Investigations in Gravitational Radiation
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Einstein's General Theory of Relativity (GR) predicts that dynamical systems in strong gravitational fields will release vast amounts of energy in the form of gravitational radiation. Gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of spacetime and travel from their sources at the speed of light, carrying information about physical processes responsible for their emission, obtainable in no other way. They are among the most elusive signals from the deepest reaches in the Universe. Experiments aimed at detecting them have been in development for several decades, and are now reaching sensitivity levels where detection is expected within a few years.
The worldwide network of interferometric detectors includes the German-UK GEO600, the French-Italian Virgo, the American Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and is being enhanced with a new detector under construction - KAGRA in Japan. The former detectors have all reached sensitivities close to their design goals and have taken the most sensitive data to date. Cooperation amongst different projects enables continuous data acquisition, with sensitivity to a wide range of sources and phenomena, over most of the sky.
Data from GEO, LIGO and Virgo, have already increased our understanding of astronomical phenomena. Search for gravitational waves at the times of 154 gamma-ray bursts has allowed the best ever exclusion distances and provided evidence for extra-Galactic sources of soft-gamma repeaters. The distance reach for binary black holes in the most recent runs is 300 Mpc and the rate upper limits are now very close to that expected in some of the astrophysical models. The search for gravitational waves from the Vela pulsar has set an upper bound on the strength of radiation that is significantly below that expected from the observed spin down rate of the pulsar, corresponding to a limit on the star's ellipticity of a part in a thousand.
While recent and current observations may produce detections, there can be no guarantees. However, there is great confidence that the advanced detectors currently in construction will routinely observe gravitational waves. The advanced LIGO detectors are based on the quasi-monolithic silica suspension concept developed in the UK for GEO 600 and on the high power lasers developed by our German colleagues in GEO 600. The Advanced Virgo detector also uses a variant of the silica suspension technology. The Cardiff and Glasgow groups have initiated and led searches for astronomical sources, thanks to the algorithmic and analysis effort that has been supported since the first data taking runs began eight years ago.
We propose a programme that leads to full exploitation of data from Advanced LIGO (aLIGO), building on both continuing operation of GEO600 and analysis of data taken in the most recent LIGO/Virgo science runs. In particular we will be carrying out deep searches for
* coalescing binary neutron stars, neutron star-black hole binaries, and black hole binaries
* bursts of gravitational waves that may originate from supernovae,
* continuous signals from pulsars and other rotating neutron stars,
* gravitational waves detected by cross-correlation methods, including a cosmological background.
In parallel, we propose detector research and development. Detector sensitivity is mainly limited by thermal noise associated with the substrates of the mirrors, their reflective coatings, and their suspension elements, as well as by noise resulting from the quantum nature of the light used in sensing. Our research is targeted towards making innovative improvements in these areas. We have major responsibilities for the silica suspensions in aLIGO, and in the development of enhancements and upgrades to the aLIGO detectors, in the areas of mirror coatings for low thermal noise, silicon substrates, cryogenic suspensions and improved interferometer topologies to combat quantum noise.
The worldwide network of interferometric detectors includes the German-UK GEO600, the French-Italian Virgo, the American Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and is being enhanced with a new detector under construction - KAGRA in Japan. The former detectors have all reached sensitivities close to their design goals and have taken the most sensitive data to date. Cooperation amongst different projects enables continuous data acquisition, with sensitivity to a wide range of sources and phenomena, over most of the sky.
Data from GEO, LIGO and Virgo, have already increased our understanding of astronomical phenomena. Search for gravitational waves at the times of 154 gamma-ray bursts has allowed the best ever exclusion distances and provided evidence for extra-Galactic sources of soft-gamma repeaters. The distance reach for binary black holes in the most recent runs is 300 Mpc and the rate upper limits are now very close to that expected in some of the astrophysical models. The search for gravitational waves from the Vela pulsar has set an upper bound on the strength of radiation that is significantly below that expected from the observed spin down rate of the pulsar, corresponding to a limit on the star's ellipticity of a part in a thousand.
While recent and current observations may produce detections, there can be no guarantees. However, there is great confidence that the advanced detectors currently in construction will routinely observe gravitational waves. The advanced LIGO detectors are based on the quasi-monolithic silica suspension concept developed in the UK for GEO 600 and on the high power lasers developed by our German colleagues in GEO 600. The Advanced Virgo detector also uses a variant of the silica suspension technology. The Cardiff and Glasgow groups have initiated and led searches for astronomical sources, thanks to the algorithmic and analysis effort that has been supported since the first data taking runs began eight years ago.
We propose a programme that leads to full exploitation of data from Advanced LIGO (aLIGO), building on both continuing operation of GEO600 and analysis of data taken in the most recent LIGO/Virgo science runs. In particular we will be carrying out deep searches for
* coalescing binary neutron stars, neutron star-black hole binaries, and black hole binaries
* bursts of gravitational waves that may originate from supernovae,
* continuous signals from pulsars and other rotating neutron stars,
* gravitational waves detected by cross-correlation methods, including a cosmological background.
In parallel, we propose detector research and development. Detector sensitivity is mainly limited by thermal noise associated with the substrates of the mirrors, their reflective coatings, and their suspension elements, as well as by noise resulting from the quantum nature of the light used in sensing. Our research is targeted towards making innovative improvements in these areas. We have major responsibilities for the silica suspensions in aLIGO, and in the development of enhancements and upgrades to the aLIGO detectors, in the areas of mirror coatings for low thermal noise, silicon substrates, cryogenic suspensions and improved interferometer topologies to combat quantum noise.
Planned Impact
There are numerous beneficiaries from our proposed research in gravitational waves, including industry, other academic disciplines, schools, science centres, museums and the general public. Materials, techniques and computational software created during the design and manufacture of gravitational wave detectors and the analysis of their data, have found numerous uses and applications in industry and other fields of academic research. E.g. the Triana software package that we developed has been used on many industrial and interdisciplinary collaborative projects to date, including: BDWorld (UK); GridLab, CoreGRID and Provenance (EU); GriPhyN and Pegasus (USA). Further, our studies of mirror coating thermal noise have played a key role in the Stanford-Scotland Photonics Innovation Collaboration, designed to capitalise on leading research in the photonics sector.
Our novel oxide bonding technology is the subject of contract research studies with optics companies in the UK and Germany, and a KTP is funded in the UK to transfer the technology in detail to a UK company specialising in the construction of optical components. We are also implementing our planned extensive knowledge exchange activities ranging from optics and engineering to a study of cell behaviour and response to nano-mechanical stimulation, an area of importance for wound healing. The technology for the thin, strong fused silica fibres supporting the 40kg aLIGO mirrors masses has led to partnerships with industry on novel all-silica gravimeters for the oil industry. To achieve our goals we are working closely with local Research & Enterprise and Business Development staff at Glasgow University, and the broader SUPA KT team, in establishing and maintaining collaborations with current and possible future beneficiaries and in the setting up and management of non-disclosure agreements and applications for patents. Thus we will ensure that future knowledge exchange opportunities are identified early and exploited fully.
Outreach to schools, science centres, museums and the general public is very strong in the field of Gravitational Wave research, driven by interest in viewing the Universe through the medium of gravity - probing black holes, the warping of space-time and the big bang itself. We have successfully engaged the wider community through numerous efforts. For example we presented the exhibit "Can you hear Black Holes" at the 2008 Royal Society Summer exhibition with related exhibits still on show in the Science Museum in London, following which we undertook a key role in the design and construction of the NSF-funded US exhibit "Astronomy's New Messengers" which featured at the World Science Festivals in 2009 and 2010 and then as a touring exhibit. With funding from STFC we developed "Gravity Beyond the Apple", an interactive secondary school science show delivered in conjunction with the award-winning "Science Made Simple" public outreach company based in Cardiff University. We also made a key contribution to the "100 Hours of Astronomy" IYA2009 cornerstone project, which featured live webcasts from all the ground-based gravitational wave observatories, and more recently have been very active in Star-Gazing Live.
In the future we will maintain and extend our programme of public engagement, through our existing network of relationships with key outreach stakeholders, which includes: science centres and museums, national education authorities, the amateur astronomical community, the media and professional science communicators - particularly Wendy Sadler, director of "Science Made Simple" and the science team at the Glasgow Science Centre. Among our specific plans we will deliver across the UK numerous interactive lectures to schools, astronomical societies and the general public, in the areas of gravitational wave detection, cosmology and multi-messenger astronomy, drawing upon the suite of themed lectures which we have already developed.
Our novel oxide bonding technology is the subject of contract research studies with optics companies in the UK and Germany, and a KTP is funded in the UK to transfer the technology in detail to a UK company specialising in the construction of optical components. We are also implementing our planned extensive knowledge exchange activities ranging from optics and engineering to a study of cell behaviour and response to nano-mechanical stimulation, an area of importance for wound healing. The technology for the thin, strong fused silica fibres supporting the 40kg aLIGO mirrors masses has led to partnerships with industry on novel all-silica gravimeters for the oil industry. To achieve our goals we are working closely with local Research & Enterprise and Business Development staff at Glasgow University, and the broader SUPA KT team, in establishing and maintaining collaborations with current and possible future beneficiaries and in the setting up and management of non-disclosure agreements and applications for patents. Thus we will ensure that future knowledge exchange opportunities are identified early and exploited fully.
Outreach to schools, science centres, museums and the general public is very strong in the field of Gravitational Wave research, driven by interest in viewing the Universe through the medium of gravity - probing black holes, the warping of space-time and the big bang itself. We have successfully engaged the wider community through numerous efforts. For example we presented the exhibit "Can you hear Black Holes" at the 2008 Royal Society Summer exhibition with related exhibits still on show in the Science Museum in London, following which we undertook a key role in the design and construction of the NSF-funded US exhibit "Astronomy's New Messengers" which featured at the World Science Festivals in 2009 and 2010 and then as a touring exhibit. With funding from STFC we developed "Gravity Beyond the Apple", an interactive secondary school science show delivered in conjunction with the award-winning "Science Made Simple" public outreach company based in Cardiff University. We also made a key contribution to the "100 Hours of Astronomy" IYA2009 cornerstone project, which featured live webcasts from all the ground-based gravitational wave observatories, and more recently have been very active in Star-Gazing Live.
In the future we will maintain and extend our programme of public engagement, through our existing network of relationships with key outreach stakeholders, which includes: science centres and museums, national education authorities, the amateur astronomical community, the media and professional science communicators - particularly Wendy Sadler, director of "Science Made Simple" and the science team at the Glasgow Science Centre. Among our specific plans we will deliver across the UK numerous interactive lectures to schools, astronomical societies and the general public, in the areas of gravitational wave detection, cosmology and multi-messenger astronomy, drawing upon the suite of themed lectures which we have already developed.
Organisations
- University of Glasgow (Lead Research Organisation)
- European Gravitational Observatory (Collaboration)
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU) (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Nuclear Physics (Collaboration)
- Sun Yat-sen University (Collaboration)
- LIGO (Collaboration)
- The Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) (Collaboration)
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Collaboration)
- IISER Pune (Collaboration)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE (Collaboration)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- University of Pisa (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- University Libre Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles ULB) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (Collaboration)
- Australian Research Council (Collaboration)
- Sapienza University of Rome (Collaboration)
- HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Collaboration)
- Tsinghua University China (Collaboration)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Collaboration)
- California State University, Fullerton (Collaboration)
- Virgo Ego Scientific Forum (Collaboration)
- University of Warsaw (Collaboration)
- University of Glasgow (Collaboration)
- Tongji University (Collaboration)
- California Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- GEO collaboration (Collaboration)
- Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences (Collaboration)
- Hubei University of Education (Collaboration)
- LIGO Scientific Collaboration (Collaboration)
- Penn State University (Collaboration)
- Tokyo University of Science (Collaboration)
- Shandong University (Collaboration)
- INFN Sezione di Perugia (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Society (Collaboration)
- Boostec (Collaboration)
- Cardiff University (Collaboration)
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) (Collaboration)
- Tokyo Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- University of Sannio (Collaboration)
- University of the West of Scotland (Collaboration)
- Australia Telescope National Facility (Collaboration)
- INFN Sezione di Pisa (Collaboration)
- Laser Center Hannover eV (Collaboration)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Collaboration)
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) (Collaboration)
- University of St Andrews (Collaboration)
- Russian ET Consortium (Collaboration)
- Syracuse University (Collaboration)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- Lomonosov Moscow State University (Collaboration)
- Gooch & Housego (Collaboration)
- Maastricht University (UM) (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef (Collaboration)
- Changchun University (Collaboration)
- Beijing Normal University (Collaboration)
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (Collaboration)
Publications

Aasi J
(2013)
Directed search for continuous gravitational waves from the Galactic center
in Physical Review D

Aasi J
(2015)
Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run
in Classical and Quantum Gravity

Aasi J
(2015)
Searching for stochastic gravitational waves using data from the two colocated LIGO Hanford detectors
in Physical Review D

Aasi J
(2014)
First all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from unknown sources in binary systems
in Physical Review D

Aasi J
(2013)
Search for long-lived gravitational-wave transients coincident with long gamma-ray bursts
in Physical Review D

Aasi J
(2015)
SEARCHES FOR CONTINUOUS GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FROM NINE YOUNG SUPERNOVA REMNANTS
in The Astrophysical Journal

Aasi J
(2014)
Implementation of an $\mathcal{F}$-statistic all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves in Virgo VSR1 data
in Classical and Quantum Gravity

Aasi J
(2014)
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FROM KNOWN PULSARS: RESULTS FROM THE INITIAL DETECTOR ERA
in The Astrophysical Journal

Aasi J
(2014)
FIRST SEARCHES FOR OPTICAL COUNTERPARTS TO GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE CANDIDATE EVENTS
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Aasi J
(2014)
The NINJA-2 project: detecting and characterizing gravitational waveforms modelled using numerical binary black hole simulations
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
Description | We have now completed this award. Our work on data analysis continued with the opening of the field of gravitational wave astronomy signalled by the discovery of gravitational radiation from Black-Hole coalescences in September 2015. This was further developed with the subsequent detections of signals from other Black-Hole coalescence events in December 2015, and January, June and August 2017 and also with the detection of a gravitational wave produced by a Neutron star merger in August 2017. We have also performed deep searches for gravitational waves from neutron-star black hole combinations, rapidly spinning neutron stars, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, in data from the worldwide network of LIGO, Advanced LIGO, GEO 600 and Virgo gravitational wave detectors. We continue to contribute to search algorithm development and optimisation, e.g. through the application of machine learning. We continue to lead aspects of the commissioning and detector characterisation for Advanced LIGO through the development and application of generic techniques and novel suspension technology. Substantial progress has been made in the following areas: Demonstration of the low mechanical loss of novel crystalline coatings of particular use at cryogenic temperatures; Measurement of the (low) optical reflectivity of hydroxide-catalysis bonds for use in compound optics; Demonstration of the resilience of bonds between crystalline materials when temperature cycled to cryogenic temperatures; Characterization of the optical absorption of crystalline silicon to assess its use as an optical substrate at 1.5 microns; Commissioning of a test facility for the investigation of opto-mechanical dynamics to test both fundamental aspects of optical rigidity and practical issues in the control of interferometers operating with high optical power. We have procured and tested a 1550nm laser and amplifier system for use in experiments with silicon optics, and have initiated an experimental and theoretical investigation of new quantum measurement approaches designed to mitigate the effect of Heisenberg Uncertainty limits on detector performance, developing new techniques essential for future detectors. |
Exploitation Route | Our findings are taken forward by (a) in-field academic routes to operate efficiently current GW detectors and to influence the design and construction of future detectors (b) by influencing academics in related fields in precision measurement where our technologies can improve measurement capabilities (c) in spinoffs such as using data analysis techniques to improve commercial products in the field of image analysis (healthcare, defense); using bonding techniques to allow industrial fabrication of high power compound optics; using silicon-based mems for precision gravity imaging (with security and energy applications) amongst other routes. |
Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Energy Security and Diplomacy |
Description | Spin offs of work on cryogenic silicon into MEMs gravimetry with considerable industrial interest currently under discussion. Follow on work on oxide bonding with a UK industrial partner with a PhD placement about to start (2014) Ongoing work with a UK company on improvement of optical medical products |
First Year Of Impact | 2013 |
Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Energy,Healthcare,Security and Diplomacy |
Impact Types | Economic |
Description | CKillow Member of SEPnet (South East Physics Network) Independent Advisory Panel. |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | CKillow Member of the Condensed Matter CDT Management Group and participated in the annual International Advisory Panel meetings. |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | CKillow chair of SUPA graduate school committee |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | CKillow chair of organising committee for SUSSP73 |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
URL | https://www.supa.ac.uk/research/sussp73.php |
Description | Chair of IOP Scotland GHammond, then continuing after term as ordinary member |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Promote the role of physics in education, health, the environment, technology, and scientific literacy. We work with a range of partners to support and develop the teaching of physics in schools; we encourage innovation, growth and productivity in business including addressing significant skills shortages; and we provide evidence-based advice and support to policymakers across Scotland. |
URL | https://www.iop.org/physics-community/iop-membership-where-you-are/iop-scotland#gref |
Description | Gravitational wave research leading to appointment of chief scientific advisor to the scottish government |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
Impact | Post taken up 9 months ago and impacts in the above areas are at an early stage. |
URL | http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Business-Industry/science/OCSA/AboutCSAS2 |
Description | Gravitational waves in education |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | It has enhanced school teacher CPD leading to more rounded education for school children. Too early to give any quantitative numbers. |
URL | http://youtu.be/YVjRPTprluQ |
Description | Institute of Physics Council member MHendry |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Promote the role of physics in education, health, the environment, technology, and scientific literacy. We work with a range of partners to support and develop the teaching of physics in schools; we encourage innovation, growth and productivity in business including addressing significant skills shortages; and we provide evidence-based advice and support to policymakers across UK. |
