UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Enhanced Imaging
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
We are an interdisciplinary team of physicists, engineers, and computer scientists seeking to form a Hub in Quantum Enhanced Imaging.
Our Hub will link world-leading quantum technologists with global industry leaders to transform imaging in alignment with industry priorities and national/international economic and societal needs. Together we will pioneer imaging and sensing systems with breakthrough functionality by developing a family of quantum-enhanced multidimensional cameras operating across a range of wavelengths, timescales and length-scales. Innovations will include:
- imaging with the most minimal, or only infrared, illumination;
- imaging even where line of sight is blocked;
- imaging at wavelengths unachievable by any conventional camera technology;imaging gravity fields with unprecedented sensitivity; and
- imaging the microscopic world using quantum light.
Quantum Technologies applied to imaging will create cameras offering functionality that is currently not available, transforming a multitude of applications in defence, security, transport, energy, aerospace and the medical/life sciences.
We are the only proposed Hub to address the imaging need, and we have over 30 industry partners firmly committed to the aims of the Hub. These partners range from SMEs such as M-Squared Lasers through to multinationals including Thales, e2V and Selex, and consortia including the CENSIS innovation centre, Fraunhofer UK, the UK Astronomy Technology Centre and government bodies including DSTL and NPL.
We will support this industrial engagement and exploitation pipeline through a £4M Partnership Fund, managed by our business-led Opportunities Panel that will support jointly funded projects with industry. An additional £3M investment from the Scottish Funding Council will create innovation space within the Hub where companies can co-locate with the academic teams in refining demonstrator systems advancing their TRL to fully precompetitive prototypes.
We will engage with the UK's Science Centre Network creating a quantum technology exhibition targeted to interested adults with appeal to wider family audiences and school groups. The exhibit will create space for dialogue about the impact of quantum technologies on the way we live, work and communicate, giving the public an opportunity to feed back their views to the research team.
The key strength of this proposal is the combination of a broad-based, highly experienced university consortium with established industry relationships and the relevance of a programme concept shaped by the challenges facing our industry partners.
Our Hub will link world-leading quantum technologists with global industry leaders to transform imaging in alignment with industry priorities and national/international economic and societal needs. Together we will pioneer imaging and sensing systems with breakthrough functionality by developing a family of quantum-enhanced multidimensional cameras operating across a range of wavelengths, timescales and length-scales. Innovations will include:
- imaging with the most minimal, or only infrared, illumination;
- imaging even where line of sight is blocked;
- imaging at wavelengths unachievable by any conventional camera technology;imaging gravity fields with unprecedented sensitivity; and
- imaging the microscopic world using quantum light.
Quantum Technologies applied to imaging will create cameras offering functionality that is currently not available, transforming a multitude of applications in defence, security, transport, energy, aerospace and the medical/life sciences.
We are the only proposed Hub to address the imaging need, and we have over 30 industry partners firmly committed to the aims of the Hub. These partners range from SMEs such as M-Squared Lasers through to multinationals including Thales, e2V and Selex, and consortia including the CENSIS innovation centre, Fraunhofer UK, the UK Astronomy Technology Centre and government bodies including DSTL and NPL.
We will support this industrial engagement and exploitation pipeline through a £4M Partnership Fund, managed by our business-led Opportunities Panel that will support jointly funded projects with industry. An additional £3M investment from the Scottish Funding Council will create innovation space within the Hub where companies can co-locate with the academic teams in refining demonstrator systems advancing their TRL to fully precompetitive prototypes.
We will engage with the UK's Science Centre Network creating a quantum technology exhibition targeted to interested adults with appeal to wider family audiences and school groups. The exhibit will create space for dialogue about the impact of quantum technologies on the way we live, work and communicate, giving the public an opportunity to feed back their views to the research team.
The key strength of this proposal is the combination of a broad-based, highly experienced university consortium with established industry relationships and the relevance of a programme concept shaped by the challenges facing our industry partners.
Planned Impact
Quantum enhanced imaging technologies will deliver economic and societal benefits in the areas of defence, security, medical imaging and energy. The main beneficiaries and expected impacts are:
- Security and defence sector
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is UK industry's biggest 'customer', with total expenditures to external suppliers in excess of £18Bn in 2012/13. The DSTL recently identified the MOD's priority needs for technology advances in defence-related areas such as quantum-enhanced Lidar, covert ranging, depth imaging and ghost imaging. This emphasises the commercial prospects for those industry partners who will be able to supply relevant applications based on the work of the Hub. Companies already working in these fields and also committed to the Hub include DSTL, Selex ES, Thales, e2V and Atomic Weapons Establishment.
- Biomedical and life sciences
Advances in medical imaging and microscopy will deliver huge economic and societal benefits to healthcare systems and users, and to commercial suppliers. While the journey from technology development to clinical benefits requires time and the negotiation of a complex landscape, the impacts delivered in this area will extend far beyond the cycle of this project. Biomedical researchers will be able to conduct in vitro and in vivo imaging at minimal light levels and previously inaccessible wavelengths, advancing scientific knowledge, while supplying companies will be able to opening the door to the global medical diagnostic market. The NHS (and its patients) will benefit diagnostically from the increased quality of imaging technology and economically from the reduced costs of this fundamental service. Our Hub is already engaged with a number of industry partners who could potentially exploit the results of its work in medical imaging, e.g.: Optos, Astra Zeneca, Toshiba Medical Visualisation System, GE Healthcare and Lein Applied Diagnostics.
- Scientific and industrial instrumentation
The Hub's technology demonstrators will benefit a wide range of industrial partners in the photonics and imaging hardware sectors. Companies already identified as partners include: Chromacity, Coherent Scotland, UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Horiba Jobin Yvon IBH, STMicroelectronics, M-Squared Lasers, Cascade Technologies, Compound Semiconductor Technology, mLED, Malvern Instruments, ID Quantique, Renishaw, Andor Technology, Helia Photonics, Honeywell Hymatic and Kelvin Nanotechnology.
- Oil and gas sector through gravity imaging
Quantum enhanced optical readouts, combined with ultrasensitive low-frequency MEMS devices, will fill a long-standing gap in the oil and gas discovery market for low-cost, high-performance instruments with applications in hydrocarbon prospecting and environmental monitoring. The worldwide MEMS oil and gas market is estimated to reach US$2.65Bn by 2015. Companies in this sector who are already engaged with the Hub and will benefit from our technologies include Tullow Oil, BP Alternative Energy, Bridgeporth, Micro-G Lacoste, and Scintrex.
- New company creation
We expect the translation of quantum research to technology to create new opportunities for the commercialisation of disruptive technologies through new companies. Realising these opportunities will lead to various impacts including the attraction of capital investment, generation of highly innovative products and services, and creation of new jobs. Our history of new company creation includes; Qumet, commercialising event timing and photon counting measurement devices; Kelvin Nanotechnology, offering quantum fabrication services from JWNC; mLED, producing energy-efficient, high-intensity LEDs; and Intense, commercialising diode lasers based on Quantum Well technology.
- General public
The general public and school pupils will benefit from the Hub through our programme of public engagement and teaching resources supporting learning of quantum technologies in schools.
- Security and defence sector
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is UK industry's biggest 'customer', with total expenditures to external suppliers in excess of £18Bn in 2012/13. The DSTL recently identified the MOD's priority needs for technology advances in defence-related areas such as quantum-enhanced Lidar, covert ranging, depth imaging and ghost imaging. This emphasises the commercial prospects for those industry partners who will be able to supply relevant applications based on the work of the Hub. Companies already working in these fields and also committed to the Hub include DSTL, Selex ES, Thales, e2V and Atomic Weapons Establishment.
- Biomedical and life sciences
Advances in medical imaging and microscopy will deliver huge economic and societal benefits to healthcare systems and users, and to commercial suppliers. While the journey from technology development to clinical benefits requires time and the negotiation of a complex landscape, the impacts delivered in this area will extend far beyond the cycle of this project. Biomedical researchers will be able to conduct in vitro and in vivo imaging at minimal light levels and previously inaccessible wavelengths, advancing scientific knowledge, while supplying companies will be able to opening the door to the global medical diagnostic market. The NHS (and its patients) will benefit diagnostically from the increased quality of imaging technology and economically from the reduced costs of this fundamental service. Our Hub is already engaged with a number of industry partners who could potentially exploit the results of its work in medical imaging, e.g.: Optos, Astra Zeneca, Toshiba Medical Visualisation System, GE Healthcare and Lein Applied Diagnostics.
- Scientific and industrial instrumentation
The Hub's technology demonstrators will benefit a wide range of industrial partners in the photonics and imaging hardware sectors. Companies already identified as partners include: Chromacity, Coherent Scotland, UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Horiba Jobin Yvon IBH, STMicroelectronics, M-Squared Lasers, Cascade Technologies, Compound Semiconductor Technology, mLED, Malvern Instruments, ID Quantique, Renishaw, Andor Technology, Helia Photonics, Honeywell Hymatic and Kelvin Nanotechnology.
- Oil and gas sector through gravity imaging
Quantum enhanced optical readouts, combined with ultrasensitive low-frequency MEMS devices, will fill a long-standing gap in the oil and gas discovery market for low-cost, high-performance instruments with applications in hydrocarbon prospecting and environmental monitoring. The worldwide MEMS oil and gas market is estimated to reach US$2.65Bn by 2015. Companies in this sector who are already engaged with the Hub and will benefit from our technologies include Tullow Oil, BP Alternative Energy, Bridgeporth, Micro-G Lacoste, and Scintrex.
- New company creation
We expect the translation of quantum research to technology to create new opportunities for the commercialisation of disruptive technologies through new companies. Realising these opportunities will lead to various impacts including the attraction of capital investment, generation of highly innovative products and services, and creation of new jobs. Our history of new company creation includes; Qumet, commercialising event timing and photon counting measurement devices; Kelvin Nanotechnology, offering quantum fabrication services from JWNC; mLED, producing energy-efficient, high-intensity LEDs; and Intense, commercialising diode lasers based on Quantum Well technology.
- General public
The general public and school pupils will benefit from the Hub through our programme of public engagement and teaching resources supporting learning of quantum technologies in schools.
Organisations
- University of Glasgow (Lead Research Organisation)
- Chromacity Ltd (Collaboration)
- Schlumberger Limited (Collaboration)
- Raptor Photonics Ltd (Collaboration)
- Qinetiq (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- Thales Group (Collaboration)
- National Physical Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Bridgeporth Ltd (Collaboration)
- Sequestim Ltd (Collaboration)
- Elliot Scientific Ltd. (Collaboration)
- Leonardo S.p.A. (Collaboration)
- Lockheed Martin (United States) (Collaboration)
- Leonardo MW Ltd. (Collaboration)
- Clyde Space (Collaboration)
- Kromek Group plc (Collaboration)
- ST MICROELECTRONICS (Collaboration)
- KELVIN NANOTECHNOLOGY LIMITED (Collaboration)
- M Squared Lasers Ltd (Collaboration)
- Amazon.com (Collaboration)
- Gooch & Housego (Collaboration)
- Horiba (Collaboration)
- Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) (Collaboration)
- Pxyl Ltd (Collaboration)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (Collaboration)
- Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) (Collaboration)
- Q-Eye Sensors Ltd (Collaboration)
- PHOTON FORCE LTD (Collaboration)
- ARALIA SYSTEMS LTD (Collaboration)
- QIOPTIQ LIMITED (Collaboration)
- Oxford Instruments (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- Scottish Enterprise (Project Partner)
- Scottish Funding Council (Project Partner)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Government of the United Kingdom (Project Partner)
- Innovate UK (Project Partner)
- Innovation Centre for Sensor and Imaging Systems (Project Partner)
Publications
Barnett S
(2016)
On the natures of the spin and orbital parts of optical angular momentum
in Journal of Optics
Pusino V
(2016)
Development of InSb dry etch for mid-IR applications
in Microelectronic Engineering
Stantchev RI
(2016)
Noninvasive, near-field terahertz imaging of hidden objects using a single-pixel detector.
in Science advances
Gnecchi S
(2016)
Digital Silicon Photomultipliers With OR/XOR Pulse Combining Techniques
in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Kim MM
(2016)
A feasibility study of singlet oxygen explicit dosmietry (SOED) of PDT by intercomparison with a singlet oxygen luminescence dosimetry (SOLD) system.
in Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering
Rocca FM
(2016)
Real-time fluorescence lifetime actuation for cell sorting using a CMOS SPAD silicon photomultiplier.
in Optics letters
Szczykulska M
(2016)
Multi-parameter quantum metrology
in Advances in Physics: X
Sun MJ
(2016)
Single-pixel three-dimensional imaging with time-based depth resolution.
in Nature communications
Altmann Y
(2016)
Lidar Waveform-Based Analysis of Depth Images Constructed Using Sparse Single-Photon Data.
in IEEE transactions on image processing : a publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Society
Phillips DB
(2016)
Non-diffractive computational ghost imaging.
in Optics express
Clerici M
(2016)
Observation of image pair creation and annihilation from superluminal scattering sources.
in Science advances
Mirhosseini M
(2016)
Quantum Information with Structured Light
Bolduc E
(2016)
Direct measurement of large-scale quantum states via expectation values of non-Hermitian matrices.
in Nature communications
Cameron R
(2016)
Matter-wave grating distinguishing conservative and dissipative interactions
in Physical Review A
Altmann Y
(2016)
Robust Bayesian target detection algorithm for depth imaging from sparse single-photon data
in IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging
Pusino V
(2016)
InSb Photodiodes for Monolithic Active Focal Plane Arrays on GaAs Substrates
in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Mitchell KJ
(2016)
High-speed spatial control of the intensity, phase and polarisation of vector beams using a digital micro-mirror device.
in Optics express
Gagatsos C
(2016)
Gaussian systems for quantum-enhanced multiple phase estimation
in Physical Review A
Yamashita T
(2016)
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors with non-periodic dielectric multilayers.
