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.

拟议的知识交流（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。该奖学金将在三年内支持研究员40%的时间。该奖学金将通过三种途径实现其目标。第一条途径的目的是向英国工业和影响政府政策的机构展示CT-DO技术。将探索新的应用和新市场。已经确定并联系了两个具有适当应用的潜在合作伙伴（提供微型潜水器的Planet Ocean Ltd和Cefas Technology Ltd）。开发和制造装载电子传感器的鱼标签），其他人也表示了兴趣。现有的CT-DO原型装置可能需要修改，以便为新的应用进行可行性研究。KE活动和材料将由奖学金提供，而开发和整合的成本将由奖学金外部支持（即通过合作伙伴支持和现有项目/机构资金）。KE的大部分活动将是发起和支持可行性研究，以证明CT-DO技术在新的应用中的作用。这将进一步扩大NERC资助技术的实用性，为英国政府和工业用户提供利用CT-DO技术的第一个机会，并在新兴市场建立业务。Planet Ocean有限公司和Cefas Technology有限公司都参与了工作方案的制定，并可能提供支持（包括资金和实物，如场地准入）。CT-DO评估单元（原型）不仅代表了一个提供高质量海洋健康测量的系统，而且它是一个紧凑，易于操作和相对便宜的系统。因此，这项技术对发展中国家和那些希望实现国际目标的国家具有吸引力，例如联合国可持续发展目标14：水下生命。国家海洋学中心，包括主办该研究金的海洋技术和工程小组，有与发展中国家合作和部署的经验（已完成英联邦海军陆战队经济方案，其中包括在塞舌尔、斐济和多米尼加进行研究的培训和传感器）。该研究金将借鉴这一经验，并与东道机构的持续努力合作，在发展中世界部署CT-DO技术。具体的工作计划将通过KE与利益相关者一起确定，并将通过提高那些严重依赖海洋环境获得食物，生计和健康的人的生活质量来实现NERC和NOC的愿景声明。最后一条途径的重点是加强与商业合作伙伴Teledyne RD Instruments（TRDI）的现有合作关系。该奖学金将支持TRDI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一个CT，然后是一个CT-DO产品，将是商业上可用的。这将确保NERC支持的CT-DO技术以可持续的方式在奖学金期限之后达到全球受众。TRDI将在许可协议的不同阶段后提供网关付款和版税。