UK PrepSKA 2010-2012
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
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Organisations
- University of Manchester (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Malta (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Society (Collaboration)
- ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Astrophysics (Collaboration)
- Chalmers University of Technology (Collaboration)
- No.38 Research Institute of CETC (CETC38) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Collaboration)
Publications
Zhang Y
(2011)
Octagonal Ring Antenna for a Compact Dual-Polarized Aperture Array
in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
SADT Consortium
(2018)
SADT CDR submission
PSS-NIP
(2018)
PSS-NIP CDR documentation
Pearson M
(2017)
SKA-SADT Cost Update 2nd October 2017
| Description | The PrepSKA project at the University of Manchester continued some of the work started in the SKADS project (Square Kilometre Array Design Study): antenna arrays for mid-frequency aperture arrays, digital array development, and approaches to high bandwidth data transport and picosecond level synchronisation over optical fibre networks. The PrepSKA project at the University of Manchester was vital in putting Manchester in a position to lead the Signal and Data Transport Consortium in the pre-construction phase of the Square Kilometre Array. This consortium which now includes staff from the PrepSKA team is designing the entire data transmission, synchronisation and timing systems and control/monitoring networks for this international project. |
| Exploitation Route | See above - University of Manchester now lead one of the key design consortia for the Square Kilometre Array |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics |
| Description | The PrepSKA project has been a contribution to the international development of the Square Kilometre Array, to be built in Australia and South Africa. As a global multi-billion dollar project on an unprecedented scale a significant number of non-academic impacts are expected in terms of technologies and public engagement in science. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Electronics,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | STFC |
| Amount | £206,661 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/M007561/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2014 |
| End | 03/2015 |
| Description | STFC |
| Amount | £1,161,337 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/L000032/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2012 |
| End | 03/2014 |
| Description | STFC |
| Amount | £6,158,139 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/M001482/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2013 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | New measurement technique development with Cavendish Laboratory of University of Cambridge and CETC of China |
| Organisation | No.38 Research Institute of CETC (CETC38) |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Invited by SKAO to join the measurement team for AAVS related measurements. Making plans for further collaboration testings. |
| Collaborator Contribution | CETC provided the cTPM for testing, Cambrige provided the testing equipments. |
| Impact | This collaboration have helped the SKA community to better understand the digital beamforming technologies available so far. It will help SKAO to make a better judgement on selecting the solutions in the system. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | New measurement technique development with Cavendish Laboratory of University of Cambridge and CETC of China |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Department | Cavendish Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Invited by SKAO to join the measurement team for AAVS related measurements. Making plans for further collaboration testings. |
| Collaborator Contribution | CETC provided the cTPM for testing, Cambrige provided the testing equipments. |
| Impact | This collaboration have helped the SKA community to better understand the digital beamforming technologies available so far. It will help SKAO to make a better judgement on selecting the solutions in the system. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SKA |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The work done in PrepSKA was key in laying the foundations, establishing the capabilities forging the relationships for the University of Manchester team to lead the international design consortia for Signal and Data Transport for the Square Kilometre Array, non-imaging processing and to play important roles in low frequency array design. The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the UK together with Manchester are the leading institutes of the UK SKA partnership.These contributions are important for the UK's membership of what will be an Inter-Governmental Organisation, formed by Treaty in 2018/9 with ~11 member states. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other UK institutes and member states of the SKA project are responsible for other apects of the programme. |
| Impact | See www.skatelescope.org |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | SKA Phased Array Feeds Consortium |
| Organisation | ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration is a joint effort to develop Phased Array Feeds for future use on the SKA telescope. Our contribution to this programme is a project developing PHAROS-2, a cryogenic PAF working at 4-8 GHz. We are contributing effort (1FTE), Low Noise Amplifiers and a test-bed for the system, namely mounting the receiver on the Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank. |
| Collaborator Contribution | INAF are making an in kind contribution to PHAROS-2 through designing and building a digital back-end to the receiver. |
| Impact | PAF receiver will enhance the observing capabilities of the Lovell Telescope and give the possibility of enhanced performance when it is incorporated into eMERLIN. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SKA Phased Array Feeds Consortium |
