UK participation in the pre-production phase of CTA - extension 2018-2019
Lead Research Organisation:
Durham University
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
The Universe is full of particles with energies so great that they are travelling at very close to the speed of light. They affect the Universe in many ways, influencing the life-cycles of stars and the evolution of galaxies. These particles are hard to trace, but can reveal their presence by producing gamma rays. Like their lower-energy cousins, X-rays, gamma rays do not penetrate the Earth's atmosphere and usually satellite-based telescopes are used to detect them. However, at very high energies (VHE) there are so few gamma rays that detecting them using spacecraft becomes impossible. Luckily, it is possible to observe them from the ground via the flashes of blue light, Cherenkov radiation, produced when they interact in the atmosphere. The glow from Cherenkov radiation in the atmosphere is 10,000 times fainter than starlight, so large mirrors are required to collect it, and because the flashes last only a few billionths of a second, ultra-fast cameras are needed to record them.
We know from current ground-based gamma-ray telescopes such as HESS that there is a wealth of phenomena to be studied. VHE gamma ray telescopes have detected the remains of supernova explosions, binary star systems, highly
energetic jets produced by black holes in distant galaxies, star formation regions, and many other objects. These observations can help us to understand not only what is going on inside these objects, but also answer fundamental
physics questions relating to the nature of Dark Matter and of space-time itself. However, we have reached the limit of what can be done with current instruments, and so about 1600 scientists and engineers from 31 countries around the world have come together to build a new instrument - the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA).
CTA will offer a dramatic increase in sensitivity over current instruments and extend the energy range of the gamma rays observed to both lower and higher values. It is predicted that the catalogue of known VHE emitting objects will expand from the roughly 130 known now to over 1000, and we can expect many new discoveries in key areas of astrophysics and fundamental physics. To achieve the energy coverage of CTA, telescopes of three different sizes are needed: Small (~4 m diameter), Medium (12 m) and Large (23 m) Sized Telescopes (SSTs, MSTs and LSTs, respectively). CTA will have arrays in the northern and southern hemispheres. The northern array will consist of 4 LSTs and 25 MSTs. The southern array will add to its 4 LSTs and 25 MSTs an extensive array of 70 SSTs, to investigate the highest energy phenomena, visible mainly in the southern sky. We expect construction of the first telescopes on the CTA southern site to start in 2019.
There are currently 12 UK universities and Laboratories involved in CTA. The UK groups are concentrating their efforts on the construction of the SSTs. We have produced an innovative dual-mirror SST design, the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), which is being prototyped in sight of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and are building two prototype cameras, with different sensors, we will test on this device. Here we ask for funding to complete tests of the prototype camera, use the results to design the final camera for the GCT and to prepare for contributing cameras for the final SST telescopes. We also want to work with UK industry a new protective window for the camera that will keep out some of the background light, enabling us to detect fainter Cherenkov flashes. Finally, we want to develop data analysis techniques for CTA, to ensure that UK scientists are ready to analyse the data from CTA as soon as the first
telescopes start operation.
We know from current ground-based gamma-ray telescopes such as HESS that there is a wealth of phenomena to be studied. VHE gamma ray telescopes have detected the remains of supernova explosions, binary star systems, highly
energetic jets produced by black holes in distant galaxies, star formation regions, and many other objects. These observations can help us to understand not only what is going on inside these objects, but also answer fundamental
physics questions relating to the nature of Dark Matter and of space-time itself. However, we have reached the limit of what can be done with current instruments, and so about 1600 scientists and engineers from 31 countries around the world have come together to build a new instrument - the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA).
CTA will offer a dramatic increase in sensitivity over current instruments and extend the energy range of the gamma rays observed to both lower and higher values. It is predicted that the catalogue of known VHE emitting objects will expand from the roughly 130 known now to over 1000, and we can expect many new discoveries in key areas of astrophysics and fundamental physics. To achieve the energy coverage of CTA, telescopes of three different sizes are needed: Small (~4 m diameter), Medium (12 m) and Large (23 m) Sized Telescopes (SSTs, MSTs and LSTs, respectively). CTA will have arrays in the northern and southern hemispheres. The northern array will consist of 4 LSTs and 25 MSTs. The southern array will add to its 4 LSTs and 25 MSTs an extensive array of 70 SSTs, to investigate the highest energy phenomena, visible mainly in the southern sky. We expect construction of the first telescopes on the CTA southern site to start in 2019.
