Enabling Next Generation Additive Manufacturing
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Nottingham
Department Name: Faculty of Engineering
Abstract
Twenty-first century products demand a new toolset of manufacturing techniques and materials; next generation multifunctional Additive Manufacturing (AM) is one such key tool. As an enabler for new smart, cost-effective, functional 3D heterogeneous devices, products and advanced materials, it will be an essential instrument for future industrial applications and advanced research across a wide spectrum of disciplines and sectors. To accelerate next-generation AM, we have established a multi-institution, multidisciplinary team which spans both basic/applied sciences and engineering and involves collaborations with two leading international research groups and eight multinational industry partners. Our vision is to establish controlled next generation multifunctional AM and translate this to industry and researchers. Initially focussing on novel electronic and pharmaceutical/healthcare applications, we aim to move beyond single material AM by exploiting the potential to deposit multiple materials contemporaneously for the delivery of spatially resolved function and structure in three dimensions (3D).
Owing to potentially radical differences in physical state, chemistry and compatibility, our primary challenge is at the interface of the deposited materials. This programme will focus on overcoming the challenges of spatially controlled co-deposition of dissimilar materials in 3D and we will establish new understanding and methods of both modelling and controlling co-deposition. Exploitation of our findings will be undertaken through higher TRL schemes with our network of research and industrial partners and the wider innovation ecosystem through existing and future projects.
Owing to potentially radical differences in physical state, chemistry and compatibility, our primary challenge is at the interface of the deposited materials. This programme will focus on overcoming the challenges of spatially controlled co-deposition of dissimilar materials in 3D and we will establish new understanding and methods of both modelling and controlling co-deposition. Exploitation of our findings will be undertaken through higher TRL schemes with our network of research and industrial partners and the wider innovation ecosystem through existing and future projects.
Planned Impact
Beneficiaries of the research will include:
- The Programme's researchers, academic's and industrial partners will benefit through participation in an internationally leading research effort. This will result in a marked increase in their understanding of multi-material coalescence/interaction for the four process families to be investigated and will unlock multidisciplinary potential for multi-material, multi-functional devices.
- The Programme will train PhDs and Post-Doctoral Researchers in the rich multidisciplinary environment of a world-class partnership of industry and academia. Coupled with the application foci, this will yield demonstrable real-world relevance and impact set against state-of-the-art fundamental research
- The wider academic community will garner value from the research programme through published articles in leading journals and conference presentations; disseminating the materials and process understanding will underpin the accelerated exploitation of the multifunctional AM capability across research disciplines.
- UK industry will benefit through new research that further enhances the UK's leading position in AM technology and exploitation. The research will impact existing products and new product conception and realisation, with corresponding economic, societal, healthcare and environmental benefits.
- The HVM Catapult (especially through our strong connection with the MTC) and its members will benefit by having a pipeline of research to exploit in future years, emanating from this lower TRL activity.
- Society will benefit through the expedited realisation of advanced multifunctional devices which will have multi-sectoral benefits from improved healthcare devices and treatment options to (e.g.) improved energy storage devices
- The healthcare system will benefit through the genuine advancement in technologies which have the capability to help deliver on the need for personalised healthcare and advanced pharmaceutical/medical devices, helping alleviate current, and the inevitable future, demands on healthcare services.
- Younger generations and the wider public will benefit through clear and well-developed engagement strategy in local schools and a programme of public engagement events
Collaboration and early adopter translation of the research outcomes (the understanding and dynamic control of dissimilar material deposition in 3-dimensions) will be a major mechanism to channel the impact of this Programme, delivering value to the stakeholders and the wider scientific and industrial community. Our focus will be driven through two key application areas and is built on both current and fresh alliances to global industrial partners (see attached letters of support):
The Pharmaceutical / Healthcare Sector: Through strategic partnering with AstraZeneca and Pfizer on this Programme, we have a wealth of global pharmaceutical research and development excellence to bear upon and engage in our research strategy. Our vision and ambitions are both endorsed and shared by an industry who are readily equipped to capitalise and exploit technological advances which can have substantial impact on society's health and wellbeing whilst bringing additional and significant economic benefits.
The Electronics sector: Embedded electronics within devices is a fundamental precept of functionality (often the function within a device). The ability to produce the "function" and "structure" within a single manufacturing process enables not only the reduced assembly and parts consolidation advantages of AM but also the freedom to design and create products not previously achievable. Our collaborators AWE, Canon-Oce, Texas Instruments and Rogers Corp provide a body of pioneering organisations who understand and anticipate the innumerable opportunities and applications that next generation AM capability will generate and want to be at the forefront of that technological innovation
- The Programme's researchers, academic's and industrial partners will benefit through participation in an internationally leading research effort. This will result in a marked increase in their understanding of multi-material coalescence/interaction for the four process families to be investigated and will unlock multidisciplinary potential for multi-material, multi-functional devices.
- The Programme will train PhDs and Post-Doctoral Researchers in the rich multidisciplinary environment of a world-class partnership of industry and academia. Coupled with the application foci, this will yield demonstrable real-world relevance and impact set against state-of-the-art fundamental research
- The wider academic community will garner value from the research programme through published articles in leading journals and conference presentations; disseminating the materials and process understanding will underpin the accelerated exploitation of the multifunctional AM capability across research disciplines.
- UK industry will benefit through new research that further enhances the UK's leading position in AM technology and exploitation. The research will impact existing products and new product conception and realisation, with corresponding economic, societal, healthcare and environmental benefits.
- The HVM Catapult (especially through our strong connection with the MTC) and its members will benefit by having a pipeline of research to exploit in future years, emanating from this lower TRL activity.
- Society will benefit through the expedited realisation of advanced multifunctional devices which will have multi-sectoral benefits from improved healthcare devices and treatment options to (e.g.) improved energy storage devices
- The healthcare system will benefit through the genuine advancement in technologies which have the capability to help deliver on the need for personalised healthcare and advanced pharmaceutical/medical devices, helping alleviate current, and the inevitable future, demands on healthcare services.
- Younger generations and the wider public will benefit through clear and well-developed engagement strategy in local schools and a programme of public engagement events
Collaboration and early adopter translation of the research outcomes (the understanding and dynamic control of dissimilar material deposition in 3-dimensions) will be a major mechanism to channel the impact of this Programme, delivering value to the stakeholders and the wider scientific and industrial community. Our focus will be driven through two key application areas and is built on both current and fresh alliances to global industrial partners (see attached letters of support):
The Pharmaceutical / Healthcare Sector: Through strategic partnering with AstraZeneca and Pfizer on this Programme, we have a wealth of global pharmaceutical research and development excellence to bear upon and engage in our research strategy. Our vision and ambitions are both endorsed and shared by an industry who are readily equipped to capitalise and exploit technological advances which can have substantial impact on society's health and wellbeing whilst bringing additional and significant economic benefits.
