration with Quspin and Magnetic shields who have developed novel sensors and shielding solutions respectively. Cerca have just installed a 128 channel paediatric OPM system at Young Epilepsy. The University of Nottingham have developed novel active shielding solutions and have proven the YE system by running the first adult cohort. |
| Impact | Numerous Publications Public engagement workshops/ videos Training of healthcare professionals Industrial collaboration Multi-disciplinary: physics, medicine, biology. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Young Epilepsy/ Great Ormond St Hospital/ National Hospital/ Nottingham |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have been working closely with clinical (Young Epilepsy, Great Ormond St. Hospital, The National Hospital) , academic (University of Nottingham) and industrial (Quspin Ltd, Cerca, Magnetic shields Ltd) to establish OPM technology for diagnosis and pre-surgical planning in epilepsy. We have been working with adults with epilepsy at UCL (and the National Hospital) and now we (with the partnership) are working to integrate this technology into the GOSH clinical pipeline for paediatric epilepsy surgery. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have had a long-standing collaboration with Quspin and Magnetic shields who have developed novel sensors and shielding solutions respectively. Cerca have just installed a 128 channel paediatric OPM system at Young Epilepsy. The University of Nottingham have developed novel active shielding solutions and have proven the YE system by running the first adult cohort. |
| Impact | Numerous Publications Public engagement workshops/ videos Training of healthcare professionals Industrial collaboration Multi-disciplinary: physics, medicine, biology. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Young Epilepsy/ Great Ormond St Hospital/ National Hospital/ Nottingham |
| Organisation | Young Epilepsy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | We have been working closely with clinical (Young Epilepsy, Great Ormond St. Hospital, The National Hospital) , academic (University of Nottingham) and industrial (Quspin Ltd, Cerca, Magnetic shields Ltd) to establish OPM technology for diagnosis and pre-surgical planning in epilepsy. We have been working with adults with epilepsy at UCL (and the National Hospital) and now we (with the partnership) are working to integrate this technology into the GOSH clinical pipeline for paediatric epilepsy surgery. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have had a long-standing collaboration with Quspin and Magnetic shields who have developed novel sensors and shielding solutions respectively. Cerca have just installed a 128 channel paediatric OPM system at Young Epilepsy. The University of Nottingham have developed novel active shielding solutions and have proven the YE system by running the first adult cohort. |
| Impact | Numerous Publications Public engagement workshops/ videos Training of healthcare professionals Industrial collaboration Multi-disciplinary: physics, medicine, biology. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Title | GRAVITY GRADIOMETER |
| Description | Gravity gradiometer scheme |
| IP Reference | EP3724695 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2020 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | On going development with industry |
| Title | GRAVITY GRADIOMETER |
| Description | The disclosure relates to a gravity gradiometer comprising a pair of magneto-optical traps for measuring a gravity gradient. Example embodiments include a cold atom gravity gradiometer system (100) comprising: first and second magneto-optical traps (101, 102), each having a plurality of mirrored surfaces (103, 104) arranged to reflect an incident laser beam (105, 106) to trap respective first and second cold atom clouds (107, 108) separated from each other by a separation distance; an optical subsystem arranged to transmit a first laser beam (105) in a first direction along a first longitudinal axis towards the first magneto-optical trap (101) and a second laser beam (106) in an opposite second direction along a second longitudinal axis towards the second magneto-optical trap (102), the second longitudinal axis being parallel to the first longitudinal axis. |
| IP Reference | CA3085688 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2019 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | On going development with industry |
| Title | GRAVITY GRADIOMETER |
| Description | The disclosure relates to a gravity gradiometer comprising a pair of magneto-optical traps for measuring a gravity gradient. Example embodiments include a cold atom gravity gradiometer system (100) comprising: first and second magneto-optical traps (101, 102), each having a plurality of mirrored surfaces (103, 104) arranged to reflect an incident laser beam (105, 106) to trap respective first and second cold atom clouds (107, 108) separated from each other by a separation distance; an optical subsystem arranged to transmit a first laser beam (105) in a first direction along a first longitudinal axis towards the first magneto-optical trap (101) and a second laser beam (106) in an opposite second direction along a second longitudinal axis towards the second magneto-optical trap (102), the second longitudinal axis being parallel to the first longitudinal axis. |
| IP Reference | WO2019116047 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2019 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | On going development with industry |
| Title | GRAVITY GRADIOMETER |
| Description | The disclosure relates to a gravity gradiometer including a pair of magneto-optical traps for measuring a gravity gradient. A cold atom gravity gradiometer system includes comprising: first and second magneto-optical traps, each having a plurality of mirrored surfaces arranged to reflect an incident laser beam to trap respective first and second cold atom clouds separated from each other by a separation distance; an optical subsystem arranged to transmit a first laser beam in a first direction along a first longitudinal axis towards the first magneto-optical trap and a second laser beam in an opposite second direction along a second longitudinal axis towards the second magneto-optical trap, the second longitudinal axis being parallel to the first longitudinal axis. |
| IP Reference | US2020386906 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2020 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | This has enabled significant follow on funding and garnered interest from relevant industrial partners with a view to license for manufacture. |
| Title | GRAVITY GRADIOMETER |
| Description | The disclosure relates to a gravity gradiometer including a pair of magneto-optical traps for measuring a gravity gradient. A cold atom gravity gradiometer system includes comprising: first and second magneto-optical traps, each having a plurality of mirrored surfaces arranged to reflect an incident laser beam to trap respective first and second cold atom clouds separated from each other by a separation distance; an optical subsystem arranged to transmit a first laser beam in a first direction along a first longitudinal axis towards the first magneto-optical trap and a second laser beam in an opposite second direction along a second longitudinal axis towards the second magneto-optical trap, the second longitudinal axis being parallel to the first longitudinal axis. |
| IP Reference | US2020386906 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2020 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | On going development with industry |
| Title | OPTICAL FREQUENCY MANIPULATION |
| Description | A system for generating the optical frequencies required for quantum sensors |
| IP Reference | EP3659221 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2020 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | On going development with industry |
| Title | OPTICAL FREQUENCY MANIPULATION |