There are currently 12 UK universities and Laboratories involved in CTA. The UK groups are concentrating their efforts on the construction of the SSTs. We have produced an innovative dual-mirror SST design, the Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), which is being prototyped in sight of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and are building two prototype cameras, with different sensors, we will test on this device. Here we ask for funding to complete tests of the prototype camera, use the results to design the final camera for the GCT and to prepare for contributing cameras for the final SST telescopes. We also want to work with UK industry a new protective window for the camera that will keep out some of the background light, enabling us to detect fainter Cherenkov flashes. Finally, we want to develop data analysis techniques for CTA, to ensure that UK scientists are ready to analyse the data from CTA as soon as the first
telescopes start operation.
Planned Impact
CTA will have an impact on a wide range of scientific questions, from the nature of gravity to how supernovae accelerate particles and how active galaxies work. In doing so, it will use new and innovative methodologies, combining techniques from both astronomy and particle physics. In the process, many highly-skilled researchers will be trained. UK industry stands to gain both from knowledge transfer and by way of contracts for producing electronics, camera
housings, and perhaps mirrors and and other structural elements. Much of this work will be undertaken in areas of economic deprivation (e.g. North East England, North Wales) thereby contributing to regeneration and economic development.
The atmosphere is an important element of our detectors, and our Monte Carlo simulations already use data from the British Atmospheric Data Centre. Wherever the telescopes are sited, it is likely to be in an area short of detailed weather data for input to climate models. CTA's weather data are therefore likely to be useful to atmospheric modellers.
The public awareness and understanding of science will be enhanced by CTA. Our scientific research covers topics of considerable interest to the public, including black holes, supernova explosions and Dark Matter. We have already had considerable engagement with the public through events such as Stargazing Live and the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, as well as giving many talks to local interest groups (Women's Institutes, astronomical societies etc.) and schools. These activities will be continued and enhanced during the next few years as CTA matures as an observatory.
Early stage researchers will gain a wide range of skills from working on CTA, in areas such as programming, electronics, modelling of complex systems, image analysis etc. In addition, they will gain the "soft skills" which come from working with people from a wide range of cultural backgrounds in the international CTA Consortium. These skills will fit them for non-academic professions. For example, recent Ph.D. graduates who have worked in CTA have already gone on to careers in teaching and software engineering and we expect many more skilled people to move into non-academic careers over the 30 year lifetime of CTA.
housings, and perhaps mirrors and and other structural elements. Much of this work will be undertaken in areas of economic deprivation (e.g. North East England, North Wales) thereby contributing to regeneration and economic development.
The atmosphere is an important element of our detectors, and our Monte Carlo simulations already use data from the British Atmospheric Data Centre. Wherever the telescopes are sited, it is likely to be in an area short of detailed weather data for input to climate models. CTA's weather data are therefore likely to be useful to atmospheric modellers.
The public awareness and understanding of science will be enhanced by CTA. Our scientific research covers topics of considerable interest to the public, including black holes, supernova explosions and Dark Matter. We have already had considerable engagement with the public through events such as Stargazing Live and the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, as well as giving many talks to local interest groups (Women's Institutes, astronomical societies etc.) and schools. These activities will be continued and enhanced during the next few years as CTA matures as an observatory.
Early stage researchers will gain a wide range of skills from working on CTA, in areas such as programming, electronics, modelling of complex systems, image analysis etc. In addition, they will gain the "soft skills" which come from working with people from a wide range of cultural backgrounds in the international CTA Consortium. These skills will fit them for non-academic professions. For example, recent Ph.D. graduates who have worked in CTA have already gone on to careers in teaching and software engineering and we expect many more skilled people to move into non-academic careers over the 30 year lifetime of CTA.
Publications
Abdalla H
(2021)
Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array for probing cosmology and fundamental physics with gamma-ray propagation
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Acharyya A
(2021)
Locating the gamma-ray emission region in the brightest Fermi -LAT flat-spectrum radio quasars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Acharyya A
(2019)
Monte Carlo studies for the optimisation of the Cherenkov Telescope Array layout
in Astroparticle Physics
Acharyya A
(2021)
Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to a dark matter signal from the Galactic centre
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Albert A.