The Electronics sector: Embedded electronics within devices is a fundamental precept of functionality (often the function within a device). The ability to produce the "function" and "structure" within a single manufacturing process enables not only the reduced assembly and parts consolidation advantages of AM but also the freedom to design and create products not previously achievable. Our collaborators AWE, Canon-Oce, Texas Instruments and Rogers Corp provide a body of pioneering organisations who understand and anticipate the innumerable opportunities and applications that next generation AM capability will generate and want to be at the forefront of that technological innovation
Organisations
- University of Nottingham (Lead Research Organisation)
- Océ Holding (Collaboration)
- Canon (Collaboration)
- National Physical Laboratory (Collaboration)
- JFE Steel Corporation (Collaboration)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- AstraZeneca (United Kingdom) (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Hilti Group (Collaboration)
- Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) (Collaboration)
- Nanoscribe GmbH (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- Technological Institute of Aeronautics (Collaboration)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Atomic Weapons Establishment (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- Texas Instruments Inc. (Collaboration)
- Texas Instruments (United States) (Project Partner)
- Canon (Netherlands) (Project Partner)
- Atomic Weapons Establishment (Project Partner)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Rogers Corporation (Project Partner)
- Pfizer (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
Publications
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Surface plasmon resonance on gold microstructures
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3D-printed components for quantum devices.
in Scientific reports
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(2021)
Development of Conductive Gelatine-Methacrylate Inks for Two-Photon Polymerisation.
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Sanjuan-Alberte P
(2019)
Remotely Controlled in Situ Growth of Silver Microwires Forming Bioelectronic Interfaces.
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Sanjuan-Alberte P
(2019)
Wireless Nanobioelectronics for Electrical Intracellular Sensing
in ACS Applied Nano Materials
Shikhmurzaev Y
(2021)
Solidification and dynamic wetting: A unified modeling framework
in Physics of Fluids
Shikhmurzaev Y
(2020)
Moving contact lines and dynamic contact angles: a 'litmus test' for mathematical models, accomplishments and new challenges
in The European Physical Journal Special Topics
Simonelli M
(2019)
Towards digital metal additive manufacturing via high-temperature drop-on-demand jetting
in Additive Manufacturing
Simões B
(2021)
Direct Immobilization of Engineered Nanobodies on Gold Sensors.
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Sinuco-León G
(2018)
Atom chips with free-standing two-dimensional electron gases: advantages and challenges
in Journal of Modern Optics
| Title | EPSRC Science Photo Competition 2019 - 1st prize in the Innovation category for 'Wonder balls in a small world' by Joseph White and Qin Hu |
| Description | The winning image shows various polymeric micro-sized balls designed by Joseph White and fabricated by Dr Qin Hu by two-photon lithography-based 3D printing technology. The diameter of each ball is 40µm, roughly less than half of the diameter of human hair. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | The competition and prize winners were covered by the Guardian newspaper, and the image has been shortlisted for inclusion in the Highfield Park Image Exhibition 2020 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2019/jun/03/nano-robots-vr-for-refugees-epsrc-photograph... |
| Title | Name the monkey competition |
| Description | We attended a request and offered the 3D-printed monkey to be handed to the winner of 'Name the monkey competition' during FOSAC23 launch event, in January 2023. Link: https://nottsfosac.co.uk/2023-festival/ |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | Opportunity to demonstrate what 3D printing can produce and interact with non-technical audience for promoting STEM and 3D printing. |
| Title | STEM engagement |
| Description | As part of the STEM outreach events, we print small pieces to be handed as giveaway to the kids. We pre-printed 70 dolphins to be used as keyrings for events in February 2023, as well as perform live demonstration of the dolphin printing. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | Kids are more engaged with the explanations given by our volunteers as they can see with their own eyes the figurines being printed. |
| Title | STEM engagement toolkit |
| Description | Development of a toolkit to be used during STEM outreach events to demonstrate the research developed and encourage future generations. the target audience is 8-11 years old. The materials use a mix of photos of printed parts and objects and cartoons, associated to introductory 3D printing concepts. The toolkit is comprised of: - Pull-up banner - 12 x A6 informational cards - Box for the cards - A5 flyers with details to book event and activity |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | More in-depth and impactful engagement with target audience during outreach events. |
| Title | Untitled Item |
| Description | Figures use in PRE paper. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| URL | https://figshare.com/articles/figure/Untitled_Item/21916320 |
| Title | Untitled Item |
| Description | Figures use in PRE paper. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| URL | https://figshare.com/articles/figure/Untitled_Item/21916320/1 |
| Description | New analytical methodologies for assessing the chemical interaction of multi material 3D printing at the nano scale New methodologies for depositing multiple materials (functional and structural) New materials developed (electronic, magnetic and pharma based) |
| Exploitation Route | In the development of Additive Manufacturing from a largely single material exercise to one where the benefits of multi-material deposition are enabled |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Electronics,Energy,Healthcare,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology,Transport |
| URL | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/cfam/major-epsrc-funding/programme-grant-next-gen-am/programme-grant-next-gen-am.aspx |
| Description | As this is a Programme Grant and therefore largely operating at the low-TRL level, the non-academic impacts are relatively low. However, the area of multi-material AM is now becoming industrially recognised and some industrial contracts have begun to emerge |
| First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Electronics,Energy,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | 3DMM20 member of the Scientific Advisory Board |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | MOD (RR) MTWG meeting |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | POSTnote of "3D bioprinting in medicine" for the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology. With colleagues at the MHRA and the Institute for Public Policy at Nottingham |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Description | Richard Hague had been active in formulating the UK national strategy for Additive Manufacturing, culminating in a dissemination event at the annual "Additive International" conference in 2019 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Richard Hague was invited to join the Royal Academy of Engineering's Policy Unit to discuss the role and potential of AM in the COVID19 crises |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | TERMIS |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://eu2023.termis.org/ |
| Description | The Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) - Research Policy Inputs |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | UK metamaterials network |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | Worked with Kantar Public to assist EPSRC's "Quantum Technologies Public Dialogue" programme. This involved participation in two 1-day public meetings in Birmingham to explain QT to the public and engage in workshop discussion with those attending. The report was published in June 2018 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://epsrc.ukri.org/newsevents/news/epsrc-publishes-results-of-public-dialogue-on-quantum-technol... |
| Description | 4 year studentship: Computer simulation to optimise the development and deployment of quantum sensors |
| Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2019 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | Accelerated Discovery and Development of New Medicines: Prosperity Partnership for a Healthier Nation |
| Amount | £5,495,023 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S035990/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | Accelerating commercialization of the Nottingham reactive 3D printing process (IAA - Impact Acceleration Account )- YH |
| Amount | £24,875 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 02/2022 |
| Description | Ann McLaren fellowship ( Nesma Aboulkhair) |
| Amount | £75,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | CBET-EPSRC Dynamic Wetting & Interfacial Transitions in Three Dimensions: Theory vs Experiment |
| Amount | £539,280 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S029966/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2019 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | CMOS atom chips: a platform for scalable ITAR-free manufacture of fully integrated cold-atom trapping and control systems for quantum sensors |
| Amount | £176,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2020 |