| Organisation | Chalmers University of Technology |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration is a joint effort to develop Phased Array Feeds for future use on the SKA telescope. Our contribution to this programme is a project developing PHAROS-2, a cryogenic PAF working at 4-8 GHz. We are contributing effort (1FTE), Low Noise Amplifiers and a test-bed for the system, namely mounting the receiver on the Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank. |
| Collaborator Contribution | INAF are making an in kind contribution to PHAROS-2 through designing and building a digital back-end to the receiver. |
| Impact | PAF receiver will enhance the observing capabilities of the Lovell Telescope and give the possibility of enhanced performance when it is incorporated into eMERLIN. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SKA Phased Array Feeds Consortium |
| Organisation | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration is a joint effort to develop Phased Array Feeds for future use on the SKA telescope. Our contribution to this programme is a project developing PHAROS-2, a cryogenic PAF working at 4-8 GHz. We are contributing effort (1FTE), Low Noise Amplifiers and a test-bed for the system, namely mounting the receiver on the Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank. |
| Collaborator Contribution | INAF are making an in kind contribution to PHAROS-2 through designing and building a digital back-end to the receiver. |
| Impact | PAF receiver will enhance the observing capabilities of the Lovell Telescope and give the possibility of enhanced performance when it is incorporated into eMERLIN. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SKA Phased Array Feeds Consortium |
| Organisation | Max Planck Society |
| Department | Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration is a joint effort to develop Phased Array Feeds for future use on the SKA telescope. Our contribution to this programme is a project developing PHAROS-2, a cryogenic PAF working at 4-8 GHz. We are contributing effort (1FTE), Low Noise Amplifiers and a test-bed for the system, namely mounting the receiver on the Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank. |
| Collaborator Contribution | INAF are making an in kind contribution to PHAROS-2 through designing and building a digital back-end to the receiver. |
| Impact | PAF receiver will enhance the observing capabilities of the Lovell Telescope and give the possibility of enhanced performance when it is incorporated into eMERLIN. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SKA Phased Array Feeds Consortium |
| Organisation | National Institute for Astrophysics |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration is a joint effort to develop Phased Array Feeds for future use on the SKA telescope. Our contribution to this programme is a project developing PHAROS-2, a cryogenic PAF working at 4-8 GHz. We are contributing effort (1FTE), Low Noise Amplifiers and a test-bed for the system, namely mounting the receiver on the Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank. |
| Collaborator Contribution | INAF are making an in kind contribution to PHAROS-2 through designing and building a digital back-end to the receiver. |
| Impact | PAF receiver will enhance the observing capabilities of the Lovell Telescope and give the possibility of enhanced performance when it is incorporated into eMERLIN. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | SKA Phased Array Feeds Consortium |
| Organisation | University of Malta |
| Country | Malta |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration is a joint effort to develop Phased Array Feeds for future use on the SKA telescope. Our contribution to this programme is a project developing PHAROS-2, a cryogenic PAF working at 4-8 GHz. We are contributing effort (1FTE), Low Noise Amplifiers and a test-bed for the system, namely mounting the receiver on the Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank. |
| Collaborator Contribution | INAF are making an in kind contribution to PHAROS-2 through designing and building a digital back-end to the receiver. |
| Impact | PAF receiver will enhance the observing capabilities of the Lovell Telescope and give the possibility of enhanced performance when it is incorporated into eMERLIN. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Title | WIDE BAND ARRAY ANTENNA |
| Description | An antenna array including a plurality of elements, the elements including at least one element of a first type and at least four elements of a second type wherein the element of the first type comprises part of two balanced feeds with two elements of the second type and the element of the first type is capacitively coupled to two further elements of the second type. |
| IP Reference | WO2010112857 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2010 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | Candidate antenna array for future development of the Square Kilometre Array, a major radio astronomy project currently being designed and to be built in Australia and South Africa, coordinated by the International Square Kilometre Array Organisation |
| Description | 2017 SKA Engineering Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prepared the update related to the latest aperture array developments internationally. Improve the scientific prospects for SKA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://indico.skatelescope.org/event/432/overview |
| Description | Banff2011 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | International Square Kilometre Array Forum Meeting (Banff 2011) together with a 2-day meeting on 'Engineering and Industry Opportunities in the SKA' brought together scientists and engineers working on the SKA design with a wide range of industry representatives from large multinationals to SMEs who might be involved in the construction of the SKA. 4 members of the University of Manchester PrepSKA team attended and were involved in plenary sessions and more focussed meetings on how to best engage with industry at this and future stages of this major international project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Bluedot Festival July 2017 |