in Scientific reports
Roga W
(2016)
Security against jamming and noise exclusion in imaging
in Physical Review A
Gnecchi S
(2016)
A Simulation Model for Digital Silicon Photomultipliers
in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Toninelli E
(2016)
The transition from a coherent optical vortex to a Rankine vortex: beam contrast dependence on topological charge
in Journal of Modern Optics
Dutton N
(2016)
A SPAD-Based QVGA Image Sensor for Single-Photon Counting and Quanta Imaging
in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Edgar M
(2016)
First-Photon 3D Imaging with a Single-Pixel Camera
Jin RB
(2016)
Detection-dependent six-photon Holland-Burnett state interference.
in Scientific reports
Baumgratz T
(2016)
Quantum Enhanced Estimation of a Multidimensional Field.
in Physical review letters
Wang J
(2016)
Chip-to-chip quantum photonic interconnect by path-polarization interconversion
in Optica
Gyongy I
(2016)
Smart-aggregation imaging for single molecule localisation with SPAD cameras.
in Scientific reports
Aspden R
(2016)
Video recording true single-photon double-slit interference
in American Journal of Physics
Sun MJ
(2016)
Improving the signal-to-noise ratio of single-pixel imaging using digital microscanning.
in Optics express
Sonnleitner M
(2017)
The Röntgen interaction and forces on dipoles in time-modulated optical fields
in The European Physical Journal D
Phillips DB
(2017)
Adaptive foveated single-pixel imaging with dynamic supersampling.
in Science advances
Moreau P
(2017)
Ghost Imaging Using Optical Correlations
in Laser & Photonics Reviews
Cameron RP
(2017)
Chirality and the angular momentum of light.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Boccolini A
(2017)
Computational ghost imaging with the human eye
Mertens L
(2017)
Image reconstruction from photon sparse data.
in Scientific reports
Toninelli E
(2017)
Quantum position measurement of a shadow: beating the classical limit
Middlemiss RP
(2017)
Field Tests of a Portable MEMS Gravimeter.
in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Aziz M
(2017)
Multispectral mid-infrared light emitting diodes on a GaAs substrate
in Applied Physics Letters
Altmann Y
(2017)
Robust Spectral Unmixing of Sparse Multispectral Lidar Waveforms Using Gamma Markov Random Fields
in IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging
Banerjee A
(2017)
Characterisation of amorphous molybdenum silicide (MoSi) superconducting thin films and nanowires
in Superconductor Science and Technology
Tobin R
(2017)
Comparative study of sampling strategies for sparse photon multispectral lidar imaging: towards mosaic filter arrays
in Journal of Optics
Turtaev S
(2017)
Comparison of nematic liquid-crystal and DMD based spatial light modulation in complex photonics.
in Optics express
Sun M
(2017)
A Russian Dolls ordering of the Hadamard basis for compressive single-pixel imaging
in Scientific Reports
Rubinsztein-Dunlop H
(2017)
Roadmap on structured light
in Journal of Optics
Wilson K
(2017)
Slow light in flight imaging
in Physical Review A
| Description | QuantIC's vision, shaped in collaboration with industry partners, is to pioneer a family of multidimensional cameras operating across a range of wavelengths, time-scales and length-scales, creating a new industrial landscape for imaging systems and their applications in the UK. QuantIC's approach to user engagement and innovation includes a strategy aimed at exploring with industry the potential for quantum technologies to improve products and processes in the imaging sector. During the course of QuantIC, the research transitioned from a Work Package based programme to a Demonstrator based programme. This change demonstrated the improvement and increase in TRL level of much of our research. Though still broken into Work Packages, the demonstrator approach allowed us to delve deeper into each technology and allocate resources and support where they could be best used. In the fifth year of the programme, we have continued to improve our range of demonstrators/ Our demonstrators have attracted substantial industrial and user interest. We are working with partners across multiple sectors including defence and security, oil and gas, automotive, robotics, surveying and exploration, life sciences and healthcare, environmental monitoring and space communications. Below is a list of the demonstrators that have been developed under the core QuantIC funding: Underwater Imager Micorlenses Time-gated SPAD arrays Pre-commercial Multichannel Time Tagging System Quantum Range Finder Q Source Imaging without Detection Sub-shot Noise Imager 3- and 6-Axis Gravimeter Squeezed Light Stimulated Emission Microscopy Single Pixel Ge-on-Si SPAD Single Pixel Camera Theory of imaging/Image Analysis Imaging Through Obscurations Programmable Micro-LED Arrays InSb APD Sparse data and image analysis Hidden Object Tracker In addition, QuantIC co-investigators have attracted significant investment from a range of funders including UKRI, dstl, H2020, European Research Council, Leverhulme Trust and Royal Society. £40m is the additional grant funding attracted by QuantIC academics. Over the past five years we have also actively engaged with the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), CENSIS and DSTL to expand our industrial network. Over the last five years the QuantIC team has discussed their work at more than three hundred and fifty conferences and symposia and QuantIC research was published in high profile journals and has attracted media coverage. Since 2014 we have published Ëœ 150 papers, 45 of which are ranked in the top 5% of the most highly cited publications in the world. |
| Exploitation Route | Over the past five years, QuantIC has engaged with over 100 companies and held over 70 industry visits involving bluechip companies and SMEs. As a result, we have invested a total £3.6M in 38 industry-led projects aimed at translating technology into market, leveraging £2.3M of industrial contribution. In year 4 we awarded £221K to support 4 industrially-led studentships and leveraged £146k of industrial support. This brings the total industrial studentship contribution to £574K with £479K leveraged for 13 studentships. Companies co-sponsoring studentships with QuantIC are Photon Force, Amazon, Clydespace, M Squared Lasers, Qioptiq, QinetiQ, Schlumberger and STMicroelectronics. We have reported details of these in the impact and partnership sections of this submission. Industrial representation is at the core of our management structure. The Market Opportunities Panel, comprising industrial partners, directs the strategic investment of the Partnership Resource Fund (PRF). The PRF has been designed as a flexible and responsive tool to support the translation of QuantIC's research outcomes into industrial applications and commercial opportunities. In addition to feasibility studies and technology development projects, QuantIC's PRF also supports the secondment of staff to aid knowledge exchange between academia and industry. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Electronics,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology,Security and Diplomacy,Other |
| URL | https://quantic.ac.uk |
| Description | Quantum theory was one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs of the 20th Century and has led to the development of some of today's most widely used and lucrative technologies, for example the laser and the semiconductor. Quantum technology is currently the focus for $4bn of strategic investment by many of the world's leading economies, aimed at creating new industries in communications, computing, sensing, navigation and imaging. The UK Government and its innovation agencies have made a £1B investment in the UK National Quantum Technology Programme (UKQTP), which has led to establishment of four Quantum Technology Hubs in the UK. Over the past five years, we have developed a number of technology demonstrators which we have used to engage industry in order to explore what can be achieved using quantum technologies. We have also engaged with over 100 companies and has successfully drawn industry's attention to the business opportunities created by translating quantum science out of the research lab. The programme has supported 39 industry-led projects investing £4m and leveraging £2.5m of industrial funding. A further £600k has been invested in 14 PhD studentships, with matched funds from industry partners. The Hub has filed fourteen patents, negotiated a licence and supported the formation of four new start-ups - QLM, Sequestim, PhotonForce and Raycal - as well as contributed to the development of a number of new products. We now have over a dozen prototypes or enhancements to existing products arising from either the core work programme or from collaborative industrial engagement. A number of these may well see market entry over the coming years. Working as part of the QuantIC team provides a unique opportunity work closely with industry while continuing academic pursuits. Members of our team have successfully moved onto fellowship positions, including at the Universities of Exeter and Sussex as well as into businesses such as M Squared Lasers, STMicroelectronics, and Photon Force. Just twelve months after the start of the programme, QuantIC led the inaugural UK National Quantum Technology Showcase and worked together with the other Quantum Technology Hubs to bring working technology exhibits to the event. Hosted at The Royal Society, the day was well attended by industry and government officials and has now set the template for an annual event where quantum technologists across the UK descend to London to showcase their latest demonstrators. QuantIC also spearheaded the development of the national public engagement strategy for the programme and over 12,000 people have visited "Quantum City" since 2018, inspiring a new generation of quantum scientists and engineers. QuantIC has established a purpose-built Innovation Space where companies can work alongside university researchers to develop new technology prototypes. Located at the University of Glasgow, the QuantIC Innovation Space offers 200sqm of laboratory and office space to start-ups, SMEs and companies to support the development of the next generation of quantum technologies. The space is host to Pxyl, a start-up which is using both lab and office space in developing a fully-integrated laser microscope system which combines quantum technology both in the creation and detection of light. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Education,Energy,Government, Democracy and Justice,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Security and Diplomacy,Transport,Other |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Economic |
| Description | BEIS Visit to QuantIC |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Co-author of UK Gov. Blackett Review on Quantum Technologies |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/564946/gs-16-18-quantum-te... |
| Description | Contribution to the UK quantum technology landscape by Animesh Datta, Gerald Buller, Miles Padgett |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | EPSRC Quantum Technologies Public Dialogue |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Evidence Session |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Ian Walmsley, Member EU Quantum Technologies Flagship Expert Steering Group |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Ian Walmsley, Member K Quantum Technologies Strategic Advisory Board |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | SP Beaumont - Government Quantum Technology Mission to Canada |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | SP Beaumont - Government Quantum Technology Mission to the United States of America |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Submission to Connected Nation: Thriving in a Digital World by M.D. Dawson, I.M. Watson, E. Gu |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/events/connectednation/ |
| Description | Visit to BEIS Office, London |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | "Characterization and Enhancement of Thin-Film Pyroelectrics" |
| Amount | £54,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovation Centre for Sensor and Imaging Systems CENSIS |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2018 |
| Description | "Imaging Through Obscurants" - Funding for field trials at Porton Down |
| Amount | £25,869 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| Description | Active matrix single-photon technologies on GaAs |
| Amount | £320,272 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R019665/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | CDE Funded Contract: What's inside that building? |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | CDE40573 |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Department | Centre for Defence Enterprise |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | CDE Funded Contract: What's inside that building? Phase 2 : Seeing inside buildings with single photon technology |
| Amount | £167,937 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ACC500080 |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Department | Centre for Defence Enterprise |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2016 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | CENSIS EngD |
| Amount | £68,972 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovation Centre for Sensor and Imaging Systems CENSIS |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2016 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | CMSIN II - From the Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation |
| Amount | £900,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | UK Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 11/2019 |
| Description | Closed-Loop Data Science for Complex, Computationally- and Data-Intensive Analytics |
| Amount | £3,055,465 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R018634/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 04/2022 |
| Description | Clyde Space contribution towards EngD |
| Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Clyde Space |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2016 |
| End | 10/2019 |
| Description | Consultancy project with BlueBear Systems on autonomous drone control; Murray Smith |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Blue Bear |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | DSTL Contract - Wee-g Drone |
| Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2017 |
| End | 05/2018 |
| Description | Development of wide-field TCSPC fluorescence microscopy for cell membrane studies |
| Amount | £322,882 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/R004226/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | EPSRC Early Career Fellowship |
| Amount | £1,184,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/M024385/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2015 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | EPSRC Established Career Fellowship |
| Amount | £1,606,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/M024458/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2015 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | EPSRC Fellowship |
| Amount | £1,513,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/N003225/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2015 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | EPSRC Fellowship |
| Amount | £1,418,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/N003446/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2015 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | EPSRC IRC |
| Amount | £3,852,992 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R005257/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | EPSRC IRC Proteus - Multiplexed 'Touch and Tell' Optical Molecular Sensing and Imaging - Lifetime and Beyond |
| Amount | £3,852,991 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R005257/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 12/2022 |
| Description | EPSRC Impact Accelerator Award : laser safety eyewear prototype |
| Amount | £1,013 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2017 |
| End | 04/2018 |
| Description | Engagement on the gravity imaging side, for work towards opto-mechanical sensors in silica or silicon; Richard Middlemiss |
| Amount | £500,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | European Space Agency standard study |
| Amount | € 30,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 05/2017 |
| End | 12/2017 |
| Description | FET-Open research and innovation actions |
| Amount | € 737,271 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 211688 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Horizon 2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 11/2017 |
| End | 10/2020 |
| Description | H2020 FET OPEN New Tools for Terrain Gravimetry |
| Amount | € 3,000,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 801221 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Horizon 2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| Description | Imaging through obscurants using single-photon & few-photon approaches in the short wave infrared P2 |
| Amount | £333,200 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ACCC50101 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2017 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | Innovate UK Collaborative R&D |
| Amount | £56,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 101773 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2014 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | Innovate UK Commercialisation of Quantum Technologies 4 |
| Amount | £198,903 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2018 |
| End | 02/2019 |
| Description | Innovate UK Digital Single Photon Sensors to Enable a Step change in Civil Radiation Detection |
| Amount | £270,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 103984 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2017 |
| End | 05/2020 |
| Description | Innovate UK Feasibility Study |
| Amount | £13,178 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 133082 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | Innovate UK QT Feasibility Study Year 1 |
| Amount | £39,490 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/M508330/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2015 |
| End | 05/2016 |
| Description | Innovate UK QT Feasibility Study Year 2 |
| Amount | £36,937 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | Integrative Biological Imaging Network (IBIN) |
| Amount | £752,827 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/R025665/1 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2018 |
| End | 08/2022 |
| Description | Lord Kelvin Adam Smith (LKAS) Award, Given To Richard Middlemiss |
| Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 01/2020 |
| Description | MEGA-FLIM: quantum technologies for megapixel time-resolved imaging and control across biological scales |
| Amount | £1,875,030 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T002123/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2019 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | Marie Curie Fellowship |
| Amount | £158,183 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Global |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 12/2018 |
| Description | Mini-Project Funding To Robert Henderson to Support Use of Quanticam. |
| Amount | $25,000 (USD) |
| Organisation | |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United States |
| Start | |
| Description | NEWTON-g |
| Amount | € 340,508,875 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 801221 |
| Organisation | European Commission H2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 05/2022 |
| Description | Nano-scale imaging with Hong-Ou-Mandel Interferometry |
| Amount | £423,393 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R030081/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2018 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Description | PEER Funding Award |
| Amount | £4,825 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2017 |
| End | 06/2017 |
| Description | Polarisation Entangled Photon Emitter |
| Amount | £143,629 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R043299/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Polarisation Entangled Photon Emitter |
| Amount | £143,628 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R043299/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2018 |
| End | 01/2019 |
| Description | Q-MIC |
| Amount | € 284,012,750 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 801060 |
| Organisation | European Commission H2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | Quantum Sensing (QS) Project |