| End | 05/2024 |
| Description | Capital Award for Core Equipment 2020/21 (Wildman) |
| Amount | £550,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2020 |
| End | 04/2022 |
| Description | DTP 2020-2021 University of Nottingham |
| Amount | £5,894,602 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T517902/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2020 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | Design optimisation of low SWaP magnetic field generating, shielding and atom trapping subsystems for quantum sensors of magnetic fields, gravity and rotation |
| Amount | £120,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 01/2024 |
| Description | Development and exploitation of a bioactives-free technology for tackling fungal threats to food security, goods and health (Irvine) |
| Amount | £224,976 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2021 |
| End | 01/2023 |
| Description | Development of an AFt-encapsulated imidazotetrazine analogue for treatment of paediatric brain tumours (Turyanska) |
| Amount | £45,100 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Stoneygate Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 02/2021 |
| Description | Dial-up Engineered Microstructures for Advanced Additively Manufactured Metals (DEMAMM) |
| Amount | £1,809,055 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V029010/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | Doctoral Training Partnership in Novel Complementary Diagnostics for Improved Therapeutics / Theranostics |
| Amount | £356,520 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2020 |
| End | 04/2026 |
| Description | EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Modelling of Heterogeneous Systems |
| Amount | £5,752,474 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S022848/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 09/2027 |
| Description | EPSRC Early Career Research Block Grant ( N Aboulkhair, M Simonelli) |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 10/2019 |
| Description | EPSRC Nano Prime- Design of novel thermal treatments for additive manufactured titanium alloys through high-temperature microscopy |
| Amount | £2,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2019 |
| End | 04/2020 |
| Description | EPSRC/BP iCASE PhD studentship: The Synthesis and Continuous Manufacture of Novel, High Performing Polymeric Lubricants for the Next Generation of Electric Transportation (Irvine) (Irvine) |
| Amount | £116,928 (GBP) |
| Organisation | BP (British Petroleum) |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2020 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | Engineering sustainable squalene analogs for novel vaccine adjuvant formulations |
| Amount | £222,834 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 12/2022 |
| Description | Equipment bid for early career researchers - automated hardness tester and mapper |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Euro MagNET - Magneto-optical studies of all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals |
| Amount | £50,400 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | |
| Description | FAPESP funding (G F Trindade) - 3D Printing of Micro-Patterned Gaseous Detectors: A route for sensor adaptability and optimisation. Joint with the University of Sao Paulo |
| Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 2019/07426-0 |
| Organisation | São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Brazil |
| Start | 10/2019 |
| End | 10/2021 |
| Description | Future Additive Manufacturing Platform Grant |
| Amount | £1,733,623 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/P027261/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2017 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Graphene based UV sensor |
| Amount | £98,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | DSTLX-1000135444 |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 11/2020 |
| Description | IEG - Evaluation of Novel Tyre Manufacturing Formulation (SW) |
| Amount | £8,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Imaging Mechanical Strength in Advanced Materials (Equipment grant opportunity for ERC) |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2018 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Impact Accelerator Account University of Nottingham - Development of gold conductive inks for material jetting |
| Amount | £3,835,122 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R511730/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2021 |
| End | 11/2021 |
| Description | Ink-jet Printing for Fabrication of Tailored Electromagnetic Materials |
| Amount | £142,638 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2019 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Inkjet Printing for Antenna - Phase 1 Scoping Study - Option 2 |
| Amount | £9,662 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Qinetiq |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2020 |
| End | 01/2021 |
| Description | Intelligent Structures for Low Noise Environments |
| Amount | £1,703,189 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S03661X/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2018 |
| End | 11/2023 |
| Description | J Ding, M Baumers, R Wildman- AM Pharmaceutical Policy (UoN Smart Product Beacon)- Bridging the policy gap for manufacturing pharmaceuticals in smarter ways |
| Amount | £12,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2019 |
| End | 02/2020 |
| Description | Liquid metal jetting of Tin on Copper |
| Amount | £6,711 (GBP) |
| Organisation | JFE Steel Corporation |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Japan |
| Start | 02/2018 |
| End | 12/2019 |
| Description | Liquid metal jetting of Tin on Copper substrates at various temperatures |
| Amount | £14,605 (GBP) |
| Organisation | JFE Steel Corporation |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Japan |
| Start | 08/2019 |
| End | 07/2021 |
| Description | MRC Confidence in Concept Award (CiC): Preparing for first in man trials of 3D printed solid dosage forms |
| Amount | £76,083 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 01/2021 |
| Description | MSk MEC and UKRMP Smart Materials Hub Sandpit competition- Development of a fatigue detection device to prevent musculoskeletal injuries in football (LRC) |
| Amount | £14,900 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2019 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | MSk MEC and UKRMP Smart Materials Hub Sandpit competition: Mechano-chemical integration at the osteochondral interface (LR) |
| Amount | £14,900 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2019 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | Nottingham Impact Accelerator: Scaling up and optimization of the printing process for a patented powder based 3D reactive inkjet technology |
| Amount | £34,604 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 01/2019 |
| Description | Performance verification of liquid metal jetting as metal coating (Ag-Cu systems) |
| Amount | £14,850 (GBP) |
| Organisation | JFE Steel Corporation |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Japan |
| Start | 08/2020 |
| End | 07/2021 |
| Description | Public engagement Grant (£5,000): 'Policy Impact Small Grant' (Jin Ding, M Baumers) |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2019 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | Quantum Technology Hub Phase 2: optimisation, additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping |
| Amount | £156,468 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2019 |
| End | 11/2024 |
| Description | Quantum bio-sensing for next generation health diagnostics |
| Amount | £145,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Research Council of Canada |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Canada |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 12/2024 |
| Description | RC45T3 Polymerisation Method Development for the Manufacturing of Novel, High-Performance Compostable and Recyclable Hetero-Aromatic Bioplastics for the Packaging Ind (BioPolyMet) (Irvine) |
| Amount | £96,103 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2020 |
| End | 04/2022 |
| Description | Silicone Jetting |
| Amount | £356,477 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Atomic Weapons Establishment |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 01/2021 |
| Description | Summer Programme 2020 - Jonathan Gosling |
| Amount | £5,800 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Japan |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 10/2022 |
| Description | Support for the Personalised Printing for Pills stand at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2021 |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2020 |
| End | 07/2021 |
| Description | UK National Quantum Technology Hub in Sensing and Timing |
| Amount | £23,949,168 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T001046/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2019 |
| End | 11/2024 |
| Description | UNICAS Sandpit Award. Tea for two photon polymerisation: functional microdevice fabrication using a novel 3D printing approach for safe and controlled drug delivery. Elizabeth Clark, Qin Hu, Lea Santu and Graham Rance |
| Amount | £12,133 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2019 |
| End | 07/2019 |
| Description | Wireless communication with cells towards bioelectronic treatments of the future |
| Amount | £974,695 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R004072/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 04/2023 |
| Description | Y He- Visiting Researcher Fellowship (University of Seville) |
| Amount | € 9,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | University of Seville |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Spain |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 11/2018 |
