Open KE Fellowship: Translation of a Miniature CT-DO Sensor from the Laboratory to Real World Applications

开放 KE 奖学金：微型 CT-DO 传感器从实验室到现实世界应用的转化

• 批准号: NE/S006451/2
• 负责人: Andrew Morris
• 金额: $ 13.16万
• 依托单位: NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FS006451%2F2
• 关键词: Open; KE; Fellowship; Translation; Miniature

The proposed Knowledge Exchange (KE) Fellowship will boost the impact of the NERC funded conductivity, temperature and dissolved oxygen (CT-DO) technology. The Fellowship will support 40% of the Fellow's time over three years.The Fellowship will accomplish its aims through three pathways. The first pathway has the aim of demonstrating the CT-DO technology to UK industry and agencies influencing government policy. Novel applications and new markets will be explored. Two potential partners with suitable applications have been identified and contacted (Planet Ocean Ltd - who provide miniature submersibles and Cefas Technology Ltd.- who develop and manufacture electronic sensor loaded fish tags), others have also expressed interest. The existing CT-DO prototype unit may require modification to undertake feasibility studies for the new applications. KE activity and materials will be provided by the Fellowship whilst cost of development and integration will be supported externally to the Fellowship (i.e. through partner support, and existing project / institutional funding). The bulk of KE activity will be to initiate and support feasibility studies that will demonstrate the CT-DO technology in novel applications. This will further extend the utility of the NERC funded technology, providing UK users in government and industry the first opportunity to exploit the CT-DO technology and establishing a presence in new and emerging markets. Planet Ocean Ltd and Cefas Technology Ltd. have both been involved in defining the program of work and are likely to provide support (including financial and in kind e.g. site access).The second pathway aims to place CT-DO evaluation units within studies undertaken by the developing world. The CT-DO evaluation unit (prototype) not only represents a system that delivers high quality measurements for ocean health but it does this as a compact, easily operated and relatively inexpensive system. As a consequence, the technology is attractive to those in the developing world and those looking to deliver international aims, such as the UN's Sustainable Development Goals 14: Life Below Water. The National Oceanography Centre (NOC), including the Ocean Technology and Engineering Group (OTEG), hosting the Fellowship have experience of working with and undertaking deployments with the developing world (completed Commonwealth Marines Economies Programme which included training and sensors for studies in the Seychelles, Fiji and Dominica). This Fellowship will draw on this experience and work with ongoing effort in the host institution to undertake deployments of the CT-DO technology with the developing world. The specific program of work will be defined with stakeholders through KE and will deliver on NERC and NOC vision statements by enhancing quality of life for those that rely heavily on the marine environment for food, livelihoods and their health. The final pathway focusses on strengthening an existing partnership with commercial partner Teledyne RD Instruments (TRDI). The fellowship will support TRDIs evaluation of the technology and the finalisation of a license agreement. The result of this work will be a CT and then a CT-DO product that will be commercially available. This will ensure the NERC supported CT-DO technology reaches a global audience in a manner that is sustainable beyond the duration of the Fellowship. TRDI will provide gateway payments and royalties after separate stages of the license agreement.

拟议的知识交换（KE）奖学金将促进NERC资助的电导率，温度和溶解氧（CT-DO）技术的影响。奖学金将在三年内支持该同伴的40％。该研究金将通过三个途径来实现其目标。第一个途径的目的是向英国行业和影响政府政策的机构展示CT-DO技术。将探索新颖的应用和新市场。已经确定并联系了两个具有合适应用的潜在合作伙伴（Planet Ocean Ltd-提供微型潜水器和CEFAS Technology Ltd.-开发和制造电子传感器加载的鱼标签），其他人也表示关注。现有的CT-DO原型单元可能需要修改以对新应用进行可行性研究。 KE活动和材料将由奖学金提供，而发展和整合成本将在研究金（即通过合作伙伴支持以及现有的项目 /机构资助）的外部支持。 KE活动的大部分将是启动和支持可行性研究，以证明新型应用中的CT-DO技术。这将进一步扩展NERC资助的技术的效用，为英国政府和行业提供了第一个利用CT-DO技术并在新的和新兴市场中建立业务的机会。 Planet Ocean Ltd和CEFAS Technology Ltd.都参与了定义工作计划，并且很可能提供支持（包括财务和现场访问，包括财务和友善）。第二个途径旨在将CT-DO评估单位放置在发展中国家进行的研究中。 CT-DO评估单元（原型）不仅代表了一个为海洋健康提供高质量测量的系统，而且可以作为紧凑，易于操作且相对便宜的系统来实现。结果，该技术对发展中国家和希望实现国际目标的人，例如联合国的可持续发展目标14：水下的生活。举办团契在内的国家海洋学中心（NOC），包括海洋技术与工程集团（OTEG），具有与发展中国家合作和开展部署的经验（已完成的英联邦海洋经济计划，包括塞舌尔，斐济和多米尼加的培训和传感器的培训和传感器）。该奖学金将借鉴这一经验，并在东道机构持续努力与发展中国家进行CT-DO技术的部署。特定的工作计划将通过KE与利益相关者定义，并通过提高依赖海洋环境以供食品，生计及其健康的人来提高生活质量来对NERC和NOC愿景陈述进行定义。最终的途径着重于加强与商业合作伙伴Teledyne Rd Instruments（TRDI）的现有合作伙伴关系。奖学金将支持TRDIS对技术的评估和许可协议的最终确定。这项工作的结果将是CT，然后是CT-DO产品，该产品将是商业上可用的。这将确保由NERC支持的CT-DO技术以超出团契期限的可持续性方式吸引全球受众。 TRDI将在许可协议的单独阶段后提供网关付款和特许权使用费。