Emerging Technologies Challenge Workshop 2014

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The 3rd Emerging Technologies Challenge Workshop was held over the 2 day period 30th April to 1st May 2014 at College Court, Leicester.

The workshop explored scientific and commercial EO measurement challenges, and presented new sensor and instrumentation technology to the community to stimulate novel measurement concepts. The audience consisted of EO scientists, commercial applications engineers and entrepreneurs, and technologists from academia and industry and examined all EO measurement domains.

Presentations from the workshop are available here:

Session 1: Welcome and introductions
Introduction	Mick Johnson	CEOI-ST
Welcome from the University of Leicester & an Appreciation of Prof George Fraser	Paul Monks	CEOI-ST
CEOI Technology Review	Chris Brownsword	CEOI-ST
Session 2: Calibration Technologies
Future standards at NPL from the mm-wave to THz range	James Miall	NPL
Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Black Coatings for EO Applications	Theo Theocharous	NPL
New Black Body Technologies	Tim Nightingale	RAL Space
Novel THz Detectors & their Power Calibration	Andreas Steiger	Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Carbon Nanotube-Based Absolute Radiometers	John Lehmann	National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
Session 3: Lasers and LIDAR
Challenges for LIDAR Missions	Iain Woodhouse	University of Edinburgh
Photon Counting LIDAR	Gerald Buller	Heriot-Watt
Session 4: THz technologies
Quantum Cascade Lasers for THz Heterodyne Sounders	Edmund Linfield	University of Leeds
Instrumentation for 1-5 THz Heterodyne Sounders	Brian Ellison	RAL Space
THz detector & Optics Developments, and Potential for EO Applications	Peter Hargrave	University of Cardiff
Session 5: Technologies for Commercial & Operational EO applications
Satellite Observations for Numerical Weather Prediction: Trends & Challenges	Bill Bell	UK Met Office
Space Imaging Optical Technology Challenges	Mike Cutter	SSTL
Upstream Technologies - The Satellite Applications Catapult view	Chris Brunskill	Satellite Applications Catapult
EO Technology Needs at ESA	Amanda Regan	European Space Agency
Session 6: Miniaturisation and instrument engineering
Engineering Approaches to Miniaturisation	Mat Beardsley	RAL Space
The Advantages of Using Metal Optics in Instrumentation	David Robertson	University of Durham
Progress In Miniaturising the Laser Heterodyne Radiometer	Damien Wiedmann	RAL Space
Miniature Coolers	Tom Bradshaw	RAL Space
Miniaturisation of Space Systems at Surrey	Craig Underwood	University of Surrey
Optimising Optical Component Performance - the Significance of Opto-Mechanical Design	John Oliver	Glyndwr Innovations Ltd
Session 7: Posters presentations
GHOST - GreenHouse Observations of the Stratosphere & Troposphere	Andy Vick	STFC ATC
Wideband spectrometer, Space processor and Space Fibre	Chris Chaloner	StarDundee
Hollow Waveguide Michelson Interferometer	Mike Jenkins	HollowGuide Ltd
Session 8: Detectors
Developments in Visible Image Sensor Technology for Earth Observation	Paul Jerram	e2v
TIR Detectors	Peter Knowles	SELEX
Session 9: Future trends
Laser Inscription for Fabrication of Optical Elements	Robert Thomson	Heriot Watt
Meta-materials for EO Instrumentation	Ortwin Hess	Imperial College
Novel Ultra-Miniature Technology for Earth Observation and Sensing	Jo Coote	Zinir
Double Fourier Interferometry at Thermal Wavelengths	Giorigio Savini	University College London