Multidisciplinary Underpinning Instrumentation investment

哈德斯菲尔德大学将利用该奖项资助购买3件关键的技术实验室设备，其使用和应用涵盖了广泛的研究领域，包括新型功能材料，先进计量学和清洁增长。这些设备将用于支持广泛的研究人员和学科，并有助于确保高利用率。申请人寻求购买（i）Leica Absolute Tracker ATS 600，第一个便携式直接扫描激光跟踪仪，其可以在不需要传统反射光学器件的情况下操作以测量大型结构的表面;（ii）热等静压（HIP）AIP 6 - 30 H，以通过缺陷和微结构的操纵来设计弹性下一代材料;以及（iii）HERU热解装置，可从生活垃圾中产生清洁能源，用于工业应用。Leica Tracker将促进多用户应用中大型结构和人工制品的自由形态和微/纳米结构表面测量领域的科学和创新研究（例如，铁路、汽车、先进制造业）。例如，该设备将实现由Network Rail领导的欧盟资助的Shift 2 Rail In 2 Track 2项目所需的绝对测量，从而消除现有测量目前遇到的对准问题。第二种仪器是热等静压（HIP）系统，用于支持材料设计和研究技术领域的研究人员，并针对EPSRC优先研究领域进行研究，包括：材料表征、功能材料、测量和传感、光子材料、超材料和等离子体、集成技术（从移动的技术到雷达技术）和制造业ICT。从缺陷和微观结构设计下一代材料的能力将在耐高温，缺陷和极端条件的材料开发方面带来一个飞跃。HERU热解系统是同类产品中的第一个，能够将日常生活垃圾转化为清洁的可重复使用的能源。这将支持对开发环境上可持续的天然气原料为微型涡轮机提供燃料的重要研究;因此，在本发明中，所有这三种工具将被用作一个平台，在哈德斯菲尔德大学的各个院系和外部合作者之间开展跨学科的合作研究，并支持已有的研究人员和早期的职业研究人员和研究生。

The University of Huddersfield will use this award to fund the acquisition of 3 key pieces of technical laboratory equipment, whose use and application cover a broad range of research areas spanning novel functional materials, advanced metrology, and clean growth. The equipment will be used to support a broad range of researchers and disciplines, as well as help ensure high utilisation rates. The applicants seek to purchase (i) a Leica Absolute Tracker ATS600, the first ever portable direct scanning laser tracker, which can operate without the need for traditional reflective optics to measure the surfaces of large structures; (ii) a Hot Isostatic Press (HIP) AIP6-30H to design resilient next generation materials through the manipulation of defects and microstructures; and (iii) a HERU Pyrolysis Unit which generates clean energy from domestic waste for industrial applications.The Leica Tracker will facilitate scientific and innovative research in the area of freeform and micro/nano-structured surface measurement of large structures and artefacts in multiuser applications (e.g., rail, automotive, advanced manufacturing). For example, the device will enable absolute measurements required in the EU funded Shift2Rail In2Track2 project, led by Network Rail, thus eliminating alignment issues currently being experienced with existing measurements.The second instrument is a Hot Isostatic Press (HIP) System to support researchers working in the areas of materials design and investigation technologies and deliver research against key identified EPSRC Priority Research areas including: materials characterisation, functional materials, measurement and sensing, photonic materials, metamaterials and plasmonics, integrative technologies (from mobile technologies to radar technologies) and ICT for manufacturing. The ability to design next-generation materials from defects and microstructures will deliver a step change in the development of materials resistant to temperature, defects and extreme conditions. The HERU Pyrolysis System is a first of its kind demonstrator, with the capacity to valorise everyday domestic waste into clean reusable energy. This will underpin critical research into the development of environmentally sustainable gas feedstocks for fuelling micro-turbines; thus, contributing to EPSRC's prosperity outcomes for a productive and resilient nation.All three instruments will be used as a platform to develop interdisciplinary collaborative research across faculties at the University of Huddersfield and with external collaborators and to support established researchers as well as early career researchers and research students.