| Amount | £658,133 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 01/2020 |
| Description | Route To Impact 17/18 Funding Machine independent control and communications using structured illumination visible light communications |
| Amount | £17,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | STFC Impact Acceleration Account |
| Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 02/2018 |
| Description | Senior Research Fellowship (Hadfield) |
| Amount | £50,732 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Department | Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 09/2019 |
| Description | Single Photons - Expanding the Spectrum (SPEXS) |
| Amount | £5,265,567 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S026428/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | Squeezed Light quAntum MEMS Gravimeter - SLAM Gravimeter |
| Amount | £188,100 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R043590/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Structured illumination and digital lighting at the few-photon level |
| Amount | £476,159 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S001751/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 06/2021 |
| Title | 9 GHz measurement of squeezed light by interfacing silicon photonics and integrated electronics |
| Description | Open access data related to the manuscript "9 GHz measurement of squeezed light by interfacing silicon photonics and integrated electronics" By Joel F. Tasker, Jonathan Frazer, Giacomo Ferranti, Euan J. Allen, Léandre F. Brunel, Sébastien Tanzilli, Virginia D' Auria, Jonathan C. F. Matthews |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/3j52pj4e8oa2821wmrjcmfqg0z/ |
| Title | A 3D-printed acoustic spanner |
| Description | The two movie clips show the transfer of acoustic orbital angular momentum (OAM) to matter. More specifically, the acoustic spanner is used to set macroscopic objects into rotational motion. The first clip named 'peanut.mov' shows a polystyrene packing peanut spinning both clockwise and counter-clockwise as the handedness of the acoustic OAM is switched. As the sound field is switched to a uniform phase, the packing peanut stops moving. The second clip named 'floatingGraphite.mov' shows a considerable number of graphite flakes floating on the surface of water being set into rotation by the acoustic spanner. From a qualitative point of view, the rotating flakes and their distribution of velocities is indicative of the acoustic OAM field that they intercept. The camera that captured these videos was placed beneath the transparent Petri-dish sample-holder, pointed upward and looking up at the small end of the funnel-shaped acoustic concentrator (see Fig. 1 of the manuscript to locate the sample holder and the acoustic concentrator). The designs for the 3D printer of all of the printed parts of the acoustic spanner are found in the 3Dprinter folder. Both .STL and native Autodesk Fusion 360 .f3d files are provided. The .STL files are ready to be printed (we used Cura v. 2.3.1 to generate from these the .gcode files for the printer). The Arduino code is provided and can be found in the arduino folder (note the directions to fix the Arduino PWM frequency bug, as indicated in the commented lines at the beginning of the Arduino sketch file). A copy of all of the files is stored on GitHub at the following link: https://github.com/witseie/AcousticSpanner |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | A miniaturized 4 K platform for superconducting infrared photon counting detectors |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Coherent metamaterial absorption of two-photon states with 40% efficiency |
| Description | This dataset contains all the necessary information to recreate the results from the article. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Computational time-of-flight diffuse optical tomography |
| Description | Data related to the paper "Computational time-of-flight diffuse optical tomography." |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Data from "Approaching the Quantum Limit of Precision in Absorbance Estimation Using Classical Resources" |
| Description | Data output from experimental work for the publication "Approaching the Quantum Limit of Precision in Absorbance Estimation Using Classical Resources" |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/3e22hupanhca522bibwhfemzp7/ |
| Title | Developing a portable gas imaging camera using highly tunable active illumination and computer vision |
| Description | This dataset consists of videos and images used to make the figures in the paper. Grayscale videos are raw output from theshort-wave infra-red camera, colour videos are compressed output of the visible spectrum camera. Provided is example code which performs the operations necessary to recreate figures in the paper from the data. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1013 |
| Title | Dual-band single-pixel telescope |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1015 |
| Title | High spectro-temporal purity single-photons from silicon micro-racetrack resonators using a dual-pulse configuration |
| Description | This data set contains raw measurements on integrated photonic devices for high-purity photon pair production using a dual-pulse pump configuration. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/24yqxb8prl3q028e60kec4b8w9/ |
| Title | Holographically controlled three-dimensional atomic population patterns |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | How fast is a twisted photon? |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Imaging Through Noise With Quantum Illumination |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/925 |
| Title | Imaging and certifying high-dimensional entanglement with a single-photon avalanche diode camera |
| Description | The dataset provide all experimental measurements needed to reproduce the results presented in the manuscript. The dataset provided was saved in MatLab's .mat format. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1071 |
| Title | Improving the signal-to-noise ratio of single-pixel imaging using digital microscanning |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Laser Microphone through scattering medium |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1066 |
| Title | Multispectral time-of-flight SPAD camera image data |
| Description | This dataset contains .mat (MATLAB), .csv, .xlsx files, and a .txt readme file with details about the data files and variables contained. The dataset is for experimental work using a SPAD camera and set of commercial LEDs for multispectral imaging based on time-of-flight principles. This dataset supports the findings in "Multispectral time-of-flight imaging using light-emitting diodes" |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Noise rejection through an improved quantum illumination protocol |
| Description | Data to generate images and assess image metrics as described and presented in Figure 2 of Scientific Reports 11 Article number: 21841 (2021) |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1234 |
| Title | Non-diffractive computational ghost imaging |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | OPEN-BIOset: A dataset of microscope images collected using the OpenFlexure Delta Stage Microscope |
| Description | The dataset is an open access collection of images, produced as a testing set for machine learning algorithms. The images are of biological samples, taken from a 3D printed microscope (OpenFlexure Delta Stage microscopes). The dataset is organised into multiple folders of individual samples. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1149 |
| Title | Optical properties of refractory metal based thin films |
| Description | There is a growing interest in refractory metal thin films for a range of emerging nanophotonic applications including high temperature plasmonic structures and infrared superconducting single photon detectors. We present a detailed comparison of optical properties for key representative materials in this class (NbN, NbTiN, TiN and MoSi) with texture varying from crystalline to amorphous. NbN, NbTiN and MoSi have been grown in an ultra-high vacuum sputter deposition system. Two different techniques (sputtering and atomic layer deposition) have been employed to deposit TiN. We have carried out variable angle ellipsometric measurements of optical properties from ultraviolet to mid infrared wavelengths. We compare with high resolution transmission electron microscopy analysis of microstructure. Sputter deposited TiN and MoSi have shown the highest optical absorption in the infrared wavelengths relative to NbN, NbTiN or ALD deposited TiN. We have also modelled the performance of a semi-infinite metal air interface as a plasmonic structure with the above mentioned refractory metal based thin films as the plasmonic components. This study has implications in the design of next generation superconducting nanowire single photon detector or plasmonic nanostructure based devices. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/637 |
| Title | Passive broadband full stokes polarimeter using a Fresnel cone |
| Description | Data to reproduce the results of the paper. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Photon counting LIDAR at 2.3µm wavelength with superconducting nanowires |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/938 |
| Title | Polarisation structuring of broadband light |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Quantum Rangefinding |
| Description | Open access data relating to Frick et al. "Quantum Rangefinding" arXiv-quant-ph:2006.04875 (2020) and subsequent peer-reviewed publication in Optics Express. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/20ai8qdievrj02gr761ollvzzw/ |
| Title | Quantum microscopy based on Hong-Ou-Mandel interference |
| Description | Data relevant to publication with folders containing measurement data used to create figures plus matlab code. Please use the 'Request Data' button to be sent a link to download the data. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1241 |
| Title | Real-time imaging of methane gas leaks using a single-pixel camera |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Real-time visualisation and optimisation of acoustic waves carrying orbital angular momentum |
| Description | The dataset contains 1) the raw video of the vibrating sheet illuminated stroboscopically with fringe patterns, 2) the surface height waveform during the optimisation, and 3) matlab programs for generating figures in the paper and the data from the raw video. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1275 |
| Title | Resolution limits of quantum ghost imaging |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Resolution-enhanced full-field imaging by centroid estimation of biphotons |
| Description | The acquired frames from the EMCCD camera of the slanted-edge target and of the real-world objects are contained in their respective folders. Each dataset comprises of two subfolders: one for spatially correlated biphotons illumination ('Q') and one for spatially uncorrelated illumination ('C'). In order to save space, the files are saved in a custom file format ('.nia' extension). Each file contains 100 binary frames and can be opened using LabVIEW (2016 onward), using the provided sample programme. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Simulated Assessment of light transport through ischaemic skin flaps |
| Description | The dataset contains all the optical models and the corresponding fluence maps generated for reproducing the scenarios detailed in the publication. Additionally, the optical properties calculated and the final results are also provided in the folders. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1247 |
| Title | Single-cycle THz-field electro-optical sampling with single-photon detectors |
| Description | Experimental data for paper submission |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1330 |
| Title | Single-pixel imaging and compressed sensing in the far-field of the spatial light modulator |
| Description | The dataset contains the raw data collected; signals from the photomultiplier tube, corresponding idealised Hadamard patterns and iterative reconstruction results. The data used for the images in the publication are the photomultiplier tube signals and the idealised Hadamard patterns. The iterative reconstruction results are for reference/comparison/visualisation. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1133 |
| Title | Single-pixel three-dimensional imaging with time-based depth resolution |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Single-shot characterization of vector beams by generalized measurements |
| Description | The dataset contains the raw experimental data as well as the processed figures used in the paper. The raw data can be used to generate the figures in the paper |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1260 |
| Title | Smartphone video data for spatial communication with a micro-LED projector |
| Description | This dataset contains .mp4 video files, .mat files (MATLAB) and a .txt metadata file for experiments using spatial patterns generated by a micro-LED projector to transmit data to a smartphone camera. This dataset supports the findings in: "Scalable visible light communications with a micro-LED array projector and high-speed smartphone camera". |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | The role of late photons in diffuse optical imaging |
| Description | Pre-processed raw data from SPAD sensor and image reconstructions using an inverse retrieval algorithm. There are also codes and data for reproducing the figures shown in the manuscript. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1069 |
| Title | The transition from a coherent optical vortex to a Rankine vortex: beam contrast dependence on topological charge |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Time of flight 3D imaging through multimode optical fibres |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://researchdata.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/1199 |
| Title | Twin-beam sub-shot-noise raster-scanning microscope |
| Description | Open access data relating to the publication J. Sabines-Chesterking et al. "Twin-beam sub-shot-noise raster-scanning microscope " Optics Express 27, 30810-30818 (2019) / arXiv-quant-ph:1906.05331 (2019) |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Video recording true single-photon double-slit interference |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Zemax simulation data for LED/SPAD communication ranges and coverages. |
| Description | This dataset contains ray tracing data from Zemax OpticStudio. The system being simulated is an LED and SPAD based optical communication link for CubeSat inter-satellite links. Data generated: Nov. 2018 Folders contain raw data files saved from Zemax simulations. Each .txt file contains information on the setup and results from a different detector in the simulation, with increasing distance from the transmitter. ReadFiles.m is a MATLAB script for reading in the .txt files in a suitable format for analysis. Analyse.m is a MATLAB script for processing the intensity data appropriately to generate angular data. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Description | A vacuum packaged MEMs gravimeter |
| Organisation | Kelvin Nanotechnology Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This project is to develop a robust and repeatable manufacturing process for the MEMs sensor in the Glasgow University Gravimeter Wee-g. This is an essential step if Wee-g is to be successfully commercialized. The project will also deliver 40 MEMs sensors with metal electrodes for capacitive sensing/feedback control ready for vacuum packaging. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Wee-g relies on a MEMs sensor, which has been manufactured in the James Watt Nano Fabrication Centre (JWNC) at Glasgow University. All experience and detailed knowledge of the manufacturing of these devices currently resides in one researcher, Richard Middlemiss. This project will involve seconding Richard to Kelvin Nanotechnology, a specialist nanofabrication company, for knowledge transfer and support in developing the optimized robust and repeatable process in the JWNC. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | All-optical shutter/modulator for LWIR imaging |
| Organisation | Leonardo S.p.A. |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Leonardo will collaborate with the University of Birmingham to investigate the technical feasibility of all optical shutter/modulator for cameras operating in the LWIR range. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Leonardo will provide advice on the application of the technology to time-of-flight lidar for the LWIR and promote the technology. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Development of ultrafast lasers in biomedical multiphoton applications |
| Organisation | Chromacity Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This project will investigate the feasibility of using low cost Chromacity spark laser systems as a new source for 2-photon microscopy |
| Collaborator Contribution | Chromacity will install a high-average power, fixed wavelength Spark lasers systems and integrate it with a 2-photon microscope which will lead to the study of a series to cardiac tissue samples to understand the benefits of the Spark when compared against standard laser systems. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Field trial of SPAD array sensors for depth ranging in scattering media |
| Organisation | Lockheed Martin |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Lockheed Martin in collaboration with Sikorsky Aircraft have invited the Experimental Quantum Optics team at Heriot-Watt University to the NATO field trials at the Swiss Army's Alpnach Air Base test facility. The aim of the field trial is to assess the potential of single-photon avalanche detector (SPAD) arrays for visualization in degraded environments. The team from HW will be bringing two different laser ranging systems to test at the facility. We will testing a single-point IR system operating at 1530 nm and a SPAD array system operating at 640 nm. This field trial complements the existing DSTL project on "Seeing through the clouds". The results of this field trial will be included in the final DSTL report. The test are planned for the week beginning the 20th February 2017 and will run for one week. The field trials are intended to test single-photon counting technologies in the white-out scenario produced by a helicopter. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Lockheed Martin has a significant interest in the development and use of single-photon avalanche detector (SPAD) arrays for visualization in degraded environments. SPAD arrays offer two significant advantages over current imaging technologies: first, they offer unprecedented singlephoton sensitivity, and second, they can be activated for very short periods of time such that photons are detected at precise times. These two features enable SPAD array sensors to provide range information about the object that it is imaging in very low light-level scenarios. |
| Impact | The results of the trial will be used to inform future collaborative efforts between LM and HWU to develop the SPAD array sensor technology to a high technology readiness level. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | High speed, visible light sources for computational stereo imaging |
| Organisation | Aralia Systems Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This project will investigate the feasibility of employing a visible light system using technology created under the QuantIC programme for covert automated video surveillance. |
| Collaborator Contribution | If the project proves successful Aralia and the University of Strathclyde would propose to develop the system towards a real-world demonstrator system en-route to commercial exploitation. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Low-Light level infrared LIDAR using electron multiplying semiconductor detectors |
| Organisation | Leonardo MW Ltd. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The use of single photon time-of-flight LIDAR has recently emerged as a key candidate technology for both free-space and underwater depth imaging. This project will determine the technical and commercial feasibility of using InAs avalanche photodiode detectors in short-wave infrared low-light level LIDAR systems. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Leonardo will provide both top-level systems and end user advice, but can also provide manufacturing advice from its CMT foundry. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Mosaic Filters for manufacturable multispectral imaging |