| Description | An optical frequency manipulation using an optical subsystem configured to provide a modulated laser beam for interaction with an atomic sample. The optical system may include: an optical subsystem for producing a light beam, the optical subsystem having a laser source and an IQ modulator, wherein the IQ modulator is operable to modulate light from the laser source at a carrier frequency to produce modulated light having a single sideband at a sideband frequency; and a chamber for containing an atomic sample, wherein the optical subsystem is arranged to direct the light beam towards the chamber to interact with an atomic sample contained therein. |
| IP Reference | US2020395726 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2020 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | On going development in collaboration with industry |
| Title | OPTICAL FREQUENCY MANIPULATION |
| Description | The invention relates to optical frequency manipulation using an optical subsystem (420) configured to provide a modulated laser beam (403) for interaction with an atomic sample (402). Example embodiments include an optical system (400), comprising: an optical subsystem (420) for producing a light beam (403), the optical subsystem (420) comprising a laser source (407) and an IQ modulator (408), wherein the IQ modulator (408) is operable to modulate light from the laser source (407) at a carrier frequency to produce modulated light having a single sideband at a sideband frequency; and a chamber (401) for containing an atomic sample (402), wherein the optical subsystem (420) is arranged to direct the light beam (403) towards the chamber (401) to interact with an atomic sample (402) contained therein. |
| IP Reference | WO2019021010 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2019 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | On going development with industry |
| Title | Gravity data processing |
| Description | Software was developed to integrate with workflow by RSK to interpret gravity data |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | This software will support RSK with their workflow when interpreting gravity data. It will accelerate their data processing ability and hence make them more competitive compared to other survey companies. |
| Company Name | Cerca Magnetics Ltd |
| Description | SME commercialising OPM MEG technology, developing OPM MEG systems for the research markets in the near term and driving the development of clinical systems for sale into the clinical market in the coming years. |
| Year Established | 2020 |
| Impact | First confirmed orders in excess of £1,000,000 achieved within 6 months of company creation. |
| Website | https://www.cercamagnetics.com/ |
| Description | American Association for the Advancement of Science 2021 (AAAS) - 8 Feb |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Symposium, The Quantum Ecosystem: Innovation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://meetings.aaas.org/ |
| Description | Institute of Physics (IOP) webinar on 27 May |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to give a talk to IOP community "Quantum Sensors, from fundamental science to technology" to showcase QT Hub research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Lichfield Science and Engineering Society lecture on 11 Feb |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gave talk - What can quantum sensors do for you? My PA received the attached following the evening lecture: Dear Teresa Many thanks to you and Kai for making last night's lecture possible. Please give him my thanks for a fascinating and stimulating talk packed full of exciting ideas that the team are working on. His infectious enthusiasm held an audience of 105 devices which we always estimate will have two participants on about 25% of the devices so around 130 society members. We were all spared a journey in the freezing cold to the theatre but missed the opportunity to invite Kai for a pre lecture dinner. Best wishes, stay safe Irene |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | National Student Space Conference (NSSC 2021) 6-7 March |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Event organised by students for students. I pre-recorded a talk and participated in a live video call on 7th. Link attached as not accepted below. https://ukseds.org/aurora/?p=nssc2021. Video available after the event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6aWbOozW1g&t=12252s |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Roadmap for quantum technologies at CERN |
| 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 | Simon Bennett and I met online with Alberto Di Meglio and Amy Bilton. CERN have just started a 3 year Quantum Initiative and wish to align their programme to existing programmes. They wanted to understand more about UK Quantum Technology Hub for Sensors and Timing and explore if there might be opportunities for collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Zurich Instruments AG |
| 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 | 19 Nov - Spoke with Tobias Thiele and Jelena Trbovic. Wanted to learn more about potential of quantum sensing for industrial application. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | 27th International Semiconductor Laser Conference - (ISLC 2021, Berlin) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Gave talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | ?? ??? ?? ?? ?? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.natureasia.com/ko-kr/nature/highlights/111961 |
| Description | AZO Sensors: Quantum-Based Sensor Offers Lens into the Underground |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | AZO Sensors online news post on Nature paper: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.azosensors.com/news.aspx?newsID=14930 |
| Description | Advanced Wave Technologies, Phil Blakelock |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Intro call with Phil Blakemore - gave briefing on quantum sensing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Affinity Enterprises Ltd (Devi Sohanta) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talked about quantum sensing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Affinity Water |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 15 Oct - Spoke with Jake Riggs, ?Director of Corporate Affairs and Communities about quantum sensing and leakage detection. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Andrei Dragomir, Aquarktechnologies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussed spin-off idea with Andrei |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Antonine Probus Club talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was a talk to about 80 retired professionals on "Nanotechnology: From Transistors to Quantum Technology" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Army technology interview and article |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview leading to article, from Army Technology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.army-technology.com/analysis/quantum-defence-computer-sensing-nato-china-us-uk-eu-submar... |
| Description | Article in The Sunday Times online |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Newspaper article, too recent to measure impacts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tech-that-sees-through-the-earth-could-help-build-cities-of-the-f... |
| Description | Article in The Telegraph news paper |
| 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 | Article in The Telegraph following media enquiries, in regard to Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Article on Inverse Magazine |
| 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 | Media enquiries leading to Inverse magazine article, reach of ~>100k, in regard to Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.inverse.com/innovation/quantum-gravity-sensors |
| Description | BAE - Andy Schofield, Technology Delivery Director on 23 Nov |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Met with Andy Schofield, BAE's Technology Delivery Director to discuss Space strategy and quantum sensing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | BEIS - Quantum Strategy Brainstorming session on 14 July |
| 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 | Simon Bennett and I met online with Rachel Maze and her team to discuss ideas to contribute to the quantum strategy document. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | BICOP2019 invited talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An invited presentation to present the work of the quantum technology hub. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | BP |