| Title | "Green" PEDOT:PSS inkjet-stable ink |
| Description | Optimisation of a PEDOT:PSS conductive polymer ink through the addition and optimisation of bio-renewable 'green' co-solvents not yet in use in such inks elsewhere. This optimisation improved the storage stability and jetting stability of the ink, allowing large area inkjet printing of transparent conductive polymer coatings with enhanced control of the droplet placement. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | c) These improvements increase the reliability of droplet placement, resulting in improved precision of printed patterns, and more closely spaced conductive lines without cross-wiring from errant droplets. This formulation improves the efficiency of printing, reducing the rework that results from incorrect prints. This formulation increases the efficiency of material usage, by reducing in-storage spoilage of prepared inks. |
| Title | Additive manufacturing of core components for quantum technology |
| Description | We have developed an additive manufacturing technology through photolithography to fabricate robust core components of light-matter interactions for quantum technologies |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This method enables the freedom of design for rapid development of complex, individually bespoke core components for quantum sensing devices whose SWaP-C far exceeds the present state-of-the-art. An IP is likely to rise and leading in quantum sensing fields has expressed interests for commercialisation. |
| Title | Development of multi-material projection micro stereolithography 3D printing systems |
| Description | The projection micro stereolithography (PµSLA) approach gives a manufacturing precision of up to 100 times higher than an inkjet system and is potentially a powerful technique for applications that require high resolution manufacturing (<10µm). However, due to the single material nature of the process, PµSLA has a reduced capability for the production of hybrid functional composites. To increase its versatility and subsequently the range of applications, we are developing two multi-material projection micro stereolithography systems: a top-down fluid chamber design and a bottom-up multi-vat system. The top-down fluid system includes an airtight chamber created in collaboration with Boston Micro Fabrication Ltd. coupled with a Wintech projector (PRO 4710). Additional electronics were implemented to regulate the ink flow through the chamber and a control system has been implemented to allow the user to control image projection, printing bed motion and adjustment and ink swap as individual step or as part of a complex printing routine. Next development steps for this system include the optical alignment and optimisation. For the bottom-up multi-vats system, the full 3D model design was completed and all necessary parts were outsourced, dry fitted and modified as needed. The next step includes assembling the system in its final form. A controlling software was developed for both top-down and bottom-up fluid systems. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Impact still in progress. The system has increased the internal portfolio of systems, with further tests needed. |
| Title | Magnetic nanoparticle polymer composite inks |
| Description | Magnetic nanoparticle polymer composite inks, guided by Prof. Derek Irvine and Prof. Ricky Wildman, in partnership with Dr. Simeng Wang and PhD student James Caruana. The material under development is a photo-polymer resin containing well-defined spherical nanoparticles of magnetic material. The goal is 3D printing of materials with customisable magnetic permittivity for use in medical imaging, and for printing of components that respond to magnetic fields. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The technology will enable new generation of magnetic materials for use in medical devices, improving accuracy of treatment with implants or surgery, and leading to magnetically-controlled drug delivery technology that will improve patient outcomes in treatment of chronic illnesses. |
| Title | MetalJet 3.0 |
| Description | The home-in-house Multi-Metal jet platform is the first drop-on-demand multi-metal jetting technique that enables printing functional components from two (can be extended to several) various metals in one piece. This is accomplished by coordinating the deposition of dissimilar materials on a substrate such that components with spatially varied compositions can be directly created within a building process. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This provides the unique opportunity to 3D print components with various properties throughout while eliminating the need for welding or other joining procedures. The voxel-by-voxel deposition of various metallic microdroplets offers unmatched control for tuning the local properties of 3D parts and sets this technology apart from the existing multi-metal Additive Manufacturing techniques. |
| Title | Method for Producing a Polycarbonate Article |
| Description | A method for producing a polycarbonate article comprises printing a droplet onto a target location in a build area to obtain a printed droplet, wherein the droplet comprises a precursor solution comprising a precursor composition, a catalyst, and a solvent; removing at least a portion of the solvent from the printed droplet to obtain a bead comprising a precursor precipitate, wherein the precursor precipitate comprises the precursor composition and the catalyst; repeating the printing step and the removing step adjacent to or on the bead to obtain a plurality of adjacent beads comprising precursor precipitates; and polymerizing the precursor precipitates to obtain the polycarbonate article |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This work helped building understanding of the complexity of reactive inkjet printing for step growth polymers, including handling of the condensates and getting sufficient conversion on the surface, after being jetted. A range of derivative IPs could be potentially generated from this fundamental work, including but not limited to the composite materials, modified polycarbonate with alternative curing mechanisms, post-processing development and QA etc. |
| URL | https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=e... |
| Title | Thermally degradable crosslinker |
| Description | Development of a low viscosity cross-linker with a tunable thermal degradation point, allowing engineered control of part degradation. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Potential to enable recyclable or quick-degrading polymers to assist in reducing environmental footprint of additive manufacturing. |
| Title | Variable Pixel Placement |
| Description | Development of a set of methods to optimise pixel placement in bitmap-based pattern printing for enhanced control of film formation. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Improves surface quality of printed layers. Improves control of feature size and feature spacing. |
| Title | A model of in-flight cooling and solidification of droplets in the MetalJet device |
| Description | The model allows calculating the amount of cooling and the degree of solidification (when it occurs) of metal droplets released from the printing cartridge prior to landing on the substrate. Heat loss is assumed to occur by forced convection as the droplet moves through the argon atmosphere; justifications are provided for neglecting radiative heat loss and natural convection. To allow experimental testing, the model has been extended to larger than normal working distances, up to a few tens of millimetres, which requires including the effect of slowing down due to drag, as well as the influence of the cartridge heating surrounding surfaces on the ambient temperature along the flight path. New fits for argon properties, the heat transfer rate due to forced convection, and drag in non-isothermal conditions were obtained for relevant ranges of parameters based on literature data and simulations using COMSOL software. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Knowledge of the amount of cooling in flight is useful, because the metal in the printing cartridge is often heated just above the melting temperature and it is important to ensure that the droplet does not solidify in flight. The general approach can also be useful for other drop-on-demand devices, as well as in modelling metal powder production by atomisation. A manuscript describing the model and its experimental testing is in preparation. |
| Title | An extension of a single-voxel model of two-photon polymerisation (2PP) |
| Description | The original model of Mueller et al. [Adv. Mater. 26 (2014) 6566] describes the evolution of the amount of polymer in a voxel after it is exposed to laser light, taking into account the processes of initiation, polymerisation and quenching by dissolved oxygen that can diffuse. Our extension of this model includes the same processes, but describes explicitly how the concentrations of different chemical species vary in space. Not only does this allow to go beyond a single voxel, modelling an arbitrary pattern of exposure in space and time, but it also describes additional effects in the single-voxel case. The model can be "coarse-grained", increasing the simulation efficiency, which is important for simulating larger structures. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | It is hoped that in the future this approach will allow better understanding of the processing window of 2PP. Further extensions may allow simulations of large structures, which will help in designing procedures for manufacturing objects with desired properties. A manuscript introducing the new model and describing detailed theoretical studies of both models is in preparation. |