URL | https://www.iop.org/iop-new-president-elect-and-council-members-2019#gref |
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Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | Provided advice on the relevance of experimental work in schools which could then be implemented into the education system |
Description | President Elect then president for the Institute of Physics SRowan |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Promote the role of physics in education, health, the environment, technology, and scientific literacy. We work with a range of partners to support and develop the teaching of physics in schools; we encourage innovation, growth and productivity in business including addressing significant skills shortages; and we provide evidence-based advice and support to policymakers across the UK. |
URL | https://www.iop.org/iop-new-president-elect-and-council-members-2019#gref |
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Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
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Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | SR Ex-officio Member, Scottish Science Advisory Council |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | SR Member, Science Advisory Network, National Museum of Scotland |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
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Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
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Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2016 |
End | 12/2019 |
Description | SHild ET meeting 2017 |
Amount | £11,275 (GBP) |
Organisation | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
Sector | Public |
Country | Germany |
Start | 08/2017 |
End | 12/2017 |
Description | STFC CASE studentship GHammond |
Amount | £75,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2021 |
End | 03/2025 |
Description | Schlumberger |
Amount | £36,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Schlumberger Limited |
Department | Schlumberger Cambridge Research |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2016 |
End | 03/2020 |
Description | Science and Technology Funding Council - Investigations in Gravitational Radiation |
Amount | £4,360,741 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/N005422/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2016 |
End | 09/2020 |
Description | University of Glasgow Leadership Fellowship |
Amount | £124,500 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 30601180 |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2014 |
End | 01/2017 |
Title | APL |
Description | APL is a class of phase locked loop developed in other research which in this grant was applied in particular to the problem of tracking parametric instabilities in gravitational wave detectors. As a result of applying APL to this problem, enhanced methods of using APL in the case where multiple oscillations at almost degenerate frequencies were developed. These methods in turn may be applied to other problems where multiple frequencies are present simultaneously in the future. In particular, these enhancements may be applicable to the problem of control of induction motors, where the currents in drive coils contain many frequency components. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | APL is being used by the Glasgow group to characterise violin modes of suspension wires for Gravitational Wave interferometers. It is also being used for various dynamic line tracking applications by researchers at the LIGO laboratories. It is one of several methods in place for the suppression of parametric instabilities at LIGO. |
Title | Bayesian Techniques in gravitational wave data analysis |
Description | Bayesian methods for parameter estimation in low signal to noise ratio gravitational wave signals from our detectors are of application in other areas of sensing, including at least one of commercial interest. Some classes of gravitational wave signals will be detected by matched filtering. To extract the maximum astrophysical information from a detected event requires parameter estimation, taking into account a model for the signal and resulting in a statistical statement about the system which produced the signals. Methods have been developed to allow optimal estimation of parameters from even quite low signal to noise ratio detections. These methods are being applied to detection of other signal types. |
Type Of Material | Data handling & control |
Year Produced | 2010 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | The Bayesian detection confidence and parameter estimation techniques are of key importance to the extraction of astrophysical science from gravitational wave signals, and thus core to our research. Starting from an initial application in the detection |
Title | Bayesian Techniques in precision optical sensing |
Description | Bayesian methods for parameter estimation in low signal to noise ratio gravitational wave signals from our detectors are of application in other areas of sensing, including at least one of commercial interest. Some classes of gravitational wave signals will be detected by matched filtering. To extract the maximum astrophysical information from a detected event requires parameter estimation, taking into account a model for the signal and resulting in a statistical statement about the system which produced the signals. Methods have been developed to allow optimal estimation of parameters from even quite low signal to noise ratio detections. These methods are applicable in other fields of endeavour. |
Type Of Material | Data handling & control |
Year Produced | 2010 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | One application (commercially sensitive and under a non-disclosure agreement), involves applying methods developed during STFC funded gravitational wave data analysis to signal extraction and parameter fitting in infra-red optical sensing. We are curren |
Title | Control of a velocity-sensitive audio-band quantum non-demolition interferometer |
Description | |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Title | Upper limit to the transverse to longitudinal motion coupling of a waveguide mirror |
Description | |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Description | ALUK |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Department | UK Advanced LIGO Project (ALUK) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The UK Advanced LIGO Project (ALUK) involves transfer of the multiple stage / monolithic silica suspension technology developed for the GEO 600 detector to the LIGO detectors based in the U.S. Along with transfer of enhanced interferometric techniques this will create Advanced LIGO (aLIGO). We have provided all the main suspension systems for the three Advanced LIGO gravitational wave detectors. These complex mechanical systems suspend the core optical components, i.e. mirrors and beam-splitters, which form the interferometer at the heart of each detector. In particular we developed and then provided the ultra-low-dissipation, fused silica suspension technology that enables Advanced LIGO to have excellent sensitivity at low frequencies, plus all the associated production and characterisation equipment necessary to manufacture, install and maintain the suspensions. We provide continuing support for the assembly, characterisation, commissioning and operation of the suspensions and related detector technology. |
Collaborator Contribution | Membership of the ALUK enabled the associated project to be completed. Intellectual input, and design, procurement and manufacturing effort was shared among the partners. A memorandum of understanding signed by LIGO provides for access to gravitational wave data from aLIGO. The aims of the ALUK collaboration are to design and build detector components, and to assist with their installation and commissioning, and with the operation of the resulting aLIGO detectors. Collaborators provided design input to many subsystems of the project, expertise in procurement and manufacturing of precision electronic and mechanical components, and also project management. |
Impact | Philip Leverhulme Prize RCUK Fellowship Post-doctoral Fellowship EC Framework 7 Infrastructures program International Joint Project Award scheme Travel grant RCUK Science Bridges RCUK Science Bridges Seedcorn grant Research Merit Award JISC Grant SUPA Studentship Science in Society Fellowship RSE/Scottish Executive Personal Research Fellowship MP FS AH MB SR Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2008 Appearance on Radio 4 programme "In our time" Appearance on BBC One Countryfile Regular visits to local schools Public lectures at Science Centres and Science Festivals Events for International Year of Astronomy 2009 Lectures to amateur astronomical societies Meet the Scientist @ Glasgow Science Centre Science @ the Scottish Parliament Astronomy's New Messengers Icarus at the Edge of Time CPD Training for schoolteachers ScienceFace Scottish Science Advisory Council Technology Development Hydroxy-catalysis bonding for technology applications Hydroxy-catalysis bonding for research Fused silica suspension fibres for application in technology Fused silica suspension fibres for gravitational wave detectors Bayesian Techniques in precision optical sensing Bayesian Techniques in gravitational wave data analysis Amplitude or arbitrary phase sideband optical cavity probes Technology Development Diffractively coupled high finesse optical cavities Silicon Carbide bonding Berlin 2009 GWADW 2009 Amaldi 2009 RAS NAM 2009 GWADW 2009 RAS NAM 2008 Texas 2008 Moscow 2008 Schuster Colloquium Elizabeth Spreadbury Lecture RSE Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize Lectureship Wolfson Research Merit Award Tannahill Lecture and Medal Fellow ISGRGI FRSE (1) FInstP (1) FRAS (1) FRSE (2) Max-Planck-Society FRAS (2) History and Development of Knowledge IOP Nuclear and Particle Physics Divisional Conference Advanced Detector Workshop Kyoto LISA Symposium Stanford Optical Fibre Sensors Edinburgh Advanced Detector Workshop Florida Gravitational Wave Bursts meeting Mexico ILIAS Dresden IoP NPPD conference Glasgow 12th Marcel Grossman meeting Paris Lomonosov conference Moscow Advanced Detector Workshop Florida GR19 Meeting Mexico LISA International Symposium Stanford OECD Global Science Forum India IAU Rio de Janeiro Amaldi NY Fujihara Seminar Tokyo OECD Global Science Forum Cracow NEB X111 Thessaloniki New Worlds Portugal PASCOS 07 London LEOS Montreal XX1X Spanish Relativity Meeting Mallorca Rencontres de Moriond Italy Texas Symposium Heidelberg Aspera Workshop Paris IoP HEPP and AP Annual Meeting Frontiers in Optics, OSA, San Jose Amaldi NY Fujiwara Foundation Seminar Japan Advanced Detector Workshop Florida IoP Astroparticle meeting Oxford Cosmo 07 Sussex Aspera Workshop Paris Workshop on Charging Issues MIT IoP NPPD Annual conference Surrey RAS ordinary meeting London ILIAS Italy IAU General Assembly Prague NPPD Conference Glasgow Statistical Challenges Penn State Amaldi student talk Visiting Professorship Jena STFC Particle Astrophysics Advisory panel Physical and Engineering Committee of ESF SSAC Chair GWIC Chair STFC Panels Royal Society Research Grants Panel Aspera/ApPEC Science Advisory Committee Trustee RSE RSE Fellowship Committee IoP Awards Committee Chair LIGO Election & Membership GWIC Deputy Chair PPAN RSE Grants Committee RSE Sectional Committee Stanford-Scotland Photonics GEO Executive Committee FP7 ET Design Study Member STFC Science Committee PPAN GWIC Roadmap committee STFC Oversight Committee Zeplin III Aspera/ApPEC Peer Review Committee Governing Council FP6 ILIAS Aspera/ApPEC Roadmap Committee Advanced Detector committee LSC Publication Policy committee LSC LSC CW Group co-Chair reelected SUPA Astro theme leader LSC CW Group co-chair LSC Detection Committee LSC Data Analysis Council FRSE Aspen Center for Physics 2008 Aspen Center for Physics 2011 Advanced Detectors Workshop Kyoto Cosmic Co-Motion Queensland SAMSI North Carolina Center for Astrostatistics Penn State RAS NAM Llandudno Cosmology and Machine Learning UCL ILIAS Dresden PF PhD FB PhD KC Ugrad LO Ugrad RD Ugrad LM Ugrad LMac Ugrad AB Ugrad EWB Ugrad DF PhD ST Staff BL Staff HW PhD KB RA SF Staff KS staff LSF staff ZP Ugrad DH PhD RU Ugrad NH Ugrad MC Ugrad SL Ugrad NG Ugrad CS PhD OB PhD OB PhD MB PhD EJ Ugrad RM Ugrad RW Ugrad SJ Ugrad SL Ugrad BL Staff BG Ugrad AP PhD PS staff VM staff LG Staff CC PhD SZ Ugrad NM PhD MJ staff AG PhD FGC PhD |
Description | Cosmic Explorer consortium |
Organisation | California Institute of Technology |
Department | Caltech Astronomy |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Cosmic Explorer is a plan for a U.S. third-generation gravitational-wave observatory that aims to be an order of magnitude more sensitive than Advanced LIGO. At this sensitivity, Cosmic Explorer will be able to answer questions from the smallest scales of fundamental physics to the largest scales of cosmology. The purpose of the Cosmic Explorer Consortium is to provide an open and efficient way for members of the international physics and astronomy communities to contribute to the conceptualization of Cosmic Explorer, its design, and its future use. We are active in this collaboration, particularly in the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have much expertise. We also contribute to the science case for the detector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Sharing science expertise and collaborating on projects related to Cosmic Explorer. |
Impact | This is a multi -disciplinary collaboration as it involves physicists, astronomers and engineers working together. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Cosmic Explorer consortium |
Organisation | California State University, Fullerton |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Cosmic Explorer is a plan for a U.S. third-generation gravitational-wave observatory that aims to be an order of magnitude more sensitive than Advanced LIGO. At this sensitivity, Cosmic Explorer will be able to answer questions from the smallest scales of fundamental physics to the largest scales of cosmology. The purpose of the Cosmic Explorer Consortium is to provide an open and efficient way for members of the international physics and astronomy communities to contribute to the conceptualization of Cosmic Explorer, its design, and its future use. We are active in this collaboration, particularly in the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have much expertise. We also contribute to the science case for the detector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Sharing science expertise and collaborating on projects related to Cosmic Explorer. |
Impact | This is a multi -disciplinary collaboration as it involves physicists, astronomers and engineers working together. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Cosmic Explorer consortium |
Organisation | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Cosmic Explorer is a plan for a U.S. third-generation gravitational-wave observatory that aims to be an order of magnitude more sensitive than Advanced LIGO. At this sensitivity, Cosmic Explorer will be able to answer questions from the smallest scales of fundamental physics to the largest scales of cosmology. The purpose of the Cosmic Explorer Consortium is to provide an open and efficient way for members of the international physics and astronomy communities to contribute to the conceptualization of Cosmic Explorer, its design, and its future use. We are active in this collaboration, particularly in the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have much expertise. We also contribute to the science case for the detector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Sharing science expertise and collaborating on projects related to Cosmic Explorer. |
Impact | This is a multi -disciplinary collaboration as it involves physicists, astronomers and engineers working together. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Cosmic Explorer consortium |
Organisation | Penn State University |
Department | Penn State Abington |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Cosmic Explorer is a plan for a U.S. third-generation gravitational-wave observatory that aims to be an order of magnitude more sensitive than Advanced LIGO. At this sensitivity, Cosmic Explorer will be able to answer questions from the smallest scales of fundamental physics to the largest scales of cosmology. The purpose of the Cosmic Explorer Consortium is to provide an open and efficient way for members of the international physics and astronomy communities to contribute to the conceptualization of Cosmic Explorer, its design, and its future use. We are active in this collaboration, particularly in the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have much expertise. We also contribute to the science case for the detector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Sharing science expertise and collaborating on projects related to Cosmic Explorer. |
Impact | This is a multi -disciplinary collaboration as it involves physicists, astronomers and engineers working together. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Cosmic Explorer consortium |
Organisation | Syracuse University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Cosmic Explorer is a plan for a U.S. third-generation gravitational-wave observatory that aims to be an order of magnitude more sensitive than Advanced LIGO. At this sensitivity, Cosmic Explorer will be able to answer questions from the smallest scales of fundamental physics to the largest scales of cosmology. The purpose of the Cosmic Explorer Consortium is to provide an open and efficient way for members of the international physics and astronomy communities to contribute to the conceptualization of Cosmic Explorer, its design, and its future use. We are active in this collaboration, particularly in the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have much expertise. We also contribute to the science case for the detector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Sharing science expertise and collaborating on projects related to Cosmic Explorer. |
Impact | This is a multi -disciplinary collaboration as it involves physicists, astronomers and engineers working together. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | ELITES collaboration |
Organisation | Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU) |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have contributed designs and expertise in low loss optics and materials at cryogenic temperatures. Several visits of PDRAs and students to Japan have taken place for characterising silica tantala coatings on sapphire discs as well as sapphire fibres used for suspension systems. |
Collaborator Contribution | This collaboration has two main goals: 1) Exchange of knowledge between the European labs designing the cryogenic apparatuses, plants and detector components for the Einstein Telescope (ET) and the corresponding labs in Japan, engaged in the Kagra project; 2) Train early stage researchers, both on the European and the Japanese side, in this specific field, developing a new generation of young scientists that will have an important role in the realization and handling of both Kagra and ET. Kagra will be the first large-scale gravitational wave detector using cryogenic optics. This collaboration allows us to contribute to this exciting endeavour, while at the same time obtaining practical experience with cryogenic systems similar to what will be required for future European interferometers such as ET. |
Impact | ELiTES-ET-LCGT Telescopes: Exchange of Scientists award granted from the EU - research activities ongoing (first annual meeting held, exchanges underway) |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | ELITES collaboration |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have contributed designs and expertise in low loss optics and materials at cryogenic temperatures. Several visits of PDRAs and students to Japan have taken place for characterising silica tantala coatings on sapphire discs as well as sapphire fibres used for suspension systems. |
Collaborator Contribution | This collaboration has two main goals: 1) Exchange of knowledge between the European labs designing the cryogenic apparatuses, plants and detector components for the Einstein Telescope (ET) and the corresponding labs in Japan, engaged in the Kagra project; 2) Train early stage researchers, both on the European and the Japanese side, in this specific field, developing a new generation of young scientists that will have an important role in the realization and handling of both Kagra and ET. Kagra will be the first large-scale gravitational wave detector using cryogenic optics. This collaboration allows us to contribute to this exciting endeavour, while at the same time obtaining practical experience with cryogenic systems similar to what will be required for future European interferometers such as ET. |
Impact | ELiTES-ET-LCGT Telescopes: Exchange of Scientists award granted from the EU - research activities ongoing (first annual meeting held, exchanges underway) |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | ELITES collaboration |
Organisation | Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) |
Department | Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We have contributed designs and expertise in low loss optics and materials at cryogenic temperatures. Several visits of PDRAs and students to Japan have taken place for characterising silica tantala coatings on sapphire discs as well as sapphire fibres used for suspension systems. |
Collaborator Contribution | This collaboration has two main goals: 1) Exchange of knowledge between the European labs designing the cryogenic apparatuses, plants and detector components for the Einstein Telescope (ET) and the corresponding labs in Japan, engaged in the Kagra project; 2) Train early stage researchers, both on the European and the Japanese side, in this specific field, developing a new generation of young scientists that will have an important role in the realization and handling of both Kagra and ET. Kagra will be the first large-scale gravitational wave detector using cryogenic optics. This collaboration allows us to contribute to this exciting endeavour, while at the same time obtaining practical experience with cryogenic systems similar to what will be required for future European interferometers such as ET. |
Impact | ELiTES-ET-LCGT Telescopes: Exchange of Scientists award granted from the EU - research activities ongoing (first annual meeting held, exchanges underway) |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | ELITES collaboration |
Organisation | Sapienza University of Rome |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have contributed designs and expertise in low loss optics and materials at cryogenic temperatures. Several visits of PDRAs and students to Japan have taken place for characterising silica tantala coatings on sapphire discs as well as sapphire fibres used for suspension systems. |
Collaborator Contribution | This collaboration has two main goals: 1) Exchange of knowledge between the European labs designing the cryogenic apparatuses, plants and detector components for the Einstein Telescope (ET) and the corresponding labs in Japan, engaged in the Kagra project; 2) Train early stage researchers, both on the European and the Japanese side, in this specific field, developing a new generation of young scientists that will have an important role in the realization and handling of both Kagra and ET. Kagra will be the first large-scale gravitational wave detector using cryogenic optics. This collaboration allows us to contribute to this exciting endeavour, while at the same time obtaining practical experience with cryogenic systems similar to what will be required for future European interferometers such as ET. |
