Air Quality remote sensing and associated technologies: creating societal and economic benefit at the University of Leicester.

获得清洁空气被认为是一项基本人权，然而英国空气质量差的成本估计为每年90 - 200亿英镑。莱斯特大学在地球观测科学和仪器方面拥有强大的传统，通过一些NERC研究项目，一直专注于环境科学的几个关键领域。该项目将以该领域最近成功的项目为基础，特别支持空气质量技术的发展。在这项奖学金下，罗兰德·利博士将开发一项交通和空气质量管理的商业服务，并在3个城市环境中示范这项服务的运作。这项活动将由欧洲各地的学术、工业和地方当局合作伙伴组成的国际合作网络进行补充。此外，我们将与合适的商业伙伴探讨两项新的空气质量技术的商业潜力，目标是在奖学金的头18个月内成立一家新公司。最后，一种针对耳鸣的创新治疗方法将被用于临床试验，并将继续进行该项目的商业开发。这些具体的活动将由莱斯特大学不断发展的创新文化和影响力来补充。罗兰·利博士之前的KE奖学金为NERC研究转化为经济和社会影响奠定了坚实的基础。进入2016年的新奖学金将利用这一框架，寻求新的创新和解决方案。

Access to clean air is considered to be a fundamental human right, and yet the cost of poor air quality in the United Kingdom is estimated at £9-20bn p.a. The University of Leicester has a strong heritage in Earth Observation Science and Instrumentation which, through a number of NERC research programmes, has been focussed on a few key areas of environmental science. This project will support the development of air quality technologies in particular, building on recent successful projects in this area. Under this fellowship, Dr. Roland Leigh will develop a commercial service for traffic and air quality management, and demonstrate this service operationally in 3 urban environments. This activity will be supplemented by collaboration within an international network of collaborative academic, industial and local-authority partners across Europe. Furthermore, the commercial potential of 2 new air quality technologies will be explored with appropriate commercial partners, with the objective of a new company formation within the first 18 months of this fellowship. Finally, an innovative treatment for the hearing condition, tinnitus will be taken to clinical trials, and the ongoing commercial development of this project will be pursued. These specific activities will be supplemented by the ongoing development of a culture of innovation and impact at the University of Leicester. A previous KE Fellowship for Dr. Roland Leigh laid solid foundations for NERC research to be translated into economic and societal impacts. This new fellowship into 2016 will capitalise on this framework and seek new innovations and solutions.