| 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 | 1 Sep - Simon Bennett and I met with Robin Yellow to discuss BP business use cases and applications for quantum and how QT sensors can support relationship going forward. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | BP Webinar "An introduction to quantum sensors" on 10 Nov |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Murray Reed, CEO of QLM and I gave presentations on potential of quantum sensing in a 2 part webinar for BP, followed by a Q&A session. I provided an introduction to field of quantum sensing and Murray described a start up case study of quantum methane sensing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | BT Tommy Flowers Network Virtual Conference 12-15 Oct |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Gave talk on day 4 of conference, 'Let's get Physical' on Quantum Day 15 Oct |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Birmingham-led team builds quantum gravity sensor for underground mapping |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://optics.org/news/13/3/7 |
| Description | Blog for Quantum City Website |
| 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 | Created a Blog for the Quantum Communication Hub website and the Quantum City Website explaining how a civil engineer ended up working with quantum physicists and using quantum technology sensors. The idea was to ensure others to engage with quantum technologies even if at first sight they did not have the appropriate background. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.quantumcommshub.net/blog/an-interview-with-a-civil-engineer-in-quantum-professor-nicole-... |
| Description | Briefing presentation for MOD CSA and DST (Australia) Chief Scientist |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | An invited seminar to provide a briefing to the DST Chief Scientist (Australia) and MOD CSA, and wider team, on the current status of quantum technology within the UK MOD programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CLEO Pacific Rim 2020 on 4 August |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gave talk - Quantum Sensor Applications Developed within the UK National Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Timing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.cqc2t.org/event/cleo-pacific-rim-2020/ |
| Description | Ce nouveau capteur de gravité quantique permet de sonder le sous-sol de la Terre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article with regard to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://dailygeekshow.com/capteur-gravite-sous-terre/ |
| Description | Colloquium- Physics Institute, UASLP Mexico |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Talk: Quantum sensors and their applications. Provided an intro to atom based quantum sensors and clocks, and discuss emerging applications. " |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Comic/Graphic novel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A comic book/graphic novel illustrating metrology and atomic clocks was drawn up by members of the University group and a keen artist from another school within the university. The comic was disseminated in print at one of the quantum showcase events and is available online at http://quantumclocks.the-comic.org/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| URL | http://quantumclocks.the-comic.org/ |
| Description | DSF CMI and I Workstream 1 Joint Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Department for International Trade's Developing through Sector Knowledge event on 21 Sep |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to participate in Department for International Trade's annual Developing through Sector Knowledge (DSK) event, purpose of which is to equip overseas commercial staff with the highest level of knowledge and awareness of the UK Technology offer so they bring in the best high value investments and export opportunities. Participated in two Q&A session focused on Emerging Technologies, covering Quantum. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Diario de Ibiza Un sensor cuántico revoluciona la arqueología, la geología y la seguridad |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.diariodeibiza.es/tendencias21/2022/03/01/sensor-cuantico-revoluciona-arqueologia-geologi... |
| Description | Diario de Mallorca Un sensor cuántico revoluciona la arqueología, la geología y la seguridad |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.diariodemallorca.es/tendencias21/2022/03/01/sensor-cuantico-revoluciona-arqueologia-geol... |
| Description | Dr Glenn Wells, Director of Strategy & Planning, UKRI Medical Research Council on 11 Nov |
| 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 | Intro meeting with Glenn Wells re quantum technology and healthcare. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Ein von Birmingham geleitetes Team baut einen Quantengravitationssensor für die unterirdische Kartierung - Nach Welt |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.nach-welt.com/ein-von-birmingham-geleitetes-team-baut-einen-quantengravitationssensor-fu... |
| Description | Engagement with children and carers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | We have been working closely with Young Epilepsy, parents and children to understand how to improve the brain scanning experience and how to address any anxieties that might arise. They are currently producing a report which will inform the next stages of development of clinical systems and procedures. The feedback from this project has been invaluable, helping us to improve not only the design of the tasks, helmets and room, but also directly address key concerns of the children and families. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| Description | EurekAlert (AAAS) : Sensor breakthrough announced in Nature paves way for groundbreaking map of world under Earth surface |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | EurekAlert (AAAS) online news release on Nature paper: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944088 |
| Description | Exhibitor at the National Quantum Technologies Showcase 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and virtual exhibit on the novel laser systems being developed for quantum technology in the Underpinning Technologies work package of the National Quantum Technologies Hub for Sensing and Timing. Interaction with other academic groups, industry, and policy makers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Faro de Vigo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.farodevigo.es/tendencias21/2022/03/01/sensor-cuantico-revoluciona-arqueologia-geologia-6... |
| Description | Follow up call with John Owen, Border Consulting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Initial intro from IUK. Wanted update on status of qt clocks. Follow up to initial discussion in June 2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Fundamental Sciences Workshop - ESA Roadmap |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Part of conf organisational team - gave talk on roadmapping |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | GCHQ webinar- Drone classification using radar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk on the challenges and potential of drone classification using radar systems, as part of a GCHQ webinar series. The talk received positive feedback during the presentation and sparked useful discussions on the ways forward in the future, some of which involve the use of quantum-enabled radar. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | German news blog: Quantensensor durchleuchtet den Untergrund |
| 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 | Blog related to Nature paper: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Gravitation: Kalte Atome im freien Fall |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/physik-mehr/atome-im-freien-fall-mobiler-quantensensor-blickt-unt... |