Impact | ELiTES-ET-LCGT Telescopes: Exchange of Scientists award granted from the EU - research activities ongoing (first annual meeting held, exchanges underway) |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | ELITES collaboration |
Organisation | Tokyo University of Science |
Department | Institute for Cosmic Rays Research |
Country | Japan |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have contributed designs and expertise in low loss optics and materials at cryogenic temperatures. Several visits of PDRAs and students to Japan have taken place for characterising silica tantala coatings on sapphire discs as well as sapphire fibres used for suspension systems. |
Collaborator Contribution | This collaboration has two main goals: 1) Exchange of knowledge between the European labs designing the cryogenic apparatuses, plants and detector components for the Einstein Telescope (ET) and the corresponding labs in Japan, engaged in the Kagra project; 2) Train early stage researchers, both on the European and the Japanese side, in this specific field, developing a new generation of young scientists that will have an important role in the realization and handling of both Kagra and ET. Kagra will be the first large-scale gravitational wave detector using cryogenic optics. This collaboration allows us to contribute to this exciting endeavour, while at the same time obtaining practical experience with cryogenic systems similar to what will be required for future European interferometers such as ET. |
Impact | ELiTES-ET-LCGT Telescopes: Exchange of Scientists award granted from the EU - research activities ongoing (first annual meeting held, exchanges underway) |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | ELITES collaboration |
Organisation | University of Sannio |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have contributed designs and expertise in low loss optics and materials at cryogenic temperatures. Several visits of PDRAs and students to Japan have taken place for characterising silica tantala coatings on sapphire discs as well as sapphire fibres used for suspension systems. |
Collaborator Contribution | This collaboration has two main goals: 1) Exchange of knowledge between the European labs designing the cryogenic apparatuses, plants and detector components for the Einstein Telescope (ET) and the corresponding labs in Japan, engaged in the Kagra project; 2) Train early stage researchers, both on the European and the Japanese side, in this specific field, developing a new generation of young scientists that will have an important role in the realization and handling of both Kagra and ET. Kagra will be the first large-scale gravitational wave detector using cryogenic optics. This collaboration allows us to contribute to this exciting endeavour, while at the same time obtaining practical experience with cryogenic systems similar to what will be required for future European interferometers such as ET. |
Impact | ELiTES-ET-LCGT Telescopes: Exchange of Scientists award granted from the EU - research activities ongoing (first annual meeting held, exchanges underway) |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | ELITES collaboration |
Organisation | University of the West of Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have contributed designs and expertise in low loss optics and materials at cryogenic temperatures. Several visits of PDRAs and students to Japan have taken place for characterising silica tantala coatings on sapphire discs as well as sapphire fibres used for suspension systems. |
Collaborator Contribution | This collaboration has two main goals: 1) Exchange of knowledge between the European labs designing the cryogenic apparatuses, plants and detector components for the Einstein Telescope (ET) and the corresponding labs in Japan, engaged in the Kagra project; 2) Train early stage researchers, both on the European and the Japanese side, in this specific field, developing a new generation of young scientists that will have an important role in the realization and handling of both Kagra and ET. Kagra will be the first large-scale gravitational wave detector using cryogenic optics. This collaboration allows us to contribute to this exciting endeavour, while at the same time obtaining practical experience with cryogenic systems similar to what will be required for future European interferometers such as ET. |
Impact | ELiTES-ET-LCGT Telescopes: Exchange of Scientists award granted from the EU - research activities ongoing (first annual meeting held, exchanges underway) |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | ELITES collaboration |
Organisation | Virgo Ego Scientific Forum |
Country | Global |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have contributed designs and expertise in low loss optics and materials at cryogenic temperatures. Several visits of PDRAs and students to Japan have taken place for characterising silica tantala coatings on sapphire discs as well as sapphire fibres used for suspension systems. |
Collaborator Contribution | This collaboration has two main goals: 1) Exchange of knowledge between the European labs designing the cryogenic apparatuses, plants and detector components for the Einstein Telescope (ET) and the corresponding labs in Japan, engaged in the Kagra project; 2) Train early stage researchers, both on the European and the Japanese side, in this specific field, developing a new generation of young scientists that will have an important role in the realization and handling of both Kagra and ET. Kagra will be the first large-scale gravitational wave detector using cryogenic optics. This collaboration allows us to contribute to this exciting endeavour, while at the same time obtaining practical experience with cryogenic systems similar to what will be required for future European interferometers such as ET. |
Impact | ELiTES-ET-LCGT Telescopes: Exchange of Scientists award granted from the EU - research activities ongoing (first annual meeting held, exchanges underway) |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | ET-R&D collaboration |
Organisation | Cardiff University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are contributing experimental and modelling expertise to three of the working groups (WG) in this project. In WG1 we will develop methods of parameter estimation for transient signals detected by ET, through application of our existing expertise in gravitational wave data analysis. In WG3 we will develop apparatus for measuring the birefringence of coated silicon samples and apply our expertise in finite element modelling to assist in the interpretation of cryogenic birefringence measurements carried out in collaboration with Hannover and Jena. In WG4 we will carry out studies and simulations of sensing and control issues for ET and carry out detailed modelling of the quantum noise and optical configuration. |
Collaborator Contribution | The aim of this project is to carry out essential collaborative research and development on key out-standing topics of the technical design of the Einstein Telescope, a 3rd generation underground gravitational wave detector. The three working groups we are participating in aim to study the scientific potential of ET, investigate key optical properties of silicon mirrors and study the advanced interferometer control systems required for ET. Each of these areas requires close collaboration with our European partners and the combination of the facilities and expertise of the participating groups. This will be facilitated by regular teleconferences, meetings and research visits between us and our partners, ensuring effective management of the joint projects and regular exchange of idea and results. Participation in this project provides opportunities for us to continue to contribute strongly to the technical development of ET and ensures that we continue to be an integral part of future developments in the field of gravitational wave detection in Europe. |
Impact | TBC - activity started last month |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | ET-R&D collaboration |
Organisation | Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU) |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are contributing experimental and modelling expertise to three of the working groups (WG) in this project. In WG1 we will develop methods of parameter estimation for transient signals detected by ET, through application of our existing expertise in gravitational wave data analysis. In WG3 we will develop apparatus for measuring the birefringence of coated silicon samples and apply our expertise in finite element modelling to assist in the interpretation of cryogenic birefringence measurements carried out in collaboration with Hannover and Jena. In WG4 we will carry out studies and simulations of sensing and control issues for ET and carry out detailed modelling of the quantum noise and optical configuration. |
Collaborator Contribution | The aim of this project is to carry out essential collaborative research and development on key out-standing topics of the technical design of the Einstein Telescope, a 3rd generation underground gravitational wave detector. The three working groups we are participating in aim to study the scientific potential of ET, investigate key optical properties of silicon mirrors and study the advanced interferometer control systems required for ET. Each of these areas requires close collaboration with our European partners and the combination of the facilities and expertise of the participating groups. This will be facilitated by regular teleconferences, meetings and research visits between us and our partners, ensuring effective management of the joint projects and regular exchange of idea and results. Participation in this project provides opportunities for us to continue to contribute strongly to the technical development of ET and ensures that we continue to be an integral part of future developments in the field of gravitational wave detection in Europe. |
Impact | TBC - activity started last month |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | ET-R&D collaboration |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are contributing experimental and modelling expertise to three of the working groups (WG) in this project. In WG1 we will develop methods of parameter estimation for transient signals detected by ET, through application of our existing expertise in gravitational wave data analysis. In WG3 we will develop apparatus for measuring the birefringence of coated silicon samples and apply our expertise in finite element modelling to assist in the interpretation of cryogenic birefringence measurements carried out in collaboration with Hannover and Jena. In WG4 we will carry out studies and simulations of sensing and control issues for ET and carry out detailed modelling of the quantum noise and optical configuration. |
Collaborator Contribution | The aim of this project is to carry out essential collaborative research and development on key out-standing topics of the technical design of the Einstein Telescope, a 3rd generation underground gravitational wave detector. The three working groups we are participating in aim to study the scientific potential of ET, investigate key optical properties of silicon mirrors and study the advanced interferometer control systems required for ET. Each of these areas requires close collaboration with our European partners and the combination of the facilities and expertise of the participating groups. This will be facilitated by regular teleconferences, meetings and research visits between us and our partners, ensuring effective management of the joint projects and regular exchange of idea and results. Participation in this project provides opportunities for us to continue to contribute strongly to the technical development of ET and ensures that we continue to be an integral part of future developments in the field of gravitational wave detection in Europe. |
Impact | TBC - activity started last month |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | ET-R&D collaboration |
Organisation | National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are contributing experimental and modelling expertise to three of the working groups (WG) in this project. In WG1 we will develop methods of parameter estimation for transient signals detected by ET, through application of our existing expertise in gravitational wave data analysis. In WG3 we will develop apparatus for measuring the birefringence of coated silicon samples and apply our expertise in finite element modelling to assist in the interpretation of cryogenic birefringence measurements carried out in collaboration with Hannover and Jena. In WG4 we will carry out studies and simulations of sensing and control issues for ET and carry out detailed modelling of the quantum noise and optical configuration. |
Collaborator Contribution | The aim of this project is to carry out essential collaborative research and development on key out-standing topics of the technical design of the Einstein Telescope, a 3rd generation underground gravitational wave detector. The three working groups we are participating in aim to study the scientific potential of ET, investigate key optical properties of silicon mirrors and study the advanced interferometer control systems required for ET. Each of these areas requires close collaboration with our European partners and the combination of the facilities and expertise of the participating groups. This will be facilitated by regular teleconferences, meetings and research visits between us and our partners, ensuring effective management of the joint projects and regular exchange of idea and results. Participation in this project provides opportunities for us to continue to contribute strongly to the technical development of ET and ensures that we continue to be an integral part of future developments in the field of gravitational wave detection in Europe. |
Impact | TBC - activity started last month |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | ET-R&D collaboration |
Organisation | Russian ET Consortium |
Country | Russian Federation |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We are contributing experimental and modelling expertise to three of the working groups (WG) in this project. In WG1 we will develop methods of parameter estimation for transient signals detected by ET, through application of our existing expertise in gravitational wave data analysis. In WG3 we will develop apparatus for measuring the birefringence of coated silicon samples and apply our expertise in finite element modelling to assist in the interpretation of cryogenic birefringence measurements carried out in collaboration with Hannover and Jena. In WG4 we will carry out studies and simulations of sensing and control issues for ET and carry out detailed modelling of the quantum noise and optical configuration. |
Collaborator Contribution | The aim of this project is to carry out essential collaborative research and development on key out-standing topics of the technical design of the Einstein Telescope, a 3rd generation underground gravitational wave detector. The three working groups we are participating in aim to study the scientific potential of ET, investigate key optical properties of silicon mirrors and study the advanced interferometer control systems required for ET. Each of these areas requires close collaboration with our European partners and the combination of the facilities and expertise of the participating groups. This will be facilitated by regular teleconferences, meetings and research visits between us and our partners, ensuring effective management of the joint projects and regular exchange of idea and results. Participation in this project provides opportunities for us to continue to contribute strongly to the technical development of ET and ensures that we continue to be an integral part of future developments in the field of gravitational wave detection in Europe. |
Impact | TBC - activity started last month |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | ET-R&D collaboration |
Organisation | University of Birmingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are contributing experimental and modelling expertise to three of the working groups (WG) in this project. In WG1 we will develop methods of parameter estimation for transient signals detected by ET, through application of our existing expertise in gravitational wave data analysis. In WG3 we will develop apparatus for measuring the birefringence of coated silicon samples and apply our expertise in finite element modelling to assist in the interpretation of cryogenic birefringence measurements carried out in collaboration with Hannover and Jena. In WG4 we will carry out studies and simulations of sensing and control issues for ET and carry out detailed modelling of the quantum noise and optical configuration. |
Collaborator Contribution | The aim of this project is to carry out essential collaborative research and development on key out-standing topics of the technical design of the Einstein Telescope, a 3rd generation underground gravitational wave detector. The three working groups we are participating in aim to study the scientific potential of ET, investigate key optical properties of silicon mirrors and study the advanced interferometer control systems required for ET. Each of these areas requires close collaboration with our European partners and the combination of the facilities and expertise of the participating groups. This will be facilitated by regular teleconferences, meetings and research visits between us and our partners, ensuring effective management of the joint projects and regular exchange of idea and results. Participation in this project provides opportunities for us to continue to contribute strongly to the technical development of ET and ensures that we continue to be an integral part of future developments in the field of gravitational wave detection in Europe. |
Impact | TBC - activity started last month |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | ET-R&D collaboration |
Organisation | University of Warsaw |
Department | Polish ET Consortium |
Country | Poland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are contributing experimental and modelling expertise to three of the working groups (WG) in this project. In WG1 we will develop methods of parameter estimation for transient signals detected by ET, through application of our existing expertise in gravitational wave data analysis. In WG3 we will develop apparatus for measuring the birefringence of coated silicon samples and apply our expertise in finite element modelling to assist in the interpretation of cryogenic birefringence measurements carried out in collaboration with Hannover and Jena. In WG4 we will carry out studies and simulations of sensing and control issues for ET and carry out detailed modelling of the quantum noise and optical configuration. |
Collaborator Contribution | The aim of this project is to carry out essential collaborative research and development on key out-standing topics of the technical design of the Einstein Telescope, a 3rd generation underground gravitational wave detector. The three working groups we are participating in aim to study the scientific potential of ET, investigate key optical properties of silicon mirrors and study the advanced interferometer control systems required for ET. Each of these areas requires close collaboration with our European partners and the combination of the facilities and expertise of the participating groups. This will be facilitated by regular teleconferences, meetings and research visits between us and our partners, ensuring effective management of the joint projects and regular exchange of idea and results. Participation in this project provides opportunities for us to continue to contribute strongly to the technical development of ET and ensures that we continue to be an integral part of future developments in the field of gravitational wave detection in Europe. |
Impact | TBC - activity started last month |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | ET-R&D collaboration |
Organisation | University of the West of Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We are contributing experimental and modelling expertise to three of the working groups (WG) in this project. In WG1 we will develop methods of parameter estimation for transient signals detected by ET, through application of our existing expertise in gravitational wave data analysis. In WG3 we will develop apparatus for measuring the birefringence of coated silicon samples and apply our expertise in finite element modelling to assist in the interpretation of cryogenic birefringence measurements carried out in collaboration with Hannover and Jena. In WG4 we will carry out studies and simulations of sensing and control issues for ET and carry out detailed modelling of the quantum noise and optical configuration. |
Collaborator Contribution | The aim of this project is to carry out essential collaborative research and development on key out-standing topics of the technical design of the Einstein Telescope, a 3rd generation underground gravitational wave detector. The three working groups we are participating in aim to study the scientific potential of ET, investigate key optical properties of silicon mirrors and study the advanced interferometer control systems required for ET. Each of these areas requires close collaboration with our European partners and the combination of the facilities and expertise of the participating groups. This will be facilitated by regular teleconferences, meetings and research visits between us and our partners, ensuring effective management of the joint projects and regular exchange of idea and results. Participation in this project provides opportunities for us to continue to contribute strongly to the technical development of ET and ensures that we continue to be an integral part of future developments in the field of gravitational wave detection in Europe. |
Impact | TBC - activity started last month |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
Organisation | California Institute of Technology |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The ET Design Study created an ET community in Europe and a global interest in the 3rd generation of GW observatories. This community was transformed into into a collaboration. We are active in this collaboration, particularly within the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have great expertise. We are also contribute to the sceince case of the detector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Active collaboration in areas related to the Einstein Telescope. |
Impact | This is multi-disciplinary asit involves physicists, astronomers and engineers. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
Organisation | Cardiff University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The ET Design Study created an ET community in Europe and a global interest in the 3rd generation of GW observatories. This community was transformed into into a collaboration. We are active in this collaboration, particularly within the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have great expertise. We are also contribute to the sceince case of the detector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Active collaboration in areas related to the Einstein Telescope. |
Impact | This is multi-disciplinary asit involves physicists, astronomers and engineers. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
Organisation | European Gravitational Observatory |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The ET Design Study created an ET community in Europe and a global interest in the 3rd generation of GW observatories. This community was transformed into into a collaboration. We are active in this collaboration, particularly within the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have great expertise. We are also contribute to the sceince case of the detector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Active collaboration in areas related to the Einstein Telescope. |