| Organisation | Leonardo MW Ltd. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Alongside partners Heriot-Watt University and Helia Photonics Ltd, a four-colour mosaic filter has been successfully developed during a phase 1 projects. In this next stage of the development it is proposed to determine the feasibility to use Heriot-Watts flip-chip bonding capabilities to develop the technique to align and mount mosaic filters onto Geiger-mode focal plane arrays (Gm-FPA). This will demonstrate a vital stage in the manufacture of integrated filter array/FPA components. |
| Collaborator Contribution | these integrated components will be available to support computational imaging approaches to low-light level, sparse data sets in emerging quantum imaging applications and matrix completion algorithms which Leonard is also developing in a collaboration project. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Multiphoton Microscope Feasibility Study |
| Organisation | Pxyl Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The attributes of the PXYL microscope system has stimulated interest from world-renowned University of Glasgow researchers. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The object of this proposal is to enable PXYL to work with both the Cardiology department and the Beatson CRUK Institute at the University of Glasgow on a mutually beneficial project. The project aim is to validate and benchmark the performance of PXYL's novel multiphoton confocal microscope, while providing access to a novel imaging platform with significant performance and user benefits. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Multiplexed time-correlated single-photon timing fluorescence systems. |
| Organisation | Horiba |
| Department | Horiba Jobin Yvon IBH Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This project concerns collaboration in fluorescence between Glasgow-based Horiba Jobin Yvon IBH Ltd, the University of Strathclyde and the University of Edinburgh. The phenomenon of fluorescence provides a multidimensional signature of a molecule and is widely used for analysis and research across the globe. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Assessing the feasibility of adding multiplexed (simultaneous) imaging detection systems, currently under development within the Quantic programme, to Horiba's range of instruments in order to speed up measurements and thereby open-up new applications, for example in the study of transient species. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Non-invasive cancer tissue diagnostics by sensing protein interactions inside extracellular vesicles |
| Organisation | Photon Force Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We propose a feasibility study to develop a demonstrator system which will apply a sophisticated singlephoton sensitive camera to measuring protein interactions within extracellular vesicles (EV) isolated from cancer cells. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This project will explore a new promising application for the PF32 quantum image sensor produced by Photon Force Ltd. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Novel approach to seeing around corners |
| Organisation | Thales Group |
| Department | Thales Optronics Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This feasibility study aims to further the understanding of the design criteria for a novel imaging system which can be used to detect and determine the source of motion around corners. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Thales, the global Aerospace, Space and Defence, Security, and Transportation group has identified this technology as potentially offering a competitive advantage in the defence, security and transportation sectors. |
| Impact | A successful demonstration, identifying motion around a corner at more than 5m distance, of this early stage protoype will form the basis of a phase two project to further develop a robust field demonstrator. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Optimisation of cones for generation of vortex beams and radial polarisation states. |
| Organisation | Gooch & Housego |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This project aims to take a recent research development in the production of structured polarisation sources from the University of Glasgow and working together with Gooch and Housego, determine the feasibility of developing the technology towards marketable devices. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The combination of the manufacture, optical coatings and material knowledge of Gooch and Housego with the academic knowledge at GU will lead to significantly rapid development from TRL 2 to TRL 6. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Orientationally Patterned Gain Materials for Nonlinear Wavelength Generation |
| Organisation | Chromacity Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Chromacity, together with the University of Glasgow, will collaborate on this project to investigate the feasibility of novel solutions for broadband spectroscopy applications. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Chromacity, a spin out company from Heriot-Watt University, designs and manufactures a range of ultrashort pulse laser systems with a wealth of experience in integrating laser technologies into end-user applications. Their modern manufacturing processes allow them to deliver highly efficient, compact and reliable ultrashort pulse laser products. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Phase 2: Fresnel Cone Enhanced Super Resolution Microscopy |
| Organisation | Elliot Scientific Ltd. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This project aims to build and demonstrate a low cost super-resolution microscope based on Fresnel Cone Technology. The relevant technology has been developed in a Phase 1 feasibility project through collaboration between Gooch & Housego and the University of Glasgow. This feasibility study showed that Fresnel cones could produce structured polarisation beams, entangled in their polarisation and spatial degree of freedom, in a cost-effective, broadband and efficient manner. The structured polarisation beams can be focused to smaller spot sizes - more than 25% below the diffraction limit. This leads to an increase in resolution for microscopy application which is seen as a significant improvement by biomedical researchers and other microscopy end users. There are additional benefits when used in other applications e.g laser machining. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Gooch & Housego, a global leader in photonics technology, will be working in collaboration with researchers at the University of Glasgow and the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, as well as Elliot Scientific, a major supplier of opto-mechanic systems to design, build and test a super-resolution microscope system based on this new technology with an end application tackling the current challenges in medical research. Building on this initial system, we will develop a stand-alone super-resolution module which can be retro-fitted on to existing fluorescence microscopes, greatly increasing the market opportunities for the product. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Phase 2: Fresnel Cone Enhanced Super Resolution Microscopy |
| Organisation | Gooch & Housego |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This project aims to build and demonstrate a low cost super-resolution microscope based on Fresnel Cone Technology. The relevant technology has been developed in a Phase 1 feasibility project through collaboration between Gooch & Housego and the University of Glasgow. This feasibility study showed that Fresnel cones could produce structured polarisation beams, entangled in their polarisation and spatial degree of freedom, in a cost-effective, broadband and efficient manner. The structured polarisation beams can be focused to smaller spot sizes - more than 25% below the diffraction limit. This leads to an increase in resolution for microscopy application which is seen as a significant improvement by biomedical researchers and other microscopy end users. There are additional benefits when used in other applications e.g laser machining. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Gooch & Housego, a global leader in photonics technology, will be working in collaboration with researchers at the University of Glasgow and the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, as well as Elliot Scientific, a major supplier of opto-mechanic systems to design, build and test a super-resolution microscope system based on this new technology with an end application tackling the current challenges in medical research. Building on this initial system, we will develop a stand-alone super-resolution module which can be retro-fitted on to existing fluorescence microscopes, greatly increasing the market opportunities for the product. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Phase 2: Gas Imager |
| Organisation | M Squared Lasers Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The ability to visualize gases has applications in industrial and environmental monitoring settings relevant to production and utility companies. In QuantIC phase 1 we investigated the feasibility of a new IR imaging technology, a Single-Pixel Camera (SPC), for detecting gas leaks. A prototype was developed at Glasgow University that can successfully detect a small, real-time gas leak of 0.5 litres/min in a laboratory setting. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Broaden the SPCs applicability to a range of global markets by enabling the SPC to detect a wider range of gases over longer distances and in difficult and realistic environments. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Phase 2: Integrated imaging, navigation and data systems for autonomous mobile agents |
| Organisation | Aralia Systems Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This Phase II project will take the TRL4 lab demonstrator developed in Phase I to TRL6 and incorporate multiple functions within the same system. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Aralia Systems Ltd, a UK SME, have developed a photometric stereo concept that allows reconstruction of the topology of a scene and greatly improves the automated image analysis task. Current offerings rely on the use of infrared laser sources and cameras, increasing system cost and compromising covert operation. The prototype TRL4 system developed by the University of Strathclyde and Aralia |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Phase 2: Looking inside buildings, Phase II Tracker |
| Organisation | Thales Group |
| Department | Thales UK Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The main objective of this project is to further develop this technology in collaboration with Thales with the final aim of providing a TRL 6 device |
| Collaborator Contribution | The project will be directed by Thales and supported by Professor Daniele Faccio's group at Heriot Watt University. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Phase 2: MUX-TCSPC: Detection of cancer biomarkers |
| Organisation | Horiba |
| Department | Horiba Jobin Yvon IBH Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This project builds on the success of a Phase 1 QuantIC feasibility project aimed at assessing the performance of multiplexed time-correlated single-photon timing (MUX-TCSPC) detection technology on the Horiba range of fluorescence instrumentation. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Horiba are the world-leaders in fluorescence instrumentation and the project will open-up new commercial opportunities by laying the foundation for satisfying a critical and currently unmet need in healthcare, which has the potential for global benefit. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Phase 2: Nanostructured Ultra-thin lenses |
| Organisation | Gooch & Housego |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Design, fabricate and assess UTL for use in compact imaging optics |
| Collaborator Contribution | The end-user requirements and applications for these lenses will be specified by Leonardo, Gooch & Housego and UK ATC. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Phase 2: Nanostructured Ultra-thin lenses |
| Organisation | Leonardo MW Ltd. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Design, fabricate and assess UTL for use in compact imaging optics |
| Collaborator Contribution | The end-user requirements and applications for these lenses will be specified by Leonardo, Gooch & Housego and UK ATC. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Phase 2: Nanostructured Ultra-thin lenses |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Design, fabricate and assess UTL for use in compact imaging optics |
| Collaborator Contribution | The end-user requirements and applications for these lenses will be specified by Leonardo, Gooch & Housego and UK ATC. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Phase 2: Titanium nitride kinetic inductance detectors - from feasibility to demonstration |
| Organisation | Sequestim Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This project proposes to build on the exciting results achieved in the QuantIC phase 1 proof-of concept study where it has been demonstrated that Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors (LEKIDs) made of Titanium Nitride (TiNKIDs) can be operated at a higher temperature than the aluminium devices while maintaining performance. This will offer cost reductions and continuous operation capability. Building upon these results will enable the development of a TRL 6/7 demonstrator passive THz imaging camera for security use in airports. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The project is led by our new start-up company, Sequestim Ltd. (SQ), which was incorporated in 2016 by the partnership of QMC Instruments Ltd. (QMC) and Cardiff University (CU) specifically to exploit this technology in potentially huge worldwide markets. Aluminium Lumped Element Kinetic Inductance Detectors (LEKIDs) which were invented by our colleagues at CU, have already shown the ultra-high sensitivity and detection speeds required to perform passive body imaging and that they can be operated in automated cryogen-free platforms. This partnership will enable crucial simplifications of the cryogenic requirements which can be achieved with LEKIDs fabricated from alternative materials. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Phase 2: Ultra-low light level optical alignment and communications systems for applications in space |
| Organisation | Clyde Space |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This programme will create a system, based on technology developed within QuantIC, which will allow constellations of satellites to identify their own position relative to other units and to communicate with each other, all at ultra-low power levels, and with form factors compatible with current CubeSat standards. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This project will develop the prototype demonstrator to TRL 6. The major activities required to achieve this include: Miniaturisation and optimisation of the optical systems for compatibility with satellite integration. Integration of the real-time encoding-decoding software with existing satellite on-board computer systems; including flight software and processor and Demonstration of emulated mission operation, including full transmission links and automatic satellite navigation. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Proof of Concept Demonstration of a Novel Timepix 3 ASIC/CdZnTe Imaging Assembly to enable 3D Reconstruction of Gamma Ray Environments |
| Organisation | Kromek Group plc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The objective of this six month project will be to investigate the feasibility of integrating CdZnTe with Timepix 3 and through the development of new imaging algorithms obtain suitable imaging performance that can be exploited within a new range of gamma ray imaging instrumentation initially. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Kromek is a radiation detector research, development and manufacturing SME based in the UK, whose entire business is in quantum detection, having 13 years experience of operating in three market sectors: nuclear (both civil and homeland security), medical and security screening. The organisation supplies to OEM customers and directly into the marketplace as well as offering a custom development service. Both CdTe and CdZnTe semiconductor materials are manufactured at the UK facility and allow the generation of x-ray and gamma ray imaging systems when integrated with suitable silicon ASIC readout technology. Kromek currently integrates CdZnTe with a variety of imaging ASICs. The project will be managed by Kromek. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | QuantIC Industrial Studentships |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Student supervision |
| Collaborator Contribution | Glasgow University EPSRC DTP allocation |
| Impact | Recruitment of 8 PhD students |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Quantum Rangefinding and Lidar |
| Organisation | Leonardo MW Ltd. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Leonardo will collaborate with University of Bristol to lead an investigation and demonstration of a quantum lidar (QL) and rangefinder which uses entangled photon pairs (EPP). |
| Collaborator Contribution | Leonardo will collaborate with University of Bristol to lead an investigation and demonstration of a quantum lidar (QL) and rangefinder which uses entangled photon pairs (EPP). |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | SPADnet2 Sensor Characterisation |
| Organisation | ST Microelectronics |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The aim is to perform electro-optic characterization of a single photon sensor for Positron Emission Tomography emerging from an FP7 European project with the purpose of delivering a technical datasheet to allow the sensor to be marketed at upcoming nuclear science trade shows. We will measure device characteristics of SPADnet2 such as dark count rate, photon detection efficiency, pixel uniformity, time-resolution, power consumption. We will prepare a SPADnet2 marketing flyer containing this technical information. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This partnership fund is intended to allow translation of research outcomes into industrial applications and commercial opportunities. This is exactly the purpose for which we intend the funding i.e. to perform knowledge transfer of a photonic quantum sensor from the design phase within collaborative University research towards the next step of commercialization and dissemination. |
| Impact | Electro-optic characterization of a single photon sensor for Positron Emission Tomography emerging from an FP7 European project were performed. A technical data sheet was produced to allow the sensor to be marketed at upcoming nuclear science trade shows. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Stand Off Raman Detection |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This feasibility study will investigate the potential to build a compact Stand off Raman Identification System in the IR. The system will also provide a useful test bed for evaluating new IR sensors that are currently being developed under the QuantIC programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The project will build upon work already undertaken by DSTL together with Glasgow University using a RAPTOR camera where they have already demonstrated their ability to detect a number of target chemicals at an extended range. This early work has demonstrated the potential for such a system development. Recent developments in sensors and novel algorithms suggest that the time is right to accelerate this area. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Stand Off Raman Detection |
| Organisation | Raptor Photonics Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This feasibility study will investigate the potential to build a compact Stand off Raman Identification System in the IR. The system will also provide a useful test bed for evaluating new IR sensors that are currently being developed under the QuantIC programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The project will build upon work already undertaken by DSTL together with Glasgow University using a RAPTOR camera where they have already demonstrated their ability to detect a number of target chemicals at an extended range. This early work has demonstrated the potential for such a system development. Recent developments in sensors and novel algorithms suggest that the time is right to accelerate this area. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Studentship: A Synthetic LIDAR environment for training self driving cars |
| Organisation | Horiba |
| Department | HORIBA MIRA |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Student Supervision |
| Collaborator Contribution | Financial contribution towards research and student supervision |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Studentship: Atomic layer deposition for superconducting quantum circuits |
| Organisation | Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Student Supervision |
| Collaborator Contribution | Financial Contribution towards research and student supervision. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Studentship: Computational Thermal Imaging |
| Organisation | Qioptiq Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Student Supervision |
| Collaborator Contribution | Financial contribution to research and student supervision |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Studentship: Deep body imaging and tomography using single photon cameras |
| Organisation | Photon Force Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Student Supervision |
| Collaborator Contribution | Financial contribution towards research and student supervision |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Studentship: Development of innovative superconducting electronics for multiplexing quantum sensors arrays |
| Organisation | National Physical Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Student Supervision |
| Collaborator Contribution | Financial contribution to research and student supervision |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Studentship: Feasibility of a Quantum Radar |
| Organisation | Qinetiq |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Student Supervision |
| Collaborator Contribution | Financial contribution towards research and student supervision |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Studentship: Field Testing MEMS gravimeters |
| Organisation | Bridgeporth Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Student Supervision |
| Collaborator Contribution | Financial contribution towards research and student supervision |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Studentship: Gas sight |
| Organisation | M Squared Lasers Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Student Supervision |
| Collaborator Contribution | Financial contribution to research and student supervision |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Studentship: Improving the Robustness and Sensitivity of MEMS gravimeters/accelerometers |
| Organisation | Schlumberger Limited |
| Department | Schlumberger Cambridge Research |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Student Supervision |
| Collaborator Contribution | Financial contribution to research and student supervision |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Studentship: MEMS gravimeters for Underwater Applications |
| Organisation | Qinetiq |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Student Supervision |
| Collaborator Contribution | Financial contribution towards research and student supervision |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Studentship: Machine learning and quantum technology Imaging applications with Amazon |
| Organisation | Amazon.com |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Student Supervision |
| Collaborator Contribution | Financial Contribution to Research and student supervision |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Studentship: Reconfigurable Time-of-flight 3D Ranging using SPADs + FPGA-based Time-to-Digital Converter Arrays |
| Organisation | ST Microelectronics |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Student Supervision |
| Collaborator Contribution | Financial contribution for research and student supervision |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | The evaluation of digital SPAD imaging arrays to scintillator based radiation detectors |
| Organisation | Kromek Group plc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | we will investigate the feasibility of using digital SPAD (single photon avalanche diode) technology developed at University of Edinburgh across a wide range of radiation detection requirements. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Kromek has a long-standing relationship with the University of York, who have extensive experience and facilities for characterization of radiation detectors. The technology used in the Secure the Cities Program initially came from some joint work carried out between the two parties, which has led to the delivery of 12,000 devices by Kromek this year, with a value of over $5M. As the programme develops, it is forecast the detector requirement will increase by an order of magnitude in the coming years. This project will see a collaboration between Kromek, Edinburgh and York with the aim of seeding a process which will see a similar accelerated commercialization path for digital SPAD technology |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Towards Innovative Passive Stand-Off Terahertz Imaging |
| Organisation | Q-Eye Sensors Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The objective is to conduct a feasibility study on the development of an innovative stand-off terahertz (THz)- gigahertz- (GHz) imaging system with specific applications in security imaging |
| Collaborator Contribution | In this project, Q-Eye will partner with the Universities of Exeter and Glasgow, harnessing their expertise in THz imaging and imaging and compressive sensing to conduct a feasibility study into the use of Q-Eye sensor technology in a novel THz camera. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | UVA Mounted Terahertz imager development |
| Organisation | Lockheed Martin |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This project explores the feasibility of developing a CMOS based, low cost and easy to manufacture, terahertz imager to be mounted on a micro Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) for the measurement of plant characteristics such as water content.Glasgow University has already developed a sensor which has been shown to operate at terahertz frequencies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Development and testing at TRL 2. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Wee-g: Field testing a miniaturised MEMS gravimeter |
| Organisation | Bridgeporth Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This project will aim at developing an early stage mobile prototype of the MEMS gravimeter which currently exists as a laboratory prototype at TRL level 3. This will be achieved by developing dedicated control/readout electronics. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Re- packaging the sensor for field tests. The sensor will be field tested and compared against an industry standard gravimeter on either an exploration project or against a known gravitational anomaly. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | customised high-speed histogramming hardware from Horiba Scientific UK |
| Organisation | Horiba |
| Department | Horiba Scientific |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Will enable greater than 10x improvement to data acquisition rates from a single photon sensitive detector employed in a real-time 3D single-pixel video camera prototype. |
| Collaborator Contribution | After arranging several technical meetings with Horiba Scientific, which is a locally based world leading manufacturer of high-end histogramming electronics, we have determined that these limitations can be overcome utilising modified Horiba hardware and firmware. Horiba has confirmed that they are able to develop new firmware and customise their existing electronics in order to meet our requirements. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Title | Dual Cone-Based Polarizer |
| Description | Dual Cone-Based Polarizer. US Patent Number: 10,248,032. Patent assigned on 2nd April 2019 (application number 15/955,428) |
| IP Reference | 15/955,428 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2019 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | MEASUREMENT OF ACCELERATION |
| Description | An acceleration measuring device is disclosed, for use as a gravimeter or gradiometer for example. The device has a support and a proof mass, connected to each other by at flexures allowing displacement of the proof mass relative to the support. The support defines a space for displacement of the proof mass. The device is configured so that the modulus of the gradient of the force-displacement curve of the proof mass decreases with increasing displacement, for at least part of the force-displacement curve. This is the so-called anti-spring effect. The resonant frequency of oscillation of the proof mass is determined at least in part by the orientation of the device relative to the direction of the force due to gravity. The proof mass is capable of oscillating with a resonant frequency of 10 Hz or less. The proof mass has a mass of less than 1 gram. |
| IP Reference | WO2016030435 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2016 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | Method of analysing molecular properties and spectrometer for the same |
| Description | Please see the URL link |
| IP Reference | GB1519681.9 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | PIXEL CIRCUIT WITH CAPACITOR DISCHARGE INDICATIVE OF NUMBER OF EVENTS |
| Description | A pixel circuit includes a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) and a measurement circuit including a capacitance. The circuit is operable to discharge a known portion of the charge on the capacitance upon each detection of a SPAD event within a time period, such that the charge remaining on the capacitance at the end of the time period corresponds to the number of SPAD events detected within the time period. A time resolved imaging apparatus includes an array of such pixel circuits. A method of counting photon detection includes sensing photons with a SPAD device and discharging a known portion of the charge on a capacitance upon each detection of a SPAD event within a time period. |
| IP Reference | US2014124653 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2014 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | PIXEL CIRCUIT WITH CONTROLLED CAPACITOR DISCHARGE TIME OF FLIGHT MEASUREMENT |
| Description | A pixel circuit includes a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) and a measurement circuit including a capacitance. The SPAD detects an incident photon and the measurement circuit discharges the capacitance at a known rate during a discharge time period. The length of the discharge time period is determined by the time of detection of the photon, such that the final amount of charge on the capacitance corresponds to the time of flight of the photon. The pixel circuit may be included in a time resolved imaging apparatus. A method of measuring the time of flight of a photon includes responding to an incident photon detection by discharging a capacitance at a known rate and correlating final capacitance charge to time of flight. |
| IP Reference | US2014124652 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2014 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE FOR CMOS CIRCUITS |
| Description | A single photon avalanche diode for use in a CMOS integrated circuit includes a deep n-well region formed above a p-type substrate and an n-well region formed above and in contact with the deep n-well region. A cathode contact is connected to the n-well region via a heavily doped n-type implant. A lightly doped region forms a guard ring around the n-well and deep n-well regions. A p-well region is adjacent to the lightly doped region. An anode contact is connected to the p-well region via a heavily doped p-type implant. The junction between the bottom of the deep n-well region and the substrate forms a multiplication region when an appropriate bias voltage is applied between the anode and cathode and the guard ring breakdown voltage is controlled with appropriate control of the lateral doping concentration gradient such that the breakdown voltage is higher than that of the multiplication region. |
| IP Reference | US2013193546 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2013 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | SPECTROSCOPY APPARATUS AND METHOD |
| Description | There is presented a spectroscopic apparatus and method wherein an input light source that inputs pump light to a photon pair source. The photon pair source converts pump photons into signal and idler photon pairs. The photon pair source is, in some of examples described herein, tuneable so that the wavelength of the signal and idler photons can be changed by application of a tuning means. At least one of the signal and idler photons is made incident upon a medium under test. A heralding detection apparatus is used to detect any signal and idler photons output from the spectroscopy apparatus, wherein at least one of the photons of the pair has interacted with or been operated upon by the medium under test. |
| IP Reference | US2016041032 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2016 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | Single photon avaalanche detector method for use therof and method for it's manufacture |
| Description | Please see the URL Link |
| IP Reference | GB1814688.6 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | TERAHERTZ RADIATION DETECTOR, FOCAL PLANE ARRAY INCORPORATING TERAHERTZ DETECTOR, MULTISPECTRAL METAMATERIAL ABSORBER, AND COMBINED OPTICAL FILTER AND TERAHERTZ ABSORBER |
| Description | The invention provides a detector (10) comprising a metamaterial absorber (14, 16, 18) and a micro-bolometer (22) arranged to detect terahertz (THz) radiation. The metamaterial absorber can absorb multiple frequency bands, from the infrared and the THz regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The detector is scalable to be suitable for use in a focal plane array. The invention also provides a hybrid of a plasmonic filter, e.g. for optical radiation, and a metamaterial absorber for terahertz (and/or infrared) radiation, to create a single material capable of absorbing narrow band terahertz radiation and filtering radiation in another part of the spectrum, e.g. optical radiation. Such material has great potential in future imaging technology where hybridisation can maximise the spectral information density of an optical system. |
| IP Reference | WO2014083326 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2014 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | Time to digital converter and applications thereof |
| Description | Please see URL link |
| IP Reference | US20150041625 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2015 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | N/A |
| Title | Viewing and Tracking of Hidden Objects in a Scene |
| Description | Please see the URL link |
| IP Reference | GB1418731.4 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | N/A |
| Company Name | QLM TECHNOLOGY LTD |
| Description | Former QuantIC researcher from the University of Bristol, Xiao Ai, has started up Quantum Light Metrology (QLM), which has developed a drone mounted, quantum sensing solution capable of remotely detecting and quantifying minute methane leaks. This work was supported by QuantIC, an EPSRC Impact Acceleration award and the Quantum Technology Centre (QTEC) at the University of Bristol. |
| Year Established | 2017 |
| Impact | QLM's laser radar is capable of remotely detecting and quantifying the lowest methane gas leak rate required by the Oil and Gas industry, out to a 150-metre operational distance. This brings a 10-fold sensitivity improvement over the closest competitor, which enables a significant performance improvement in scanning and imaging capabilities. In economic terms, methane leaks from well-heads and pipelines cost the Oil and Gas industry between $6bn and $30bn a year. In the US, methane leaks from the natural gas and petroleum industry are now the number one source of methane emissions, surpassing livestock digestion and landfill. QLM's technology has potential for a better understanding of emissions that could result in cost effective mitigating strategies and improved health and safety measures for the Oil and gas sector. |
| Website | https://www.qlmtec.com |
| Company Name | PXYL LIMITED |
| Description | QuantIC is supporting start-up company PXYL in product development and providing lab and office space in the QuantIC Innovation Centre as well as offering opportunities to showcase their technology at events. |
| Year Established | 2017 |
| Impact | PXYL is a start-up company based in the University of Glasgow and develops, manufactures and sells next generation multimodal confocal microscopes. PXYL will take existing market share and open new markets with systems that improve performance, are simple to maintain, easy to use and have significantly reduced capital and running costs. A conservative estimate is that the total available market applicable to the new PXYL microscope is in excess of $300M. |
| Company Name | RAYCAL LTD. |
| Description | Raycal is a startup from the University of Bristol, that provides consulting services in the area of quantum technologies, with special focus on imaging and metrology. The company has a wide range of expertise including product development, market research and technology analysis. Raycal is currently in the process of commercialising high-performance photon sources for research and development. |
| Year Established | 2018 |
| Impact | Product based on a source of light that is cleaner than a laser and delivers exactly the number of photons to suppress noise to below the shot noise limit is close to market. It is expected that the technology can deliver superior performance in areas such as Bio imaging, Healthcare diagnostics, Security and defence and precision manufacture. |
| Company Name | SEQUESTIM LIMITED |
| Description | Sequestim is a joint venture between QMC Instruments Ltd and Cardiff University established in 2016 to commercialise the next generation of terahertz imaging technology developed by the partners for security screening applications. Sequestim is supported by QuantIC in terms of both product development and showcasing of technology. |
| Year Established | 2016 |
| Impact | Sequestim is developing a super-sensitive passenger scanner that reveals hidden security threats. Globally 12 million passengers travel by air every day, doubling to 24 million by 2040. Airport systems are under intense pressure, airports and aircraft remain a prime terrorist threat. Current security systems create passenger delays and high staff levels. Sequestim's screening technology allows passengers to walk through in real time using the body's natural heat to illuminate concealed objects that may be on the person. The technology has the potential to cut queues at airport terminals as it screens people on the move. It will also impact on the effectiveness of security and help keep passengers safe. It is expected that the throughput of a typical security channel at an airport could increase from 150 passengers per hour to 1,000. Equipment could be deployed at airports by 2021. |
| Website | http://www.sequestim.com/ |
| Description | "Camera that sees around corners using scattered laser light could aid rescue teams and motorists" |
| 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 | Media coverage generated from the "see around corners" publication in Nature Photonics: The Irish Examiner, 7 December 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.irishexaminer.com/world/camera-that-sees-around-corners-using-scattered-laser-light-could... |
| Description | "Efforts to see around corners get a boost from better detectors" |
| 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 | Media coverage generated from the "see around corners" publication in Nature Photonics: The Economist, December 12, 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21679769-efforts-see-around-corners-get-boost-b... |
| Description | "Electron Diffraction Tube" and "Quantum Tunnelling in Radioactive Decay" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | "Electron Diffraction Tube" and "Quantum Tunnelling in Radioactive Decay" teaching resource films produced with Scottish, Schools, Education, Research, Centre |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | "Imaging the future with QuantIC" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | QuantIC have produced an "Imaging the future with QuantIC" film |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | "Kamera meldet auch Bewegung "um die Ecke" |
| 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 | Media coverage generated from the "see around corners" publication in Nature Photonics: Die Welt (German), 8 December 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/article149734724/Kamera-meldet-auch-Bewegung-um-die-Ecke.html |
| Description | "Key role for universities in science hubs" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | QuantIC's Launch received substantial news coverage |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-30211003 |
| Description | "Laser camera can track hidden moving objects around corners" |
| 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 | Media coverage generated from the "see around corners" publication in Nature Photonics: New Scientist, december 7, 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28628-laser-camera-can-track-hidden-moving-objects-around-cor... |
| Description | "Laser camera sees around blind corners" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media coverage generated from the "see around corners" publication in Nature Photonics: The Times, 7 December 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/laser-camera-sees-around-blind-corners-gzzwjd5tn2v |
| Description | "Laser flight path caught on camera for the first time" |
| 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 | Coverage of Professor Daniele Faccio's work on "light in flight" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26861-laser-flight-path-caught-on-camera-for-the-first-time/ |
| Description | "New camera created by Edinburgh scientists could allow motorists to see around blind corners" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media coverage generated from the "see around corners" publication in Nature Photonics: The National, December 6 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.thenational.scot/news/14900784.New_camera_created_by_Edinburgh_scientists_could_allow_mot... |
| Description | "New gravimeter-on-a-chip is tiny yet extremely sensitive" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media coverage generated from the MEMS gravimeter: Physics World, March 30, 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2016/mar/30/new-gravimeter-on-a-chip-is-tiny-yet-extremely-... |
| Description | "Now that's a smartphone! 'Wee-g' technology found in mobiles can be used to measure tiny changes in Earth's gravity" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media coverage generated from the MEMS gravimeter: The Daily Mail, 1 April 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3515805/Now-s-smartphone-Wee-g-technology-mobiles-use... |
| Description | "Physicists find a new way to slow the speed of light" |
| 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 | The Slow light paper from Professor Miles Padgett group attracted considerable PR coverage. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://phys.org/news/2015-01-physicists-air.html |
| Description | "Pupils step into the future" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media coverage for the launch of Making the Invisible launch at Glasgow Science Centre - The Evening TImes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | "Scientists slow the speed of light" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Slow Light paper from Professor Miles Padgett group attracted considerable PR coverage. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-30944584 |
| Description | "See around Corners" CNN Expansion |
| 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 | Media coverage generated from the "see around corners" publication in Nature Photonics: CNN Expansion (Spanish), December 7 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | "See around corners" Daily Plante |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media coverage generated from the "see around corners" publication in Nature Photonics: Daily Planet (Discovery Channel Canada), December 8 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | "See around corners" PressReader |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media coverage generated from the "see around corners" publication in Nature Photonics: PressReader, 7 December 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | "See around corners" STV |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media coverage generated from the "see around corners" publication in Nature Photonics: STV News at Six (Edinburgh), December 7 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | "Shapely photons break rules to fly slower than light" |
| 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 | The Slow light paper from Professor Miles Padgett group attracted considerable PR coverage |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26837-shapely-photons-break-rules-to-fly-slower-than-light/ |
| Description | "Shaping Light" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Miles Padgett was the subject of a news feature celebrating the UNESCO year of light in Nature titled "Shaping Light". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | "Small, cheap gravity gadget to peer underground" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media coverage generated from the MEMS gravimeter: BBC News 30 March 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35926147 |
| Description | "Smartphone MEMs adapted to create affordable gravimeters" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Media coverage generated from the MEMS gravimeter: The Engineer, 31 March 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.theengineer.co.uk/smartphone-mems-adapted-to-create-affordable-gravimeters/ |
| Description | "Super camera 'may help rescue teams see around corners'" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media coverage generated from the "see around corners" publication in Nature Photonics: The Scotsman, 7 December 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/super-camera-may-help-rescue-teams-see-around-corners-1-39681... |
| Description | "Watch the first ever video of a laser beam traveling through the air: Camera captures light using 20 BILLION frames per second" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Coverage of Professor Daniele Faccio's work on "light in flight" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2928969/Watch-video-laser-beam-traveling-air-Camera-c... |
| Description | "Young's Double Slit Experiment explained" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "Young's Double Slit Experiment explained" teaching resource film produced with Glasgow Science Centre with R. Aspden |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | "£27m quantum research centre to open in Glasgow" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | QuantIC's Launch received substantial news coverage |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/tech/27m-quantum-research-centre-to-open-in-glasgow-1-369... |
| Description | 1000 fps computational ghost imaging using LED-based structured illumination |
| 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 | Article in Ars Technica |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/02/imaging-at-1000fps-with-a-single-pixel/ |
| Description | 3rd Defence and Security Quantum Technology Community Meeting |
| 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 | Not long after its official launch, QuantIC co-hosted the 3rd Defence and Security Quantum Technology Community Meeting with dstl which was held in Glasgow on 12 March 2015. Over 120 people attended the meeting, which was set up to build and sustain a QT community from academia, industry, funders and end users. The meeting provided an opportunity to view some of QuantIC's technology demonstrators as well as updates on dstl's current quantum enabled sensors programme. A key highlight of the day's proceedings was a presentation on the UK's Quantum Technology Roadmap by Innovate UK and how the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme would lead to wealth creation in the UK through the links with UK academia and industry. Some recommendations to establish stronger links were presented and included knowledge transfer partnerships, joint conferences and site and facility sharing. It was good to know that QuantIC was already implementing some of these recommendations! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | 3rd UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase |
| 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 | Organised Event: 3rd UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase, London, November 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | 4th UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase |
| 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 | ORGANISED: 4th UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase, November 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | A Celebration of QuantIC & Phase II Relaunch |
| 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 | An Event organised to celebrate QuantIC which attracted over 100 attendees showcasing the achievements so far and looking forward to future accomplishments. Please see attached URL for full description. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://quantic.tangentgraphic.co.uk/events/celebration-relaunch/ |
| Description | A homodyne detector integrated onto a photonic chip for measuring quantum states and generating random numbers |
| 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 | Article in Phys Org |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://phys.org/news/2018-02-silicon-chip-quantum.html |
| Description | Activity held at Glasgow Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Ivanna Marocco led an activity at the Glasgow Science Festival. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Adjacent Government journal Profile |
| 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 | A profile of QuantIC was featured in the Adjacent Government journal which "produces compelling and informative products for a wide audience." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.adjacentopenaccess.org/research-science-innovation-news/imaging-future/28185/ |
| Description | Art Exhibition - Edinburgh Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Daniel Faccio - Art Exhibition at Summerhall-Edinburgh in collaboration with artist Lily Hibberd, Edinburgh Science Festival 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Art Installation at Creative Reactions Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr M.P. Edgar worked with artist Marta Fuster to develop art installation at Creative Reactions Exhibition in May 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Article in Bild der Wissenschaft |
| 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 | Professor Miles Padgett was interviewed for "Quantum Revlolution" feature on Bild der Wissenschaft magazine. Article was published in April 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Article in Imaging and Machine Vision Europe |
| 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 | Professor Miles Padgett was interviewed about QuantIC technology in IMVE. Article was published in Feb 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Article in Instrumentation Monthly |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release by industry partner Horiba on QuantIC PRF project. Has interview by Professor Miles Padgett |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Article in New Scientist |
| 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 Professor Daniele Faccio on Ghost Imaging for New Scientist |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Article in Optics.org |
| 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 | Press release on spin off QLM which was started by former QuantIC researcher Xiao Ai |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Article in Phys.org |
| 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 | Press release on Professor Daniele Faccio's paper on Nanoscale measurements in Science Advances journal. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Article in Sciencemag.org |
| 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 on "ghost imaging" with interview by Professor Miles Padgett on sciencemag.org |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Article in The Conversation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Professor Daniele Faccio wrote an article for The Conversation which was published Jan 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Article in The Sunday Times |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview with Dr Matt Edgar as part of Sunday Times article with industry partner M Squared Lasers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Augmented Reality App |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ORGANISED: Collaboration with QuantIC on Augmented Reality App, November 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Automotive Applications Workshop |
| 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 | ORGANISED: Automotive Applications Workshop, MIRA, May 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BSF Award Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Richard Middlemiss attended BSF Award Lecture in September 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Birmingham Hub/BP Oil industry event |
| 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 | QuantIC exhibited at Birmingham Hub/BP Oil industry event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Bristol Bright Night |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Bristol PhD student Rebecca Whittaker with the Bristol Optical Student Society took part in Bristol Bright Night with a stand on "Communicating with Light", speaking to school children and adults. Rebecca was interviewed at the event, with the interview and footage of the stand appearing on Made in Bristol TV channel. Bristol Bright Night is collaboration between University of Bristol, University of the West of England and Bristol Natural History Consortium (BNHC), as part of the prestigious Europe-wide Researchers' Night initiative. Events included street theatre displays on sustainability, bite sized talks and a researchers' fair with stalls from academics across disciplines. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.bnhc.org.uk/bristol-bright-night/ |
| Description | CST Global's technology day |
| 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 | QuantIC attended CST Global's technology day helps to launch T@CST photonics collective, May 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.semiconductor-today.com/news_items/2018/may/cst-global_170518.shtml |
| Description | Canada Quantum Technologies Expert Mission |
| 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 | Director of Quantic attended Quantum Technologies Expert Mission, Canada, March 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Cheltenham Science Festival |
| 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 | ORGANISED: Cheltenham Science Festival, June 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Cheltenham Science Festival 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | J.G. Rarity and J.C.F Matthews - design and presentation at Cheltenham Science Festival 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Demonstrated at TEDx Glasgow 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor David Cumming presented the demo "Cameras for super-human vision" showcasing the reserach of the Microsystem Technology Group both in the field of plasmonics and mid-IR imaging at TEDx, Glasgow, June 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Demonstration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | V. Pusino manned the Augmented Reality App demo at the IOP Festival of Physics that took place on 26/10/2019 at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Demonstration |
| 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 | V. Pusino and I. Escorcia Carranza manned the IndiPix demo at the QuantIC relaunch event that took place on 28/11/2019 at Glasgow Science Centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Demonstrations |
| 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 | Alex McMillan, BluSource and Time Tagger Demos, Laser World of Photonics, Munich 23-27 June 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Demonstrator |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dawson/Strain were Demonstrators at Quantum Showcase 2019, QEII Centre, London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Demonstrator |
| 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 | Dawson/Strain Demonstrators at Quantic II Launch Event, Glasgow, City Centre |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Demonstrator |
| 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 | Dawson/Strain were demonstrators at Quantum Showcase 2019, QEII Centre, London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | EPSRC Council Visit |
| 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 | QuantIC Organised event: EPSRC Council Visit to the QuantIC Innovation Space in Glasgow in July 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | EuCheMS Congress |
| 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 | QuantIC exhibited at EuCheMS Congress, Liverpool, June 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.euchems2018.org/ |
| Description | European Researchers Night (Explorathon) 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | V. Pusino presented the demo "Cameras for super-human vision" showcasing the research of the Microsystem Technology Group on mid-infrared imagers by showing CO2 imaging, Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow, September 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Exhibit at Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The wee-g team engaged in the Glasgow Science Festival, showing a mock-up of the Mt. Etna Gravity Project (Finding Magnets hidden under the ground). They also showed a full size cubist model. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Exhibited at Adastral Park Cluster Event |
| 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 | Participated in the Business Opportunities in Quantum Technologies Industry Engagement Event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.quantumcommshub.net/news/new-quantum-technologies-markets-are-the-focus-of-major-event-a... |
| Description | Exhibited at a Showcase |
| 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 | Robotics and AI Showcase in Manchester, 12th March 2019. Those Involved - Dawson/Strain |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Exhibition at Photonics West |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Various Academics from QuantIC exhibited at Photonics West, San Francisco, USA in February 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Explorathon'15 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Funded by the European Commission, Explorathon is an annual event which gives the public an opportunity to meet academics and engage with them on their research and find out how it benefits society in an interactive and engaging ways. QuantIC was excited to be involved this year and our researchers were at Edinburgh Zoo, Glasgow Riverside Museum and the Glasgow Science Centre. We had the opportunity to present our research to more than a thousand people over the course of the event. Explorathon first timer Johannes Herrnsdorf from the University of Strathclyde, who presented his work on LED Illumination said, "I got the most interest from the parents of the kids (especially from the dads) and it was good to showcase some actual research out of the lab." Johannes' research focuses on LED illumination capable of projecting patterns and sending information at such fast speed they are undetectable to the human eye. These patterns can be used by sensing devices to determine their position accurately within an environment and the information can be used to undertake tasks. Other research projects included visualising light in light, seeing behind paint with a single pixel camera and the modelling of the human face in three-dimensions. About 175 people volunteered to have their faces taken in 3D, with the images becoming useful data in computer vision, statistical and mathematical techniques required to model facial shape for medical and biological applications. Researchers also found Explorathon a good networking opportunity to discuss ideas and collaboration. QuantIC's Richard Middlemiss from University of Glasgow said, "We had about 200 people visit our stand and we even spoke to researchers from the Engineering department who make drones, since we hope one day to fly our gravimeters on one of these and it was a useful conversation to have." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Explorathon'16 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | QuantIC's researchers were on hand to showcase some of the developments on their work to the public where they were "making the invisible visible". Proceedings kicked off with one of our researchers giving a talk on chirality at the Science Show Theatre which saw over 120 people attending to understand more about chiral rotational spectroscopy and how it could be useful in the analysis of molecules. Explorathon 16: QuantIC exhibited "Creative Cameras" - D. Philips, R. Hay, Toninelli "Seeing the invisible in the mid-infrared" - V. Pusino "Mirrors, chirality and Stegosaurus" - R.Cameron (Talk) "Wee-g in a lift" - R. Middlemiss |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://quantic.ac.uk/making-the-invisible-visible-at-explorathon-16/ |
