MSSL Consolidated Grant 2013-16
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Mullard Space Science Laboratory
Abstract
This consolidated grant application comprises a portfolio of related projects across the fields of astrophysics, planetary sciences, solar physics, space plasma physics and instrumentation. Each individual project has clear objectives and the projects are generally grouped into three themes: Astrophysics; Solar System and Instrumentation.
In all areas the research builds upon our science expertise and the opportunities comming from our provision and support of space assets. However our programme is by no means limited by MSSL hardware exploitation or even the exploitation of missions flying our hardware. Rather, every route available is considered when gathering the data necessary to understand the science questions that we address and that have been identified by STFC as being important.
The consolidated grant also sets the foundation for the expoitation of future missions including Gaia, JWST and Solar Orbiter.
In Astrophysics we seek to better understand: a universe that is heavily obscured by dust; inflow of material onto black holes (of all scales); the dynamics and formation history of the Milky Way and other galaxies; the nature of gamma-ray sources discovered by the Fermi spacecraft, many of which are presently un-identified; gamma-ray bursts (natures greatest explosions) and their environs; the origin of magnetic fields on the largest-scale; the energy spectra of neutrinos produced by active galactic nuclei and stars; and the transportation of particles and radiation in extreme astrophysics environments.
In our Solar System Research we study: plasma-neutral interactions (important in understanding the interaction of the solar wind with atmospheres); the effect of the solar wind on Saturn's enormous magnetosphere; auroral acceleration mechanisms which drive such phenomena as the northern lights; various parts of the Earth's protective magnetic sheath including the magnetotail, substorms, magnetopause and the role of magnetic reconnection; properties of global coronal waves on the Sun; sun-quakes and there relation to eruption events; the formation of the solar wind; the role of flux ropes in solar eruptions; and surface formation processes on Mars and the Moon - two objects very different to the Earth in this respect.
Our Instrumentation research includes the development of novel, miniaturised plasma analysers and <0.1K coolers.
In all areas the research builds upon our science expertise and the opportunities comming from our provision and support of space assets. However our programme is by no means limited by MSSL hardware exploitation or even the exploitation of missions flying our hardware. Rather, every route available is considered when gathering the data necessary to understand the science questions that we address and that have been identified by STFC as being important.
The consolidated grant also sets the foundation for the expoitation of future missions including Gaia, JWST and Solar Orbiter.
In Astrophysics we seek to better understand: a universe that is heavily obscured by dust; inflow of material onto black holes (of all scales); the dynamics and formation history of the Milky Way and other galaxies; the nature of gamma-ray sources discovered by the Fermi spacecraft, many of which are presently un-identified; gamma-ray bursts (natures greatest explosions) and their environs; the origin of magnetic fields on the largest-scale; the energy spectra of neutrinos produced by active galactic nuclei and stars; and the transportation of particles and radiation in extreme astrophysics environments.
In our Solar System Research we study: plasma-neutral interactions (important in understanding the interaction of the solar wind with atmospheres); the effect of the solar wind on Saturn's enormous magnetosphere; auroral acceleration mechanisms which drive such phenomena as the northern lights; various parts of the Earth's protective magnetic sheath including the magnetotail, substorms, magnetopause and the role of magnetic reconnection; properties of global coronal waves on the Sun; sun-quakes and there relation to eruption events; the formation of the solar wind; the role of flux ropes in solar eruptions; and surface formation processes on Mars and the Moon - two objects very different to the Earth in this respect.
Our Instrumentation research includes the development of novel, miniaturised plasma analysers and <0.1K coolers.
Planned Impact
MSSL's Science and Technology Research and Development programme, supported through successive rolling grants has enabled the following impacts:
The creation of novel technologies and the associated space engineering capability has allowed MSSL to engage with industry to secure major contracts and deliver state-of-the-art space hardware. By working together MSSL has been able to enhance the turnover of businesses and secure greater market share. Some examples are given below:
1. In the case of e2V CCD's MSSL has played a major role in securing their selection on space missions (e.g. Euclid) and thereby helped e2v develop their products further. MSSL has also undertaken contracted work in which e2v CCDs have been procured and characterised (e.g. GOES and Hinode FPP contract to Lockheed Martin).
2. In the case of Gaia MSSL worked closely with UK Astrium in key detector chain and science related areas both to ensure the scientific effectiveness of the mirror, and to enable Astrium-UK's selection as prime contractor with associated benefits to the UK economy.
