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Reborn homewares
Funder: Innovate UK
Duration: May 2023 - April 2024

Development of the use of recycled homeware products using 100% recycled polymer and manufactured in the UK

Plastics in Indonesian Societies (PISCES): Systems Analytics Approach to Reduce Plastic Pollution
Funder: Natural Environment Research Council
Duration: January 2021 - July 2024
AgriFlex: Human-Centred Design for Sustainable Agricultural Plastics
Funder: Innovate UK
Duration: January 2021 - June 2021
FEUD - Field Emission Ultraviolet Device
Funder: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Duration: January 2021 - June 2022
COVID-Secure High Street Work Stores
Funder: Innovate UK
Duration: October 2020 - March 2021
Biofreshpak extension (Subcontract from Nextek)
Funder: Nextek
Duration: March 2020 - July 2020
Novel Ambient Dry Acids (NADA)
Funder: Defence and Security Accelerator
Duration: September 2019 - March 2020
2D-QDs (Two Dimensional QDs): Synthesis and Applications in Electroluminescent diodes, Sensors and Solar Cells
Funder: UK-India Education and Research Initiative
Duration: August 2019 - November 2020

Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration

Enhanced Multiscale Boiling Surfaces (EMBOSS): From Fundamentals to Design
Funder: Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: May 2019 - May 2022
Project Sagitta
Funder: National Crime Agency
Duration: August 2018 - July 2021
Basalt Fibre Reinforced HDPE
Funder: Innovate UK
Duration: November 2017 - October 2018
Laser Processing of Fibre Reinforced Plastic Composites (Studentship)
Funder: National Structural Integrity Research Centre
Duration: October 2017 - September 2020
Biobased packaging for fresh food
Funder: Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council
Duration: September 2017 - August 2019
POLED
Funder: Power OLEDS
Duration: May 2017 - September 2017
Laser Lighting for Algae growth and Water for the World  (LIGHTWAY)
Funder: InnovateUK
Duration: April 2017 - March 2020

High efficiency solid state lighting (SSL), in the form of LEDs, is becoming the main light source for general lighting. Unfortunately LEDs cannot operate at high power without loss of efficiency, a problem which does not affect laser diode light sources. Algae growth and horticulture are areas where maximal efficiency with an optimal light spectrum is critical to achieving the lowest running costs. Laser diodes, correctly heat managed and integrated with spectrum selected, low cost phosphors capable of handling high light intensities, and integrated optics for channelling and spreading the light, offer a means of developing next generation light sources for plant growth. The project will integrate the technology components, including laser diode sources, their power supplies and heat management, new phosphor materials, designs for optical light guides and light spreading including the phosphors and their heat management, along with production techniques and integrate them into systems for submersible, full volume algae growth and area illumination plant horticulture. The prototypes will be installed and monitored in test sites for algae growth for waste water treatment and plant growth in an indoor farm.

Pesticide free global horticulture (via smart light controlling crop cover technology) (PURELIGHT)
Funder: InnovateUK
Duration: April 2017 - March 2020

Whilst the universal adoption of pesticides has provided previously unheard of improvements in crop yields evidence increasingly suggests multifaceted problems linked with long term exposure to these chemicals; issues spanning society, economy, environment & human health. Policy driven commercial pressure is therefore mounting to develop more sustainable solutions for the control of economically important pests & diseases in edible crops. Global agriculture is addressing this problem largely via genetic modification of crops for improved pest resistance but this approach that cannot be easily scaled for the diversity of high-value crops grown by global horticulture (fresh fruit & veg) even if consumers would accept it; which is far from certain. However, the fact that many horticultural crops are grown under protection (primarily plastic crop covers) offers a potential solution. Our unique research shows that crop pests and diseases rely on the presence of very specific wavelengths of sunlight to function, reproduce and spread & the removal of these wavelengths from the growing crop provides levels of control comparable to chemical pesticides. To bring this technology to the global horticultural industry we first need to develop a cost effective, highly stable and wavelength specific light absorber capable of being integrated into current crop cover manufacturing processes which does not currently exist. This project seeks to develop and test such an absorber with the aim of revolutionising pest control in global horticulture and building lucrative markets for our absorber product in the global crop cover industry.

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WAGS-Water & Gas Shift
Funder: NewCatCo
Duration: December 2016 - January 2017
Analysis of Outer Lacquer on Signalling Wire Insulation
Funder: Transport for London
Duration: November 2016 - October 2017
Bridge Funding - Jean Charles Eloi
Funder: P8E LTD
Duration: September 2016 - November 2016
Small World
Funder: National Crime Agency
Duration: September 2016 - March 2017
Plastic Packaging Recycling using Intelligent Separation Technologies for Materials (Prism)
Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Duration: September 2015 - August 2017
M_MovAiD
Funder: European Commission
Duration: September 2015 - August 2018
M_POLED II-M
Funder: Power OLEDS
Duration: May 2015 - December 2015
M_Design of Novel All Organic Complementary Circuits For Wearable Electronics
Funder: European Space Agency
Duration: March 2015 - March 2018
M_FLEXOLIGHTING
Funder: European Commission
Duration: January 2015 - December 2017
Laser Lighting
Funder: Impact Accelerator Account
Duration: October 2014 - December 2014

Project to develop novel applications for laser powered lighting

M_Nanoengineered IR coatings - Option3
Funder: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
Duration: October 2014 - January 2016
M_Commonwealth Academic: Staff Fellowship Programme (Dr Indrani Banerjee)
Funder: Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom
Duration: September 2014 - November 2014
M_Phosphors for Displays
Funder: mLED Ltd
Duration: August 2014 - July 2015
Printable Organic Nanoelectronics for Memory, Sensors and Display
Funder: European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, USA
Duration: March 2014 - March 2018

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