Open KE Fellowship: Translation of a Miniature CT-DO Sensor from the Laboratory to Real World Applications

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。奖学金将在三年内支持奖学金获得者40%的时间。奖学金将通过三个途径实现其目标。第一条途径的目的是向英国工业界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的市场。已经确定并联系了两家具有合适应用的潜在合作伙伴（提供微型潜水器的Planet Ocean Ltd和开发和制造装载电子传感器的鱼类标签的Cefas Technology Ltd），其他合作伙伴也表示有兴趣。现有的CT-DO原型装置可能需要修改，以进行新应用的可行性研究。KE活动和材料将由奖学金提供，而开发和整合的费用将由奖学金外部支持（即通过合作伙伴支持和现有项目/机构资助）。KE的大部分活动将是发起和支持可行性研究，以证明CT-DO技术在新应用中的可行性。这将进一步扩展NERC资助的技术的效用，为英国政府和工业用户提供第一次利用CT-DO技术的机会，并在新兴市场建立一席之地。Planet Ocean Ltd和Cefas Technology Ltd都参与了工作计划的制定，并可能提供支持（包括资金和实物，例如现场访问）。第二条途径旨在将CT-DO评估单元纳入发展中国家开展的研究。CT-DO评估单元（原型）不仅代表了一个为海洋健康提供高质量测量的系统，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（如联合国可持续发展目标14：水下生命）的国家具有吸引力。主办该奖学金的国家海洋学中心（NOC），包括海洋技术和工程小组（OTEG），具有与发展中国家合作和进行部署的经验（完成了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，并与东道国机构正在进行的努力合作，与发展中国家一起部署CT-DO技术。具体的工作方案将通过KE与利益攸关方一起确定，并将通过提高严重依赖海洋环境获取食物、生计和健康的人们的生活质量，实现NERC和NOC的愿景声明。最后一个途径的重点是加强与商业伙伴Teledyne RD Instruments （TRDI）的现有伙伴关系。该奖学金将支持TRDIs对该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，然后是一个商业化的CT- do产品。这将确保NERC支持的CT-DO技术以一种可持续的方式覆盖全球受众。TRDI将在许可协议的不同阶段提供网关付款和版税。

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.