3. MSSL has successfully bid for commercial contracts thus providing a service to the space technology supply chain.
4. Our development of kinetic penetrator technologies has formed the basis of on-going ESA-funded work led by Astrium-UK
An STFC-funded CLASP project involves the application of techniques developed from our expertise in handling and analysing large data sets in solar physics (Hinode and earlier missions) to the health sector, vis a hospital intensive care unit. Phase 2 of the project foresees the development of market-place products which will very significantly benefit patient care and the cost effectiveness of such units.
There can be no doubt that space science is an inspirational subject and its promotion has real benefit to the UK economy through greater interest in STEM subjects and a generally greater understanding of science and technology amongst the public. MSSL is very heavily engaged in a programme of outreach both through the Media and through more direct contact. MSSL staff are often seen on TV and heard on the Radio with Dr Lucie Green and Professor Andrew Coates particularly notable. Dr Green held a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship in Solar Physics which explicitly allowed flexibility to allow time for outreach activities. She co-presented the BBC/Open University programmes Final Frontier and Stardate, and recently the BBC's Back to Earth programmes, which formed part of the hugely successful Stargazing series. In 2009 she won the Royal Society's Kohn Award for public engagement and it has recently been agreed that she will take up a 50/50 academic post shared between solar physics and public outreach/education policy. Our staff, in a purely voluntary capacity, engage in a programme of schools and general public outreach which includes: family open days, teacher training, primary and secondary school talks and workshops, secondary school careers events and adult education talks. The outreach programme gives over 7,000 people each year direct contact with our scientists and engineers.
UCL is London's only Beacon of Public Engagement, indicating its outreach excellence, and providing an institutional framework for outreach activities.
Our expertise in Systems Engineering and Project Management, arising in part from our prior Rolling Grant instrument development activities, has been made available to industrial customers in training programmes through the MSSL-hosted Centre for Systems Engineering. Its clients include EADS Astrium, BAE Systems, BP, Selex, General Dynamics, and Ultra Electronics. Often this has formed part of a general company capability uplift initiative (e.g. with Ultra we have delivered more than 20 courses to improve their capability and performance and have included direct consultancy as part of a broader portfolio of support).
The creation of novel technologies and the associated space engineering capability has allowed MSSL to engage with industry to secure major contracts and deliver state-of-the-art space hardware. By working together MSSL has been able to enhance the turnover of businesses and secure greater market share. Some examples are given below:
1. In the case of e2V CCD's MSSL has played a major role in securing their selection on space missions (e.g. Euclid) and thereby helped e2v develop their products further. MSSL has also undertaken contracted work in which e2v CCDs have been procured and characterised (e.g. GOES and Hinode FPP contract to Lockheed Martin).
2. In the case of Gaia MSSL worked closely with UK Astrium in key detector chain and science related areas both to ensure the scientific effectiveness of the mirror, and to enable Astrium-UK's selection as prime contractor with associated benefits to the UK economy.
3. MSSL has successfully bid for commercial contracts thus providing a service to the space technology supply chain.
4. Our development of kinetic penetrator technologies has formed the basis of on-going ESA-funded work led by Astrium-UK
An STFC-funded CLASP project involves the application of techniques developed from our expertise in handling and analysing large data sets in solar physics (Hinode and earlier missions) to the health sector, vis a hospital intensive care unit. Phase 2 of the project foresees the development of market-place products which will very significantly benefit patient care and the cost effectiveness of such units.
There can be no doubt that space science is an inspirational subject and its promotion has real benefit to the UK economy through greater interest in STEM subjects and a generally greater understanding of science and technology amongst the public. MSSL is very heavily engaged in a programme of outreach both through the Media and through more direct contact. MSSL staff are often seen on TV and heard on the Radio with Dr Lucie Green and Professor Andrew Coates particularly notable. Dr Green held a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship in Solar Physics which explicitly allowed flexibility to allow time for outreach activities. She co-presented the BBC/Open University programmes Final Frontier and Stardate, and recently the BBC's Back to Earth programmes, which formed part of the hugely successful Stargazing series. In 2009 she won the Royal Society's Kohn Award for public engagement and it has recently been agreed that she will take up a 50/50 academic post shared between solar physics and public outreach/education policy. Our staff, in a purely voluntary capacity, engage in a programme of schools and general public outreach which includes: family open days, teacher training, primary and secondary school talks and workshops, secondary school careers events and adult education talks. The outreach programme gives over 7,000 people each year direct contact with our scientists and engineers.