| 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 | Listed by Hilary Kay STFC but applicable for many. bluedot festival - Jodrell Bank - 7-9 July 2017 This festival involves not only science, but also music and culture, providing an opportunity to engage with a more diverse audience. The festival included talks by SKA scientists, and we also provided a stand where festivalgoers were able to chat with SKA-related staff and students and try their hand at SKA-related activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | CDR meeting: PSS January 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at PSS Critical Design Review meeting held at SKA HQ JBO 29th and 30th January 2018. UMan attendees: Mike Pearson, Ben Stappers and more. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | DARA teaching: November to December 2017 |
| 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 | SKA related DARA teaching in Nairobi (African SKA Partner country). From 20th November to 1st December. Conducted by Althea Wilkinson and others. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | European Optical Conference (ECOC) September 2017 |
| 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 | ECOC held in Sweden 18th to 20th September 2017. Attended by Richard Oberland (UMan-SADT) - Meeting with telecoms/datacoms industry vendors, floor exhibition, and technical sessions. Held 1-2-1 meetings with vendors on SKA SADT design work and planning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Girls Night Out March 2017 |
| 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 | Listed by Hilary Kay STFC. This event was run by the Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, part of the University of Manchester. It featured the SKA, and included a talk by an SKA scientist. We also provided some SKA-related outreach activities to help engage the public with the SKA. Held at JBO 9th March 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | ICALEPCS2017 conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Ralph Braddock (UMan-SADT) attended the (16th International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems) ICALEPCS2017 conference in Barcelona, Spain. This was held at the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya between 8-13th October 2017. At this conference Ralph presented the paper "THCPL04 - SKA Synchronization and Timing Local Monitor Control - Software Design Approach" written by Rajesh Warange and Ralph. He also presented a poster "THPHA085 - SKA Synchronization and Timing Local Monitor Control - Project Status" based upon a paper written by Rajesh Warange, Geoff Mant, Ralph (and also with credits to Yashwant Gupta, Keith Grainge, Jill Hammond, Uli Horn). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | IEEE NEMO conference: May 2017 |
| 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 | IEEE NEMO conference (Seville, Spain, 17th -19th of May 2017). Purpose: exchange research ideas and update recent progress. Achievement: exchanged experience in fast EM calculation with externaI large structures and methods to reduce mutual coupling of antenna arrays. Personal contributions: presentations given and attendance - Lei Liu and Keith Grainge |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Industry Day: UMan December 2017 |
| 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 | University of Manchester Industry Day 6th December 2017. Presentation and slides from Ben Stappers and Lina Levin Preston. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | International Phased Array Feed Workshop, November 2017, CSIRO in Sydney |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The low cost PAF solution proposed by the University of Manchester increased the community's confidence level on PAF realisations on the existing large telescopes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.pafworkshop.org/ |
| Description | Lecture: AENEAS January 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | AENEAS lecture from Prof Anna Scaife held at UMan on 17th January 2018. Attended by Mike Pearson of UMan-SADT and others. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | New Scientist Live September to October 2017 |
| 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 | Listed by Hilary Kay STFC but applicable for others. New Scientist Live - ExCel London - 30 Sept-1 Oct 2017 This event included an SKA stand where staff from the SKA Organisation and SKA-related staff and students from UK universities were on hand to engage with the public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Outreach SKA talk: Fulshaw Womens' Institute |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Outreach SKA talk at Fulshaw Womens' Institute on 12th February 2018. By Althea Wilkinson. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Outreach SKA talk: Scibar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Outreach SKA talk: Scibar at The Old Dancer in Wilmslow, Cheshire on 20th February 2018. By Althea Wilkinson. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Outreach debate: On Common Ground |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Panel member Althea Wilkinson, for "On Common Ground" debates on Science and Faith. SKA discussed. Exeter Cathedral 30th March 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Outreach talk: Bluedot Festival, JBO July 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk by Prof Keith Grainge 'The Square Kilometre Array - the future of radio astronomy' for Bluedot Festival science programme. 9th July 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.discoverthebluedot.com/ |
| Description | Outreach talk: JBO Discovery Centre April 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk by Prof Keith Grainge 'The Square Kilometre Array - the future of radio astronomy' for 'Meet The Expert' outreach. 4th April 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.jodrellbank.net/events/meet-the-expert-3/ |
