Industrial Doctorate Centre: Optics and Photonics Technologies

工业博士中心：光学与光子技术

• 批准号: EP/G037523/1
• 负责人: Andrew Harvey
• 金额: $ 629.75万
• 依托单位: Heriot-Watt University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Training Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2009 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FG037523%2F1
• 关键词: Industrial; Doctorate; Centre; Optics; Photonics

Since the launch of the current Photonics EngD programme in 2001, a collaboration between Heriot-Watt, St Andrews and Strathclyde Universities, the Heriot-Watt-based EngD Centre has established an excellent track-record for integration of industrially-relevant research and training; involving 49 projects and 29 different companies ranging from university start-ups to multinationals. We propose here a continuation of the existing EngD Centre as an enhanced collaboration between Heriot-Watt, St Andrews and Strathclyde Universities and the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance. We build upon substantial expansions in research and training activity within Scottish photonics to broaden the scope and the academic constituency supporting the proposal. Whereas the original EngD Centre was supported by 27 staff active in photonics research, the proposed Centre will be supported by 87 academics of whom about 90% conduct research in core optics and photonics subjects; the remainder bring to the Centre expertise vital to the exploitation of Optics and Photonics Technologies; that is Signal and Image processing, Microsystems and Digital Tools for the development of photonic products. This group constitutes the largest coherent grouping of photonics researchers in the UK and account for about 50% of all EPSRC funding in photonics.The Centre will continue the mode of operation of our current EngD Centre: offering 75% industry-based research project with 25% coursework composed of technical modules taken from established MSc courses in photonics, microsystems, nanotechnology and signal and image processing together with business content from the Edinburgh Business School MBA course. Research Engineers will benefit from a vibrant and expanding graduate teaching programme delivered using state-of-the-art interactive video conferencing facilities that are highly suited to the EngD training concept.Projects and EngD students will be recruited using the industrial network of contacts and collaborations of our expanded academic staff, through showcase presentations and through interaction with the new Photonics Knowledge Transfer Network.The need for Engineering Doctorate graduates in optics and photonics areas is evident from the extrapolation of the increasing activity levels of the current Heriot-Watt engineering doctorate centre and by good alignment of the proposed programmes with priority areas highlighted in the 2006 Government Spending Review. The requirement for EngD graduates in these areas is further emphasised by the rapid growth of activity in market sectors ranging across defence and security, components and health care. All technical fields and market sectors exhibit an increasing activity. In the photonics field there are approximately 1,000 photonics companies in the UK supporting 250,000 jobs and generating 20Bn of revenue. The global photonics market of 250 Bn is growing at 11% per annum. Across all fields of engineering, the Royal academy of engineering have identified that the lack of UK-based students of sufficient quality endangers the supply chain of skilled personnel into UK industry and academia .

自2001年当前的Photonics Engd计划启动以来，Heriot-Watt，St Andrews和Strathclyde大学之间的合作是，总部位于Heriot-Watt的Engd Center建立了一个出色的田径记录，以整合与工业相关的研究和培训；涉及49个项目和29家不同的公司，从大学初创企业到跨国公司。我们在这里提出了现有的Engd中心的延续，作为Heriot-Watt，St Andrews和Strathclyde大学与苏格兰大学物理联盟之间的加强合作。我们基于苏格兰光子学内部的研究和培训活动的大量扩展，以扩大支持该提案的范围和学术选区。尽管原始的Engd中心得到了活跃于光子学研究的27名员工的支持，但拟议中心将得到87名学者的支持，其中约90％的人在核心光学和光子学科中进行研究；其余的使中心专业知识对于剥削光学和光子技术至关重要；那就是信号和图像处理，用于开发光子产品的微型系统和数字工具。 This group constitutes the largest coherent grouping of photonics researchers in the UK and account for about 50% of all EPSRC funding in photonics.The Centre will continue the mode of operation of our current EngD Centre: offering 75% industry-based research project with 25% coursework composed of technical modules taken from established MSc courses in photonics, microsystems, nanotechnology and signal and image processing together with business content from the爱丁堡商学院MBA课程。研究工程师将受益于使用最新的互动视频会议设施提供的充满活力和扩大的研究生教学计划，这些设施非常适合Engd培训概念。将使用与我们扩展的学术人员的互动以及与新的Photonics Insworts的互动来招募联系和ENGD学生，并通过我们的扩展的学术人员进行招聘。从当前Heriot-Watt工程博士学位中心的活动水平提高，并通过对拟议计划的良好结合，并在2006年政府支出审查中强调了优先领域。在这些领域的ENGD毕业生的要求进一步强调了市场领域的快速增长在国防和安全，组成部分和医疗保健方面。所有技术领域和市场领域均表现出越来越多的活动。在Photonics领域，英国大约有1,000家光子公司为25万个工作岗位提供支持，并产生了20亿的收入。 250亿美元的全球光子市场市场每年增长11％。在各个工程领域，皇家工程学院都发现，缺乏足够高质量的英国学生危害了英国工业和学术界的熟练人员供应链。