UCL is London's only Beacon of Public Engagement, indicating its outreach excellence, and providing an institutional framework for outreach activities.
Our expertise in Systems Engineering and Project Management, arising in part from our prior Rolling Grant instrument development activities, has been made available to industrial customers in training programmes through the MSSL-hosted Centre for Systems Engineering. Its clients include EADS Astrium, BAE Systems, BP, Selex, General Dynamics, and Ultra Electronics. Often this has formed part of a general company capability uplift initiative (e.g. with Ultra we have delivered more than 20 courses to improve their capability and performance and have included direct consultancy as part of a broader portfolio of support).
Publications
Abbo L
(2016)
Slow Solar Wind: Observations and Modeling
in Space Science Reviews
Achilleos N
(2014)
A combined model of pressure variations in Titan's plasma environment
in Geophysical Research Letters
Agnese R
(2014)
Search for low-mass weakly interacting massive particles with SuperCDMS.
in Physical review letters
Amaral-Rogers A.
(2015)
GRB 150323C: Swift detection of a burst.
in GRB Coordinates Network
Anguiano B
(2016)
Identification of Globular Cluster Stars in RAVE data II: Extended tidal debris around NGC 3201
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Anguiano B
(2015)
Identification of globular cluster stars in RAVE data - I. Application to stellar parameter calibration
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Antoja T
(2015)
THE IMPRINTS OF THE GALACTIC BAR ON THE THICK DISK WITH RAVE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Antoja T
(2014)
Constraints on the Galactic bar from the Hercules stream as traced with RAVE across the Galaxy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Arav N
(2015)
Anatomy of the AGN in NGC 5548 II. The spatial, temporal, and physical nature of the outflow from HST/COS Observations?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Arridge C
(2015)
Cassini in situ observations of long-duration magnetic reconnection in Saturn's magnetotail
in Nature Physics
Arridge C
(2016)
The Magnetodiscs and Aurorae of Giant Planets
Arridge C
(2015)
Magnetotails in the Solar System
Arridge C
(2014)
The science case for an orbital mission to Uranus: Exploring the origins and evolution of ice giant planets
in Planetary and Space Science
Arridge C
(2015)
Sources of Local Time Asymmetries in Magnetodiscs
in Space Science Reviews
Arridge C
(2016)
Cassini observations of Saturn's southern polar cusp
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Artemyev A
(2014)
Electron pitch angle/energy distribution in the magnetotail
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Attrill G
(2014)
EXTREME-ULTRAVIOLET OBSERVATIONS OF GLOBAL CORONAL WAVE ROTATION
in The Astrophysical Journal
Austin N
(2013)
A regional investigation of urban land-use change for potential landslide hazard assessment in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, People's Republic of China: Zigui to Wanzhou
in International Journal of Remote Sensing
Badman S
(2016)
The Magnetodiscs and Aurorae of Giant Planets
Badman S
(2014)
Auroral Processes at the Giant Planets: Energy Deposition, Emission Mechanisms, Morphology and Spectra
in Space Science Reviews
Bagnulo S
(2016)
Broadband linear polarization of Jupiter Trojans
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Baker D
(2015)
FIP BIAS EVOLUTION IN A DECAYING ACTIVE REGION
in The Astrophysical Journal
Baker D
(2013)
PLASMA COMPOSITION IN A SIGMOIDAL ANEMONE ACTIVE REGION
in The Astrophysical Journal
Balikhin M
(2014)
On the fine structure of dipolarization fronts
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Banerji M
(2015)
Cold dust emission from X-ray AGN in the SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey: dependence on luminosity, obscuration and AGN activity
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Barthelmy S. D.
(2015)
Swift Trigger 654954 is not an astrophysical event.
in GRB Coordinates Network
Barthelmy S. D.
(2014)
Swift Trigger 596641 is not a GRB.
in GRB Coordinates Network
Bedington R
(2014)
A highly miniaturized electron and ion energy spectrometer prototype for the rapid analysis of space plasmas.
in The Review of scientific instruments
Bedington R
(2015)
A miniaturised, nested-cylindrical electrostatic analyser geometry for dual electron and ion, multi-energy measurements
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Bernardini M. G.