Impact | This is multi-disciplinary asit involves physicists, astronomers and engineers. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
Organisation | INFN Sezione di Perugia |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The ET Design Study created an ET community in Europe and a global interest in the 3rd generation of GW observatories. This community was transformed into into a collaboration. We are active in this collaboration, particularly within the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have great expertise. We are also contribute to the sceince case of the detector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Active collaboration in areas related to the Einstein Telescope. |
Impact | This is multi-disciplinary asit involves physicists, astronomers and engineers. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
Organisation | INFN Sezione di Pisa |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The ET Design Study created an ET community in Europe and a global interest in the 3rd generation of GW observatories. This community was transformed into into a collaboration. We are active in this collaboration, particularly within the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have great expertise. We are also contribute to the sceince case of the detector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Active collaboration in areas related to the Einstein Telescope. |
Impact | This is multi-disciplinary asit involves physicists, astronomers and engineers. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
Organisation | Maastricht University (UM) |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The ET Design Study created an ET community in Europe and a global interest in the 3rd generation of GW observatories. This community was transformed into into a collaboration. We are active in this collaboration, particularly within the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have great expertise. We are also contribute to the sceince case of the detector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Active collaboration in areas related to the Einstein Telescope. |
Impact | This is multi-disciplinary asit involves physicists, astronomers and engineers. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
Organisation | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The ET Design Study created an ET community in Europe and a global interest in the 3rd generation of GW observatories. This community was transformed into into a collaboration. We are active in this collaboration, particularly within the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have great expertise. We are also contribute to the sceince case of the detector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Active collaboration in areas related to the Einstein Telescope. |
Impact | This is multi-disciplinary asit involves physicists, astronomers and engineers. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
Organisation | National Institute for Nuclear Physics |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The ET Design Study created an ET community in Europe and a global interest in the 3rd generation of GW observatories. This community was transformed into into a collaboration. We are active in this collaboration, particularly within the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have great expertise. We are also contribute to the sceince case of the detector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Active collaboration in areas related to the Einstein Telescope. |
Impact | This is multi-disciplinary asit involves physicists, astronomers and engineers. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
Organisation | National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The ET Design Study created an ET community in Europe and a global interest in the 3rd generation of GW observatories. This community was transformed into into a collaboration. We are active in this collaboration, particularly within the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have great expertise. We are also contribute to the sceince case of the detector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Active collaboration in areas related to the Einstein Telescope. |
Impact | This is multi-disciplinary asit involves physicists, astronomers and engineers. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
Organisation | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Country | Japan |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The ET Design Study created an ET community in Europe and a global interest in the 3rd generation of GW observatories. This community was transformed into into a collaboration. We are active in this collaboration, particularly within the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have great expertise. We are also contribute to the sceince case of the detector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Active collaboration in areas related to the Einstein Telescope. |
Impact | This is multi-disciplinary asit involves physicists, astronomers and engineers. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
Organisation | University Libre Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles ULB) |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The ET Design Study created an ET community in Europe and a global interest in the 3rd generation of GW observatories. This community was transformed into into a collaboration. We are active in this collaboration, particularly within the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have great expertise. We are also contribute to the sceince case of the detector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Active collaboration in areas related to the Einstein Telescope. |
Impact | This is multi-disciplinary asit involves physicists, astronomers and engineers. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Einstein Telescope Collaboration |
Organisation | University of Birmingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The ET Design Study created an ET community in Europe and a global interest in the 3rd generation of GW observatories. This community was transformed into into a collaboration. We are active in this collaboration, particularly within the areas of suspensions and coatings where we have great expertise. We are also contribute to the sceince case of the detector. |
Collaborator Contribution | Active collaboration in areas related to the Einstein Telescope. |
Impact | This is multi-disciplinary asit involves physicists, astronomers and engineers. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | GEO600 |
Organisation | GEO collaboration |
Country | Global |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We have provided fused silica suspensions for the GEO 600 gravitational wave detector. These complex mechanical systems suspend the core optical components, i.e. mirrors and beam-splitters, which form the interferometer at the heart of each detector. We have also contributed to almost every other area of detector development, construction, installation and operation, and also to analysis of the resulting data. Examples include contributions to: detector topology and layout; interferometer sensing and control; digital control sub-systems; radio-frequency electro-optic modulation equipment; efficient photo-detection; seismic isolation; seismic monitoring; feed-forward seismic sensing and control; detector supervisory control infrastructure; detector calibration systems; low-level data collection and processing algorithms and systems; laser stabilisation and monitoring; environmental monitoring; data searches for continuous signals (pulsars) and data searches for burst signals (black hole formation). |
Collaborator Contribution | The GEO600 team collaborates with the GW groups in the USA (LIGO), in France/Italy (Virgo) and in Japan (TAMA300). As a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) and the Virgo Collaboration, GEO600 has performed several long-term data runs together with the other gravitational wave detectors, in the search for the first observations. Financial support for the GEO project has been supplied by the State of Lower Saxony, the Max Planck Society, the Science and Technology Facilities Council, the Volkswagen Foundation, and the Federal Republic of Germany. Personnel costs are supplied by the Max Planck Society and the Leibniz University Hannover, running costs by the Max Planck Society Membership of the GEO is core to our research. It provides access to gravitational wave data, opportunities to contribute to instrument upgrades, training for our graduate students and PDRAs, and is the first destination for many of our technology developments. Membership of GEO was a step towards membership of the LSC (q.v.). Collaborators operate the GEO 600 detector to produce data. They archive this and enable us to access it for analysis and carry out joint analysis with us. Collaborators host our equipment at the detector, which we built jointly with them. Through exchange visits and regular meetings there is exchange of ideas on all aspects of gravitational wave detector design. |
Impact | Philip Leverhulme Prize RCUK Fellowship Post-doctoral Fellowship EC Framework 7 Infrastructures program International Joint Project Award scheme Travel grant RCUK Science Bridges RCUK Science Bridges Seedcorn grant Research Merit Award JISC Grant SUPA Studentship Science in Society Fellowship RSE/Scottish Executive Personal Research Fellowship MP FS AH MB SR Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2008 Appearance on Radio 4 programme "In our time" Appearance on BBC One Countryfile Regular visits to local schools Public lectures at Science Centres and Science Festivals Events for International Year of Astronomy 2009 Lectures to amateur astronomical societies Meet the Scientist @ Glasgow Science Centre Science @ the Scottish Parliament Astronomy's New Messengers Icarus at the Edge of Time CPD Training for schoolteachers ScienceFace Scottish Science Advisory Council Technology Development Hydroxy-catalysis bonding for technology applications Hydroxy-catalysis bonding for research Fused silica suspension fibres for application in technology Fused silica suspension fibres for gravitational wave detectors Bayesian Techniques in precision optical sensing Bayesian Techniques in gravitational wave data analysis Amplitude or arbitrary phase sideband optical cavity probes Diffractively coupled high finesse optical cavities Silicon Carbide bonding Berlin 2009 GWADW 2009 Amaldi 2009 RAS NAM 2009 GWADW 2009 RAS NAM 2008 Texas 2008 Moscow 2008 Schuster Colloquium Elizabeth Spreadbury Lecture RSE Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize Lectureship Wolfson Research Merit Award Tannahill Lecture and Medal Fellow ISGRGI FRSE (1) FInstP (1) FRAS (1) FRSE (2) Max-Planck-Society FRAS (2) History and Development of Knowledge IOP Nuclear and Particle Physics Divisional Conference Advanced Detector Workshop Kyoto LISA Symposium Stanford Advanced Detector Workshop Florida Gravitational Wave Bursts meeting Mexico ILIAS Dresden IoP NPPD conference Glasgow 12th Marcel Grossman meeting Paris Lomonosov conference Moscow Advanced Detector Workshop Florida GR19 Meeting Mexico LISA International Symposium Stanford OECD Global Science Forum India IAU Rio de Janeiro Amaldi NY Fujihara Seminar Tokyo OECD Global Science Forum Cracow NEB X111 Thessaloniki New Worlds Portugal PASCOS 07 London LEOS Montreal XX1X Spanish Relativity Meeting Mallorca Rencontres de Moriond Italy Texas Symposium Heidelberg Aspera Workshop Paris IoP HEPP and AP Annual Meeting Frontiers in Optics, OSA, San Jose Amaldi NY Fujiwara Foundation Seminar Japan Advanced Detector Workshop Florida IoP Astroparticle meeting Oxford Cosmo 07 Sussex Aspera Workshop Paris Workshop on Charging Issues MIT IoP NPPD Annual conference Surrey RAS ordinary meeting London ILIAS Italy IAU General Assembly Prague NPPD Conference Glasgow Statistical Challenges Penn State Amaldi student talk Visiting Professorship Jena STFC Particle Astrophysics Advisory panel Physical and Engineering Committee of ESF SSAC Chair GWIC Chair STFC Panels Royal Society Research Grants Panel Aspera/ApPEC Science Advisory Committee Trustee RSE RSE Fellowship Committee IoP Awards Committee Chair LIGO Election & Membership GWIC Deputy Chair PPAN RSE Grants Committee RSE Sectional Committee Stanford-Scotland Photonics GEO Executive Committee FP7 ET Design Study Member STFC Science Committee PPAN GWIC Roadmap committee STFC Oversight Committee Zeplin III Aspera/ApPEC Peer Review Committee Governing Council FP6 ILIAS Aspera/ApPEC Roadmap Committee Advanced Detector committee LSC Publication Policy committee LSC LSC CW Group co-Chair reelected SUPA Astro theme leader LSC CW Group co-chair LSC Detection Committee LSC Data Analysis Council FRSE Aspen Center for Physics 2008 Aspen Center for Physics 2011 Advanced Detectors Workshop Kyoto Cosmic Co-Motion Queensland SAMSI North Carolina Center for Astrostatistics Penn State RAS NAM Llandudno Cosmology and Machine Learning UCL ILIAS Dresden PF PhD FB PhD KC Ugrad LO Ugrad RD Ugrad LM Ugrad LMac Ugrad AB Ugrad EWB Ugrad DF PhD ST Staff BL Staff HW PhD KB RA SF Staff KS staff LSF staff ZP Ugrad DH PhD RU Ugrad NH Ugrad MC Ugrad SL Ugrad NG Ugrad CS PhD OB PhD OB PhD MB PhD EJ Ugrad RM Ugrad RW Ugrad SJ Ugrad SL Ugrad BL Staff BG Ugrad AP PhD PS staff VM staff LG Staff CC PhD SZ Ugrad NM PhD MJ staff AG PhD FGC PhD |
Description | GraWIToN International Training Network |
Organisation | Boostec |
Country | France |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We will contribute to this collaboration on two fronts: 1) We will host one early career researcher at the IGR and train him in cutting edge techniques relevant to building and characterising low thermal noise optical systems. 2) A second early career researcher supervised by our group will be based at a company (Gooch & Housego) and work on the development and commercialisation of bonding techniques for low loss monolithic assemblies. In addition we will contribute to the general training of all the early career researchers of this international training network. |
Collaborator Contribution | GraWIToN is an Initial Training Network, funded by European Commission under FP7-Marie Curie Actions for four years, since the 1st of February 2014. GraWIToN aims to train 13 young researchers (PhD students) in the gravitational wave (GW) search field. Our partners will contribute strongly to the training of the Glasgow based early career researchers (for instance via summer schools or industry collaborations). |
Impact | Too soon to tell. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | GraWIToN International Training Network |
Organisation | Gooch & Housego |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We will contribute to this collaboration on two fronts: 1) We will host one early career researcher at the IGR and train him in cutting edge techniques relevant to building and characterising low thermal noise optical systems. 2) A second early career researcher supervised by our group will be based at a company (Gooch & Housego) and work on the development and commercialisation of bonding techniques for low loss monolithic assemblies. In addition we will contribute to the general training of all the early career researchers of this international training network. |
Collaborator Contribution | GraWIToN is an Initial Training Network, funded by European Commission under FP7-Marie Curie Actions for four years, since the 1st of February 2014. GraWIToN aims to train 13 young researchers (PhD students) in the gravitational wave (GW) search field. Our partners will contribute strongly to the training of the Glasgow based early career researchers (for instance via summer schools or industry collaborations). |
Impact | Too soon to tell. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | GraWIToN International Training Network |
Organisation | Laser Center Hannover eV |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | We will contribute to this collaboration on two fronts: 1) We will host one early career researcher at the IGR and train him in cutting edge techniques relevant to building and characterising low thermal noise optical systems. 2) A second early career researcher supervised by our group will be based at a company (Gooch & Housego) and work on the development and commercialisation of bonding techniques for low loss monolithic assemblies. In addition we will contribute to the general training of all the early career researchers of this international training network. |
Collaborator Contribution | GraWIToN is an Initial Training Network, funded by European Commission under FP7-Marie Curie Actions for four years, since the 1st of February 2014. GraWIToN aims to train 13 young researchers (PhD students) in the gravitational wave (GW) search field. Our partners will contribute strongly to the training of the Glasgow based early career researchers (for instance via summer schools or industry collaborations). |
Impact | Too soon to tell. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | GraWIToN International Training Network |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We will contribute to this collaboration on two fronts: 1) We will host one early career researcher at the IGR and train him in cutting edge techniques relevant to building and characterising low thermal noise optical systems. 2) A second early career researcher supervised by our group will be based at a company (Gooch & Housego) and work on the development and commercialisation of bonding techniques for low loss monolithic assemblies. In addition we will contribute to the general training of all the early career researchers of this international training network. |
Collaborator Contribution | GraWIToN is an Initial Training Network, funded by European Commission under FP7-Marie Curie Actions for four years, since the 1st of February 2014. GraWIToN aims to train 13 young researchers (PhD students) in the gravitational wave (GW) search field. Our partners will contribute strongly to the training of the Glasgow based early career researchers (for instance via summer schools or industry collaborations). |
Impact | Too soon to tell. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | GraWIToN International Training Network |
Organisation | National Institute for Nuclear Physics |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We will contribute to this collaboration on two fronts: 1) We will host one early career researcher at the IGR and train him in cutting edge techniques relevant to building and characterising low thermal noise optical systems. 2) A second early career researcher supervised by our group will be based at a company (Gooch & Housego) and work on the development and commercialisation of bonding techniques for low loss monolithic assemblies. In addition we will contribute to the general training of all the early career researchers of this international training network. |
Collaborator Contribution | GraWIToN is an Initial Training Network, funded by European Commission under FP7-Marie Curie Actions for four years, since the 1st of February 2014. GraWIToN aims to train 13 young researchers (PhD students) in the gravitational wave (GW) search field. Our partners will contribute strongly to the training of the Glasgow based early career researchers (for instance via summer schools or industry collaborations). |
Impact | Too soon to tell. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | GraWIToN International Training Network |
Organisation | University of Birmingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We will contribute to this collaboration on two fronts: 1) We will host one early career researcher at the IGR and train him in cutting edge techniques relevant to building and characterising low thermal noise optical systems. 2) A second early career researcher supervised by our group will be based at a company (Gooch & Housego) and work on the development and commercialisation of bonding techniques for low loss monolithic assemblies. In addition we will contribute to the general training of all the early career researchers of this international training network. |
Collaborator Contribution | GraWIToN is an Initial Training Network, funded by European Commission under FP7-Marie Curie Actions for four years, since the 1st of February 2014. GraWIToN aims to train 13 young researchers (PhD students) in the gravitational wave (GW) search field. Our partners will contribute strongly to the training of the Glasgow based early career researchers (for instance via summer schools or industry collaborations). |
Impact | Too soon to tell. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | GraWIToN International Training Network |
Organisation | University of Pisa |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We will contribute to this collaboration on two fronts: 1) We will host one early career researcher at the IGR and train him in cutting edge techniques relevant to building and characterising low thermal noise optical systems. 2) A second early career researcher supervised by our group will be based at a company (Gooch & Housego) and work on the development and commercialisation of bonding techniques for low loss monolithic assemblies. In addition we will contribute to the general training of all the early career researchers of this international training network. |
Collaborator Contribution | GraWIToN is an Initial Training Network, funded by European Commission under FP7-Marie Curie Actions for four years, since the 1st of February 2014. GraWIToN aims to train 13 young researchers (PhD students) in the gravitational wave (GW) search field. Our partners will contribute strongly to the training of the Glasgow based early career researchers (for instance via summer schools or industry collaborations). |
Impact | Too soon to tell. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | GraWIToN International Training Network |
Organisation | Virgo Ego Scientific Forum |
Country | Global |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We will contribute to this collaboration on two fronts: 1) We will host one early career researcher at the IGR and train him in cutting edge techniques relevant to building and characterising low thermal noise optical systems. 2) A second early career researcher supervised by our group will be based at a company (Gooch & Housego) and work on the development and commercialisation of bonding techniques for low loss monolithic assemblies. In addition we will contribute to the general training of all the early career researchers of this international training network. |
Collaborator Contribution | GraWIToN is an Initial Training Network, funded by European Commission under FP7-Marie Curie Actions for four years, since the 1st of February 2014. GraWIToN aims to train 13 young researchers (PhD students) in the gravitational wave (GW) search field. Our partners will contribute strongly to the training of the Glasgow based early career researchers (for instance via summer schools or industry collaborations). |
Impact | Too soon to tell. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
Organisation | Beijing Normal University |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
Impact | Collaboration just started |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
Organisation | Cardiff University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
Impact | Collaboration just started |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
Organisation | Changchun University |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
Impact | Collaboration just started |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
Organisation | Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
Impact | Collaboration just started |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
