Sandpit: Airport Energy Technologies Network

2008年11月10日至14日，在Cheshire Shrigley Hall， SK10 5SB举行了一个研究委员会能源计划沙坑，以产生和发展创新的机场运营方法，产生了一些资助项目。该网络提案也是该活动的一个成果，反映了一致的观点，即网络是必不可少的，以利用沙坑的能量和跨学科的协同作用。为此，网络将由首席研究员和联合研究员领导，获资助项目的首席研究员将加入组织委员会。最初，网络成员将从所有表示有兴趣参加的沙坑参与者中选出（表1），但作为其职权范围的一部分，网络最好争取尽可能广泛和多学科的成员。在航空运营领域工作的网络组织的一个例子是Omega，这是一个公共资助的学术合作伙伴关系，成立于2007年1月。该伙伴关系汇集了来自英国9所大学的航空知识，作为一个独立的机构，在一个中立的论坛上分享知识，与发展可持续航空业的主要参与者进行接触。与此相反，本提案中描述的网络存在的基本原因是发展一个研究社区，并与关键的工业和商业参与者建立联系。沙坑的参与者提出的建议在能源效率、减少排放和遵守未来的操作惯例和立法方面对工商业具有很高的价值。然而，Sandpit会员资格的核心要求是产生不同的观点、创新和来自传统上与该领域无关的学科和市场部门的新见解。正是这个概念是区分拟议网络与现有群体的核心。还必须指出，在沙坑提出的相关高风险项目不太可能通过传统途径获得资金。这个拟议中的网络在这方面是独一无二的，它将在使其成员的高风险、高冒险性研究得到普遍承认和接受方面发挥重要作用。

From 10-14 November 2008, at Shrigley Hall, Cheshire, SK10 5SB, a Research Councils' Energy Programme Sandpit to generate and develop innovative approaches to airport operations was held, resulting in a number of funded projects. This Network proposal is also an output of the event, reflecting the unanimous view that a Network was indispensible to take advantage of the Sandpit energy and cross-disciplinary synergies. To this end, the Network will be directed by the Principal and co-Investigators, who will be joined on the Organising Committee by the Principal Investigators of the successfully funded projects. Initially, Network membership will be drawn from the Sandpit participants who all expressed an interest in participating (Table 1), however it is desirable that as part of its remit, the Network strive for as wide and as multidisciplinary membership as possible.An example of a network organisation working in the area of Aeronautical Operations is Omega, a publicly funded academic partnership which was set up in January 2007. The partnership, which brings together aviation knowledge from 9 UK Universities, acts as an independent body to share knowledge in a neutral forum to engage with key players in the development of a sustainable aviation industry. The contrasting basic raison d'etre of the network described in this proposal is to develop a research community and its links with the key industrial and commercial players. The Sandpit participants have produced proposals which represent high value to commerce and industry in terms of energy efficiency, reduced emissions, and compliance with future operating practices and legislation. However, the core requirements of Sandpit membership is the generation of different perspectives, innovation, and fresh insights from disciplines and market sectors not traditionally associated with this field. It is this concept which is core to differentiating the proposed network from existing groups. It must also be noted that the associated high risk of the projects proposed at the sandpit would be unlikely candidates for funding through traditional avenues. The proposed network is unique in this way, and will undertake a vital role in bringing its members high risk, high adventure research to general acknowledgement and acceptance.