(2014)
GRB 140516A: Swift detection of a short burst.
in GRB Coordinates Network
Bienaymé O
(2014)
Weighing the local dark matter with RAVE red clump stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Binney J
(2014)
New distances to RAVE stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Binney J
(2014)
Galactic kinematics and dynamics from Radial Velocity Experiment stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Blanc M
(2015)
Saturn Plasma Sources and Associated Transport Processes
in Space Science Reviews
Blot Linda
(2015)
Non-Linear Matter Power Spectrum Covariance Matrix Errors and Cosmological Parameter Uncertainties
in ArXiv e-prints
Boeche C
(2014)
Chemical gradients in the Milky Way from the RAVE data II. Giant stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Boissay R
(2014)
Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509 XIII. Testing ionized-reflection models on Mrk 509
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Borghese A
(2015)
DISCOVERY OF A STRONGLY PHASE-VARIABLE SPECTRAL FEATURE IN THE ISOLATED NEUTRON STAR RX J0720.4-3125
in The Astrophysical Journal
Bovy J
(2018)
Made-to-measure modelling of observed galaxy dynamics
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Branduardi-Raymont G
(2013)
Search for Saturn's X-ray aurorae at the arrival of a solar wind shock
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Branduardi-Raymont G.
(2016)
X-ray studies of solar system objects: now and the next decade
in XMM-Newton: The Next Decade
Branduardi-Raymont G.
(2016)
SMILE (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer): X-ray imaging of the Sun-Earth connection
in XMM-Newton: The Next Decade
Branduardi-Raymont G.
(2014)
Solar system X-rays: What we know and what we are looking for
in The X-ray Universe 2014
Breeveld A.
(2014)
GRB 141028A: Swift/UVOT followup observations.
in GRB Coordinates Network
Breeveld A.
(2015)
GRB 150204A: Swift/UVOT Upper Limits.
in GRB Coordinates Network
Breeveld A. A.
(2015)
GRB 150527A: Swift/UVOT Upper Limits.
in GRB Coordinates Network
Breeveld A. A.
(2015)
GRB 151027B: Swift/UVOT Upper Limits.
in GRB Coordinates Network
Breeveld A. A.
(2015)
GRB 150915A: Swift UVOT upper limits.
in GRB Coordinates Network
| Description | Significant progress in astrophysics, space plasma physics, solar physics, planetary science and instrumentation |
| Exploitation Route | Peer reviewed publications |
| Sectors | Other |
| Description | ESA Reviews |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | Chairmanship of ESA design review with recommendations for improved practice at the Space Agency |
| Description | ESA training |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Training courses in systems engineering and project management based on MSSL experience is space science programmes |
| Description | Aurora RA: Understanding the role of liquids in the formation of RSLs and slope streaks within Valles Marineris using 3D super-resolution restoration. |
| Amount | £402,590 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/S001891/1 |
| Organisation | UK Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2018 |
| End | 07/2021 |
| Description | Consolidated Grants |
| Amount | £1,138,583 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/N000811/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2016 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Consolidated Grants |
| Amount | £2,537,157 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/N000722/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2016 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Title | Setting-up of ESA Guest Storage Facility in Planetary Science Archives with 3D data processed within UKSA Aurora and STFC-CG |
| Description | In association with the ESA-ESAC-PSA, 3D products produced within the STFC CG and subsequent UKSA Aurora project have been documented and delivered and are available online for the next 20 years. This infrastructure is called the ESA Guest Storage Facility and the first set of 3D products (2375 3D models spread around the whole of Mars) are accesible at the URL given below.. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Every time a new peer-review publication is made there will be a link to a DOI which will link to an ESA landing-page through which the data products can be retrieved and downloaded. This will allow the Mars scientific community access to all of these products through the ESA-ESAC-PSA system. All Mars 3D products are linked to HRSC 3D products, where available, from ESA Mars Express which forms the global basemap. These products form a treasure-trove of scientific discoveries waiting to be uncovered. |
| URL | https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/psa/UCL-MSSL_iMars_CTX_v1.0 |
| Title | A multi-resolution DTM covering the 3-sigma landing ellipse of the 2020 for the Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover mission in Oxia Planum, Mars. |
| Description | This unique dataset has been created using a novel deep learning technique called MADNet 1.0. This consists of a HRSC-DTM mosaic at 25m grid-spacing co-registered to MOLA DTM at 463m/grid-spacing. A 12m CTX DTM mosaic is co-registered to this HRSC 25m DTM. Finally a 50cm HiRISE derived DTM mosaic is co-registered to the 12m CTX DTM. Alongside this are the individual CTX 6m OrthoRectified Images (ORIs) and the 44 HiRISE 25cm ORIs |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The planning of science operations by the RFEXM rover is aided by manual interpretation of orbital multi-resolution imaging data coupled with 3D models of the surface. These data have been provided to the ExoMars project and now form the base layers of the ExoMars rover online GIS tool called MMGIS. This will be employed after landing to the navigation of the rover as well as the selection of scientific targets of interest. |