| Description | Guest speaker at IET/IOP regional meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented the first in-person talk at a region meeting of IET/IOP. Presented the latest research on Quantum-enabled radar. Talk was followed by an engaging Q/A session and the topic was very well received by the audiance |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Harding-Cambridge Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited to give a talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IET Talk on quantum-enabled radar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A talk on quantum-enabled radar and the possibilities it offers was delivered for the IET community in February '22. The audience was members of the IET. The talk was well received and sparked discussion on this technology at the end of the talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Informacion Un sensor cuántico revoluciona la arqueología, la geología y la seguridad |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.informacion.es/tendencias21/2022/03/01/sensor-cuantico-revoluciona-arqueologia-geologia-... |
| Description | Inivted Speaker to focus day on passive network radar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Reported status of the latest development of the quantum-enabled networked radar test-bed to the acedamic research comminity. The aim was to inform the state-of-art to experts on passive and network radar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Inivted Speaker to seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Invited seminar to Goverment establishment to inform on the Quantum-enabled network radar demonstrator system and the future direction of the research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Inside QT Europe Online 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gave QT talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Institute of Physics - Public Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On the 2nd February 2021, I gave a public presentation with the title 'Revealing the Unseen - Potential of Quantum Technology Gravity Sensors - A Civil Engineer's Perspective. It sparked several questions about the usability of the QT instruments in a number of different applications from civil engineering to archaeology. The presentation lasted 45 minutes with Q&A after. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://events.iop.org/revealing-unseen-potential-quantum-technology-gravity-sensors-civil-engineers... |
| Description | Intelligence Community Academic Research Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Online conference, based in the USA, to discuss the worldwide work of the Intelligence Community fellowships. Featuring researchers from around the world but specifically those based in UK and US institutions (academic, governmental and military). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Internal BGS gravity worksho[p |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Internal workshop to assess current and future microgravity research and applications at the British Geological Survey, including quantum sensors |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Interview and article in The Times newspaper |
| 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 | Interviews of Michael Holynski and Kai Bongs, leading to article in The Times, in regard to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Interview with Graham Bell on behalf of Uni of Cambridge as part of study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Interviewed as part of study on the extent to which the strategic use of intellectual property facilitates or hinders collaborative innovation, interested in the frameworks of the programme from an intellectual property management perspective especially in relation to industry partners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Intro call with Mike Battersby and Ian Dee, Energeo Ltd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 31 March - Discussion centred around how quantum sensors might contribute to net zero carbon in real world applications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Intro call with Philip Stockdate, Ansaldo Nuclear Ltd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 30 Apr - Gave intro into quantum sensing. Ansaldo keen to develop relationships with local Universities for project, relationship and employment purposes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Intro call with Philip Stockdate, Ansaldo Nuclear Ltd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 30 Apr - Gave intro into quantum sensing. Ansaldo keen to develop relationships with local Universities for project, relationship and employment purposes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Intro call with Trevor Linney, Director Openreach Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 17 March, conversation with Trevor Linney and plans made for collaboration workshop on 25 May. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Intro call wuth Roger Carline, INEX Microtechnology Ltd. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion to ensure progress in area of vapour cells and quantum 'generically'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Intro meeting with Marcus Ambler, Borwell Ltd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Introductory Zoom call on 17 March. Discussed medical imaging with Marcus Ambler, Space Applications Team. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Inverse.com: QUANTUM GRAVITY SENSORS COULD FINALLY OVERCOME A MAJOR ISSUE RAISED BY EINSTEIN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Inverse.com online post relating to: to Nature paper: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.inverse.com/innovation/quantum-gravity-sensors |
| Description | Invited Lecture - University of Texas |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Online lecture to people in the engineering department at UoT based on the ICARS talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited speaker / panel member for KTN event: "Photonics for Quantum Technology" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Invited speaker and panel member for webinar organised by KTN: "Photonics for Quantum Applications - This webinar will examine the UK photonics scene as applied to quantum technology, will consider various applications of photonics in quantum, and will provide an overview of the UK quantum landscape and funding opportunities for quantum technology." Gave a talk on "Semiconductor disk lasers for cold-atom quantum technology" to an online audience of more than 100 people from industry, academia, government/funders. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Invited speaker / panel member for event: "Entrepreneurial Optics and Spectroscopy" organised by the Scottish Health & Innovation Network for Entrepreneurship |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | One of a series of webinars organised by the Scottish Health & Innovation Network for Entrepreneurship (SHINE) to "bring together innovators and entrepreneurs with ideas at the bio and / or health interface, across Scotland." Jennifer Hastie presented the talk "Developing novel lasers for new technologies" and participated in the panel. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Invited talk to UCL neuroscience |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Inivited talk to UCL neuroscience forum. Described the potential and progress made using OPM technology from both neuroscience and clinical perspective |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited to exhibit to UKRI Executive Committee at Porton Down |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited by MOD to discuss our work within the MOD quantum technology project, and show one of our demonstrators from this, to the committee. This involved discussing the current status national and international status, and the linkages between different projects from the various funding bodies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited to provide expert input to Innovation Diologue of the German Federal Government |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Interview to provide expert input to inform the development of the Innovation Dialogue of the German Federal Government, relating to quantum technologies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Jack Bennett, Hamamatsu |
