IPS Fellow
Lead Research Organisation:
The Open University
Department Name: Faculty of Sci, Tech, Eng & Maths (STEM)
Abstract
The Open University (OU) has been a recipient of STFC research council funding for many years. In 2011 the Faculty of Science went through a major re-structuring which resulted in the merger of two STFC-funded departments; namely the Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute (PSSRI) and the Department of Physics and Astronomy creating the new Department of Physical Sciences. The new department is currently a recipient of two STFC Rolling Grants, for its Astronomy and Planetary Science Research Groups plus other grants. In addition, the Department of Physical Sciences holds ~20 standard studentships plus 8 STFC CASE studentships within its Centre for Electronic Imaging. Members of the Department have made significant contributions over the years to STFCs programmes through Beagle-2, the Huygens, Rosetta, XMM, and is currently actively working on the ExoMars, Gaia and Euclid programmes. The resulting research output from these programmes contains significant know-how and IP which can be exploited further. We demonstrate through examples that the University is already engaging in such exploitation activities, and this proposal for an IPS fellowship is to create a four-year position which will investigate Knowledge Transfer activities within the department, where we believe that there is significant opportunity for growth in the exploitation programme which will have a significant impact on the UK, industry and sustainability of the reserach base.
People |
ORCID iD |
| Andrew Holland (Principal Investigator) |
| Description | The IPS fellow has contributed to many new enterprise initiatives within the univeristy. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Sector | Education,Electronics,Environment,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | C3D2 for AlSat-Nano |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Open University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2015 |
| End | 02/2016 |
| Description | DCDS for CCDs |
| Amount | £10,200 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Open University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2013 |
| End | 05/2014 |
| Description | Design Leadership Programme |
| Amount | £12,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Design Council |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2014 |
| End | 08/2014 |
| Description | ESA NPI - JPG |
| Amount | € 60,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Department | European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Start | 01/2014 |
| End | 01/2017 |
| Description | IPS Fellows Discretionary Fund |
| Amount | £35,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2013 |
| End | 01/2017 |
| Description | IPS Fellows Global Challenges Study |
| Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2014 |
| End | 04/2014 |
| Description | OU Enterprise Competition - Cubesat |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Open University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2014 |
| End | 11/2015 |
| Description | ST/K001221/1 CubeSat Mission Concept Studies |
| Amount | £27,423 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/K001221/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2012 |
| End | 06/2012 |
| Description | STFC Impact Acceleration Account (2015) |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2015 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | STFC Impact Acceleration Account - Pilot (2014) |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2014 |
| End | 04/2015 |
| Description | Clyde Space Ltd / OU Collaboration |
| Organisation | Clyde Space |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Hiring of consultant services In kind business development support In kind hardware/software support for Nanobed project |
| Collaborator Contribution | Providing consultancy services In kind business development support |
| Impact | Understanding on collaborative opportunities for Cubesat imaging platforms Support for Nanobed project |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | PTB/OU Research Collaboration |
| Organisation | Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt |
| Department | EUV Radiometry Working Group |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Scientific cooperation in the area of the development and characterization of detection systems for astrophysics applications |
| Collaborator Contribution | Scientific cooperation in the area of the development and characterization of detection systems for astrophysics applications |
| Impact | Papers |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | Scientific Instruments/OU Framework Collaboration Agreement |
| Organisation | Scientific Instruments |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Contributions cover many aspects of financial, in-kind, staff and knowledge exchange. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contributions cover many aspects of financial, in-kind, staff and knowledge exchange. |
| Impact | Development of research and commercial technologies in imaging. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | e2v/OU Collaboration |
| Organisation | High Performance Imaging Solutions; E2V Technologies |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Collaborative Research Contract Research PhD Training Employee Training Knowledge Exchange Workshops Patents |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sponsorship In-kind contributions (staff) In-kind contributions (devices) Knowledge Exchange |
| Impact | CASE Studentships IPS Funding Collaborative Partners European Space Agency Funding Collaborative Partners Patents |
| Description | 60 Seconds Adventures in Astronomy - Gaia animations |
| 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 | The two animations have been view over 18,000 times each on the OU YouTube Channel, have been embedded into many Gaia-related websites across Europe and have been translated into Italian for use by Italian institutes. 2 x 18,000 views to date. Nominated for an Arthur C Clarke Award for Public Engagmenet |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
| URL | http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhQpDGfX5e7CSp3rm5SDv7D_idfkRzje- |
| Description | Gaia press conference |
| 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 | Part of the Gaia research team at the Gaia Press Day at the Royal Astronomical Society in Nov 2013. Invited to give broadcast interview on Radio 4 'Inside Science' Programme on the Gaia detectors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Radio 4 'Inside Science' broadcast - Gaia detectors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interviewed for Radio 4 'Inside Science' broadcast on the Gaia detectors. Increased audience to Gaia technology in the run up to the launch campaign. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01mqvds |
| Description | Space instrumentation development at the Open University magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This glossy, high quality magazine showcases the expertise and capabilities of researchers at the Open University and their space instrumentation development activities. Over 500 have been distributed since publication to a mixture of industry, academic and schools and general public audiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
| Description | UK Space Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Exhibition on Open University Space Instrumentation projects (inc. Gaia, Rosetta, JUICE, Euclid, UKube-1 & ExoMars TGO). Industry/govt./academic delegates (593 on day 1, 1557 on day 2) & 250 general public/school children. Significant increase in awareness of OU Space Instrumentation activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.intellectuk.org/uk-space-2013-home |
| Description | UKSA Cubesat Forum - committee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | The forum helps to engage with the UK Cubesat community and advise the UKSA on the direction of the National Cubesat Programme. Organaisation of the 2014 UK CubeSat Workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
| URL | http://www.cubesatforum.org.uk/ |