| Description | Outreach talk: JBO Discovery Centre August 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk by Prof Keith Grainge 'The Square Kilometre Array - the future of radio astronomy' for 'Meet The Expert' outreach. 1st August 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.jodrellbank.net/events/meet-the-expert-5/ |
| Description | PAF workshhop attendance, Australia |
| 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 | Prof Keith Grainge attended PAF workshop at Marsfield in Australia, August 2017. Also Lei Liu contribution and attendance: Outcomes: discussed recent frontend and backend technology for PAFs. Potential agreement of new vacuum window for PHAROS and new array design; presentation given. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://events.csiro.au/Events/2017/August/11/PAF-Workshop-2017 |
| Description | PST CDR meeting February 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance at PST Critical Design Review meeting held at SKA HQ JBO 1st February 2018. UMan attendees: Mike Pearson and Ben Stappers and more. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation: IAUS 337 September 2017 |
| 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 | Presentation from Lina Levin Preston on SKA Non-Imaging Processing. Held at JBO 4th to 8th September 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation: SKAO HQ (Chinese delegates) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Prof Keith Grainge 'Grant management: View from an academic' to a Chinese delegation studying SKA project financing. Held at SKAO HQ 2nd October 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, PIERS 2017 in St Petersburg |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The event helped the community to understand the recent developments on the radio astronomy of the University of Manchester in the international stage. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.piers.org/piers2017StPetersburg/ |
| Description | Pulsar conference: Cape Town December 2017 |
| 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 | Pulsar and FRB Search Software in the Era of Real-Time Surveys held in Cape Town, South Africa 11th to 14th December 2017. Attended by Mitch Mickaliger who provided contributions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | SADT Face to Face June 2017 |
| 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 | SADT Consortium group meeting, to follow the SKA led Engineering Meeting. Led by UMan attended by SADT member institutes. World Trade Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands June 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | SADT Face to Face September 2017 |
| 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 | SADT Consortium group meeting, held online for members to attend virtually on 26th to 27th September. Purpose of meeting is to assess current progress and for the lead institute UMan to update the wider consortium on key news such as the outcome of the recently held technical down select for the SAT.STFR.FRQ solutions. Crucial guidance on progress is given in run up to CDR. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | SADT Face to Face workshop 24th to 26th April 2017 |
| 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 | SADT Consortium group meeting in order to assess the current state of design. Held at the Schuster Building, the University of Manchester, Oxford Road. Workshop is run by UMan and attended by all SADT member institutes internationally. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | SADT Technical Down Select meeting September 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | SADT.SAT.STFR.FRQ work packages technical down select meeting. A decision had to be reached on the two existing frequency solutions for the SADT Consortium design, on how this would move forward towards the Critical Design Review. An external panel was invited by UMan to assess the two designs. The concluding meeting was held at Jodrell Bank Observatory, University of Manchester on 19th September 2017. UMan attendees: Prof Keith Grainge, Althea Wilkinson, Mike Pearson, Michelle Hussey, SKAO rep - Andre van Es, plus 3 x external panel members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | SKA AIP meeting: June 2017 |
| 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 | SKA AIP meeting (ASTRON, Dwingeloo, the Netherlands, 8th of June, 2017). Purpose: present recent progress of PAF research. Achievement: talked with expertise from ASTRON, Sweden and CSIRO about their recent research. Personal contribution (Lei Liu): presentation was given. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | SKA Advanced Instrumentation Programme Meeting 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The event clarified the forward route for the Advanced Instrumentation Programme. The chanllenges of the new technologies have been discussed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.astron.nl/ska-aip2017/ |
| Description | SKA Consortium Leaders meeting: SADT update December 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Regular SKA led Consortium Lead meetings. Prof Keith Grainge responsible for delivering the update for SADT consortium to the other CLs and SKAO members. 7th December 2017, held at the SKAO HQ, Jodrell Bank. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | SKA Consortium Leaders meeting: SADT update January 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Regular SKA led Consortium Lead meetings. Prof Keith Grainge responsible for delivering the update for SADT consortium to the other CLs and SKAO members. 18th January 2018, held at the SKAO HQ, Jodrell Bank. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | SKA Construction Planning Workshop October 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended by Mike Pearson (UMan-SADT). Held at SKA HQ JBO 3rd to 5th October 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | SKA Engineering meeting: Rotterdam June 2017 |