| 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 | 16 Oct - Simon Bennett and I met with Jack Bennett who wanted to introduce qCMOS Camera. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | John Owen, Border Consulting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 30 June - Simon Bennett and I spoke with John Owen to discuss status of quantum clocks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Keynote at CEOI-EO conference (online) on 24 June |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gave talk 'Quantum Technology for a Future Gravity Mission'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Kongsberg (Richard Mills) |
| 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 | 28 Jan - spoke to Richard Mills following introduction from Ralph Manchester, Technical Partner at Royal IHC. Richard wanted to know more about quantum technology development in the UK, especially the potential use in detecting submerged pipelines. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | La Opinion El Correo de Zamora Un sensor cuántico revoluciona la arqueología, la geología y la seguridad |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.laopiniondezamora.es/tendencias21/2022/03/01/sensor-cuantico-revoluciona-arqueologia-geo... |
| Description | La Opinion de Malaga |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.laopiniondemalaga.es/tendencias21/2022/03/01/sensor-cuantico-revoluciona-arqueologia-geo... |
| Description | La Opinion de Murcia Un sensor cuántico revoluciona la arqueología, la geología y la seguridad |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/tendencias21/2022/03/01/sensor-cuantico-revoluciona-arqueologia-geo... |
| Description | Lecture - Physics students in Groningen, NL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Gave lecture to first year physics students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Leonardo (John Innes) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 25 Jan - met with John Innes, VP Technology Innovation at Leonardo to catch up on quantum sensing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Levante el Mercantil Valenciano Un sensor cuántico revoluciona la arqueología, la geología y la seguridad |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.levante-emv.com/tendencias21/2022/03/01/sensor-cuantico-revoluciona-arqueologia-geologia... |
| Description | MOD Tutorial on Quantum Technology for Situational Awareness |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave a tutorial to the whole of MOD (internationally) on "Quantum Technology for Situational Awareness". This included the UK embassy in Washington and many other MOD outposts globally. Since then I have been asked by BEIS to aid work on new export control for quantum technology and was involved in the BEIS quantum technology working group for the National Security and Investment Bill. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Mark Casey, Head of Research, Design & Innovation, UK Hydrographic Office on 23 Nov |
| 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 | Simon Bennett and I talked to Mark Casey re gravity sensors and underwater navigation. Interested to know more about needs of UKHO and how best the QT Hub in Sensors and Timing might be able to interact. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Medidor de gravidade quântica ajudará a encontrar água em outros planetas |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://canaltech.com.br/espaco/medidor-de-gravidade-quantica-ajudara-a-encontrar-agua-em-outros-pla... |
| Description | Meeting with Executive Director for Economic Development, Birmingham City Council on 11 March |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Met with Executive Director for Economic Development to discuss potential of quantum technologies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Meeting with venture capitalist consultants |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Met with Hitesh Thakrar, John Barker (CEO of Mid-Market Capital) and Howard Covington (Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Alan Turing) - gave intro to quantum sensing and lab tours. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Mirage news: Sensor breakthrough facilitates groundbreaking map of world under Earth surface |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Mirage News article relating to Nature paper: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.miragenews.com/sensor-breakthrough-facilitates-groundbreaking-730474/ |
| Description | Mobiler Quanten-Sensor spürt unterirdische Tunnel auf |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Mobiler-Quanten-Sensor-spuert-unterirdische-Tunnel-auf-6545685.html... |
| Description | MottMacDonald Venutures (Stuart Cowie and Jon Rains) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 19 Jan - Simon Bennett and I met virtually with Jon Rains and Stuart Cowie to continue discussion started before Christmas in regards to navigation, potentially shipping and even aircraft and existing and planned infrastructure, including railways. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MottMacDonald Venutures (Stuart Cowie and Jon Rains) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 2 Feb - Simon Bennett and I had a follow up meeting with Jon Rains and Stuart Cowie - discussed underground sensing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | MottMacDonald Venutures (Stuart Cowie) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 17 Dec - had an intro meeting with Stuart Cowie, Integrated Transport Digital & Innovation to discuss mass market opportunities for quantum sensing in regards to navigation and existing and planned infrastructure. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | NGA IC Postdoc Speaker Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Webinar to National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency staff on the topic of Gravity Portals. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | NPL Standards Workshop 15 March 2021 |
| 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 | Workshop encompassed sensing, computing, imaging and comms focusing on methods / practices and shared vocabulary. Simon Bennett (Hub Director) and chaired discussion groups. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | National Accelerator for Quantum Sensors (NAQS): Building the UK quantum technology supply chain |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Industry event led by BAE and supported by the QT Hub, Sensors and Timing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Nature Asia online: Quantum physics: Quantum sensors open a window to the underground |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NatureAsia.com online research press release on Nature paper: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.natureasia.com/en/research/highlight/13993 |
| Description | New Quantum Gravity Sensor Can Look Under Earth's Surface in Unprecedented Detail |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Blog related to Nature paper: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.sciencealert.com/quantum-gravity-sensor-enables-us-to-look-under-earth-s-surface-in-scie... |
| Description | News article in The Financial Times |
| 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 | Article in the Financial Times, following interviews in regard to Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | News story from Daily Mail on Thursday 10 March 2022 |
| 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 | News story, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). This led to approaches for further information, which may lead to future work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | News story from The Engineer on Thursday 10 March 2022 |
| 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 | News story, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | News wise: Sensor breakthrough announced in Nature paves way for groundbreaking map of world under Earth surface |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online "research results" post on News Wise relating to Nature paper: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.newswise.com/articles/sensor-breakthrough-announced-in-nature-paves-way-for-groundbreaki... |