Organisation | Hubei University of Education |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
Impact | Collaboration just started |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
Organisation | Imperial College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
Impact | Collaboration just started |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
Organisation | Shandong University |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
Impact | Collaboration just started |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
Organisation | Sun Yat-Sen University |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
Impact | Collaboration just started |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
Organisation | Tongji University |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
Impact | Collaboration just started |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
Organisation | Tsinghua University China |
Country | China |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
Impact | Collaboration just started |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
Organisation | University of Birmingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
Impact | Collaboration just started |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
Impact | Collaboration just started |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
Organisation | University of Sheffield |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
Impact | Collaboration just started |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
Impact | Collaboration just started |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
Impact | Collaboration just started |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Gravitational-wave Excellence through Alliance Training (GrEAT) Network with China |
Organisation | University of the West of Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | As this is training and capacity building grant, we will contribute scientific excellence and skills across the full range of gravitational wave science (from instrumentation to astrophysics), as well as our expertise in outreach and collaboration with industry. |
Collaborator Contribution | Full range of the relevant expertise available in the Chinese Gravitational Wave consortium. |
Impact | Collaboration just started |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | IMPP collaboration |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We will contribute to this collaboration on two fronts: 1) designs for ultra-quiet suspension required for experiments exploring macroscopic quantum mechanical aspects; 2) interferometry techniques for measurements at and beyond the quantum limit of high precision interferometry. |
Collaborator Contribution | This cooperation covers research in the area of Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit. The vision is to create a highly interdisciplinary scientific environment focused on the intriguing research opportunities in quantum science and engineering. This collaboration establishes a direct link between Universities of the Scottish Universities Physics Aliens (SUPA) and the relevant high-profile Max-Planck-Institutes in Germany. |
Impact | SFC International Max-Planck Partnership (IMPP) - Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit STFC/EPSRC International Max-Planck Partnership (IMPP) - Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | IMPP collaboration |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We will contribute to this collaboration on two fronts: 1) designs for ultra-quiet suspension required for experiments exploring macroscopic quantum mechanical aspects; 2) interferometry techniques for measurements at and beyond the quantum limit of high precision interferometry. |
Collaborator Contribution | This cooperation covers research in the area of Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit. The vision is to create a highly interdisciplinary scientific environment focused on the intriguing research opportunities in quantum science and engineering. This collaboration establishes a direct link between Universities of the Scottish Universities Physics Aliens (SUPA) and the relevant high-profile Max-Planck-Institutes in Germany. |
Impact | SFC International Max-Planck Partnership (IMPP) - Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit STFC/EPSRC International Max-Planck Partnership (IMPP) - Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | IMPP collaboration |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We will contribute to this collaboration on two fronts: 1) designs for ultra-quiet suspension required for experiments exploring macroscopic quantum mechanical aspects; 2) interferometry techniques for measurements at and beyond the quantum limit of high precision interferometry. |
Collaborator Contribution | This cooperation covers research in the area of Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit. The vision is to create a highly interdisciplinary scientific environment focused on the intriguing research opportunities in quantum science and engineering. This collaboration establishes a direct link between Universities of the Scottish Universities Physics Aliens (SUPA) and the relevant high-profile Max-Planck-Institutes in Germany. |
Impact | SFC International Max-Planck Partnership (IMPP) - Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit STFC/EPSRC International Max-Planck Partnership (IMPP) - Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | IMPP collaboration |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We will contribute to this collaboration on two fronts: 1) designs for ultra-quiet suspension required for experiments exploring macroscopic quantum mechanical aspects; 2) interferometry techniques for measurements at and beyond the quantum limit of high precision interferometry. |
Collaborator Contribution | This cooperation covers research in the area of Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit. The vision is to create a highly interdisciplinary scientific environment focused on the intriguing research opportunities in quantum science and engineering. This collaboration establishes a direct link between Universities of the Scottish Universities Physics Aliens (SUPA) and the relevant high-profile Max-Planck-Institutes in Germany. |
Impact | SFC International Max-Planck Partnership (IMPP) - Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit STFC/EPSRC International Max-Planck Partnership (IMPP) - Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | IMPP collaboration |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | We will contribute to this collaboration on two fronts: 1) designs for ultra-quiet suspension required for experiments exploring macroscopic quantum mechanical aspects; 2) interferometry techniques for measurements at and beyond the quantum limit of high precision interferometry. |
Collaborator Contribution | This cooperation covers research in the area of Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit. The vision is to create a highly interdisciplinary scientific environment focused on the intriguing research opportunities in quantum science and engineering. This collaboration establishes a direct link between Universities of the Scottish Universities Physics Aliens (SUPA) and the relevant high-profile Max-Planck-Institutes in Germany. |
Impact | SFC International Max-Planck Partnership (IMPP) - Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit STFC/EPSRC International Max-Planck Partnership (IMPP) - Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | IMPP collaboration |
Organisation | University of St Andrews |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We will contribute to this collaboration on two fronts: 1) designs for ultra-quiet suspension required for experiments exploring macroscopic quantum mechanical aspects; 2) interferometry techniques for measurements at and beyond the quantum limit of high precision interferometry. |
Collaborator Contribution | This cooperation covers research in the area of Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit. The vision is to create a highly interdisciplinary scientific environment focused on the intriguing research opportunities in quantum science and engineering. This collaboration establishes a direct link between Universities of the Scottish Universities Physics Aliens (SUPA) and the relevant high-profile Max-Planck-Institutes in Germany. |
Impact | SFC International Max-Planck Partnership (IMPP) - Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit STFC/EPSRC International Max-Planck Partnership (IMPP) - Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | IMPP collaboration |
Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We will contribute to this collaboration on two fronts: 1) designs for ultra-quiet suspension required for experiments exploring macroscopic quantum mechanical aspects; 2) interferometry techniques for measurements at and beyond the quantum limit of high precision interferometry. |
Collaborator Contribution | This cooperation covers research in the area of Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit. The vision is to create a highly interdisciplinary scientific environment focused on the intriguing research opportunities in quantum science and engineering. This collaboration establishes a direct link between Universities of the Scottish Universities Physics Aliens (SUPA) and the relevant high-profile Max-Planck-Institutes in Germany. |
Impact | SFC International Max-Planck Partnership (IMPP) - Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit STFC/EPSRC International Max-Planck Partnership (IMPP) - Measurement and Observation at the Quantum Limit |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | LSC |
Organisation | LIGO Scientific Collaboration |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The LSC carries out the science of the LIGO Observatories, located in Hanford, Washington and Livingston, Louisiana as well as that of the GEO600 detector in Hannover, Germany. Our collaboration is organized around three general areas of research: analysis of LIGO and GEO data searching for gravitational waves from astrophysical sources, detector operations and characterization, and development of future large scale gravitational wave detectors. As evidenced by our outputs that emerge from this collaboration, we contribute strongly to these three areas. In particular we develop low-noise suspension technology and design new optical techniques for the detectors. We also contribute strongly to data analysis particularly in the searches for pulsars and "ringing down" of newly formed black holes. One of our most significant contributions in the area of data analysis has been in the application of Bayesian techniques to parameter estimation in gravitational wave searches. |
Collaborator Contribution | The LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) is a group of scientists seeking to make the first direct detection of gravitational waves, use them to explore the fundamental physics of gravity, and develop the emerging field of gravitational wave science as a tool of astronomical discovery. The LSC works toward this goal through research on, and development of techniques for, gravitational wave detection; and the development, commissioning and exploitation of gravitational wave detectors. Membership of the LSC fundamentally enables our research. It provides access to gravitational wave data, opportunities to contribute to instrument upgrades, and training for our graduate students, and is the primary locus for application of our technology developments. As the World-leading collaboration in the field membership of the LSC is vital to our ongoing research. Collaborators operate the four LSC detectors to produce gravitational wave data. With us they archive this and enable us to access it for analysis. The collaboration carries out joint analysis of the data from all four instruments. Collaborators host our equipment at the detectors, and also at test facilities at which we undertake joint technology developments, supplementing those we carry out in Glasgow. Collaborators provide training in the operation of detectors, and detector subsystems. Within the technical working groups set up by the collaboration, there is exchange of ideas on advanced interferometer techniques and topologies, on data analysis, on laser sources, on optics, including optical coatings and thermal noise, and on suspension technology. |
Impact | Philip Leverhulme Prize RCUK Fellowship Post-doctoral Fellowship EC Framework 7 Infrastructures program International Joint Project Award scheme Travel grant RCUK Science Bridges RCUK Science Bridges Seedcorn grant Research Merit Award JISC Grant SUPA Studentship Science in Society Fellowship RSE/Scottish Executive Personal Research Fellowship MP FS AH MB SR Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2008 Appearance on Radio 4 programme "In our time" Appearance on BBC One Countryfile Regular visits to local schools Public lectures at Science Centres and Science Festivals Events for International Year of Astronomy 2009 Lectures to amateur astronomical societies Meet the Scientist @ Glasgow Science Centre Science @ the Scottish Parliament Astronomy's New Messengers Icarus at the Edge of Time CPD Training for schoolteachers ScienceFace Scottish Science Advisory Council Technology Development Hydroxy-catalysis bonding for technology applications Hydroxy-catalysis bonding for research Fused silica suspension fibres for application in technology Fused silica suspension fibres for gravitational wave detectors Bayesian Techniques in precision optical sensing Bayesian Techniques in gravitational wave data analysis Amplitude or arbitrary phase sideband optical cavity probes Technology Development Diffractively coupled high finesse optical cavities Silicon Carbide bonding Berlin 2009 GWADW 2009 Amaldi 2009 RAS NAM 2009 GWADW 2009 RAS NAM 2008 Texas 2008 Moscow 2008 Schuster Colloquium Elizabeth Spreadbury Lecture RSE Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize Lectureship Wolfson Research Merit Award Tannahill Lecture and Medal Fellow ISGRGI FRSE (1) FInstP (1) FRAS (1) FRSE (2) Max-Planck-Society FRAS (2) History and Development of Knowledge IOP Nuclear and Particle Physics Divisional Conference Advanced Detector Workshop Kyoto LISA Symposium Stanford Optical Fibre Sensors Edinburgh Advanced Detector Workshop Florida Gravitational Wave Bursts meeting Mexico ILIAS Dresden IoP NPPD conference Glasgow 12th Marcel Grossman meeting Paris Lomonosov conference Moscow Advanced Detector Workshop Florida GR19 Meeting Mexico LISA International Symposium Stanford OECD Global Science Forum India IAU Rio de Janeiro Amaldi NY Fujihara Seminar Tokyo OECD Global Science Forum Cracow NEB X111 Thessaloniki New Worlds Portugal PASCOS 07 London LEOS Montreal XX1X Spanish Relativity Meeting Mallorca Rencontres de Moriond Italy Texas Symposium Heidelberg Aspera Workshop Paris IoP HEPP and AP Annual Meeting Frontiers in Optics, OSA, San Jose Amaldi NY Fujiwara Foundation Seminar Japan Advanced Detector Workshop Florida IoP Astroparticle meeting Oxford Cosmo 07 Sussex Aspera Workshop Paris Workshop on Charging Issues MIT IoP NPPD Annual conference Surrey RAS ordinary meeting London ILIAS Italy IAU General Assembly Prague NPPD Conference Glasgow Statistical Challenges Penn State Amaldi student talk Visiting Professorship Jena STFC Particle Astrophysics Advisory panel Physical and Engineering Committee of ESF SSAC Chair GWIC Chair STFC Panels Royal Society Research Grants Panel Aspera/ApPEC Science Advisory Committee Trustee RSE RSE Fellowship Committee IoP Awards Committee Chair LIGO Election & Membership GWIC Deputy Chair PPAN RSE Grants Committee RSE Sectional Committee Stanford-Scotland Photonics GEO Executive Committee FP7 ET Design Study Member STFC Science Committee PPAN GWIC Roadmap committee STFC Oversight Committee Zeplin III Aspera/ApPEC Peer Review Committee Governing Council FP6 ILIAS Aspera/ApPEC Roadmap Committee Advanced Detector committee LSC Publication Policy committee LSC LSC CW Group co-Chair reelected SUPA Astro theme leader LSC CW Group co-chair LSC Detection Committee LSC Data Analysis Council FRSE Aspen Center for Physics 2008 Aspen Center for Physics 2011 Advanced Detectors Workshop Kyoto Cosmic Co-Motion Queensland SAMSI North Carolina Center for Astrostatistics Penn State RAS NAM Llandudno Cosmology and Machine Learning UCL ILIAS Dresden PF PhD FB PhD KC Ugrad LO Ugrad RD Ugrad LM Ugrad LMac Ugrad AB Ugrad EWB Ugrad DF PhD ST Staff BL Staff HW PhD KB RA SF Staff KS staff LSF staff ZP Ugrad DH PhD RU Ugrad NH Ugrad MC Ugrad SL Ugrad NG Ugrad CS PhD OB PhD OB PhD MB PhD EJ Ugrad RM Ugrad RW Ugrad SJ Ugrad SL Ugrad BL Staff BG Ugrad AP PhD PS staff VM staff LG Staff CC PhD SZ Ugrad NM PhD MJ staff AG PhD FGC PhD |
Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
Organisation | Australia Telescope National Facility |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
Organisation | Australian Research Council |
Department | Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
Organisation | California Institute of Technology |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
Organisation | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
Organisation | Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences |
Country | China |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
Organisation | LIGO |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
Organisation | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Department | MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
Organisation | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
Department | Goddard Space Flight Center |
Country | United States |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) |
Organisation | University of Warwick |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. The In-Kind support from the Institute for gravitational Research in Glasgow to this collaboration consists of researcher time and facility access for computer moddelling. It comes to a total of 537,700 AUD. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Institute for Gravitational Research has had long-standing links with researchers in Australia who are the key contributors to OzGrav. Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from our collaboration with the Centre are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Impact | Some of the key activities that have arisen to date from this collaboration are in the areas of low frequency performance gravitational wave detectors, future detector planning and detector commissioning. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Partnership between the Institute for Gravitational Research and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) - MPitkin |
Organisation | Australian Research Council |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The partnership funded a two week visit to the OzGrav institutions in Melbourne, Australia, for Dr Matthew Pitkin. During the visit he presented seminars at each institution, participated in and chaired workshop sessions, and developed collaborative projects in gravitational-wave astronomy. |
Collaborator Contribution | The partner contributed funds for travel and accommodation via the OzGrav International Visitor Funding Program. |
Impact | The main outcome is the development of software (bibly https://lscsoft.docs.ligo.org/bilby/index.html) and an associated paper (https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.02042) that will become the main package for source parameter estimation for gravitational-wave signals within the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Royal Society International Partnership with Russia: "Improving low-frequency sensitivity of future Gravitational Wave Observatories" |
Organisation | Moscow State University |
Country | Russian Federation |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The University in Glasgow provides experimental expertise in interferometry as well as access to the 10m prototype interferometer as well as to the materials characterisation and loss measurement facilities. |
Collaborator Contribution | The team at Moscow State University provides theoretical expertise in the analysis of quantum limited systems, as well as experimental facilities for mechanical loss measurements complementary to the ones available in Glasgow. |
Impact | E. Knyazev et al.: "Speedmeter scheme for gravitational-wave detectors based on EPR quantum entanglement," Physics Letters A, 10.1016/j.physleta.2017.10.009, 2017 S. L. Danilishin et al.,: "A new type of quantum speed meter interferometer: measuring speed to search for intermediate mass black holes" Light: Science & Applications (2018) 7, doi: 10.1038/s41377-018-0004-2 L. G. Prokhorov et. al,: "Upper limits on the mechanical loss of silicate bonds in a silicon tuning fork oscillator" Physics Letters A, 10.1016/j.physleta.2017.07.007 A joint application to the EU Quantum Technology flagship call (proposal currently under evaluation). |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Royal Society International Partnership with Russia: "Improving low-frequency sensitivity of future Gravitational Wave Observatories" |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The University in Glasgow provides experimental expertise in interferometry as well as access to the 10m prototype interferometer as well as to the materials characterisation and loss measurement facilities. |
Collaborator Contribution | The team at Moscow State University provides theoretical expertise in the analysis of quantum limited systems, as well as experimental facilities for mechanical loss measurements complementary to the ones available in Glasgow. |
Impact | E. Knyazev et al.: "Speedmeter scheme for gravitational-wave detectors based on EPR quantum entanglement," Physics Letters A, 10.1016/j.physleta.2017.10.009, 2017 S. L. Danilishin et al.,: "A new type of quantum speed meter interferometer: measuring speed to search for intermediate mass black holes" Light: Science & Applications (2018) 7, doi: 10.1038/s41377-018-0004-2 L. G. Prokhorov et. al,: "Upper limits on the mechanical loss of silicate bonds in a silicon tuning fork oscillator" Physics Letters A, 10.1016/j.physleta.2017.07.007 A joint application to the EU Quantum Technology flagship call (proposal currently under evaluation). |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
Organisation | Cardiff University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
Organisation | IISER Pune |
Country | India |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
Organisation | Indian Institute of Technology Madras |
Country | India |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
Organisation | Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) |
Country | India |
Sector | Learned Society |
PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
Organisation | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
Country | India |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
Organisation | University of Birmingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
Organisation | University of Glasgow |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
Organisation | University of Sheffield |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
Organisation | University of Southampton |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | STFC Newton-Bhabha: Capacity Building for LIGO-India |
Organisation | University of the West of Scotland |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Glasgow will be hosting a UK focused meeting in April 2018, also staff visits of colleagues from RRCAT and IIT Bombay. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners are contributing staff for exchanges, Indian partners will contribute in-kind support of staff & computing time. |
Impact | MOU between UK and Indian institutes Collaboration agreement signed between UK and Indian institutes Just starting a print run of a book in general relativity, to be distributed to Indian schools |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | SUPA |
Organisation | The Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We have contributed research outcomes, such as hyrdroxy-catalysis bonding. Another major area of contribution has been through lecture courses and workshops arranged through the SUPA Graduate School, and by arranging seminars by prestigious international visitors, and broadcasting them to all partners. |
Collaborator Contribution | Adopting a coherent approach to staffing strategy, research training, research initiatives and funding opportunities, SUPA™ pools and enhances Scotland's strongest physics research areas and will develop as a world leader in physics, creating the largest group of physics researchers in the UK. It is also intended as a single "front door" for potential staff, sponsors, and industrial collaborators. Major research themes being pursued are physics and life sciences, energy, astronomy, condensed matter and materials physics, nuclear and plasma physics, particle physics and photonics. The alliance brings together internationally leading physics research across Scotland to form the largest physics grouping in the UK. Enhanced links with the Astronomy Technology Centre, Edinburgh, have provided access to equipment and expertise, and continue to provide opportunities for extending research horizons, e.g. through the application of techniques we have developed for core research to other areas of astronomy. |
Impact | Philip Leverhulme Prize Research Merit Award SUPA Studentship MP FS AH MB SR Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2008 Appearance on Radio 4 programme "In our time" Appearance on BBC One Countryfile Regular visits to local schools Public lectures at Science Centres and Science Festivals Events for International Year of Astronomy 2009 Lectures to amateur astronomical societies Meet the Scientist @ Glasgow Science Centre Science @ the Scottish Parliament Astronomy's New Messengers Icarus at the Edge of Time CPD Training for schoolteachers ScienceFace Scottish Science Advisory Council Technology Development Hydroxy-catalysis bonding for technology applications Hydroxy-catalysis bonding for research Fused silica suspension fibres for application in technology Fused silica suspension fibres for gravitational wave detectors Berlin 2009 GWADW 2009 Amaldi 2009 RAS NAM 2009 GWADW 2009 RAS NAM 2008 Texas 2008 Moscow 2008 Schuster Colloquium Elizabeth Spreadbury Lecture RSE Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize Lectureship Wolfson Research Merit Award Tannahill Lecture and Medal LISA International Symposium Stanford OECD Global Science Forum India New Worlds Portugal PASCOS 07 London LEOS Montreal Rencontres de Moriond Italy Frontiers in Optics, OSA, San Jose Visiting Professorship Jena STFC Particle Astrophysics Advisory panel Physical and Engineering Committee of ESF SSAC Chair GWIC Chair STFC Panels Royal Society Research Grants Panel Trustee RSE RSE Fellowship Committee IoP Awards Committee Deputy Chair PPAN RSE Grants Committee RSE Sectional Committee Stanford-Scotland Photonics Member STFC Science Committee PPAN SUPA Astro theme leader PF PhD FB PhD KC Ugrad LO Ugrad RD Ugrad LM Ugrad LMac Ugrad AB Ugrad EWB Ugrad DF PhD ST Staff BL Staff HW PhD KB RA SF Staff KS staff LSF staff ZP Ugrad DH PhD RU Ugrad NH Ugrad MC Ugrad SL Ugrad NG Ugrad CS PhD OB PhD OB PhD MB PhD EJ Ugrad RM Ugrad RW Ugrad SJ Ugrad SL Ugrad |
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 granted |
Year Protection Granted | 2016 |
Licensed | No |
Impact | This patent was filed in August 2015 and we will work with end users to consider licensing/spin out opportunities. We are currently engaging with a design & manufacturing company to build a field unit, and a micro-nanofabrication company to develop wafer scale processing. Several devices are now installed on Mt Etna as a demonstration of the worlds first MEMS gravimeter array. |
Title | Mechanical bioreactor |
Description | https://patents.google.com/patent/GB201514734D0/en |
IP Reference | GB201514734D0 |
Protection | Patent application published |
Year Protection Granted | 2017 |
Licensed | No |
Impact | Development of stem cell derived osteoblasts (bone building cells) for research, drug discovery, and regenerative medicine (surgical bone graft). |
Title | Bilby CBerry JVeitch DWilliams MJWilliams NDLillo |
Description | Bayesian inference library, primarily for use in analysis of gravitational-wave data |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | Used in multiple peer-reviewed publications analysing gravitational-wave data |
URL | https://lscsoft.docs.ligo.org/bilby/ |
Title | PSRQPy - MPitkin |
Description | A Python package for accessing information from the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) Pulsar Catalogue. |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | A paper describing the software was published in the Journal of Open Source Software https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.00538. The paper has, so far, been cited 3 times, showing that the software is enabling new science. |
URL | https://psrqpy.readthedocs.io |
Title | Software to determine Young's modulus from ultrasonic reflection measurements |
Description | Matlab software to determine Young's modulus from ultrasonic reflection measurements |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Impact | Not any yet. Still working on data analysis and publication |
Title | mj-will/nessai: Release to trigger Zenodo |
Description | See changelog for details. |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | Too early to assess, but intended application in GW astronomy |
URL | https://zenodo.org/record/4550694 |
Title | transientlunatic/asimov 0.0.1 |
Description | Automation toolkit for gravitational wave analyses |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Open Source License? | Yes |
Impact | Used in the analysis of O3 events for GWTC-2 catalog; Currently in use for several future collaboration catalog publications. |
URL | https://zenodo.org/record/4024433 |
Description | 2016 Public lecture Institute of Physics London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Public outreach talk on gravitational wave astronomy |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | 2016&2017 Performance of chasing the waves, Glasgow Science Festival |
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 | Chasing the Waves is an STFC-funded musical-theatre production which was developed for the Glasgow Science Festival. Several members of staff were involved, including MHendry, PMurray, and several PhD students (incl D Williams). they participated in panel discussions at the end of each show, for an "ask the scientists" dialogue, answering questions from the audience on issues touched upon during the production, but also general questions about science, and being a scientist. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017 |
URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/events/sciencefestival/eventsandprojects/projects/chasingthewaves/ |
Description | Alan Cumming - Harp has participated Cosmic Cabaret (9th June 2016, the Stand, Glasgow) |
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 | "Laser Harp" participated in Cosmic Cabaret (9th June 2016). As part of a performance , UK, organised by musician Stuart Cromarty. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Alan Cumming - Harp has participated in "Hybrid" by Aniara Omann (31 Jan2016) |
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 | "Laser Harp" participated in "Hybrid" a reading and performance event at Celine Gallery, Glasgow, UK, organised by artist Ariana Omann. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Alan Cumming - Laser harp at SUPA Annual Gathering (May 2016) |
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 | "Laser Harp" outreach project for the International Year of Light 2015, and beyond. The project comprised the construction of a unique interactive Raspberry Pi based laser musical instrument exhibit, built in collaboration with Glasgow School of Art providing cross discipline connectivity and immensely valuable public engagement device that traverses all aspects of STEM/STEAM. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2016 |
URL | http://coll.physics.gla.ac.uk/LaserHarp/index.html |
Description | Alan Cumming - http://coll.physics.gla.ac.uk/LaserHarp/index.html Laser Harp website |
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 | Website for laser harp. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://coll.physics.gla.ac.uk/LaserHarp/index.html |
Description | Angus Bell - Researchgate blog - 15 February 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Post on the Researchgte blog discussing the detection of gravitational waves, with content from Angus Bell. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://www.researchgate.net/blog/post/the-field-of-gravitational-wave-astronomy-is-now-real |
Description | Angus Bell - Talk at YETI2017 particle physics school |
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 | Talk at YETI2017 particle physics school to teach postgraduate students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Angus Bell - Talk to Glasgow Skeptics society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Up to 100 members of the general public attended the talk. After the talk there was a long time allowed for questions and discussions in which the audience could fully participate. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | AstroSoc Talk 2020 JVeitch |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk to Astronomy Society of University of Glasgow |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | BBC News interview on GW190521 detection MHendry |
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 about gravitational-wave discovery |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | BBC Radio 5 Live interview on GW190521 detection MHendry |
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 about gravitational-wave discovery |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | BBC Today Program Radio 4 SRowan |
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 | Gave an interview on BBC Today Program Radio 4 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | BBC radio 5 'Five Live' interview |
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 | I was interviewed live by Nicky Campbell for 5 minutes about cosmology in general and the BICEP2 experimental results in particular. The interview was on BBC radio 5 'Five Live' at 7:40am. Five Live is a popular nationally broadcast radio show, so a large audience of the general public will have heard the interview. General publicity for fundamental science, the University of Sheffield, its Department of Physics, and my research. Raising the awareness of the general public of research into gravitational waves. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | BSorazu interview by Basque Country newspaper "Berria" 2017 |
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 | I was interviewed by the Basque Country newspaper "Berria" in relation to the announcement of the BNS signal GW170817. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.berria.eus/paperekoa/2412/010/001/2017-10-17/astrofisikan_aro_berria_ireki_du_neutroi_iza... |
Description | BSorazu interview by website Nobbot.com 2017 |
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 | I was interviewed for the website Nobbot.com which is a Web by Orange (Spain) related to technology, social networks, business and culture. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.nobbot.com/personas/entrevista-borja-sorazu-ondas-gravitacionales/ |
Description | Blog: Christopher Berry |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Personal blog primarily about research and teaching, mostly focusing on gravitational-wave science. Over 20,000 visitors in 2020. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021 |
URL | https://cplberry.com/blog/ |
Description | BlueDot Music Festival - talk on gravitational waves |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | BlueDot |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.discoverthebluedot.com |
Description | Borja Sorazu - El Correo - 13 February 2016 |
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 | Article on detection of gravitational waves in El Correo (general interest newspaper, Spain), including interview with Borja Sorazu. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.elcorreo.com/bizkaia/sociedad/ciencia/201602/13/esto-revolucionar-ciencia-20160212231207.... |
Description | Borja Sorazu - International magazine interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Long interview in a Spanish magazine published biweekly by the local council of Getxo, Basque Country (Getxoberri). The interview was about my involvement on the first detection of gravitational waves. This activity provided a very wide and international public outreach of my research activities and results. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Borja Sorazu - International newspaper interview |
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 | Long interview in a Spanish national newspaper (El Correo) in relation with the first detection of gravitational waves and my involvement. This activity provided a very wide and international public outreach of my research activities and results. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Borja Sorazu - International popular science magazine interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Co-authored 9 page article, for the anniversary of the first detection of gravitational waves, on the Spanish popular science magazine Investigacion y Ciencia (Spanish version of Scientific American). The article was selected for the magazine's cover page for the month of February 2017. This activity provided a very wide and international public outreach of my research activities and results to a more specialised audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Borja Sorazu - International television news report |
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 | Report/interview by a Basque Country (Spain) national television channel (EITB - Euskal Irrati Telebista) regarding my involvement on the ground breaking first detection of gravitational waves. An international television crew came to Glasgow to interview me, and it was broadcasted more than 3 times on primetime news television in Spain. This activity provided a very wide and international public outreach of my research activities and results. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2016 |
Description | Borja Sorazu - Interview on online magazine of the University of the Basque Country |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Interview by the Communication office of the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU (Spain) published on their online magazine 'Campusa'. The interview was about my involvement on the first detection of gravitational waves. This activity provided a very wide and international public outreach of my research activities and results to a highly-specialised audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Borja Sorazu - Spanish translation of Science Summaries published on the LIGO website |
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 | I translated several of the Science Summary documents describing important aspect of the first detection of gravitational waves. These translations were published on the official LIGO detectors website. This activity provided a very wide and international public outreach of my research activities and results. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Borja Sorazu - eitb - 29 February 2016 |
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 | Interview with Borja Sorazu by Euskal Irrati Telebista (EITB, Basque Radio-television). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.eitb.eus/es/noticias/internacional/videos/detalle/3871464/un-getxotarra-equipo-descubrio-... |
Description | Bryan Barr Hong Kong Press Tour |
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 | Members of the Hong Kong print and news media (newspapers, magazines, etc) visited the University of Glasgow as part of a Hong Kong Press Tour of the UK. During the visit we talked to them about studying in Scotland, discussed the international scope of research and gave tours of our research facilities. The event was in the form of a lab tour with open question and answer opportunities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | CKillow public lecture "the new astronomy of gravitational waves" by Dr Joan Centrella, Director, Astrophysics Science Division, NASAs Goddard Space Flight Centre |
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 | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | This lecture was organised by CKillow as part of a summer school in July 2017. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Café Sci Glasgow online meeting MHendry |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Café Scientifique discussion about gravitational-wave astronomy |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Cambrisge scientific society talk Jan2021 JHough |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Gave a talk on gravitational waves to the Cambrisdge Scientifc Society (on google meets due to COVID19). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/156307 |
Description | Careers networking event - Morrisons Academy high school, Crieff, Perthshire |
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 | Presented my research areas (gravitational waves, nanokicking/stem cells) and described career opportunities within physics and biomedical engineering. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://twitter.com/macmorrisons/status/971349384926519296 |
Description | Colloqium at Indiana University JFaller |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Colloqium at Indiana University. The talk title was 'Nature Never Deals Off of the Bottom of the Deck. but She Holds All of the Aces: The Joys of Doing Precision Measurement Science'. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Colloquim at University of Kentucky JFaller |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Colloquim at University of Kentucky. The talk's title was, 'Nature Never Deals Off of the Bottom of the Deck. but She Holds All of the Aces: The Joys of Doing Precision Measurement Science'. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Comments in the Daily Mail on results from the BICEP2 experiment |
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 | My comments were published in an article in the Daily Mail on Tuesday 18th March 2014. Members of the public have questioned me about my comments, leading me to believe that they reached a broad general audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Comments to the Guardian on results from the BICEP2 experiment |
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 | Comments I made on the consequences and import of the BICEP2 results were published in the Guardian on Tuesday 18th March - the article started on page 1, and my comments were in a whole page spread on page 8. These comments were also echoed in the Guardian Online; I have supplied a URL below for the Guardian online article from Monday 17th March. Various members of the public in my area have approached me about these comments, which they have seen, leading me to suspect that the comments reached a broad national audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/17/primordial-gravitational-wave-discovery-physics-bicep |
Description | Comments to the Science media centre on the results from the BICEP2 experiment |
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 | I made comments on the experimental results from the BICEP2 experiment, and these comments appeared on the Science Media Centre web site. The comments were then distributed to a broad general audience through local media. A very broad audience was reached with these comments through local newspapers - you can see some of the articles by doing a news search for articles including ed daw bicep using, for example, google news. Hundreds of local papers carried my comments because of the Science Media Centre. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-detection-of-gravitational-waves/ |
Description | Cosmic Companion: GW190521 CBerry |
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 | Interview for Cosmic Companion podcast on GW190814 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMGk_k93IKA&ab_channel=TheCosmicCompanion |
Description | DPascucci Q&A about research and scientific method 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | The activity consisted in a meeting/interview with primary schools students (~ 7-8 years old) about the research with a particular focus on LIGO and gravitational waves. The children showed strong interest and asked very good questions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | DWilliams 7min of science 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Seven minutes of science is an evening-long event in which early-career researchers give short (7-minute long) talks about their research. There were around 125 members of the public and the university in attendance, many of whom had no science background. Daniel's talk prompted a large number of questions, both within the formal question and answer section, and afterwards, and a number of requests for further information about Gravitational Wave research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://twitter.com/7minutescience?lang=en |
Description | DWilliams Asto society talk 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Daniel gave a talk to the Astronomical Society of Glasgow - an amateur astronomy club - about the history of gravitational wave astronomy, and recent developments. There were around 40 people in the audience, with ages ranging from 14 upwards. A number of the audience members were retired scientists (from non astronomy fields), and the discussion at the end of the talk was interesting, and a number of insightful questions were asked. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017 |
Description | DWilliams I'm a scientist get me out of here 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here is a nationally-run schools engagement program, in which pupils at participating schools are given the chance to have live web chats with researchers about a given field of science (in this case research into gravity), and also to leave questions on a website, which can then be answered over a two-week period. The questions ranged from queries about gravity and astronomy (e.g. "what is a black hole") to questions about what it's like to work as a scientist. The event is intended to provide pupils with an accurate image of who scientists are, as well as allowing them to interact directly with people involved in research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://gravityn17.imascientist.org.uk |
Description | DWilliams Infographics for detections |
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 | This project involved the production of "infographics" to communicate the important results of the detection of gravitational waves from the first two advanced LIGO observing runs. A total of five graphics resulted, which were each used as a component of the LIGO social media posts for each event, and in the case of GW170817, the graphic was included in the LSC press pack which was distributed to journalists. The reach of the material on Twitter was international - most considerably for GW170817 thanks to its translation into more than 20 languages, and the graphic was included in articles about the event internationally, making the total audience size rather difficult to estimate. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017 |
URL | http://dcc.ligo.org/DocDB/0144/G1701538/003/find_factsheets_and_infographics.html |