| Description | Festival of Nature 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | E. Allen designed, build and presented at Bristol's Festival of Nature 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Filmed as part of a Project Outreach |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | R. Middlemiss was filmed as part of a Project Outreach Video for the NEWTON-g Project in April 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Genevieve Gariepy interview BBC4 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Genevieve Gariepy - (PhD) student with Daniele Faccio: interviewed by Quentin Cooper for BBC4 Material World Radio programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Glasgow Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "Agent Photon and the amazing quantum quest" - consisting of theatrical presentation, QuantIC demonstrators, formal lecture and industry careers talk, with M. Edgar, R. Aspden, P. Morris. R. Hay, V. Pusino, S. Bramsiepe, R. Middlemiss, W. Roga, J. Herrnsdorf, P.Chua, K.Walker, C. Hamilton (M Squared Lasers) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://glasgowsciencefestival.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/quantum-physics-vs-zombies/ |
| Description | Glasgow Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ORGANISED: Glasgow Science Festival, June 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Ian Walmsley Public Lecture QuantumUK 2016 Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Ian Walmsley gave a talk entitled "Quantum Technologies using Light and Atoms" at the QuantumUK 2016 Conference, Birmingham, September 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.quantumsensors.org/news/university-birmingham-hosts-quantum-uk-2016-conference/ |
| Description | Illuminations: International Year of Light Closing Festival |
| 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 | 2015 had been designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Light to celebrate and highlight the importance of light and optical based technologies as it marked a large number of anniversaries of significant discoveries, including Maxwell's electromagnetic theory of light and Einstein's theory of general relativity. Given the Hub's research focus on quantum enhanced imaging, QuantIC was delighted to be invited to exhibit at Illuminations, the closing event for the International Year of Light in Scotland. Over 900 people attended the event, of which more than half were school children, who were treated to light shows and were also able to try hands on experiments with researchers. QuantIC's Vincenzo Pusino, who was there exhibiting the IndiPx technology, which showcases mid-infrared sensing and imaging technology said, "I think my simple experiment using a straw to show carbon dioxide detections made it easy for people to understand what my research was trying to do and the school kids really enjoyed blowing bubbles to see how much CO2 they had!" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Innovate UK Quantum Briefing event hosted by QuantIC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | QuantIC, working with the KTN, organised The Quantum Technologies Special Interest Group of the Knowledge Transfer Network networking event to inform the community on details of Innovate UK and EPSRC funding in Quantum Technologies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Institute of Photonics 20th Anniversary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor Martin Dawson organised the Institute of Photonics 20th Anniversary event on 4 November 2015 (TIC/Strathclyde), which included plenary speakers and technical stands/exhibits including one for QuantIC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.light2015.org/Home/Event-Programme/2015/Symposia/20th-Anniversary-of-the-Institute-of-Pho... |
| Description | Intelligent Imaging Programme 2018 |
| 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 | QuantIC attended KTN 9th Intelligent Imaging workshop, March 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Interview Miles Padgett Today Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Quantum National Showcase London 11th of November 2015, Today Programme, BBC Radio 4, 8.55 am, interview with Professor Miles Padgett. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Interview for Estonian Public Broadcasting |
| 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 | Dr Dave Phillips conducted an interview with Science Editor or Estonian Public Broadcasting in April 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Interview with Giles Hammond and Richard Middlemiss BBC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Giles Hammond and Richard Middlemiss were interviewed by Ken MacDonald for BBC reporting Scotland lunch and evening bulletin, 24th Feb 2015. This coincided with the launch of the QuantIC Hub. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Invited Keynote at CMOS sensors for photonic molecular fingerprinting of disease pathology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor Robert Henderson invited Keynote speaker to SU2P event on CMOS sensors for photonic molecular fingerprinting of disease pathology at Heriot-watt University in April 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Invited Seminar on Gravitational Waves |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Rebecca Douglas was invited to seminar held at University of Sussex on gravitational waves in February 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Invited Speaker: Pint of Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Dr M.P. Edgar was an invited speaker at the Pint of Science Fesival held in Glasgow in May 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Jaguar Landrover Meeting |
| 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 | QuantIC Organised: Jaguar Landrover Meeting, November 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Joint QinetiQ and QuantIC workshop |
| 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 | QuantIC hosted a quantum enhanced imaging workshop for Defence and Security sector with industry partner QinetiQ. QinetiQ is one of the world's leading defence technology and security companies. Hosted at QinetiQ's Malvern premises, the event was attended by over 25 industrialists from organisations such as Airbus, DSTL, BAE, e2v, Selex and Thales and 11 academics from QuantIC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://quantic.ac.uk/quantic-hosts-quantum-enhanced-imaging-workshop-for-defence-and-security-secto... |
| Description | Jonathan Leach Lecture Institute of Physics Teachers' meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Professor Jonathan Leach presented a lecture on Quantum Physics at the Institute of Physics Teachers' meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | KTN Showcasing Emerging Technologies 2018 |
| 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 | QuantIC exhibited at the KTN Showcasing Emerging Technologies 2018 - Photonics and Imaging |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Keynote talk at ISEC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor Robert Hadfield gave a keynote talk at ISEC 2017 in Sorrento, Italy in June 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Lab Tour with Patrick Grady MP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | R. Middlemiss arranged lab tour with Patrick Grady MP, Glasgow, May 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Laser World of Photonics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | QuantIC Event: Exhibit Technology at Laser World of Photonics held in Munich, Germany in 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I. Escorcia Carranza delivered a lecture titled "A Case Study in Terahertz Sensing" to the students funded via the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Sensing and Measurement on 18/11/2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Lecture at La lumière entre arts et sciences |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Ian Walmsley gave a talk entitled "Lumière et couleur au 19e siècle en Angleterre : regards croisés" at the Au prisme d'Augustin Fresnel : La lumière entre arts et sciences (1790-1900) event in Paris: "On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the presentation of Fresnel's paper on the wave nature of light, the United Nations declared 2015 the International Year of Light. The École Polytechnique and the Musée du Louvre question the research carried out simultaneously by scientists and artists on the nature and the rendering of light, consider disciplinary comparisons and possible reciprocal influences." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.louvre.fr/au-prisme-d-augustin-fresnel-la-lumiere-entre-arts-et-sciences-1790-1900 |
| Description | Live Demonstration and Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Kyle Nutt & Graham Gibson - Photonex Glasgow - Gave a Live Demo and a talk on the Gas Camera. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | MEMS Gravimeter BBC |
| 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 | Media coverage generated from the MEMS gravimeter: BBC World Service 31 March 2016, Researchers at the University of Glasgow in the UK have used accelerometer technology to build new gravimeters. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | MEMS Gravimeter BBC Radio |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media coverage generated from the MEMS gravimeter: BBC Radio 4 31 March 2016, Glasgow University scientists have developed a new portable cheap gravimeter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | MEMS Gravimeter BBC Radio Scotland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Media coverage generated from the MEMS gravimeter: BBC Radio Scotland 31 March 2016, A student from Glasgow University has developed a sensor which could potentially warn of volcanic |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | MEMS for Gravity Surveys |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | G.D. Hammond, Talk at Edinburgh Astronomical Society, MEMS for Gravity Surveys, February 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | MIRAGE 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 | QuantIC attended MIRAGE workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Material World Radio program. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Genevieve Gariepy (PhD) student with Daniele Faccio, interviewed by Quentin Cooper for BBC4 Material World Radio program. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | MediSens Invited Talk: Disease diagnosis in the distal lung using time-resolved CMOS single photon detector arrays |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Robert Henderson attended MediSens and gave an Invited Talk: Disease diagnosis in the distal lung using time-resolved CMOS single photon detector arrays, December 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meet the Expert Session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | M.P Edgar, V. Pusino and Chengshi Xie involved in "Meet the Expert" session at Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow in September 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Meeting with BAE Systems |
| 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 | Meeting with BAE Systems at the QuantIC Innovation Space, Glasgow in January 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Miles Padgett, Giles Hammond and Richard Middlemiss interview with BBC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Miles Padgett, Giles Hammond and Richard Middlemiss were interviewed by Ken MacDonald for BBC Reporting Scotland lunch and evening bulletin, 24th Feb 2015. This coincided with the launch of the QuantIC Hub. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Minister for Universities and Science Jo Johnson visits QuantIC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Minister for Universities and Science Jo Johnson paid a visit to the University of Glasgow and expressed an interest in learning more about QuantIC activities. Gathering several demonstrators into the Vice Chancellor's Office so that the minister could experience first-hand the various technologies, the "pop-up QuantIC lab" featured the research being done with the Single Pixel Camera, Wee-g and Light in Flight. Dr Graeme Malcolm, Chief Executive of M Squared Lasers was also on hand to speak with the minister about industrial collaboration as the company had recently been awarded a QuantIC partnership resource grant to explore the technical feasibility of gas detection with the Single Pixel Camera. Professor Miles Padgett said, "The Minister really engaged with our demonstrators and spent a fair amount of time asking technical questions which was a nice surprise. And if a re-tweet by Jo Johnson on his visit is anything to by, I hope he was impressed that QuantIC and the other quantum technology hubs are very much focussed on translating technology with industry into new market opportunities for the UK." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | New Frontiers in Quantum Imaging Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | QuantIC Organised Event: New Frontiers in Quantum Imaging Workshop, Glasgow, September 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | New Scientist Live |
| 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 | ORGANISED: New Scientist Live, London, September 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://sciencelive.net/event/526/ |
| Description | News Feature: How quantum sensing is changing the way we see the world |
| 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 | BBC News Feature on How quantum sensing is changing the way we see the world |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47294704 |
| Description | Open Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | D.J. Paul gave Open Talk on "Seeing Through the Clouds, Around Corners and Through Walls: Quantum Enhanced Imaging with Single Photons and Gravity" at Imperial College London, February 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Organising of a Public Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Robert Hadfield organised a Public Lecture at SEC Glasgow on 3rd September 2019, lecture entitled 'James Watt and Precision Engineering', speaker Professor John Marsh FREng. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Outreach Talk at Glasgow Rotary Club |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Doug Paul gave an Outreach Talk at Glasgow Rotary Club Lunch, Glasgow in February 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Outreach Talk at Newton Mearns Probus Club |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Doug Paul gave an Outreach Talk at Newton Mearns Probus Club, October 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Oxford Ideas Festival |
| 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 | ORGANISED: Oxford Ideas Festival, Oxford, October 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Participation in Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Vincenzo Pusino participated in the QuantIC EDT STEM Pilot event on 28 August 2019 in the Glasgow University Union. The event was organized by the Engineering Development Trust (EDT) to introduce secondary school pupils to Quantum Physics and promote careers in STEM. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Photonex Scotland |
| 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 | ORGANISED: Photonex Scotland, Edinburgh, June 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Photonics Days |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor M.J. Padgett and Dr. N. Radwell exhibited at Photonics Days, Berlin, October 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | M. Dawson gave a presentation to Airbus at QuantIC Innovation Space, Glasgow, January 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | In May 2019, presentation of the research group's research activities during the visit to Glasgow University for representatives from French Aerospace Laboratory ONERA. ONERA showed interest in the mid-infrared monolithic imagers, which resulted in a counter-visit from Glasgow to France to discuss possible collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation to IET on Quantum Technology for Secure Communications and Enhanced Optical Imaging |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Gerald Buller gave a presentation to IET South East Scotland Branch on Quantum Technology for Secure Communications and Enhanced Optical Imaging at Napier University in March 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presented at KTN Quantum Technologies for Robotics |
| 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 | Quantum Technologies Meet Robotics Event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Profile in International Innovation Journal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A profile of QuantIC was published in the International Innovation journal |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Public Dialogue Reception |
| 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 | QUANTIC ORGANISED: Public Dialogue Reception, QuantIC, University of Glasgow, May 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Public Dialogue on Quantum Technologies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | QuantIC Organised event: Public Dialogue on Quantum Technologies Workshop 1, Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow, October 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Public Dialogue on Quantum Technologies, Interim Actvity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | QuantIC Organised Event: Public Dialogue on Quantum Technologies, Interim Activity, Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow, October 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Public Dialogue on Quantum Technologies, Workshop 2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | QuantIC Organised Event: Public Dialogue on Quantum Technologies, Workshop 2, Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow, November 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Public Visit from Science and Technology Committee |
| 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 | ORGANISED: Visit from Science and Technology Committee, Glasgow, June 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Public lecture at the Scottish Parliament. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Daniele Faccio gave a public lecture at the Scottish Parliament. Abstract: "Light is essential to our life, it's the way we see the world and we take it for granted. But just imagine a world with no light or a world seen through a different light? This talk will explain how new developments in modern technology allow us to capture light in a detail that has never been achieved before. Future cameras will capture images at such high speed that we can see light in motion and video record light as it moves. This technology means that one day, not far in the future, we will see objects hidden round corners or walls." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.parliament.scot/visitandlearn/86801.aspx |
| Description | QuantIC - DSTL Quantum Imaging workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This workshop provided dstl the opportunity to explain their current challenges and for QuantIC to outline some technologies that could help meet these challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | QuantIC Exhibition At Photonics West Exhibition, San Francisco, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Organised the QuantIC Exhibition at Photonics West in San Francisco, USA, reaching many people about news of our hubs and providing an opportunity to attract potential investors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://spie.org/exhibitor/details.aspx?expo=SPIE-Photonics-West-2019&name=QuantIC& |