| Title | CFD modelling framework to predict and optimise the inkjet-based 3D printing |
| Description | To date, modelling of the 3D ink jet processes has ignored dynamic, wetting, and coalescence and UV curing effects, and considers as an input perfectly formed layers of material. This proposed approach is being extended with a CFD based modelling framework, with a specific target to enable the capture of 'sagging' and other non-desirable fluid effects that disrupt the precision of inkjet printing. As part of this project, are completing 7 sub-models of fluid dynamics of droplet impact, droplets coalescence and film formation, single/multi-layer UV dose, light attenuation, UV dose/UV attenuation model, droplet impact on a partially cured film and substrate using the three-phase model; and phase change & liquid-solid (solidified liquid) interaction using the three-phase model. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Sub models are currently been validated, and once completed, the overall model will instigate an inverse approach, by inputting estimated parameters through comparison of model output magnitudes with experimental data, to provide a design tool to those seeking to perfect the inkjet process. Full model and results will be published. |
| Title | Characterisation and Analysis of UV Curing Rheological Properties and its Application in Inkjet Based 3D Printing |
| Description | A UV optics system was designed to investigate a fast-curing UV ink's rheological properties and quantitative photopolymerisation process. A parametric study of UV intensity, photoinitiator concentration and ink resin thickness on the induction period, gel time and UV curing viscosity was carried out. We developed a predictive model of the induction period by considering the effects of light intensity, initiator concentration and resin thickness. The measured UV curing rheological properties and developed model of the induction period was used to analyse the inkjet 3d printing performance. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Understanding the UV curing viscosity is crucial in 3D inkjet printing, as it can affect the quality and accuracy of the printed parts. Understanding the viscosity of a specific material allows for a better understanding of how it will behave during the printing process. The UV curing rheological properties and developed models are used to analyse and improve the inkjet 3D printing performance. This work is current under review for publication of the results. |
| Title | Computational modelling of heat transfer and residual stress evolution during the droplet deposition in MetalJet |
| Description | The physical factors that govern the quality and properties of the net-shapes produced by the MetalJet include the temperature at the interfaces, the cooling rates, and the residual stresses. These factors define the level of bonding, the microstructural development, and the distortion and/or de-bonding possibility, respectively. In order to provide insights into these elements, a computational 3D thermo-mechanical Finite Element model was established, and experimentations through the MetalJet platform were performed to verify these models. Through these numerical results, experimentally-observed features such as various droplets' morphologies, lack of bonding at the interfaces for high-temperature materials and delamination at the interfaces were understood. Moreover, low-cost virtual experiments were performed, which provided solutions to rectify the observed challenges. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The outputs from these models have been published in two articles published in the Additive Manufacturing journal, and the third article is currently in preparation. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.102402 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2022.102827 |
| Title | Predictive modelling for dynamic wetting with heat transfer and phase transitions for drop-on-demand additive manufacturing |
| Description | Developing of a model that couples dynamics at the interfacial scales with the free-boundary problem of Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible flow. In this model, the dynamic contact angle results as an output of the solution to the equations, as opposed to being an input (as in most models available). Moreover, modelling the interfacial scales allows for the coupling of phase transition effects. In drop-on-demand additive manufacturing, the outcome of the process is largely determined by small-scale effects at the level of individual printing droplets, such as dynamic wetting, heat transfer and solidification. Consequently, models that can effectively inform innovation must integrate all these effects. The interface formation model for capillary flows is the natural foundation for such a modelling framework. At this stage, technically the most challenging part of this model, describing the wetting phenomena, has been implemented in a finite element framework. Detailed study of the effect of the flow configuration on the wetting process has been carried out. The initial geometry of the drop has been shown to largely determine the short-term spreading dynamics, in particular resulting in highly nontrivial patterns in the contact angle-versus-contact line speed diagram. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | All aspects of the implementation of the interface formation model that are relevant to the modelling of drop-on-demand additive manufacturing have been brought together into a single code, which will also be the basis for the inclusion of phase transition effects. For this first outputs, a publication has been prepared and is under review, allowing further dissemination of the outcomes. (https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2208.07146) Ongoing work includes integrating the thermal phenomena and analysing the interaction between the hydrodynamic and thermal fields aimed at determining optimal regime of the droplet deposition depending on the external conditions. |
| Description | AWE contribution to metaljet and jetting aspects |
| Organisation | Atomic Weapons Establishment |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Provide technical expertise and access to facilities |
| Collaborator Contribution | AWE will contribute £270,000 towards metaljetting and jetting aspects of the Programme's work and a contract has not yet been signed. |
| Impact | There are no outputs as yet. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Astra Zeneca |
| Organisation | AstraZeneca |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Supervision, project design, training, access to laboratories and facilities in the University of Nottingham Faculty of Engineering and School of Pharmacy |
| Collaborator Contribution | Funding for two PhD studentships each at £32,550.00 = £65,100.00 total, some supervision, and access to their pharmaceutical expertise and experimental facilities. |
| Impact | No outcomes yet. Multidisciplinary collaboration. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Canon Production Printing (MetalJet) |
| Organisation | Canon |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The Centre for Additive Manufacturing developed 3D printing applications for the novel high temperature jetting print heads owned by Canon Production Printing. Two printing platforms were designed and engineered to print a number of materials including tin, silver and copper in 3D. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Loan of their MetalJet system and provided advice on jetting. |
| Impact | It is a multidisciplinary collaboration which has resulted in the following outputs: 1. Publication: Towards digital metal additive manufacturing via high-temperature drop-on-demand jetting, Simonelli et al, Additive Manufacturing 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2019.100930 2. AWE research grant worth £600,000 3. Various conference papers |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Dstl studentships |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Project design and supervision of a PhD studentship, access to laboratory faculties. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Funding and supervision of two PhD studentships (£130,000) which will start in October 2019. A representative of Dstl sits on the Programme's Advisory Board and provides links to the wider defence community. |
| Impact | The studentships will commence in October 2019 and an agreement will be signed once the students have been recruited. Useful contributions have been made by the Dstl colleague who sits on the Programme's Advisory Board. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Hilti Corporation Confidentiality Agreement |
| Organisation | Hilti Group |
| Country | Liechtenstein |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Research collaboration with industry partner. We contribute additive manufacturing research results. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Industrial knowledge and application of our research results |
| Impact | multidisciplinary collaboration |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | ITA- Brazil |
| Organisation | Technological Institute of Aeronautics |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaboration on a research project, Hierarchical design of multi-material alloys producing components for 3D printing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA), has been awarded finding by Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) towards its activities under the project |
| Impact | Currently, a conference paper has resulted from this collaboration, Optimisation of Fibre-Paths in Composites Produced by Additive Manufacturing, in book EngOpt 2018 Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Engineering Optimization (Jan 19) The research partners are still working on three other papers which will be published in due course. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | JFE steel corporation, Japan |