| Description | Olhar Digital: Tecnologia quântica pode desvendar o mundo abaixo da superfície da Terra |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online news post in Portugese on Nature paper: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://olhardigital.com.br/2022/02/23/ciencia-e-espaco/tecnologia-quantica-pode-desvendar-o-mundo-a... |
| Description | Optical cavities could be key to next generation interferometers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Blog regarding Optical cavities could be key to next generation interferometers article, Nourshargh, R., Lellouch, S., Hedges, S. et al. Circulating pulse cavity enhancement as a method for extreme momentum transfer atom interferometry. Commun Phys 4, 257 (2021). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://sciencesprings.wordpress.com/2021/12/08/from-the-university-of-birmingham-uk-via-phys-org-op... |
| Description | Organiser and chair/moderator of panel event at SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, February 2020 |
| 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 | As Chair of the VECSELs conference at SPIE Photonics West I organised a special event: "VECSELs 10th Anniversary Panel: Future Directions for Research and Applications." The panelists were Juan L. Chilla (Coherent Inc., United States), Prof Arnaud Garnache (Univ. de Montpellier, France), Prof Mircea Guina (Tampere Univ. and VEXLUM Ltd., Finland), Prof Ursula Keller (ETH Zurich, Switzerland), and Prof Wolfgang Stolz (Philipps-Univ. Marburg and NAsP III/V GmbH, Germany). The panelists addressed the following questions as well as questions from the audience: 1. How do we develop a reliable and diverse VECSEL material supply chain to enable industry to exploit this technology? 2. What are the challenges/research questions in engineering VECSELs and SESAMs for longevity/reliability? 3. Have we optimised the wall-plug efficiency of these lasers? 4. What are the best routes to supply/source custom VECSELs for academic research/applications in other fields? 5. What could industry/stakeholders see coming out of VECSEL research in the next few years? Hot topics? This event was well attended by conference attendees from both academia and industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | PPTAP detector workshop, 2-4 June |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Aim of the workshop was to collect inputs to be included in the UK Detector R&D Roadmap Report. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Paul Monks, BEIS Chief Scientific Advisor on 18 Feb |
| 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 | Simon Bennett and I briefed BEIS Scientific Advisor on the research being carried out by the QT Hub. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Photonex, Glasgow |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Gave talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/photonex-and-vacuum-technologies/programme?SSO=1 |
| Description | Photonik Tage Berlin on 8 October |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participated in Q&A session focused on Emerging Technologies, covering Quantum |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Phys.org: Sensor breakthrough paves way for groundbreaking map of world under Earth surface |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | News article in Phys.org relating to Nature paper: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://phys.org/news/2022-02-sensor-breakthrough-paves-groundbreaking-world.html |
| Description | Poster presentation, S Lellouch, ("Circulating pulse cavity enhancement as a method for extreme momentum transfer atom interferometry") at the CoolMe conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This helped build links and inform students and academics of new directions for atomic physics in cavities, and has inspired onward discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | QT Hub Annual Review (Research Board) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A very brief (~5 minute) talk to the QT hub research board including a virtual tour of the lab activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | QT National Showcase 2020 - 6 Nov |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gave talk showcasing work of the QT Hub. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | QT National Showcase 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Exhibitor |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | QT National Showcase Nov 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A webinar was conducted about how quantum technology gravity sensors has an impact on geophysical surveying with particular application in (civil) engineering. This was followed by a Q&A. The webinar involved Nicole Metje, Mike Holynski, Giles Hammond, Paul Wilkinson, Caitlin Percy, Gillian Marshall |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Quantum Future Programme |
| 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 | Speaker and panel member - objective of the session was connecting technology, startups and corporates with new business models. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Quantum Sensing Talk at Infineon |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Talk focused on technological perspective, foundations of Quantum Sensing, application and commercialisation potential in different sectors, how to tackle quantum sensing in industrial RandD. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Quantum Sensors in Navigation webinar. Co-hosted with Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) on 10 August |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gave talk. Joined by Roger McKinley (IUK) and George Tuckwell - talks posted on YouTube RIN channel. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://rin.org.uk/page/Webinars |
| Description | Quantum Technologies Networking and ISCF-Consortia Building Workshop. 19 January 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 19 January 2022. Dr Bennett and Prof. Bongs created and hosted an online networking event using the gather.town platform to allow consortia to self-assemble around posters of potential research ideas. The event was attended by an approximately equal number of industrial participants and academics from across the UK (not just QT Hub Sensing and Timing) plus representatives of RTOs, and government bodies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Quantum gravity gradiometer makes first find outside lab |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.techregister.co.uk/quantum-gravity-gradiometer-makes-first-find-outside-lab/ |
| Description | Quantum gravity sensors have been developed that can detect pockets of ground water |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://healthyfrog.readsector.com/2022/03/10/quantum-gravity-sensors-have-been-developed-that-can-d... |
| Description | Quantum gravity sensors have been developed that can detect pockets of ground water |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://todayuknews.com/science/quantum-gravity-sensors-have-been-developed-that-can-detect-pockets-... |
| Description | Quantum gravity sensors have been developed that can detect pockets of ground water |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://expressinformer.com/quantum-gravity-sensors-have-been-developed-that-can-detect-pockets-of-g... |
| Description | Quantum-enabled radar synchronisation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An invited talk was delivered at the PCL Focus Day at Fraunhofer FHR in Germany. The talk discussed the potential of quantum oscillators to detect small slow moving targets, as well as their potential to synchronise radar networks with ultra-fine stability. The talk was attended and well-received by bi-/ and multi-static radar experts from academia and industry, and sparked follow-on discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAEng UK Intelligence Community Application Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Internal UoB webinar on the application process for the UKIC fellowship. Only very briefly covered my work, mostly covered the application process. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | RAEng UKIC Webinar with IC reps |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An introductory talk with intelligence community representatives that have an interest in the use of gravity portals for border control. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Researchers Report Field Success with Quantum Gravity Gradiometer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Researchers_Report_Field_Success_with_Quantum/a67840 |