Description | DWilliams Meet the black hole hunter 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Meet the Black Hole Hunters was a question-and-answer event during Glasgow Science festival, which Daniel was involved with through a Skype connection while he was visiting the LIGO site in Louisiana. He was able to answer questions about the detector, and gave a video tour of the control room. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2017 |
URL | http://www.gla.ac.uk/events/sciencefestival/eventsandprojects/glasgowsciencefestival2017/adult/headl... |
Description | DWilliams UoE astro club talk 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Daniel gave a talk to the University of Edinburgh Astronomy club, with the audience consisting of ~50 undergraduate students. The talk prompted a number of interesting questions both about how to become involved in study in the field, and also about relationships between gravitational wave research and particle physics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Edinburgh U3A Science Group Talk DWilliams |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk to U3A science group via Zoom; audience primarily retirees. ~Hour-long webinar giving latest updates on GW science followed by a Q&A session. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Facebook live talk "Einstein Goes to Hollywood" MHendry |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public talk on relativity and cosmology |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Future of GW Astronomy talk for IPA Conference MHendry |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Webinar on gravitational-wave astronomy |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | GH - LBC - 11 February 2016 - 17:53:40 |
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 | LBC - 11/02/2016 17:53:40 Report on the discovery of gravitational waves includes interview with Dr Giles Hammond of Glasgow University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GSF Making Waves |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public engagement as part of the GLasgow Science Festival 2016, to share and explain the historic results in gravitational wave astronomy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GW - Heart Scotland East - 11 February 2016 - 16:02:42 |
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 | Heart Scotland East - 11/02/2016 16:02:42 Report on the discovery of gravitational waves includes interview with Professor Graham Woan of Glasgow University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GW - Heart Scotland West - 11 February 2016 - 16:02:17 |
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 | Heart Scotland West - 11/02/2016 16:02:17 Report on the discovery of gravitational waves includes interview with Professor Graham Woan of Glasgow University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GW - Sky News - 11 February 2016 - 15:33:19 |
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 | Sky News - 11/02/2016 15:33:19 Report on the discovery of gravitational waves includes interview with Professor Graham Woan of Glasgow University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GW - Sky News - 11 February 2016 - 19:01:35 |
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 | Sky News - 11/02/2016 19:01:35 Report on the discovery of gravitational waves includes interview with Professor Graham Woan of Glasgow University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GW - Sky News - 11 February 2016 - 22:01:17 |
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 | Sky News - 11/02/2016 22:01:17 Report on the discovery of gravitational waves includes interview with Professor Graham Woan of Glasgow University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GilesH BAA summer meeting 2016 |
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 | Gravitational wave talk at the British Astronomical Association summer meeting 2016 at York. 75 members of the public attended. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GilesH Dark Side of the Universe Kilwinning Academy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk 'Dark Side of the Universe / Gravity' to 15 S5/6 Pupils, Kilwinning Academy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GilesH Dark Side of the Universe Newcastleton Primary School 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk 'Dark Side of the Universe' to 20 P6 schoolchildren. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GilesH IOP Seniors group 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk at IOP Seniors group, "Longitude and GPS" , 15 members. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GilesH The Physics of Rainbows Lawthorn Primary 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk 'The Physics of Rainbows' to 40 P6 schoolchildren, Lawthorn Primary. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GilesH The Physics of Rainbows Mayfield Primary 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk 'The Physics of Rainbows' to 30 schoolchildren, Mayfield Primary. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GilesH The Physics of Rainbows Perth High School 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk 'The Physics of Rainbows' to 20 S3 pupils, Perth High School. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GilesH The Physics of Rainbows Woodlands Primary 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk 'The Physics of Rainbows' to 50 schoolchildren, Woodlands Primary. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GilesH Tweeddale astronomical society 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk on gravitational wave astronomy to 30 members of the public at the Tweeddale astronomical society. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GilesH York astronomical society 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk at York astronomical society "MEMS Gravity Sensors and Tidal Deformation" to 55 members of the public. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | GilesH development of halo harp |
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 | Throughout 2016, working with National Museum Scotland/IoP Scotland on development of a halo harp (laser harp) for the new science & technology building. This, and the prototype model has been used at multiple outreach events, following on from the International Year of Light. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Glasgow Café Scientifique Talk DWilliams |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk to Glasgow's Café Scientifique group via Zoom; ~15 minute presentation followed by ~1 hour Q&A session. Covering both latest updates on GW science and general discussion of GW Astrophysics |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Glasgow Science Centre Explorathon 2016 |
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 | Static and dynamic exhibits at the 2016 Explorathon at the Glasgow Science Center. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Glasgow Science Festival Science Sunday Big Birthday Bash |
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 | Several researchers (incl. PMurray, KHaughian, MvanVeggel, DKeital) and several PhD students (incl. ZTornasi, BPearlstone, GLacaille) manned a gravitational wave stand. Here we described several different areas of gravitational wave research with the aid of our demonstration to the public and answered their questions. We also had lots of giveaways and sticker/quiz cards to help engage the public. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/events/sciencefestival/eventsandprojects/projects/previousglasgowsciencefestiv... |
Description | Graduate fair |
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 | Several members of staff involved including Bryan Barr. They provided tours and information about our research facilities to prospective PhD students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Gravitational Waves for children |
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 | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Science Night in Hamburg, Germany, and Open Day at DESY, Germany. JS gave a talk (3x) for children at primary school age explaining gravitational waves. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Gravitational Waves panel discussion for Russia Science Festival MHendry |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Panel discussion on gravitational-wave astronomy for Russia Science Festival |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | IMartin Co-ordination of RSE Science-Startup Masterclasses 2018 |
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 | A series of 4 practical, physics-based workshops run twice per year for a group of ~35 high-school pupils. Workshops cover 'How to be an Astrophysicist', 'How to be an Aeroplane Designer', 'How to be a Bridge Builder' and 'How to be a Rocket Scientist'. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
Description | IMartin JHough Royal Society Hooke Meeting 'The Promises of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy" |
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 | I Martin was lead organiser of a meeting at the Royal Society on 'The promises of gravitational-wave astronomy'. These meetings are awarded on a competitive basis, and have mixed audiences including members of the public and scientists from both related and un-related fields. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2017/09/gravitational-wave/ |
Description | IMartin Royal Society Hooke Meeting 'The Promises of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy" |
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 | I was lead organiser of a meeting at the Royal Society on 'The promises of gravitational-wave astronomy'. These meetings are awarded on a competitive basis, and have mixed audiences including members of the public and scientists from both related and un-related fields. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2017/09/gravitational-wave/ |
Description | IMartin SRowan ZTornasi school work experience |
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 | A school student on a work-experience week in the School of Physics and Astronomy spent a day observing research into optical properties of materials for gravitational wave detectors, working with a PhD student in the group. They also had discussions with our academic staff. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | IMartin Work experience school student project 2018 |
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 | A school student on a work-experience week in the School of Physics and Astronomy spent a day observing research into optical properties of materials for gravitational wave detectors, working with my PhD student. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | IOP Essex Branch talk Mar2020 JHough |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Gave a talk on gravitational waves arranged by the IOP Essex Branch to members of the public and members of the IOP. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | IOP Festival of Physics PGM KH CK |
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 Festival of Physics is a brand new festival celebrating the wonders of science, the power of curiosity, and the inventions and discoveries that shape our world and our future.CK gave a talk on space based gravitational wave detectors. PGM gave a talk on ground based detectors.KH, PGM and CK manned the stand and discussed gravitational waves with the attendees giving out handouts, answering questions etc. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.events.iop.org/e/festival-of-physics-00eb9cb4cdbe4650b3193226d3b3a8c5/page.html |
Description | Iain Martin - RSE Start-up Science Masterclasses |
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 | Organised science masterclasses to engage and teach children about science. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Inside Science: GW190521 CBerry |
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 | Interview for Inside Science article on GW190521 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | http://www.insidescience.org/news/gravitational-waves-record-ancient-black-hole-merger-unlike-any-de... |
Description | Invited article in Times Higher Educational Supplement, by Martin Hendry, February 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Martin Hendry wrote an invited article in Times Higher Educational Supplement, February 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Invited talk to the Renfrewshire Astronomical Society, Paisley |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited talk to the Renfrewshire Astronomical Society, Paisley |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Invited talk to the Stirling Astronomical Society, Paisley. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | as above |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Isaac Physics talk Feb2021 JHough |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Gave a talk (streamed online due to COVID19) aimed at school pupils in years 12 and 13 on gravitational waves. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://isaacphysics.org/pages/cpc_lectures |
Description | J Hough - 2016 Autumn Public Lecture Scottish Engineering Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk on gravitational waves, the detection and detectors to the engineering society. There was a long period after the talk to allow for questions and discussions in which the audience participated. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | J Hough - 2016 Colloquium RAL |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A colloqium talk was given on gravitational waves at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | J Hough - 2016 Outreach talk Probus Longniddry |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Outreach talk on gravitational waves to senior citizens with an interest in science. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | J Hough - 2016, Public Lecture, Institute of Physics, Open University, Milton Keynes |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk on gravitational waves to teach people and enthuse them with physics and in particular, gravitational wave astronomy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | JH - AAAS Family Day - 13 February 2016 |
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 | Talk at the Family Science Days at the 2016 American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, Washington, D.C. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | JH - BBC Radio Scotland - 12 February 2016 - 06:13:38 |
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 | BBC Radio Scotland - 12/02/2016 06:13:38 Report on the discovery of gravitational waves includes interview with Professor James Hough of Glasgow University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | JHough & SRowan 2016 IET lecture, Selex Galileo |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A talk on gravitational wave detection to the Institute of Engineering and Technology |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | JHough - 2016, Stoner Colloquium University of Leeds |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Colloquim given on gravitational waves. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | JHough 2016 Colloquium, University of Warwick |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Gave a colloqium at the University of Warwick. Questions were answered after the talk. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | JHough 2016, Colloquium, University of Exeter |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Gave a colloqium at the University of Exeter on gravitational waves. Questions from the audience were answered after the talk. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | JHough 2017 Crighton Conversation talk, Dumfries |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | To give a public outreach talk on gravitational waves and enlighten people on the topic. After the talk there was a supper with the audience that allowed for further discussion and questions to be asked. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | JHough AAAS Family talk, Washington 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Gave a talk a AAAS family talk. The aim is to teach and enthuse people of all ages about science. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | JHough Apr2017 College of Science and Engineering 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 | Lecture in Edinburgh to the College of Science and Engineering. It was a general audience and included school children. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.eng.ed.ac.uk/about/events/20170427-1730/prof-jim-hough-university-glasgow-engineering-cha... |
Description | JHough Feb2017 Crighton conversation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Crighton conversation - Prestigious talk to the general intelligentia of the borders. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | JHough June2017 Erlangen after dinner talk Max Planck |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited after dinner lecture to the early career staff of Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (Erlangen). The meeting was at Ringberg Castle and there were 90 minutes of questions after the lecture. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | JHough Mar2017 Keynote lecture EU accelerator |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Keynote lecture to the EU consortium on accelerator physics EUCARD |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | JHough Mar2017 Perth Astronomical Society talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Perth Astronomical society lecture |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | JHough Oct2017 IOP lecture in Oxford |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Lecture to IOP in Oxford. Roger penrose was in attendance in the audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | JSteinlechner Painting Planets |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | While painting paper plates and Styrofoam spheres, nursery children got some pictures of planets shown and some explanation. They were encouraged to name the planets they made. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | K Haughian & P Murray - outreach at WIRED innovation awards |
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 | Set-up a gravitational wave exhibit at the WIRED innovation awards in London and discussed gravitational waves, gravitational wave detectors and gravitational wave astronomy with attendees at the event. There was a lot of interest and questions asked about the exhibit and topic. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | KAS Café Scientifique Aberdeen City |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public engagement as part of the Café Scientific Programme of Aberdeen University, to share and explain the historic results in gravitational wave astronomy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | KAS Inverclyde Skywatchers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public engagement as follow up to earlier engagement, to share and explain the historic results in gravitational wave astronomy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | KESS online talk "Einstein Goes to Hollywood" MHendry |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public talk on relativity and cosmology |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | KHaughian & PMurray - Outreach at Royal SOciety of Edinburgh Royal medal award ceremony |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | An exhibit on gravitational waves was set-up for the Royal medal award ceremony at the RSE. Princess Anne came to award the medals and thus came to the exhibit. Gravitational waves and gravitational wave detectors were explained and discussed with Princess Anne and other attendees at the ceremony. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | KS - BBC 2 Scotland - 11 February 2016 - 22:32:35 |
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 | Scotland 2016, BBC 2 Scotland - 11/02/2016 22:32:35 Report on the discovery of gravitational waves includes interview with Professor Ken Strain of Glasgow University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | KS - Moray Firth Radio - 11 February 2016 - 18:02:28 |
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 | Moray Firth Radio - 11/02/2016 18:02:28 Report on the discovery of gravitational waves includes interview with Professor Ken Strain of Glasgow University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | KS - STV Central East - 11 February 2016 - 18:07:19 |
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 | STV Central East - 11/02/2016 18:07:19 Report on the discovery of gravitational waves includes interview with Professor Ken Strain of Glasgow University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | KS - STV West - 11 February 2016 - 18:00:56 |
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 | STV West - 11/02/2016 18:00:56 Report on the discovery of gravitational waves includes interview with Professor Ken Strain of Glasgow University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | KS - Sky News - 11 February 2016 - 16:11:36 |
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 | Sky News - 11/02/2016 16:11:36 Report on the discovery of gravitational waves includes interview with Professor Ken Strain of Glasgow University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | KS - Tay FM - 11 February 2016 - 18:03:07 |
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 | Tay FM - 11/02/2016 18:03:07 Report on the discovery of gravitational waves includes interview with Professor Ken Strain of Glasgow University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | KStrain ACTA SCIO Troon 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | ACTA SCIO Troon |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | KStrain EISF Gravitational Waves 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 | EISF Gravitational Waves |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | KStrain GSF Meet the black hole hunters 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | GSF Meet the black hole hunters |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | KStrain Inverclyde Skywatchers 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Inverclyde Skywatchers |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Kelvin Probus talk Dec2020 JHough |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk given on gravitational waves to a local club (Kelvn Probus club). This club is made up of retired and semi-retired professionals in the west of Glasgow. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Keynote public lecture for the British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS). |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | BORS |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://borsoc.org.uk/ |
Description | Lord Wandsworth College BBarr |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | An old friend teaches 6th form physics at Lord Wandsworth College and their class was doing a university level journal club programme where one of the papers studies was the gravitational wave first detection paper. They knew I was an author on the paper so asked me to stop by their virtual classroom and talk to the students/ answer questions etc. Students appeared to enjoy the session and got to see what real life scientists who work on the paper they're studying are like. Reinforcement of physics as a viable career path for students who are at the point of choosing their degree path. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | M van Veggel - Member of RS International Exchange Grants Committeee |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Grant review. This impacts on the stimulation of international collaboration |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014,2015,2016,2017 |