| Organisation | JFE Steel Corporation |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The Centre for Additive Manufacturing at UoN will produce a demonstrator made of tin on a copper substrate using the droplet-on-demand technology Metaljet. The demonstrator is to be fabricated from Sn will be the JFE steel corporation logo. This logo will be printed on a 50*40 mm2 substrate. The research team will produce a report detailing the experimental conditions and results (droplet, velocity, etc). Photos (observation result of droplet collision behaviour) will be included. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The collaborator provides the financial support for the study by taking responsibility for all the expenses for the experiments. |
| Impact | The output from this study will be the demonstrator that will be provided to the sponsor. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| Organisation | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaborate via joint workshops, exchange of know-how and PhD student exchanges. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborate via joint workshops, exchange of know-how and PhD student exchanges. |
| Impact | No outputs as yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) |
| Organisation | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Share advances in mutli-material fabrication and collaborate on the further development of the two-photon process and modelling simulation of liquid metals. A material transfer agreement is being prepared. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborate on the further development of the two-photon process and modelling simulation of liquid metals. This will involve hosting students, post-docs and staff at LLNL, frequent visits and exchanges and possible access to their capability either through LLNL staff or direct utilisation. |
| Impact | No outcomes as yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Metaljet with Canon Oce |
| Organisation | Océ Holding |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We have established an exclusive relationship with Canon Oce in the Netherlands to be their research partner in turning their proprietary metaljetting technology in to a Additive Manufacturing system. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Supply of their proprietary metaljet technology |
| Impact | Award of EPSRC funds for "Eight Great Technologies" for specialist metaljetting equipment |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Metaljet with Canon Oce |
| Organisation | Océ Holding |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We have established an exclusive relationship with Canon Oce in the Netherlands to be their research partner in turning their proprietary metaljetting technology in to a Additive Manufacturing system. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Supply of their proprietary metaljet technology |
| Impact | Award of EPSRC funds for "Eight Great Technologies" for specialist metaljetting equipment |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | NPL |
| Organisation | National Physical Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Share research advances regarding the Programme's Research Challenge 1 |
| Collaborator Contribution | Share their expertise and allow access for a fee to their 3DNanoSIMS equipment. |
| Impact | A collaborative paper has been published in the journal 'ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces'. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Nanoscribe GmBH |
| Organisation | Nanoscribe GmbH |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Share research advances especially in multi-material fabrication. |
| Collaborator Contribution | In kind contribution of software updates and new multi-photon recipes worth approx £10,000 is promised |
| Impact | No outcomes as yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Texas Instruments Inc |
| Organisation | Texas Instruments Inc. |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Report relevant research advances |
| Collaborator Contribution | In kind access to their tools and project support worth approx £60,000 was promised. Additional funding for three PhD studentships worth £81,119 each (total £243,357) was also provided. |
| Impact | No outcomes as yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | University of Birmingham |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Professor Yulii Shikhmurzaev from the University of Birmingham is a co-applicant on the EPSRC Enabling Next Generation Additive Manufacturing Programme Grant. He sits on the Programme's Executive Team and will line manage a research fellow working on Research Challenge 2 of the Programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Professor Yulii Shikhmurzaev from the University of Birmingham is a co-applicant on the EPSRC Enabling Next Generation Additive Manufacturing Programme Grant. He sits on the Programme's Executive Team and will line manage a research fellow working on Research Challenge 2 of the Programme. |
| Impact | No outcomes as yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | University of Warwick |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr James Sprittles from the University of Warwick is a co-applicant on the EPSRC Enabling Next Generation Additive Manufacturing Programme Grant. He sits on the Programme's Executive Team, is joint lead for the Programme's Research Challenge 2 and line manages a Programme research fellow. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr James Sprittles from the University of Warwick is a co-applicant on the EPSRC Enabling Next Generation Additive Manufacturing Programme Grant. He sits on the Programme's Executive Team, is joint lead for the Programme's Research Challenge 2 and line manages a Programme research fellow. |
| Impact | Dr Sprittles is an author on 6 journal papers which have acknowledged this Programme. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | After school science club (Quach) |
| 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 | After school science workshops at St Patrick's Catholic Academy, Nottingham. Organised by the University of Nottingham School of Pharmacy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Archway STEM Festival |
| 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 | STEM festival hed at Bluecoats Beechdale Academy, Nottingham for school students and their families |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Article in the Engineer with a focus on multifunctional AM, interview with Richard Hague |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Article with a focus on multifunctional AM, interview with Richard Hague |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.theengineer.co.uk/interview-nottingham-professor-richard-hague/ |
| Description | BPSA Area Meeting 2019 - undergraduate talk (Roberts) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk to undergraduate Pharmacy students at the British Pharmaceutical Association Area Meeting in Lincoln, UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Co-host: Additive International Conference |
| 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 | Additive International is the premier summit for academic and industrial leaders in Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing. Since 2006, we have showcased next-generation technology and the latest thinking, providing a forum for practitioners to build their networks and drive innovation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.additiveinternational.com |
| Description | DSTL Capability Review Feb 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussed with representatives of DSTL to review the capabilities of the additive manufacturing research being carried out by CfAM |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | East Midlands Tonight coverage of the formal opening of the Advanced manufacturing Building and our clean room facilities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The local BBC new item covered various aspects of the new Advanced Manufacturing Building, including an interview with one of our researchers about our state of the art 'clean room'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Engineering Matters Podcast on The Future of 3D Printing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Richard Hague was one of the guest for this podcast on the Future of 3D Printing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://engineeringmatters.reby.media/2019/04/18/19-future-of-3d-printing/ |
| Description | FAESP Week London |
| 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 | The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) organized FAPESP WEEK LONDON on 11-12 February 2019. The international symposium aimed to strengthen the links between researchers from Brazil and the United Kingdom, with the objective of promoting research partnerships. It is part of the UK-Brazil Year of Science and Innovation (YoSI) 2018-2019. FAPESP is one of the major funding agencies for scientific research in Brazil. Funded by the public taxpayer, its mission is to foster scientific research in all fields of knowledge by awarding scholarships, fellowships and grants to investigators linked with higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. FAPESP is aware that the very best research can only be done by working with the best researchers internationally. Therefore, it has established partnerships with funding agencies, higher education, private companies, and research organizations in other countries known by the quality of their research and has been encouraging scientists funded by its grants to further develop their international collaborations Programme researcher Gustavo Ferraz Trindade connected with other researchers and gathered information about funding for potential collaborations involving the application of metal/organic 3D printing for the manufacture of GEM detectors (collaboration between UON-USP-CERN). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.fapesp.br/week2019/london/ |