(2019)
Science Case for a Wide Field-of-View Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Observatory in the Southern Hemisphere
in arXiv e-prints
Brown A
(2018)
Understanding the ? -ray emission from the globular cluster 47 Tuc: Evidence for dark matter?
in Physical Review D
Brown A
(2019)
Reply to "Comment on 'Understanding the ? -ray emission from the globular cluster 47 Tuc: Evidence for dark matter?"'
in Physical Review D
Brown A
(2018)
On the prospects of cross-calibrating the Cherenkov Telescope Array with an airborne calibration platform
in Astroparticle Physics
Lloyd S
(2019)
Constraining the axion mass through gamma-ray observations of pulsars
in Physical Review D
Lloyd S
(2018)
Gamma-ray emission from high Galactic latitude globular clusters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Description | Creation and test of a calibration system for a camera designed for the small-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Teeleacope Array. The design, thanks to TMF in Basingstoke, of a multicoated window for the camera which is designed to keep out the background light from the night sky. |
Exploitation Route | The calibration system is acquiring uses in e.g. other experiments and for other measurements. |
Sectors | Environment |
Description | UK participation in the pre-production phase of CTA - extension 2018-2019 |
Amount | £242,685 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/S00257X/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2018 |
End | 12/2021 |
Description | Collaboration with TMF |
Organisation | Thin Metal Fims Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Intellectual input regarding suitability of coatings for Cherenkov telescope mirrors and also for the window for the UK-designed CHEC camera. |
Collaborator Contribution | Coating design |
Impact | Coated mirrors, design for future coatings, grant application to look at diamond-like coatings, impact acceleration award for aluminium mirrors |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory |
Organisation | University of Leicester |
Department | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Contributions at present to the science case |
Collaborator Contribution | Contributions to the science case and preliminary design studies |
Impact | Science case. The collaboration is not multi-disciplinary. It consists of 42 institutes from 11 countries, plus supporting scientists from 6 more countries. Many of the institutes do not appear in the list of institutes from the drop down list. Given the large number of institutes involved, I asked if there was a more appropriate way of adding them to this submission, but have not received a response from UKRI, to whom Researchfish passed my query. The full list may be found at:https://www.swgo.org/SWGOWiki/doku.php?id=collaboration; I have included only UK collaborators on this form. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory |
Organisation | University of Liverpool |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Contributions at present to the science case |
Collaborator Contribution | Contributions to the science case and preliminary design studies |
Impact | Science case. The collaboration is not multi-disciplinary. It consists of 42 institutes from 11 countries, plus supporting scientists from 6 more countries. Many of the institutes do not appear in the list of institutes from the drop down list. Given the large number of institutes involved, I asked if there was a more appropriate way of adding them to this submission, but have not received a response from UKRI, to whom Researchfish passed my query. The full list may be found at:https://www.swgo.org/SWGOWiki/doku.php?id=collaboration; I have included only UK collaborators on this form. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Contributions at present to the science case |
Collaborator Contribution | Contributions to the science case and preliminary design studies |
Impact | Science case. The collaboration is not multi-disciplinary. It consists of 42 institutes from 11 countries, plus supporting scientists from 6 more countries. Many of the institutes do not appear in the list of institutes from the drop down list. Given the large number of institutes involved, I asked if there was a more appropriate way of adding them to this submission, but have not received a response from UKRI, to whom Researchfish passed my query. The full list may be found at:https://www.swgo.org/SWGOWiki/doku.php?id=collaboration; I have included only UK collaborators on this form. |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | CTA Consortium meeting - talk about mirror test facilities |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Update talk at collaboration meeting relating to mirrors tests and plans. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | CTA Lugano Talk (Brown) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A research talk which wa presenting the preliminary results of a new concept for using UAVs in astronomy, with the aim of engaging with the audience on the topic and to spark conversations and collaborations |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | CTA talk at University of Newcastle, Australia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk about prospects for CTA and spin-off activities |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | CTA talk in Sydney |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk about prospects for CTA and spin-off activities |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | CTA-UK Science Meeting |
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 | A 2-day workshop on science with and for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. Attended by around 100 UK-based scientists plus some colleagues from Europe, India and Australia. Plenty of discussion and new connections made with interested researchers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | http://cta2021.iopconfs.org/committee |
Description | Invited Seminar at LJMU |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Seminar about CTA and its science reach. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Invited Talk, Columbia University, USA (Brown) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A seminar, with a particular focus of using UAVs in astronomy, was given to group of people across the higher education sector, with the aim of engaging with them on the topic and to spark conversations and collaborations |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | IoP Lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Evening talk to the local branch of the Institute of Physics. Questions and discussion afterwards. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Keynote address for teachers |
