Scotland, United Kingdom
The
University of Aberdeen was founded in 1495, is Scotland's third oldest
University and is the fifth oldest in the UK. Some of the University's successes include four Nobel Prizes.
The University of Aberdeen is an international
university built on serving one of the most dynamic regions of Europe. Aberdeen
is regarded widely as the “oil capital of Europe” and as such has a huge
industrial focus on subsea sensing and engineering. The University of Aberdeen
supports this sector by positioning subsea technologies as one of its strategic
areas of research.
The
University of Aberdeen is in charge for the WP3 (Raising Research Profile) and is involved in
all the work packages of the project.
The
University of Aberdeen has leading role in research in underwater sensor
technology, namely in laser based spectroscopy chemical sensing; in addition,
its experience in the offshore oil industry technology brings relevant know how
for the deep sea challenges.
The Power Systems, Communications and Optics
Research Group seeks to advance fundamental knowledge and promote applications
across the whole spectrum of activities in topics relating to electrical and
electronics.
This spans the development of new semiconductor devices and laser
components for applications such as holographic cameras to techniques for high
power DC transmission, novel circuit design, design of algorithms for sensor
networks with applications ranging from subsea to solar-power video monitoring
of the natural environment, and the engineering of new Internet transport
mechanisms.
Other areas of active research include sensor networks for remote
observation and techniques for subsea communications to support the oil and gas
industry.
The
team has proven expertise and pedigree in subsea sensing,
imaging and measurement. They are world renowned for developing and deploying
successive versions of holographic imaging systems for high resolution
measurements in shallow and deep seas, and laser
induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) systems for subsea chemical sensing.