| Description | FOSAC 2022 (Festival of Science and Curiosity) |
| 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 | Researchers and students from Centre for Additive Manufacturing and School of Pharmacy linked to the PG participated in the outreach event "The Real Science in Schools Symposium" on Thursday 10.02.2022. The Real Science in Schools Symposium is part of the Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity (FoSaC) targeting primary age children. The Symposium took place at the Nottingham City Council House (in the Banqueting Hall), the main civic building in the city. The team focussed on the demonstration of 3D-printing and its applications in engineering and pharmaceutics and showcased the advances in science and technology to primary school pupils. More than 50 children attended the symposium, which was an interactive event where children interacted with a robot, used microscopes, and with the help of our group, witnessed 3D printing in action. The stall was split into 3 stations; 1) "What is 3D printing", 2) "Can you design the object?" 3) "How does 3D printing work?". In the first station, we shared an interactive presentation in which we explained what 3D printing is, its applications and materials used. "Can you design the object?" was where the children got a chance to use their imagination and their new understanding of 3D printing to create and draw what they think can be printed using a 3D printer. They demonstrated how to use the software to control the shape and size of 3D-printed objects. The demonstrations took part using the CAD software TInkercad. In "How does 3D printing work?", children were able to see a 3D printer in action, printing a small object (a 3D printed Pikatchu), that they were able to take away and keep in their classroom. In this station, they were also able to have a look at some pre-printed objects while they guessed what the material was. At the end of the session, each child went home with a keychain of a 3D printed dolphin as a token to remember the day by. The event was a great success, the team had a wonderful time witnessing children getting involved and learning about the advances in science, and watching them fulfil their curiosity, raise many questions, and use their imagination to help understand how 3D printers work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nottsfosac.co.uk/ |
| Description | FOSAC 2023 (Festival of Science and Curiosity) - Launch event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Researchers and PhD students from Centre for Additive Manufacturing and School of Pharmacy linked to the PG participated in the FOSAC 23 launch event (Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity) on 18.02.2023. We supported the Ignite Futures' competition "Name the monkey" by offering the 3D-printed monkey to the winner at the FOSAC23* Launch Event (artwork section). Demonstration of 3D-printing techniques for multiple partners, funders and contributors at Nottingham College's City Hub site. We received positive comments from the participants and organisers as well as request for further outreach events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.ignitefutures.org.uk/ |
| Description | FOSAC 2023 (Festival of Science and Curiosity) @ Wollaton Hall |
| 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 | Researchers and PhD students from Centre for Additive Manufacturing and School of Pharmacy linked to the PG participated in the FOSAC 23 outreach event (Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity) targeting primary age children, on Saturday 11.02.2023. The event took place in the Wollaton Hall. The team focussed on the demonstration of 3D-printing and its applications in engineering and pharmaceutics and showcased the advances in science and technology to primary school pupils. More than 50 children attended the symposium, which was an interactive event where children interacted with a robot, used microscopes, and with the help of our group, witnessed 3D printing in action. The stall was split into 2 stations; 1) Is this 3D printed? " 2)''What would you print if you could print anything?'' 3)"How does 3D printing work? . In the first station, we shared an interactive presentation in which we explained what 3D printing is, its applications and materials used. "'What would you print if you could print anything?" was where the children got a chance to use their imagination and their new understanding of 3D printing to create and draw what they think can be printed using a 3D printer. In "How does 3D printing work?", children were able to see a 3D printer in action, printing a small object. In this station, they were also able to have a look at some pre-printed objects while they guessed what the material was. At the end of the session, each child went home with a keychain of a 3D printed dolphin as a token to remember the day by. The event was a great success, the team had a wonderful time witnessing children getting involved and learning about the advances in science, and watching them fulfil their curiosity, raise many questions, and use their imagination to help understand how 3D printers work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Family Discovery Day 2019 |
| 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 | University of Nottingham Discovery Days offer engaging sessions with academic experts. Children and their families also meet current students and take part in interactive campus tours. There are visit in school before the day to introduce the concept of university and the Discovery Day theme. After the Discovery Day, there are further classroom visits, working with children to consider their future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Festival of Science and Curiosity (FOSAC) |
| 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 | Team of CfAM PhD students running a community stand in the local shopping centre. Explaining 3DP to the general public (pre-prepared interactive activities, visuals, Ultimaker live printing) and showing some of the research being investigated at UoN in a broader context (biomedical, automotive etc). Throughout the event, they demonstrated the advantages and limitations of FDM printing with a live print of a rocket using an Ultimaker 2 Go printer, capturing genuine interest and engagement from all ages. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Hosted summer internships |
| 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 | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | We hosted 6 undergraduate students on 8-10 week summer internships |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | How 3D printing is used in the world around us - School activity |
| 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 | The team prepared and delivered hands-on activities for over 68 pupils on years 5 & 6 at the Woodthorpe School to introduce different applications, materials, costs of 3D printing (on 22.07.2021). Postgraduate students had the opportunity to develop further their soft skills, by speaking to a non-technical audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IOP 'Science of Printing and Interfacial Phenomena' Conference |
| 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 | The conference brought together internationally leading researchers across a wide range of disciplines in both academia and industry to exchange ideas and discuss new research on physics of printing and droplet deposition. The focus was on experimental and numerical research that advances the science in the field of wetting kinematics, drying phenomena, sintering of nanoparticles, rheology and influence of recent research on printing/deposition technologies.The invited speakers were from academia and industry, and was organised by the Institute of Physics Printing and Graphics Group. Programme researcher Dr Ehab Saleh was an organiser, Co-I Dr James Sprittes spoke about his research on modelling of droplet/substrate interface phenomenon and researcher Dr Gustavo Ferraz Trindade presented a poster on the advanced characterisation of multimaterial 3D printed objects . The outcome was that Programme members from three different Research Challenges connected with colleagues in related fields. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.iopconferences.org/iop/frontend/reg/thome.csp?pageID=787478&eventID=1274&traceRedir=2 |
| Description | Importance of Roles Models and Outreach (online) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | One of our PhD students delivered a talk about inspiring women in STEM to an online audience of undergraduate students. As part of an event organised by the University of Nottingham Faculty of Engineering. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Infinite Opera's performance of 'Entanglement! An Entropic Tale' - member of the discussion panel following the performance (Fromhold) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Infinite Opera's performance of 'Entanglement! An Entropic Tale' - member of the discussion panel following the performance at Lakeside Arts, Nottingham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | IntuUniversity Family Learning Graduation |
| 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 | During their visit to the University campus, school students and families met enthusiastic academics and tried out a range of hands-on, drop in activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited series of lectures to postgraduate students at the University of Lincoln (Turyanska) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited series of lectures to postgraduate students(PGR and PGT) at the University of Lincoln on Functional Nanomaterials, January 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | MEG 2018 |