| 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 | SKA project wide Engineering meeting. Typically held once a year at a selected location with an affiliation with the member countries. Designed for the SKAO to be able to address the wider institutes and lead a programme on the current engineering progress with focus on problem solving/queries etc. Lead institutes from member countries are also expected to update in detail on their current progress. Held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands June 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://indico.skatelescope.org/event/432/overview |
| Description | SKA Software Development Workshop October 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended by Mike Pearson (UMan-SADT), Mitch Mickaliger, Rob Lyon (UMan-PSS). Held at SKA HQ JBO 2nd October 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | SKA Summit on Aperture Array Technology 2017 Hefei China |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Review the international progress on the aperture array technology development. The challenges are discussed and highlighted. Further cooperation plans are discussed to work together towards the delivery of the instrument. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | SKA Town Hall meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A science focused SKA led meeting/working group in order for the SKA to engage with the wider science community. Attended by several key UMan people who are actively working on/contributing to the SKA project. April 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | SKA discussions - member institute December 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit to Auckland University of Technology and the University of Auckland by Ben Stappers (UMan-PSS-NIP) for SKA discussions, including presentation. New Zealand, 18th and 19th December. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Science X April 2017 |
| 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 | Listed by Hilary Kay STFC nut applicable for others. Science X - Trafford Centre, Manchester - 23 April 2017 This event was organised by the University of Manchester. We had a joint Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics/SKA stand with display material and hands-on activities to help engage with the public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Talk Prof Keith Grainge: SKA Cosmology SWG, London 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk given by Keith Grainge 'Cosmology with PAFs'. Held at QMUL, London 19th September 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://astro.qmul.ac.uk/news/ska-cosmology-swg-meeting |
| Description | Talk by Prof Keith Grainge: JBCA internal symposium, November 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Regular JBCA internal symposium led by UMan.Talk on 'The Square Kilometre Array' from Keith Grainge. 11th February 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk: AENEAS all hands meeting October 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk from Prof Keith Grainge: 'WP3 Prototyping' AENEAS all hands meeting held in Granada, Spain 19th October 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://indico.astron.nl/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=97 |
| Description | Talk: Conference, Greece 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk by Mitch Mickaliger on NIP work 'Labyrinth of the Unexpected'. Held in Kerastari, Greece 29th May to 4th June 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Talk: EWASS June 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk by Prof Keith Grainge 'Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect observations with the SKA' at EWASS conference in Prague 26th June 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://eas.unige.ch/EWASS2017/about.jsp |
| Description | Talk: PIERS May 2017, Russia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk from Prof Keith Grainge 'Phased Arrays Feed for Reflector Observing Systems with Development of True Time Delay Lines' at the Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS) held in St Petersburg, Russia 22nd May 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.piers.org/piers2017StPetersburg/ |
| Description | Talk: SADT FTF April 2017 |
| 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 | Talk from Prof Keith Grainge 'Key Issues for SADT' as part of the wider SADT FTF meeting in Manchester (reported separately). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Talk: SEAC SADT update March 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk from Prof Keith Grainge 'Signal and Data Transport (SADT)' - Update to SEAC held at the SKAO HQ, JBO 16th March 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Talk: STFC SKA Technical Oversight Committee September 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk by Prof Keith Grainge 'University of Manchester SKA Technical Work' to the STFC SKA Technical Oversight Commitee. Held at STFC, UK 28th September 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Talk: URSI, Montreal 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | URSI conference in Montral, Canada. Prof Keith Grainge talk on 'Results from prototyping of the SKA Signal and Data Transport Systems'. 25th August 2017. Also; Lei Liu attendance and contribution: obtained Young Scientist Award and found potential cooperation opportunities, presentation given. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.ursi2017.org/welcome_e.shtml |
| Description | Talk: eMERLIN / EVN Conference September 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk from Prof Keith Grainge 'e-MERLIN: Digital Developments'. eMERLIN / EVN Conference held at Jodrell Bank Observatory on 12th September 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/meetings/JBOinSKAeraII/ |
| Description | Talks: CETC Chief Engineer May 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talks by Prof Keith Grainge 'The School of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Manchester' and 'SKA in the University of Manchester'. CETC Chief Engineer meeting held at the SKAO 19th May 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |