Emerging Technologies Challenge Workshop

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The UK Space Agency’s Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation held its biennial Emerging Technologies Challenge Workshop on the 21st and 22nd April this year. We covered advances in instruments and measurement techniques for Earth sensing with microwave, radar, lidar, optical and infrared systems, as well as new techniques for gravity sensing.

To view the presentations, please click on the links in the table below.

Session 1: Welcome & Introduction
Introduction	Mick Johnson	CEOI
UKSA Welcome & News	Beth Greenaway	UKSA
Session 2: Detector Technology
How CEOI funded work is supporting DarkCarb	Andrew Haslehurst	SSTL
Latest Detector Developments in IR	Matthew Hicks	Leonardo
Latest Detector Developments in UV/VIS & IR	David Morris	Teledyne e2v
HYMAS-X: Superconducting On-Chip Filterbank Spectrometers for Hyperspectral Microwave Atmospheric Sounding	Chris Thomas	University of Cambridge
Session 3: Advanced Optics & Deployable
Deployable Optics & TIR Imaging	Ian Parry	IOA Cambridge
The STAR-CC-OGSE System for Pre-Flight Sensor Calibration	Sean Devlin	NPL
Deployable Optics Technology at UK ATC	Noah Schwartz	STFC UK ATC
Benefits of Freeform Surfaces for Space Optical Systems	Cyril Bourgenot	CFAI University of Durham
Session 4: New Payloads & Missions
BARODAR: Mission & Radar Instrument Design For Global Surface Air-Pressure Observation	Emal Rumi	RAL Space
TREEVIEW: Precision Forestry to Tackle Climate Change	Kadmiel Maseyk	The Open University
NIMCAM: A Compact Multispectral Instrument for Detection of Fugitive Methane Emissions at High Spatial Resolution	Jerome Woodwark	University of Edinburgh
Spaceborne Global Wind Measurements for Meteorology: A Combined Package of Lidar & Passive Instruments.	David Rees	Paradigm Systems LTD
Geosynchronous SAR Technology - Learning from Hydroterra	Steve Hobbs	Cranfield University
Carbon Nanotube Technologies - Microfabricated Bolometers – Absolute Radiometry	John Lehmann	NIST
Session 5: AI Techniques
Onboard Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies for Earth Observation	Emma Jones	Rhea Group

Session 6: International
ESA Perspectives on EO Technology Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4	Josep Rosello	ESA
Session 7: Challenges
Current Environment Agency Challenges	John Kupiec	Environment Agency
Session 8: Advances in Lidar for EO
Lidar For HAPS - Towards 3D Lidar From Nearspace	Peter Keightley	Qinetiq
Spacebourne Lidar: Current Missions & a Roadmap to Increased Coverage	Steve Hancock	University of Edinburgh
Novel Lidar & Remote Sensing Techniques at Fraunhofer CAP	Gerald Bonner	Fraunhofer CAP
Correlation Wind Lidar with PMT Detector Array and Photon-Counting Test Bead Results	Errico Armandillo	Eventech
Session 9: New & Emerging Techniques
LEGO: Stabilised Lasers for Earth Gravity Observation	Chris Bridges / Peter Nisbet-Jones	University of Surrey / Twin Paradox
Vantablack Coatings For Space Applications - Key Design Considerations	Steve Northam	Surrey Nanosystems
Cold Atom Accelerometry for Atmospheric Density Measurement	Steve Maddox	Teledyne e2v
Development of Advanced Terahertz Optics using Liquid Crystals & Additive Manufacturing	Alexander Valavanis	University of Leeds
Distributed RF Apertures: Challenges &Opportunities from both On-Orbit Technology & PED Standpoint	Claire Morris	DSTL

Any queries regarding the meeting, please email the meeting organiser Rob Scott rob.scott@stfc.ac.uk or Charlotte Moretti cm738@leicester.ac.uk at the University of Leicester.