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 | Talk about the history of telescopes and telescope currently under construction, including CTA. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Mirror testing presentation at Project Committee 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 | Purpose was to review progress on mirror testing for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Open University Seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk given to the Open University astronomy research group - attended by 40-50 people. Questions and discussion afterwards. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Pint of SCience |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Online talk given to the local 'Pint of Science' organisation. Most of the audience was local to Durham, but several were from the surrounding region or further afield. Questions and discussions afterwards. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Royal Astronomical Society Podcast |
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 | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Podacst for the RAS about gamma-ray astronomy. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | SPIE Talk (Brown) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 'The first cross-calibration of a gamma-ray telescope array with a UAV-based system' - a talk at one of the World's biggest telescope conferences (SPIE 2020). This international conference that was run virtually due to the pandemic. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/astronomical-telescopes-and-instrumentation?SSO=1 |
Description | Seminar, Oxford University (Brown) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A seminar, with a particular focus of using UAVs in astronomy, was given to group of people across the higher education sector, with the aim of engaging with them on the topic and to spark conversations and collaborations |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Talk at 10th International Fermi Symposium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation on latest fidings on radio galaxies. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://indico.cern.ch/event/1091305/ |
Description | Talk at Astronomy Lunch |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | General talk to colleagues outside my field. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Talk at Cleveland & Darlington Astronomical 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 | Talk about gamma-ray astronomy to local astronomical society |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Talk at GCT Mirror 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 | Talk about progress with glass mirrors (and other optical tests) for GCT telescope. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Talk at IoP APP/HEPP Conference (Brown) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk about the status of gamma-ray astronomy and prospects for CTA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://appandhepp2018.iopconfs.org/home |
Description | Talk at NASA Fermi Symposium, Baltimore |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk about gamma-ray emission from globular clusters |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/mtgs/symposia/2018/ |
Description | Talk at SWGO detector 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 | Talk about calibrating SWGO using systems originally designed for CTA. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Talk at Supernova Neutrinos in the Multimessenger Era |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk about CTA and supernova/neutrino measurements. Questions afterwards. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://indico.kcl.ac.uk/event/271/ |
Description | Talk at UK HEP Forum |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk about CTA at high-energy physics annual meeting. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://hepwww.pp.rl.ac.uk/groups/accel/forum/2019/about.html |
Description | Talk at University of Namibia (Brown) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A seminar, with a particular focus of using UAVs in astronomy, was given to group of people across the higher education sector, with the aim of engaging with them on the topic and to spark conversations and collaborations |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Talk at Wolfendale Memorial Meeting |
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 given about gamma-ray astronomy, questions afterwards. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Talk for STFC at UAV Expo |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Talk about the uses of UAVs in astronomy and other areas |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/the-commercial-uav-show/index.stm |
Description | Talk to Astrosoc |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk about the history of telescopes and new telescopes under construction, particularly CTA. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Talk to Newcastle Astronomical 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 | Talk to local astronomical society, discussions and questions afterwards. Members expressed a wish to keep in touch with CTA activities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Talks at SST Meeting, Heidelberg |
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 | Two talks - one about calibration systems and the other about the specialist window - relevant to the camera for the small-sized telescopes for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | UAV talk CTA June 2020 |
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 | Talk discussed the feasibility of the UAV concept, and presented some preliminary results. After the talk, questions were taken from the audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | VERITAS Alumni Panel |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Advice provided as part of a panel about the challenges and tasks typically faced (and often not considered by most) when applying for jobs abroad, and the reality of moving to and settling in a new country as well as returning to one's home country again. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Video for Centre for Life (Newcastle) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Filmed for Centre for Life video to be used in their new Space Zone |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.life.org.uk/events/space-zone |