Description | MEMS - BBC coverage |
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 | After publication of 'A measurement of the Earth Tides with a MEMS gravimeter' in the journal, Nature we received significant press coverage. Interview snippets were included on BBC radio 2 news, BBC radio Scotland news, BBC radio 4's inside science, BBC World Service's 'Science in Action'. There were also many newspaper articles. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35926147 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35926147 |
Description | MH - BBC Radio Scotland - 11 February 2016 - 17:36:42 |
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 | BBC Radio Scotland - 11/02/2016 17:36:42 Report on the discovery of gravitational waves includes interview with Professor Martin Hendry of Glasgow University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MH - STV West - 11 February 2016 - 22:31:55 |
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 | Scotland Tonight, STV West - 11/02/2016 22:31:55 Report on the discovery of gravitational waves includes interview with Professor Martin Hendry of Glasgow University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MH and KS - BBC 1 Scotland - 11 February 2016 - 18:42:20 |
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 | BBC 1 Scotland - 11/02/2016 18:42:20 Report on the discovery of gravitational waves includes interview with Professor Martin Hendry and Professor Ken Strain of Glasgow University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MH and KS - BBC 1 Scotland - 11 February 2016 - 22:39:44 |
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 | BBC 1 Scotland - 11/02/2016 22:39:44 Report on the discovery of gravitational waves includes interview with Professor Martin Hendry and Professor Ken Strain of Glasgow University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHednry June2017 Cosmic Collisions lecture, Sanqhuar Town Hall |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Cosmic collisions lecture to 100 people |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendery Nov2017 IOP public lecture University of Salford |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | IOP public lecture at University of Salford |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry - Filming for Institute of Physics celebration of first anniversary of Gravitational Wave detection, October 2016 |
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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Filming for Institute of Physics celebration of first anniversary of Gravitational Wave detection, October 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Institute of Physics Scotland public lecture on Gravitational Wave discovery, Glasgow, February 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Institute of Physics Scotland public lecture on Gravitational Wave discovery, Glasgow, February 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Invited keynote lecture at Institute of Physics Scotland Stirling Physics Meeting, May 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Invited keynote lecture at Institute of Physics Scotland Stirling Physics Meeting, May 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Keynote talk on Gravitational Wave Astronomy at Association for Science Education Scotland AGM, Aberdeen, March 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Keynote talk on Gravitational Wave Astronomy at Association for Science Education Scotland AGM, Aberdeen, March 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Lecture for East Renfrewshire Schools Advanced Higher Physics pupils, June 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Lecture for East Renfrewshire Schools Advanced Higher Physics pupils, June 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Lecture on gravitational wave astronomy as part of European Astrofest, London, February 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Lecture on gravitational wave astronomy as part of European Astrofest, London, February 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry - Lecture on gravitational wave astronomy at Astronomical Society of Glasgow, December 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Lecture on gravitational wave astronomy at Astronomical Society of Glasgow, December 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Lecture on gravitational wave astronomy at Scottish Dark Sky Observatory, December 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Lecture on gravitational wave astronomy at Scottish Dark Sky Observatory, December 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Lecture on gravitational wave astronomy for Nottingham University student society, November 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Lecture on gravitational wave astronomy for Nottingham University student society, November 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Lecture on gravitational wave astronomy for Sussex Institute of Physics branch, November 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Lecture on gravitational wave astronomy for Sussex Institute of Physics branch, November 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Lecture on gravitational wave astronomy for York University student society, January 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Lecture on gravitational wave astronomy for York University student society, January 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Lecture on gravitational wave astronomy, Inverclyde Skywatchers, March 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Lecture on gravitational wave astronomy, Inverclyde Skywatchers, March 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry - Lecture on gravitational wave astronomy, Museum of Communications, Burntisland, February 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Lecture on gravitational wave astronomy, Museum of Communications, Burntisland, February 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry - May2017 IOP Lancashire public 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 | IOP Lancashire public lecture, University of Central Lancashire |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry - May2017 St Columba's Kilmalcolm |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Schools talk to 100 pupils at St Columba's Kilmalcolm |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry - Panel discussion, accompanying live performance of "Chasing the Waves", Glasgow, December 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Panel discussion, accompanying live performance of "Chasing the Waves", Glasgow, December 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Pint of Science 2016 Festival lecture "Listening to Einstein's Universe", Glasgow, May 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Pint of Science 2016 Festival lecture "Listening to Einstein's Universe", Glasgow, May 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Pre-prom talk on gravitational wave astronomy at BBC Proms concert, London, August 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Pre-prom talk on gravitational wave astronomy at BBC Proms concert, London, August 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Public lecture at Glasgow Science Centre, July 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Public lecture at Glasgow Science Centre, July 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Public lecture on Gravitational Wave Astronomy at "Astronomical Telescopes" SPIE Conference, Edinburgh, June 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Public lecture on Gravitational Wave Astronomy at "Astronomical Telescopes" SPIE Conference, Edinburgh, June 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Public lecture on Gravitational Wave Astronomy at Beijing Normal University, China, April 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Public lecture on Gravitational Wave Astronomy at Beijing Normal University, China, April 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Public talk on Gravitational Wave Astronomy for SIGMA, Elgin, March 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Public talk on Gravitational Wave Astronomy for SIGMA, Elgin, March 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Public talk on gravitational wave astronomy at New Scientist Live, Excel Arena, London, September 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Public talk on gravitational wave astronomy at New Scientist Live, Excel Arena, London, September 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Public talk on gravitational wave astronomy at Orkney International Science Festival, September 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Public talk on gravitational wave astronomy at Orkney International Science Festival, September 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Reddit AMA linked to announcement of second gravitational wave detection GW151226, June 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Reddit AMA linked to announcement of second gravitational wave detection GW151226, June 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, London, July 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, London, July 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Social media programme linked to announcement of second gravitational wave detection GW151226, June 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Social media programme linked to announcement of second gravitational wave detection GW151226, June 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - Talk on gravitational wave astronomy at Edinburgh Book Festival, August 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry - Talk on gravitational wave astronomy at Edinburgh Book Festival, August 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - USA National Science and Engineering Festival, Washington DC, April 2016 |
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 | MHendry - USA National Science and Engineering Festival, Washington DC, April 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry - White House Frontiers Conference, Carnegie Mellon University, October 2016 |
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 | MHendry - White House Frontiers Conference, Carnegie Mellon University, October 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry -Invited lecture at X-STEM Conference, USA Science and Engineering Festival, April 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | MHendry -Invited lecture at X-STEM Conference, USA Science and Engineering Festival, April 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | MHendry Apr2018 Public lecture Royal Scottish Society for the Arts, Edinburgh |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | public lecture to 70 people at Royal Scottish Society for the Arts in Edinburgh. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry Aug2017 LIGO Salem Oregon Eclipse Festival |
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 | Event in Salem for the eclipse. LIGO stand. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry Dec2017 Public lecture, Scottish Dark Sky Observatory |
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 | Public lecture, Scottish Dark Sky Observatory |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry Dec2017 public lecture, Dumfries Astronomical Club, Dumfries |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public lecture, Dumfries Astronomical Club, Dumfries |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry GHammond Dec2017 IOP Scotland public lecture, University of Glasgow |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | IOP Scotland public lecture at the University of Glasgow |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry June 2017 David Elder Lecture, Glasgow Science Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | David Elder lecture at Glasgow Science Centre to 180 members of the general public |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry June 2017 STEM celebration talk at Glasgow Science Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | STEM celebration talk at Glasgow Science Centre to 200 people |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry May2017 North Lanarkshire Schools Visit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | North Lanarkshire schools visit by S2 science students |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry Nov2017 IOP Scotland Festival of Physics Edinburgh |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | IOP Scotland Festival of Physics in Edinburgh |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry Nov2017 Portsmouth and Southsea Physical Society public 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 | Public lecture at Portsmouth and Southsea Physical Society |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry Nov2017 School talk, Bishopbriggs Academy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | School talk to 100 pupils at Bishopbriggs Academy |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry Oct 2017 School talk Balfrom High School |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | School talk to 100 pupils at Balfron High School |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry Oct2017 Dark Matter Day reception, Edinburgh |
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 | Dark Matter Day reception in Edinburgh |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry Oct2017 Einstein goes to Hollywood public talk, Ardrossan |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Einstein goes to Holywood talk to ~30 people in Ardrossan. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry Oct2017 IOP Scotland public lecture, Inverness Royal Academy, Inverness |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | IOP Scotland public lecture at Inverness Royal Academy to 100 people. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry Oct2017 Popular lecture, National Physics Laborartory, Teddington |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Popular lecture at National Physical Laboratory in Teddington |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry Oct2017 Public lecture Eastgate Centre, Peebles |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public lecture at Eastgate Centre in Peebles to 70 people |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry PMurray Sept2017 Public lecture as part of RSE Inverness programme, Inverness |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public lecture as part of RSE Inverness |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry Sept2017 Lecture to Science Museum Trustees, London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Lecture to 30 Science Museum trustees in London. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry Sept2017 School talk Sutton Grammar Schoolm London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk to 200 pupils at Sutton Grammar School. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry- May2018 IOP Scotland Physics Teachers' Stirling meeting keynote talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Keynote talk at IOP Scotland Teachers Stirling meeting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | MHendry-July2017 George Fraser Memorial lecture, Forres |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | George Fraser memorial lecture to 100 people given in Forres, Scotland. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Marin H Touching SpaceTime 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Video project showcasing STFC Gravitational Wave research, May 2013 Displayed at University of Glasgow for 1 week in two public locations; seen by several hundred people. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin Science Slam (2) 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | First London Science Slam event. Presentation on PhD research, The Proud, Camden Approx. 40 in audience |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H 2020 Vision (2) 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited talk to West Kintyre Stargazers, The Putechan Hotel, Campbeltown, Nov 24th2013 Lecture attended by approx. 40 participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H 2020 Vision 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public lecture for Clydesdale Astronomical Society, Forth, Apr 8th 2013. Lecture attended by approx. 25 participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H Amaldi public engagement session 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Co-chair of Session Organisation of parallel session on public engagement |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H An introduction to Stellar Astrophysics 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Invited lectures for Higher Physics and Advanced Higher Physics students at Dollar Academy, May 2nd 2013. Lectures attended by approx. 30 students. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H Arthur C Clarke awards 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Panel discussion, on relationship between science and science fiction, at the Royal Society, London, May 2013. Audience of several hundred at event; live streamed on the internet. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H BBC Brainwaves 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | BBC Radio Scotland science magazine series 30-minute radio interview on gravitational wave astrophysics |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Martin H BBC Stargazing Live 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public astronomy event at Braehead Shopping Centre, January 2014, at invitation of BBC Scotland and BBC Learning. Event attended by approx. 250 people. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Martin H Can You Hear Black Holes? 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited participation as part of Dundee Science Festival, Nov 9th 2013. Demonstrations visited by approx. 50 people. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H Exhibition on human versus machine sensing 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Glasgow Science Festival Public Engagement Internship, June 2013 Audience of several hundred viewing exhibit. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe (14) 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited talk to West Kintyre Stargazers, The Putechan Hotel, Campbeltown, Apr 7th 2013 Lecture attended by approx. 60 participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe (15) 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Invited lecture for East Ayrshire Secondary School, S3 - S4 pupils, St Joseph's Academy Kilmarnock, June 4th 2013. Lecture attended by approx. 250 S3-S4 pupils. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe (16) 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Lectures delivered to secondary schools in Shetland, June 20th-21st 2013. Lectures delivered to approx. 200 S3-S6 pupils in Anderson High School, Brae High School and Aith Junior High School. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe (17) 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited public lecture in Shetland Museum, June 22nd 2013. Lecture attended by approx. 100 people. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H Famelab Scottish Final |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 3 minute science presentation, Edinburgh University Audience of approx. 120 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H Famelab South of Scotland heats 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 3 minute science presentation, Edinburgh University Audience of approx. 40 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H Glasgow University Open Day (2) 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Interactive exhibit and display, Glasgow University, Sep 2013 Approx. 200 visitors |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H Glasgow University Open Day 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Interactive exhibit and display, Glasgow University, June 2013 Approx. 200 visitors |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H How to Build a Planet 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Series consultant for BBC series presented by Richard Hammond Series audience figures of several million |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H IoP Women Into Physics Event 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Interactive exhibit and demonstrations,Vale of Leven Academy, Jan 2014 Approx. 200 students |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Martin H Meet the Expert 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Gravitational wave exhibition at Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, April 2013 Exhibition visited by approx. 50 people |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H PubhD 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | First Glasgow PubhD event. Science in the Pub event, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, Feb 2014 Approx. 50 in audience |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Martin H RSE Astrophysics masterclass 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Activity session for S1 and S2 pupils, Nov 2013 Approx. 60 participants |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H RSE NAM workshop 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Exchange of best practice, ideas for future collaboration. Increased collaboration on public engagement. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H RSE Young People's Outreach Programme for Schools (2) 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Visit to North Berwick High School, September 2013 Schools talk to approx. 30 pupils. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H RSE Young People's Outreach Programme for Schools (3) 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Visit to Haycocks Primary School, North Ayrshire, February 2014 Schools talk to approx. 40 pupils. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H RSE Young People's Outreach Programme for Schools (4) 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Visit to St Thomas' Primary School, Keith, March 2014 Schools talk to approx. 60 pupils. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Martin H RSE Young People's Outreach Programme for Schools 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Visit to St John the Baptist Primary, Fauldhouse, April 2013 Schools talk to approx. 35 pupils. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H Science Slam 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | First UK Science Slam event. Presentation on PhD research, Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow Approx. 50 in audience |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H Supernovae 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | Poster Presentation |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited participation as part of "Science Sunday" in Glasgow Science Festival, June 2013. Demonstrations visited by approx. 2000 people. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H Talk on Astronomical Telescopes (2) 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Visit to Clydesdale Astronomical Society, Forth, February 2014 Public talk to approx. 15 people. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Martin H Talk on Astronomical Telescopes 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Visit to Dundee Astronomical Society, Mills Observatory, Dundee, November 2013 Public talk to approx. 20 people. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H The Physics of Star Wars (5) 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited lecture to IoP Hereford and Worcester Centre, University of Worcester, Apr 24th 2013. Lecture attended by approx. 150 people. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Martin H The Physics of Star Wars (6) 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
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