| 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 | Some of our work on the magnetic shielding and sensor model was shown on the QuSpin's stand |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | NASA Manufacturing Expert Mission 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Advised NASA representatives on the cutting edge additive manufacturing research taking place at CfAM. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | New Scientist Live (Fromhold 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented as part of a large national science festival open to the public, schools, families, professionals and the media |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Nottingham Poetry Festival 2019 (Fromhold) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A member of our team wrote and presented poetry related to their research, as part of the Nottingham Poetry Festival 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Personalised Printing for pills |
| 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 | During the Royal Society exhibition, we invited by Al Jazeera English TV to talk about our research '3D Printing Pills'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX8MCy44YrY |
| Description | Pint of Science (Fromhold 2018) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Evening talk to the general public in an informal environment as part of the Pint of Science festival |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Pint of Science - Tech Me Out |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Programme team members took part in two activities as part of Pint of Science -Tech Me Out 2019 - informal events at various Nottingham city centre venues |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Pint of Science Creative Reactions, Nottingham (Fromhold 2018, Gosling 2019) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Evening talk/activity to the general public in an informal environment as part of the Pint of Science festival at various Nottingham city centre venues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| Description | Point of Care Framework (POC) (Quach) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Point Of Care Framework (POC) - organised by Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Two events to discuss 1) the technology landscape and 2) control measures for POC medicines manufacture. The event took place via Zoom due to the Covid-19 pandemic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Press release on one of our journal papers on inkjet printed graphene led to eight media articles |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | There was coverage as follows: https://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/22187/tomorrows-tech-using-ink-jet-printed-graphene https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/cfam-researchers-investigate-inkjet-printed-graphene-for-new-generation-optoelectronic-devices-178594/ https://www.graphene-info.com/researchers-examine-novel-inkjet-printed-graphene-high-quality-large-area https://www.theengineer.co.uk/3d-printing-inkjet-printed-graphene-nottingham/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201104001301.htm http://flex.iconnect007.com/index.php/article/125146/3d-print-experts-using-ink-jet-printed-graphene/125149/?skin=flex https://www.technologytimes.pk/2020/11/04/research-on-the-3d-printing-using-the-inkjet-printed-graphene-devices/ https://phys.org/news/2020-11-d-experts-tomorrow-technology-ink-jet.html |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/22187/tomorrows-tech-using-ink-jet-printed-graphene |
| Description | Royal Society Quantum Technologies Showcase (Fromhold) |
| 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 | Exhibitors to showcased their research, innovation activities and products to a large industry and government audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our team had the exciting opportunity to be part of the "Summer Science hub" at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2021 with the theme "Can we print your perfect pill". For this event, they prepared and delivered a movie, a virtual game and a lightning lecture, with contributions across the team, allowing the public to take a virtual step into our lab and learn about how, and why, we are working to create 3D printed medicine. The movie focussed on how polypills can lighten the pill burden, whilst the game allowed the audience to engage as stepping into the shoes of a pharmacist of the future. The lightning lecture was watched by over 17000 people to date and was hosted by Dr Ruiz Cantu and Dr He who told the story of why we need to 3D print tablets. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://limitless-beach-00824.herokuapp.com/ |
| Description | Science in the Park 2020 (Quach) |
| 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 | Assisted with a local science festival organised by the University of Nottingham |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Supported the Polymer Research Symposium 2019, University of Nottingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | One of our team members, Amy Stimpson was a joint organiser for this event and the Programme provided financial support of £500 towards the event costs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | TCT 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 | Presented on design optimisation of environments for quantum sensing, with partners Added Scientific Ltd |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | TCT magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2023 |
| Description | The Observer |
| 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 | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Prof Richard Hague was interviewed by Tim Lewis, from the Observer, in January 2023. Details TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | The Real Science in Schools Symposium (FOSAC23) |
| 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 | Researchers and PhD students from Centre for Additive Manufacturing and School of Pharmacy linked to the PG participated in the outreach event "The Real Science in Schools Symposium" on Thursday 09.02.2023. The Real Science in Schools Symposium is part of the Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity (FoSaC) targeting primary age children. The Symposium took place at the Nottingham City Council House (in the Banqueting Hall), the main civic building in the city. The team focussed on the demonstration of 3D-printing and its applications in engineering and pharmaceutics and showcased the advances in science and technology to primary school pupils. More than 50 children attended the symposium, which was an interactive event where children interacted with a robot, used microscopes, and with the help of our group, witnessed 3D printing in action. The stall was split into 2 stations; 1) Is this 3D printed? " 2)''What would you print if you could print anything?'' 3)"How does 3D printing work? . In the first station, we shared an interactive presentation in which we explained what 3D printing is, its applications and materials used. "'What would you print if you could print anything?" was where the children got a chance to use their imagination and their new understanding of 3D printing to create and draw what they think can be printed using a 3D printer. In "How does 3D printing work?", children were able to see a 3D printer in action, printing a small object. In this station, they were also able to have a look at some pre-printed objects while they guessed what the material was. At the end of the session, each child went home with a keychain of a 3D printed dolphin as a token to remember the day by. The event was a great success, the team had a wonderful time witnessing children getting involved and learning about the advances in science, and watching them fulfil their curiosity, raise many questions, and use their imagination to help understand how 3D printers work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://nottsfosac.co.uk/ |
| Description | UK Quantum Technology Industry Showcase (Fromhold 2018, 2019) |
| 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 National Quantum Technologies Programme is a UK Government Investment in excess of £600m over 10 years, aimed at accelerating the translation of quantum technologies into the marketplace, boosting British business and making a real difference to our everyday lives. The UK national quantum technologies showcase events recognise and demonstrate the breadth of current investments and activities undertaken as part of the National Programme and the growing commercialisation of quantum technologies in the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| Description | US Army and Airforce AM Opportunities Workshop 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Advised representatives of the US Army and Airforce on the opportunities for using the additive manufacturing technologies being developed by CfAM |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | University of Nottingham Faculty of Engineering Christmas Lecture - support activities |
| 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 | CfAM team members (Programme and Platform Grant)took part in the support engagement activities which form part of the UoN Faculty of Engineering Christmas Lecture for local school students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| Description | Vacuum Expo 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 | Presented on 3D printed vacuum systems for atom trapping (with Added Scientific Ltd) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |