TEAM-A: The tailored electromagnetic and acoustic materials accelerator

TEAM-A：量身定制的电磁和声学材料加速器

基本信息

批准号：
EP/R004781/1
负责人：
Geoff Nash
金额：
$ 310.5万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2017 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FR004781%2F1
关键词：
TEAM tailored electromagnetic acoustic materials

项目摘要

This five-year Prosperity Partnership programme will build upon and deepen the successful relationship that exists between the University of Exeter and QinetiQ. We will develop advanced materials that can be used to control and manipulate the propagation of electromagnetic and acoustic energy in a highly tailored, bespoke fashion, and develop innovative techniques for their cost-effective manufacture.Materials that have the ability to fully control and manipulate the flow of electromagnetic (e.g. radiated heat, light, radiowaves) and acoustic (e.g. sound, vibration, shock) energy have the potential to transform, and enable, a large and diverse range of technologies. Exeter and QinetiQ have long been at the forefront of the science and engineering of such materials, with recent examples being: the modification of wind turbines to reduce their interference with meteorological and aviation radar systems, where half of the viable wind-farm sites in the UK are currently blocked for this reason, and the development of new optoelectronic materials for the realisation of beyond ultra-high definition displays.However, there are still significant challenges prohibiting the widespread take up of these new materials in applications. In particular, concepts developed in the laboratory are often incompatible with commercial manufacture, due to their complexity and the nature of the constituent parts. Instead, the basic science that describes the behaviour of these new materials needs to be combined with a detailed understanding of how such materials could be manufactured, so that new materials can be designed and engineered to tackle specific technological challenges using commercially viable approaches. The objective of this Partnership is to bring together leading advanced materials and manufacturing research at Exeter and QinetiQ to address real technology and innovation challenges.Through the exchange of staff, the shared used of facilities and an emphasis on the training of a new generation of entrepreneurial researchers, we will work across conventional discipline and institutional boundaries to accelerate the impact of academic research. The outcome of the programme will be a sustainable, long term partnership, underpinned by revenue created through the creation of products, or the licensing of intellectual property. The resulting research and technology pipeline will underpin future innovation, leading to the creation of additional high tech UK jobs and economic impact through spin-outs and joint ventures.

这项为期五年的繁荣合作伙伴计划将建立并深化埃克塞特大学与 QinetiQ 之间现有的成功关系。我们将开发先进的材料，可用于以高度定制的方式控制和操纵电磁和声能的传播，并开发创新技术以实现具有成本效益的制造。能够完全控制和操纵电磁和声能的材料电磁（例如辐射热、光、无线电波）和声学（例如声音、振动、冲击）能量流有可能改变并实现大量多样化的技术。埃克塞特和 QinetiQ 长期以来一直处于此类材料科学和工程的前沿，最近的例子是：改造风力涡轮机以减少其对气象和航空雷达系统的干扰，其中一半的可行风电场站点英国目前正因这个原因而阻碍新型光电材料的开发，以实现超高清显示。然而，仍然存在重大挑战，阻碍这些新材料在应用中的广泛采用。特别是，由于其复杂性和组成部分的性质，实验室开发的概念通常与商业制造不相容。相反，描述这些新材料行为的基础科学需要与对如何制造这些材料的详细了解相结合，以便可以设计和工程新材料，以使用商业上可行的方法应对特定的技术挑战。该合作伙伴关系的目标是汇集埃克塞特大学和 QinetiQ 领先的先进材料和制造研究，以应对真正的技术和创新挑战。通过人员交流、共享设施以及注重培养新一代创业者研究人员，我们将跨越传统学科和机构界限，加速学术研究的影响力。该计划的结果将是建立可持续的长期合作伙伴关系，并以通过产品创造或知识产权许可创造的收入为基础。由此产生的研究和技术管道将支撑未来的创新，从而通过分拆和合资企业创造更多的英国高科技就业机会和经济影响。