Portfolio Partnership - University of Surrey

Three years into the partnership, over 120 archival journal papers, 70 conference papers and 14 patents filed

Two key research centres in the I-Lab and the Nano-Electronics Centre funded via SRIF funds in excess of £7.5M

Albert Einstein Medal, IEE Achievement Medal, FREng awards for research

Two spin-out companies launched, one further in the incubator stage (Spin-outs on Multimedia applications, Flat panel displays and pre-incubator ‘seed funding’ for CNT nanogrowth, solar cells and high brightness light sources)

Worldwide publicity on first secure wireless telephony

Won 8 EU projects in FP6 (Evolute, Magnet, Ambient Networks, Mobilife, Sensation etc.) + all other EU partner exposure

Key strategic relationship with NPL

Linkages into mobile VCE has given exposure to 25 companies

Provided facility for involvement of MSc and UG students, including new Nanotech MSc

University wide participation launched with Portfolio seed core funding

Secondment of staff from Thales to work on joint e-learning research

Wide worldwide publicity on launch of alpha trials on first low temperature Nano-growth machine to produce large area carbon nanotubes and nano-materials in a joint venture between CEVP (SME) and the ATI

Joint projects initiated with Electronic Engineering at Imperial College London

World-wide publicity on January 2006 issue of Nature Materials on first high speed large area electronic material which is compatible with plastic substrates based on amorphous carbon superlattice structures

Joint projects initiated with Oakridge National Laboratories, USA on quantum electrical measurements

Patent filed on visible light emission from carbon nanotube-composite matrices

Enabled linkage to MNCE research (Core 4) – 6 universities / 22 companies

Discussions with Digital World Research Centre to run Service Trials, Social Sciences

Won HEIF funding for joint enterprise initiatives with colleagues in the US and SET Square valued at £1.5M, which had telecommunication, nanotechnology and health care as central planks of the proposal submitted

First demonstration of secure handover between WPAN and WLAN’s

First demonstration of use of Mobile IP in WPAN environment

Invited talks on the portfolio work given in various Universities including Brussels and Oxford

Collaboration established with the Plastic Surgery Department of the Charing Cross Hospital

Won regional contract from SEEDA worth a total value of £415k for the development of nano-materials to realise the nanotechnology potential of the South-East of England

Spin-out company based on Surrey NanoGrowth Technologies Ltd imminent, with venture capitol funding to boost commercial potential

Invited to contribute and act as ‘advisor’ for the setting up of a new Key Stage 4 Nanotechnology module to teach secondary school teachers

Won major contract (~£465k) from the Carbon Trust to build proto-type high efficiency low cost carbon nanotube-organic solid state lighting devices

Since January 2006, over 20 high profile journal publications including Advanced Materials paper, five Applied Physics Letters and two Chemical Physics Letters

15 conference presentations at international meetings since January 2006

Four associate partners incorporated into the Portfolio Partnership to extend the outreach activities of the award

University outreach project initiated with Charterhouse to produce suitable teaching material in Nanotechnology via a full time postdoctoral appointment

Guardian Angel project initiated with four strategic appointments to further strengthen cross-disciplinary activities across the partnership

Synergy with Guardian Angel and the WTB enables CCSR to win biggest sensor network project in FP-6—e-sense (£700k). The demonstrator in e-sense will be shared with Guardian Angel.

Within SET2 proposals for a collaborative sensor network project with Univ California San Diego are being prepared.

Spin-in activity, Surrey NanoSystems Ltd formed with venture funding from the IP Group of £700k.

Contributions in coordinating and setting up parliamentary advisory nanotechnology task force, chaired by Dr. Ian Gibson.

Student sponsored by the Portfolio Partnership wins biennial E.W. Mueller Award for best paper and presentation at the annual field emission conference in China.

Work associated with the nano-biotechnology area gives rise to £400k EU Marie Curie Fellowship programme in CARBIO, to examine the use of carbon nanotubes in biological applications.

Approval of testing with animal models (via the oncology unit) of novel cancer therapeutic methodology associated with coupling of laser light with in-vivo nanoparticles tethered with antibodies to seek out tumour cells which are then heat treated

Novel extraction electrodes based on nanotube-organic composite layers tested and demonstrated in large area solar cells. Invited to compete for accelerator funding via the Carbon Trust.

Proposal for the organisation of an Audio Engineering Society (AES) International Conference on Audio Signal Processing for Telecommunication Systems has been accepted by the AES and is currently awaiting budget approval by the AES board of governors.

Two invited chapters in the 2^nd edition of the book Medical Imaging, Academic Press

Entered into discussions with a company concerning the exploitation of the plastic surgery planning work.

A new EPSRC grant was won where the methodology developed for plastic surgery planning will be modified to be used for face authentication, under the crime prevention scheme.

Collaboration has been established with the Psychology department of Surrey University on EEG analysis under the Guardian Angel project.

A follow up Royal Society grant has been obtained for collaboration with the Belarusian Academy of sciences on the topic of medical image processing.

Prof Petrou key-note speaker in the Medical Imaging SPIE conference in San Diego, USA.

Updated July 07