Bridging Applied Nano-Technologists (Bridging ANTs)

应用纳米技术本质上是多学科的，可以在一系列不同的部门中使用，以带来好处，包括系统感知和作用于环境；发电或利用电力；减少重量和燃料消耗；以及提高性能和强度的潜力。桥接应用纳米技术专家(桥接蚂蚁)将把来自克兰菲尔德大学的研究人员聚集在一起，建立一个致力于协作活动的可持续蚂蚁社区，其中应用纳米技术可用于在航空航天、汽车、生物科学、健康、能源、环境、制造、安全和防御领域提供增强。这将通过结合、交流和协作的方法实现(C3)。这种C3方法将着眼于蚂蚁发展致力于多学科合作的可持续研究社区的不同方式。C3将通过以下方式提供：-为桥接蚂蚁社区创建清晰的视觉标识和网络存在；-举办促进的旗舰研讨会会议，研究人员可以积极建立网络以启动合作；-使用克兰菲尔德的竞争创意设计中心(C4D)将设计师和技术专家聚集在一起，从设计角度开发交付和交流技术解决方案的新方法；-建立一个存储和交换与纳米技术相关的信息的电子社区。这也将是与包括工业界和公众在内的更广泛社区互动的途径之一；-建立非正式的“咖啡晨间”式论坛，为研究人员提供定期会面的时间和地点，以交流想法和开展合作；-利用艺术家驻场、艺术装置和非正式讨论会议和展览来促进思想交流；-建立产业合作伙伴关系，以支持行业并推动应用的多学科/跨部门合作研究；-开发一个纳米参与工具包，用于讲座和外展活动，可用于支持和促进克兰菲尔德内外的应用纳米技术；-利用协作性桥梁奖支持合作探索项目，以期通过获得更多项目资金来发展可持续的合作框架。通过桥梁蚂蚁项目，C3的精神与设计和沟通将坚定地置于活动的核心，以确保成功的结果。

Applied Nanotechnology is multidisciplinary in nature and can be used across a range of different sectors to bring about benefits, including the potential for systems to sense and act upon their environment; to generate or harness power; to reduce weight and fuel consumption; and increase performance and strength.Bridging Applied Nanotechnologists (Bridging ANTs) will bring together the researchers from across Cranfield University to develop a sustainable community of ANTs committed to collaborative activities in which applied nanotechnology can be used to provide enhancements in the fields of aerospace, automotive, bioscience, health, energy, environment, manufacturing, and security and defence.This will be achieved using a combine, communicate, and collaborate approach (C3). This C3 approach will look at a different ways in which the ANTs can develop a sustainable research community committed to multidisciplinary collaboration. C3 will be delivered by:- Creating a clear visual identity and web presence for the Bridging ANTs community;- Running facilitated flagship workshop meetings where researchers can actively network to kick start collaborations;- Using Cranfield's Centre for Competitive Creative Design (C4D) to bring together designers and technologists in partnership, to develop novel ways to deliver and communicate technological solutions from a design perspective;- Building an electronic community to store and exchange nanotechnology-related-information. This would also act as one of the routes to interact with the wider community including industry and the general public;- Establishing informal 'coffee mornings' type forums to provide a time and place for researchers to meet on a regular basis to exchange ideas and develop collaborations;- Using artists in residence, art installations and informal discussion meetings and exhibitions to stimulate the exchange of ideas;- Creating industrial collaborative partnerships to support industry and drive applied multidisciplinary/cross-sector collaborative research forward; - Developing a nano-engagement toolkit for lectures and outreach activities that can be used to support and promote applied nanotechnology within and outside of Cranfield;- Using Collaborative Bridging Awards to support collaborative exploratory projects with a view to develop a sustainable collaboration framework through securing further project funding.Throughout the Bridging ANTs project, the ethos of C3 coupled with design and communication will be firmly placed at the heart of activities to ensure successful outcomes.