Sandpit: Airport Energy Technologies Network

2008年11月10日至14日，在柴郡的Shrigley Hall，SK 10 5SB，研究委员会的能源方案沙坑举行，以产生和发展机场运营的创新方法，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，即网络对于利用Sandpit能源和跨学科协同作用是不可或缺的。为此，该网络将由主要研究者和合作研究者领导，成功资助项目的主要研究者将加入组织委员会。最初，网络成员将从所有表示有兴趣参与的Sandpit参与者中抽取（表1），但作为其职权范围的一部分，网络应尽可能争取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欧米茄，这是一个公共资助的学术伙伴关系，成立于2007年1月。该合作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，与可持续航空业发展的关键参与者互动。本提案所述网络的基本存在理由是发展一个研究社区及其与主要工业和商业行为者的联系。Sandpit的参与者提出了在能源效率、减少排放以及遵守未来运营惯例和立法方面对商业和工业具有高价值的建议。然而，Sandpit会员资格的核心要求是从传统上与该领域无关的学科和市场领域中产生不同的观点，创新和新的见解。这一概念是区分拟议网络和现有网络的核心。还必须指出，在沙坑提议的项目的相关高风险不大可能通过传统渠道供资。拟议中的网络在这方面是独一无二的，将在使其成员的高风险，高冒险研究得到普遍承认和接受方面发挥至关重要的作用。

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.