| Description | QuantIC Launch Evet |
| 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 | 120 attendees and exhibition of Hub technology. The format of demo exhibit was so successful that was then used as the basis for the National Quantum Technology Showcase. Visitors from academic, industry and funding councils had the opportunity to learn more about QuantIC's potential and hear from speakers from organisations including the Scottish Funding Council, BAE Systems and M Squared Lasers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://quantic.ac.uk/quantum-technology-launch-event/ |
| Description | QuantIC exhibition at the Glasgow Science Centre |
| 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 | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | QuantIC has been working with the Glasgow Science Centre on a new permanent exhibition that will take the public on a journey in understanding and appreciating quantum technology. Provisionally titled "Making the Invisible Visible", the hands-on interactive exhibition will: •Raise awareness of the physics and engineering behind quantum technologies giving insight into fundamental physics and challenges •Showcase and highlight the career opportunities these technologies will bring •Create a space for dialogue to support Responsible Research and Innovation and the impact these technologies will have on the way society works, communicate and lives. Developing a scientific display can be challenging, especially when having to distil very technical and academic information that needs to be understood by the general public, and the team at Glasgow Science Centre and QuantIC's researchers worked together to present the information in a way that it could be appreciated by them at different levels. Located on the 2nd floor of the Glasgow Science Centre, "Making the Invisible Visible" will be situated next to "My World of Work Live!" which encourages school students to explore career opportunities in STEM subjects and will provide lots of opportunities for QuantIC's researchers to deliver "Meet the expert" activities and further showcase the career opportunities in quantum technology. The Glasgow Science Centre is one of Scotland's must-see visitor attractions and has a reputation for presenting concepts of science and technology in unique and inspiring ways that will inspire, challenge and engage to increase awareness of science for all and to enhance the quality of science and technology learning. It attracts more than 500K people annually from across Scotland and QuantIC is excited to be working with them on this exhibit which will launch in spring 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Quantum Ambassador |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | V. Pusino attended the training for the "Quantum Ambassador" scheme, aimed at promoting Quantum tech-related secondary school outreach, May 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Quantum Buddies pilot STEM programme |
| 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 | Development of "A Brief Early history of Quantum Physics" poster for schools and online teaching resources, with R. Aspden, P. Morris, R.Hay, W.Roga |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Quantum Imaging US DoD and UK MoD Workshop |
| 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 | Quantum Imaging has been identified as a critical disruptive technology for defence and security applications where both the US and UK academic base have world-leading and complementary capability. Both countries are making significant investment in the basic research and its translation into applications. With support from the UK Ministry of Defence and US Department of Defence, QuantIC hosted a "by-invitation only" workshop. Held at Mar Hall, the two-day event, brought together quantum imaging leaders in both the US and UK academic communities to explore how their research could complement each other. The format of the workshop comprised short (10min) presentations with an emphasis upon discussion (>50%). The departure from the traditional conference format and the residential nature of the workshop was welcomed by the participants and contributed to positive small group discussions. Feedback at the end of the workshop confirmed an event that exceeded expectations of even the most enthusiastic of participants. Immediate technical collaboration opportunities were identified around a number of research areas ranging from superconducting detectors to the combination of various camera technologies with alternative signal/data processing methodologies. The latter opportunity in particular, recognises how processing can yield hither-to unobtainable information, even from existing sensor systems. Perhaps most importantly was the identification of how quantum imaging could contribute to addressing grand challenge areas, including through building visualisation, non-line-of-sight imaging (and sensing), hyper-spectral imaging/interrogation and non-Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) spoofing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Quantum Information Technologies |
| 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 | Organised Quantum Information Technologies Workshop, Bristol, April 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Quantum Innovation Lab (QIL) |
| 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 | S. F. Fricka and E. Allen organised and participated in Quantum Innovation Lab (QIL) The first Quantum Innovation Lab brought together 48 experts from across academia and industry for a three day collaborative event in Bristol in March 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Quantum Physics Teachers' Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | QuantIC's Professor Miles Padgett's webinar for Physics Teachers on on the Double Slit experiment and what it REALLY means in Quantum Physics is worth a look. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://quantic.ac.uk/quantumbuddies/ |
| Description | Quantum Physics Teachers' Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Together with the Scottish Schools Education Research Centre (SSERC), QuantIC developed a pilot Quantum Physics workshop for teachers, which was held on 26 Nov 15 at the University of Glasgow. The workshop aimed to provide a better understanding of the subject through up to date research and real life examples of quantum technology in action by QuantIC's researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://quantic.ac.uk/lets-learn-quantum-quantic-delivers-pilot-quantum-physics-workshop-teachers/ |
| Description | Quantum Physics Teachers' Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Developing the next generation of quantum technologists is essential if the UK is to position itself as a world leader in the field and QuantIC has supported this by encouraging the learning of quantum physics at Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers level. Together with the Scottish Schools Education Research Centre (SSERC), QuantIC developed a pilot Quantum Physics workshop for teachers, which was held on 26 November 2015 at the University of Glasgow. The workshop aimed to provide a better understanding of the subject through up to date research and real life examples of quantum technology in action by QuantIC's researchers. Professor Miles Padgett, who led the workshop said, "It's fantastic that quantum physics is now being taught at Higher and Advanced Higher level and we're delighted to have the opportunity to offer teachers support to develop their own understanding of what remains a challenging topic. Scientists are increasingly looking to the quantum realm to develop new forms of technology.Clearly, offering a comprehensive grounding in quantum physics to young people in their studies will be increasingly important in keeping the UK technology sector competitive with the rest of the world". Feedback from the workshop has been overwhelmingly positive. Over 90% of the teachers who attended the workshop rated it as "Very Good" in meeting their professional needs in the feedback evaluation survey. Gregor Steele, Head of Section, SSERC said, "I'm sure I speak for the whole physics teaching community in Scotland when I say we're extremely grateful for the way that world-class academics have been willing to engage with us to support the introduction of new, exciting content in schools." Plans are in place to maintain a relationship between the teachers who attended and the experts they met from the University. Informally known as 'Quantum Buddies', the system will pair teachers with an expert who will provide follow-up contact to help keep the teachers informed of new developments. At the request of SSERC, QuantIC will be running the Quantum Physics Teachers' Workshop again in Aberdeen in March 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| Description | Quantum Shorts Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | QuantIC Organised event where academics attended a Quantum shorts event held at the Glasgow Science Centre in March 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Quantum Technologies in Oil&Gas 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 | D.R.S Cumming team participation in the "Quantum Technologies in Oil&Gas Workshop", organized by BP in Sunbury, May 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Quantum Technology 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 | QuantIC attended Quantum Techology Review Workshop, London, October 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Quantum Technology for Transport |
| 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 | QuantIC Presented at KTN Quantum for Transport |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Quantum enhancements in optical microscopy |
| 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 | Organised Quantum enhancements in optical microscopy workshop - Warwick, April 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Quantum in the Summer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | J. Sabines-Chesterking, J.G. Rarity, J.C.F Matthews and E. Allen involved in Quantum in the Summer event held in Bristol in July 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Quantum innovator Lab |
| 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 | J. Matthews, A. McMillan, S. Joshi, and John Rarity: Industry engagement, "Quantum innovator Lab" run by Bristol quantum engineering CDT, March 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://quantumlab.info/2018 |
| Description | Richard Middlemiss Interview STV |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Richard Middlemiss was interviewed by STV Glasgow Riverside Show, 25 February 2015. This coincided with the launch of the QuantIC Hub. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | J.G. Rarity and J.C.F Matthews presented at Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2017, "Quantum Computing: Bits to Qubits" held in London in July 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Royal Society of Edinburgh Event |
| 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 | Professor Daniele Faccio attended Royal Society of Edinburgh Event in Inverness, November 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | SPIE Photonics West 2018 |
| 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 | QUANTIC ORGANISED: Photonics West, San Francisco, USA, February 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://optics.org/events/2018/721 |
| Description | SPIE Security and Defence Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | QuantIC had exhibition space at the SPIE Security and Defence Exhibition which brings together leading international scientists and researchers as information is shared within science, government, and industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/security-and-defence?wt.mc_id=resdcaw |
| Description | SSERC Quantum Physics Teachers Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | QuantIC organised event: SSERC Quantum Physics Teachers Workshop held at the University of Glasgow in March 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | STEM for BRITAIN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | R. Middlemiss, "STEM for BRITAIN" event, London, March 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://setforbritain.org.uk/2018event.asp |
| Description | STEMfest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ORGANISED: STEMfest, Glasgow, June 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | School Visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | V. Pusino visited Chryston High School to deliver an extra-curricular acitivity using QuantIC AR app and a CPD Session with teacher as part of the Quantum Ambassador Program, December 2018. Cumming was Principal Investigator. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Showing of IndiPix at ICT Device Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | I. Escorcia Carranza and U. Alimi showcased IndiPix demo at ICT Device Event, University of Glasgow, February 2019. Cumming was Principal Investigator. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/ris/knowledgeexchange/knowledgeexchangefunding/impactaccelerationacc... |
| Description | Skype Classroom Event on MEMS Gravimeters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Dr Richard Middlemiss conducted a skype call from Glasgow to Milan to a classroom on MEMS gravimeters in December 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Skype Classroom Event on gravitational waves and MEMS Gravimeters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Richard Middlemiss and Rebecca Douglas gave a skype call to a classroom from Glasgow to New Jersey on gravitational waves and MEMS gravimeters in January 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | St Francis Primary School Science Fair |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Rebecca Douglas attended St Francis Primary School Science Fair in Glasgow in April 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Submission to Connected Nation: Thriving in a Digital World |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professors Ian Walmsley, Martin Dawson and Erdan Gu provided a submission for Connected Nation: Thriving in a Digital World |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/events/connectednation/ |
| Description | Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | G. Buller, Involved with Association for Science Education (ASE) Annual Gathering, Birmingham, January 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Richard Middlemiss gave a 5-minute talk to school children who visited the JWNC as part of an event designed to encourage people into STEM projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | G. Buller, Quantum Technology School at University of Glasgow, September 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | G. Buller, Involved at Institute of Physics' Festival of Physics, Edinburgh, October, 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | G. Buller was involved at Exploration, Edinburgh, September 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | The Optical Society's "Ask me anything" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Miles Padgett participated in a The Optical Society's "Ask me anything" on Reddit |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | The Art of Possible |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | QuantIC Organised event: The Art of Possible event held at the Glasgow Science Centre in March 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | The era of multi-messenger astronomy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | G.D. Hammond, Talk at Edinburgh Astronomical Society, The era of multi-messenger astronomy, January 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Travelling Summer School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Ivonne Escorcia Carranza took part in the Joint INT CELTA & TeraApps Summer School - 29th International Travelling Summer School on Microwaves and Lightwaves. Goethe University; Frankfurt, Germany, 13-19 July 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_650064_smxx.pdf |
| Description | UK National Quantum Technology Showcase 2015 |
| 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 | The UK Quantum Technologies Programme celebrated its first anniversary with the inaugural Quantum Technology Showcase which was held at The Royal Society in London on 11 November 2015. Organised by QuantIC in collaboration with the other Hubs in the National Programme, the purpose of the event was to introduce the work of the Quantum Technology Hub Network to industry and government. The format of the QT Showcase was structured to allow for short presentations and lively Q&As with breaks in between for attendees to network and view the live demonstrator exhibits from the hubs. The presentations featured a diversity of speakers, from funders (EPSRC and InnovateUK) to Hub's Directors and industry partners, which provided a good overview of the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme from inception to its current direction of travel. There certainly is a buzz about Quantum Technology; the QT Showcase was a resounding success with the event being oversubscribed and exceeding the maximum capacity of the venue. More than 67% of attendees were from industry and government and a post event survey indicated that over 93% of respondents felt that attending the event had improved their understanding of the programme and the work of the hubs. The following comment from a survey respondent summarises the positive feedback that had been received, "The structure of the timings, with short sharp talks, then time to explore the exhibits, interlaced, worked very well. There was also a good broad invitee list, with many new faces." There were even enquiries made to The Royal Society from the general public wanting to attend the event after QuantIC's Professor Miles Padgett was featured on the TODAY Programme on BBC Radio 4 on the day. He said, "It's good to know there is so much interest in quantum technology, not just from industry and government but from the public as well. We've spoken to many new companies today who are interested in possible collaborations and it was also good to see what the other hubs were working on as well. I'm looking forward to the next one already!" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | UK Scientific partner for international Quantum Shorts film festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | QuantIC is UK Scientific partner for international Quantum Shorts film festival organized by Centre of Quantum Technologies Singapore and Nature Publishing Group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://quantic.ac.uk/quantic-is-the-uk-scientific-partner-for-international-quantum-shorts-film-fes... |
| Description | University of Glasgow Knowledge Exchange & Engagement Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | C. Higham attended University of Glasgow Knowledge Exchange & Engagement Conference in November 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Video Release |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NEWTON-g Videos released on the 27th September - received around 6'000 views in the first couple of days via social media (Giles Hammond/Richard Middlemiss). Youtube channel to be found at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxit8apmLkAN7psH0Aol8FA (NEWTON-g Project). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.newton-g.eu/news.news.htm |
| Description | Visit from Carol Monaghan MP |
| 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 | QuantIC Organised Visit to the QuantIC Innovation Space by Carol Monaghan MP in September 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Visit from Jesse Norman MP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Jesse Norman MP to QuantIC Innovation Space in January 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Work Experience with Higher Students |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Professor Miles Padgett engaged with Higher Level Students who attended University of Glasgow Physics and Astronomy department for one week. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | York Festival of Ideas |
| 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 | ORGANISED: York Festival of Ideas, York, June 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |