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Photonics and Instrumentation

Funded research projects

Principal Investigator

Co-Investigators

Project Title

Funder

Amount awarded to City (excl. partners)

Start Date

End Date (incl. no-cost extension)

Grattan, Ken

 

George Daniels Educational Trust

George Daniels Educational Trust

£520,000

2014

2019

Grattan, Ken

 

Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair

Royal Academy of Engineering

£330,000

2014

2019

Rahman, Aziz

Grattan, Ken

Innovative low-cost optical sensor platform for water quality monitoring

National Environment Research Council (NERC)

£395,548

30.01.2018

29.01.2021

Rahman, Aziz

In collaboration with China

Integrated waveguides using phase changing material

The Royal Society

£111,000

01.03.2016

28.02.2019

Rahman, Aziz

In collaboration with Egypt

Solar cell

Institutional Link by British Council

£200,000

01.04.2018

31.03.2020

Rahman, Aziz

In collaboration with University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia

Nonlinear Photonics

The Royal Society

£6,000

01.09.2017

31.08.2019

Rahman, Aziz

In collaboration with University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia

Newton Researchers Link Workshop on Biophotonics

Newton Ungku Omar Fund

£40,000

01.02.2018

31.01.2019

Rahman, Aziz

In collaboration with Brazil

Silicon Photonics

The Royal Society

£12,000

01.08.2018

31.07.2020

Sun, Tong

 

Smart railway electrification: evolvable from contact to contactless

Royal Academy of Engineering/Faiveley Brecknell Willis

£543,700

01.06.2018

31.05.2023

Sun, Tong

Grattan, Ken

Smart railway/metro transportation using optical fibre sensing and Internet of Things (IoTs)

Innovate UK

£499,828

01.06.2018

31.05.2020

Sun, Tong

 

Regional Engagement Awards

Royal Academy of Engineering

£75,000

01.03.2019

28.02.2022

Sun, Tong

Grattan, Ken

Photonics sensors and interrogator for humidity measurements in anaerobic digester

Sydney Water

£22,219

01.06.2018

31.05.2020

Sun, Tong

Grattan, Ken

Field implementation of photonic humidity sensors in sewers

Sydney Water

£97,000

01.06.2017

31.05.2020

Sun, Tong

Grattan, Ken

Self-sensing railway electrification system for efficient operation and improved maintenance

Innovate UK

£999,416

01.01.2018

31.12.2020

Sun, Tong

Grattan, Ken

Development of optical fibre-based thrust/torque transducers for a research marine vessel

Teignbridge

£13,432

01.01.2018

31.12.2019

Sun, Tong

Grattan, Ken

Early detection of glaucoma through the development of ‘smart’ contact lenses for real-time intraocular pressure (IOP) monitoring

Royal Academy of Engineering

£99,200

30.04.2017

29.04.2019

Sun, Tong

Grattan, Ken

Smart pantograph for remote condition monitoring

Faiveley Brecknell Willis

£189,583

01.01.2014

31.12.2020