| URL | https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/psa/ucl-mssl_oxia-planum_hrsc_ctx_hirise_madnet_V1.0 |
| Title | Four mosaics derived from 9 single ESA-TGO-CaSSIS panchromatic images: 1m greyscale and 1m colourised (using HRSC colour) image mosaics of Super Resolution Restoration and derived 2m DTM from 1m SRR-panchromatic and 8m DTM from 4m CaSSIS panchromatic |
| Description | Four mosaics were derived from 9 single ESA-TGO-CaSSIS panchromatic images: 1m greyscale and 1m colourised (using HRSC colour) image mosaics of Super Resolution Restoration (SRR) and derived 2m DTM from 1m SRR-panchromatic and 8m DTM from 4m CaSSIS panchromatic both using MADNet 2.0 deep learning. These products are all co-registered to the previously published products from HiRISE-CTX-HRSC which are themselves co-aligned with MOLA DTMs. These products cover the 3-sigma landing ellipse of the Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This is the highest resolution terrain-corrected images (*orthorectified images" or ORIs for short) for the 3-sigma ellipse for the RFEXM22 landing ellipse alongside the DTM produced from the single images of both HiRISE (6.25cm SRR-ORI and 12.5cm DTM) and CaSSIS (1m SRR-CaSSIS and 2m DTM). |
| URL | https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/psa/ucl-mssl_oxia-planum_cassis_srr-madnet_v1.0 |
| Title | Mars Vallis Marineris Digital Terrain Model@50m and OrthoRectified Image@12.5m |
| Description | A high spatial resolution (50m) Digital Terrain Model (DTM) and 12.5m orthorectified Image (ORI) mosaics have been produced for the Martian Valles Marineris for 82 HRSC strips (11 from UCL fused with 71 from DLR). For the ORI mosaic, Individual HRSC image strips have been corrected for different surface scattering properties prior to mosaicing. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Provides a geological context fo rthe whole Vallis Marineris for the study of dynamic phenomena such as Recurring Slope Linnae (RSL) which was the subject of the Aurora RA grant. |
| URL | https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/psa/UCL-MSSL_Valles-Marineris_HRSC_v1.0 |
| Description | Free University Berlin (FUB) - surface spectral bi-directional correction |
| Organisation | Free University of Berlin |
| Department | Medical School Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Provided 50m HRSC DTM mosaic covering the whole of the Valles Marineris region (82 image strips). This has been the result of 18 months of work. |
| Collaborator Contribution | FUB will apply orthorectification (terrain correction) of all the constituent HRSC colour (RGB) and panchromatic and then apply a 5x5km TES phase angle correction to provide a seamless pan-sharpened colour mosaic of the whole region. They will also assess the utility of a 1 x 1km OMEGA-based BRF to provide an improved surface phase angle correction. |
| Impact | working with geologists and webGIS mapping specialists |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Title | Cryogenic system elements |
| Description | Elements of millK Adiabatic Demagnetisation Refrigerators including heatswitches and magnets. Magnets, cryogenics, vacuum |
| Type Of Technology | Systems, Materials & Instrumental Engineering |
| Year Produced | 2011 |
| Impact | Development will lead to minaturization of coolers which will make them more suitable for space and ground-based applications |
| Description | BBC R4 In Our Time |
| 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 | Interviewed guest on 'In Our Time' on Saturn, BBC R4, (mentioned Cassini, JUICE, ExoMars,) 14 January 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06vmr1m |
| Description | BBC R4, World Service interviews |
| 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 | Interviews for BBC R4 Inside Science and BBC World Service Science in Action on Explorer 1 anniversary, Van Allen's legacy, and space weather, 31 January, both transmitted 2 February. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09pjgs1 |
| Description | BBC World 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 | Interview on BBC World on plans to fly tourists around the moon (included Cassini, ExoMars), 28 February 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | BBC online on Cassini |
| 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 | Info for BBC online on Cassini, 13 September 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/cassini_huygens_saturn |
| Description | BBC regional, national and international news |
| 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 | Interviews on BBC Surrey (x2), BBC 1 O'clock News, BBC World TV, BBC World Service Newshour, BBC World Service OS, BBC News Channel on Cassini mission end (mentioned ExoMars), 15 September 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Careers talk at school (Cheam) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk 'Planetary scientist' at Nonsuch School for Girls 'Be Inspired' careers event, 7 February 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Development of video recording on "Careers in space science and engineering" poduced for Fulbrook School, New Haw, Surrey |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | After providing a talk to the career's series of engagements with the outside world in November 2019, I was asked to provide a recording due to Covid-19 restrictions which I did in the Autumn of 2020 during the second lockdown. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| Description | ESA article on Cassini |
| 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 | ESA web article on Celebrating Europe's science highlights from Cassini, 7 September 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Cassini-Huygens/Celebrating_Europe_s_science_highlig... |
| Description | Media interviews |
| 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 | Frequent media interviewee on space, space science, and on our particular results, e.g. negative ions at Titan, Enceladus plumes, missions we are involved with, etc. Approx 30/year. Difficult to quantify but frequently mentioned in conversation and hopefully helps to bring people into science |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014,2015,2016 |
| Description | New Scientist 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 | Interview for New Scientist on possible Voyager detection of Enceladus plume, 23 February 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.newscientist.com/article/2122321-voyager-1-might-have-seen-enceladus-icy-plumes-25-years... |
| Description | Press Release - Mars exploration imaging technique spawns steel defect detection |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release related to a peer review paper published with breakthrough results. It related to the discovery of the action of rainfall on the surface of Mars and linked to a paper in Geology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.theengineer.co.uk/issues/july-2015-online/mars-exploration-imaging-technique-spawns-stee... |
| Description | Press Release - Super-resolution applied to imaging Beagle2 lander on Martian surface |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release related to peer review papers just published with breakthrough results. This press release was about the discovery of Beagle2 on the surface of Mars from super-resolution restoration, a unique method developed by Tao & Muller at UCL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/0416/260416-mars-lander |
| Description | Public Lectures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Lectures to a wide variety of groups including schools, companies, societies etc. These relate to space science |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018 |
| Description | Reflections on MSSL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk 'Reflections on MSSL' at Science Museum workshop 'Culture-space: towards a better understanding of space exploration, MSSL, 21 Nov 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/project/culture-space-towards-a-better-understanding-of-space-... |
| Description | School visit (Guildford) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk (on Mars and ExoMars) initiated questions and discussion. Including this as one example of a school talk Visit suggested |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Talk at Imperial Imperial College Astronomy Society, AstroSoc, on Cassini |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk at Imperial Imperial College Astronomy Society, AstroSoc, on 'Highlights of the Cassini-Huygens mission', 28 November 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Talk at London Institute of Space Policy and Law & UCL Space Domain joint seminar series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk (invited) 'Exploration and Exploitation', at London Institute of Space Policy and Law & UCL Space Domain joint seminar series on Space serving humanity: celebrating 60 years in Space & 50 years of lawful and peaceful use, UCL, 13 December 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Talk at Science Fiction Theatre film club |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk for Science Fiction Theatre film club, at Institute of Light, Hackney on Europa, Enceladus, Mars and Titan - favourites for life beyond Earth? (talk before 2010 film), 18 July 2017 (included ExoMars, JUICE, Europa missions). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://sciencefictiontheatre.co.uk/podcast/ |
| Description | Talks to schools and groups |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talks at schools, astronomical societies, national groups (e.g. Astrofest) Talks always inspire questions and thinking in audiences A privilege to be able to do this but too many to list individually Follow up visits are requested, work experience placements performed, additional talks inspired |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 |
| Description | UCL lunch hour lecture 'To Infinity and Beyond! Life in our solar system: redefining the habitable zone' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | UCL lunch hour lecture 'To Infinity and Beyond! Life in our solar system: redefining the habitable zone', 28 November 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://events.ucl.ac.uk/event/event:z1a2-j8kaibk5-c54dih/to-infinity-and-beyond-life-in-our-solar-sy... |
| Description | UCL lunchtime lecture, 19 November 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Lunch hour lecture attended by about 150 people and subsequently viewed on the internet by hundreds more |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iatr868S4M&list=PL3pa6ekyhtl2n4Cg96MtLQzxACtZ3EQPh&index=40 |