| Description | Richard Lindsay, Head of Environmental and Conservation Research, University of East London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interested in quantum gravity gradiometer work, in particular potential for identifying the sub-surface structure of soils, in particular peat, Mike Holynski is leading the gravity gradiometry activity in our group and joined the Zoom call. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Rick Robinson, Director Smart Places, Telecommunications & Digital Infrastructure at Jacobs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 11 Aug - Simon Bennett and I spoke with Rick Robinson about potential of quantum sensing for industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Russian news blog: ?????????? ??????? ????????? ?????? ? ?????? ????????? ??????? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Blog related to Nature paper: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nplus1.ru/news/2022/02/25/gravimetr-found-tunnel |
| Description | SPIE/RIT Photonics for Quantum Digital Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | 14 July Gave talk on sensing and imaging. 16 July Panel discussion - role of government in QT |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Science Business on 9 Feb |
| 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 | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Interviewed for comment by Eanna Kelly for Science Business article re European investment in QT. Link to article attached as not accepted in URL field https://sciencebusiness.net/news/france-and-germany-line-quantum-leap |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Science News: A new gravity sensor used atoms' weird quantum behavior to peer underground |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online news article related to Nature paper: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-gravity-sensor-atoms-quantum-physics-underground |
| Description | Science daily: Sensor breakthrough paves way for groundbreaking map of world under Earth surface |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Science Daily online news article regarding to Nature paper: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220223111238.htm |
| Description | Sensor Breakthrough Paves Way For Groundbreaking Map Of World Under Earth Surface |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog related to Nature paper: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2022/02/sensor-breakthrough-paves-way-for.html |
| Description | Sensor breakthrough announced in Nature paves way for groundbreaking map of world under Earth surface |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | University of Birmingham news article related to: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/partners/enterprise/news/latest/sensor-breakthrough-announced-in-nature... |
| Description | Software/ Methods workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | We run two courses per year to teach brain imaging methods and the use of the software developed and supported by our centre (SPM, statistical parametric mapping). This is the most widely used brain imaging package worldwide. We have now added lectures and workshops to support the new Optically Pumped Magnetometer (OPM) technology and the OPM-specific software with SPM. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| URL | https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/course/ |
| Description | Sport Un sensor cuántico revoluciona la arqueología, la geología y la seguridad |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/tendencias21/sensor-cuantico-revoluciona-arqueologia-geologia-13305... |
| Description | Stephanie Mathern, AgVenturesUk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on agricultural applications of quantum sensors - interested to learn more about NAQS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk UK-Portugal QT collaboration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Talk - Quantum tech: The next global race to the top? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Talk on work of QT Hub , sensors and timing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Talk at BQIT:21 ( Bristol Quantum Info Tech) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | 28 Apr - talk at EPJQT sponsored session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Talk at Networking lunch with Maryland delegation - organised by Midlands Cyber |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Talk at OSK-OSJ-OSA joint symposia on optics (hosted by Optical Society of Korea) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.osa.org/en-us/meetings/topical_meetings/joint_symposia_on_optics/ |
| Description | Talk at The Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 9 June - Talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Talk at Wollaton Technical Society and Club, Nottingham University 5 May |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk: How Quantum Sensors might change the future. Introduced the physics of atomic quantum sensors and discussed applications in building new infrastructure, brain health and future flight. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Talk- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gave talk on 14 April - how quantum sensors developments may feed into space missions, ranging from fundamental tests of nature to climate change and satellite navigation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Talk: Inside Quantum Technology New York (IQT) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Talk: The Future of Quantum Sensors |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://iqtevent.com/speakers/ |
| Description | Technology Roadmap 5th May 2021 Industry Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 5th May 21. An online workshop was held to present, challenge and identify industry requirements, from supply chain and end-user, to help shape the direction and priorities of the QT Hub. Potential use cases within different research areas which will help accelerate the rollout and commercialisation of quantum sensors were presented and discussed. Synergies, field tests and data validation of advanced prototypes were explored. The QT Hub's sensor development and outlook for prototypes to expect in the field over the next 20 years were presented. Participants were selected individually to represent key industry sectors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Thales UK visit- Dave Harvey and Matthew Ball |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Matt Ball and Dave Harvey lead Thales' quantum activities - discussion and lab tours. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | The Telegraph: Breakthrough scanner can stop terrorists ... and the blight of needless roadworks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online news article relating to Nature paper: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/02/23/quantum-leap-new-sensor-peers-underground-detect-hidden-... |
| Description | Thomas Howe, BMT Defence and Security UK Ltd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Introduced to Thomas Howe by DSTL . Thomas was Royal Navy Specialist Navigator by trade and Chaired the NATO PNT Policy Group. Interested in quantum sensing and navigation, especially to incorporating into navigation systems to provide some resilience in the face of a GNSS outage |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Towards quantum technology for borehole gravity sensors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | An article in Civil Engineering Surveyor discussing our progress in quantum technology sensing, contributed by Jamie Vovrosh and Dan Boddice from the research team (QT Hub, Gravity Pioneer, Gravity Delve). This has helped connect to end users and industry in the supply chain for borehole applications and other areas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://ces.pagelizard.co.uk/webviewer/#cesdecember2020/towards_quantum_technology_for_borehole_gravi... |
| Description | Twitter campaign regarding Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| 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 | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Twitter campaign regarding Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). Seeing 317 tweets reaching an upper bound audience of 5,595,372 followers (as of 16/03/2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04315-3/metrics |
| Description | UKIC Our Winning Proposals Article |
| 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 | Interview with a journalist from a research news site to give an overview of the application I wrote for UKIC. Talked about both the project and the application process. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-funding-insight-2021-3-our-winning-proposals-get-the-int... |
| Description | University of Birmingham. Sensor breakthrough paves way for groundbreaking map of world under Earth surface |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Blog related to Nature paper: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2022/02/sensor-breakthrough-paves-way-for-groundbreaking-ma... |
| Description | VICE magazine article |
| 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 | Interview of Michael Holynski and Nicole Metje for VICE magazine, leading to article, with regard to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.vice.com/en/article/dyp5zz/quantum-sensor-opens-a-new-window-into-the-underground |
| Description | Vice : Quantum Sensor Opens 'a New Window into the Underground' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online tech news article on Nature paper: Stray, B., Lamb, A., Kaushik, A. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04315-3 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.vice.com/en/article/dyp5zz/quantum-sensor-opens-a-new-window-into-the-underground |
| Description | Visit from Borewell Ltd - Marcus Ambler & colleagues |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Visit to QT Hub - lab tours and discussion on possibility of collaboration on future projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Visit from MOD - Joint User Intelligence and Cyber |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on quantum sensing and lab tours |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Visit to SME, STL Technologies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement between UoB and STL Tech in order to discuss commercialisation of quantum technologies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Visit: Angela McLean (CSO for MOD), Andrew McCosh (Cabinet Advisor), Philippa Green (Go Science) and colleagues |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Given tour of the QT Hub and overview of the latest research in quantum sensing, imaging and radar. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Visit: STL Tech Ltd - Pete Stirling and colleagues, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Joined by Mike Holynski, plans for future collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Visit: Steve Metcalfe and Stuart Nicol (Quantum Exponential) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion and lab tours. Follow up Zoom call on 8 March with Simon Bennett, Hub Director for more detailed discussion about how QE could be linked to the National Accelerator for Quantum Sensors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Visit: UKAEA - John Steele and Chris Peters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Given tour of QT Hub labs showcasing the current research in quantum sensing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Webinar for GCHQ: Gravity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Holynksi and colleagues presented a webinar on QT Hub gravity sensing research. This formed part of the QT Sensing and Timing series of talks for CGHQ. The material presented across all talks has been collated and is being circulated more widely within GCHQ. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Webinar for GCHQ: Magnetometry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | QT Hub colleagues from Strathclyde presented a webinar on QT Hub magnetometry research. This formed part of the QT Sensing and Timing series of talks for CGHQ. The material presented across all talks has been collated and is being circulated more widely within GCHQ. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Webinar for GCHQ: Navigation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof. Bongs and colleagues presented a webinar on QT Hub navigation research. This formed part of the QT Sensing and Timing series of talks for CGHQ. The material presented across all talks has been collated and is being circulated more widely within GCHQ. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Webinar for GCHQ: Network Radar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Jahangir and colleagues presented a webinar on QT Hub network radar research. This formed part of the QT Sensing and Timing series of talks for CGHQ. The material presented across all talks has been collated and is being circulated more widely within GCHQ. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Webinar for GCHQ: Timing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Singh and colleagues presented a webinar on QT Hub timing research. This formed part of the QT Sensing and Timing series of talks for CGHQ. The material presented across all talks has been collated and is being circulated more widely within GCHQ. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Webinar for GCHQ: Underpinning Technologies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof. Paul and colleagues presented a webinar on QT Hub underpinning technologies research. This formed part of the QT Sensing and Timing series of talks for CGHQ. The material presented across all talks has been collated and is being circulated more widely within GCHQ. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Wenming Ji, Oxford Cardiomox Ltd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 20 July - talked about quantum sensing. Joined by Julian Moore. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A workshop was held, attended by representatives of the Thales-Aveillant company and University of Birmingham academics, research fellows and PhD researchers. The main objective was to help build the relationship between the industrial and academic reams by creating a more complete awareness of each others goals and capabilities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Workshop -Forefront Optical Lattice Clocks: from Curiosity-Driven Science to Real-World Applications on 3 Dec |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Japan- Europe workshop organised by Prof Katori, gave presentation - link below as not accepted in URL field https://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/foee/event/setevt_202011241144546978450056.html |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | el Periodico Extremadura Un sensor cuántico revoluciona la arqueología, la geología y la seguridad |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/tendencias21/2022/03/01/sensor-cuantico-revoluciona-arqueolog... |
| Description | el Periodico Un sensor cuántico revoluciona la arqueología, la geología y la seguridad |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.elperiodico.com/es/tendencias21/20220301/sensor-cuantico-revoluciona-arqueologia-geologi... |
| Description | el Periodico de Aragon Un sensor cuántico revoluciona la arqueología, la geología y la seguridad |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online article, in reference to Stray, B. et al. Quantum sensing for gravity cartography. Nature 602, 590-594 (2022). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/tendencias21/2022/03/01/sensor-cuantico-revoluciona-arqueologia-g... |