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16 May 2017
Call: Free Silicon Photonics Fabrication for UK Institutions
Related Links:
• CORNERSTONE 2nd Call Design Rules
• Silicon Photonics Group website
As part of the EPSRC-funded CORNERSTONE project, research institutions are invited to submit mask designs to the forthcoming Silicon Photonics Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) run.This service is offered free of charge to UK institutions, but non-UK submissions are also welcomed for a small charge: please contact cornerstone@soton.ac.uk for pricing details....
07 April 2017
£250K funding awarded to support innovative UK photonics manufacturing research
Related Links:
• Future Photonics Hub website
The Future Photonics Hub has announced funding for four new research projects that seek to develop next-generation photonics technologies with manufacturing and ease of integration at their core. £250K from the Future Photonics Hub Innovation Fund, supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (ESPRC), has been awarded to research projects led by four UK universities. The four...
04 April 2017
Silicon Photonics Group researchers scoop second and third prize in the EPSRC Photography Competition
Yin and Yang by Dr Milos Nedeljkovic, 2nd place, Equipment and Facilities category
Related Links:
• Yin and Yang by Dr Milos Nedeljkovic, 2nd place image
• Spiralling light by Mr Wei Cao, 3rd place image
• Silicon Photonics Group website
• Zepler Institute Cleanroom Complex
Researchers from the Optoelectronics Research Centre’s Silicon Photonics Group have won second and third...
24 March 2017
Nano memory research highlighted at national science facility
Diamond Light Source is the UK’s national synchrotron facility
Copyright: Diamond Light Source
Related Links:
• View the Diamond Light Source case study
Ground-breaking research exploring X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) techniques for memory applications has been made a showcase study one of the UK’s leading science facilities.Researchers from the University of Southampton and University...
21 March 2017
Major funding boost for research into wearable sensors
Professor Steve Beeby
The future of wearable technology and its potential to integrate with networked systems within smart cities is the focus of a major funding award received by the University of Southampton.Thanks to a prestigious Platform Grant of just over £1.4M from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Professor Steve Beeby and his colleagues in Electronics and Computer Science will continue to investigate Wearable and Autonomous Computing for Future Smart Cities....
17 March 2017
Voice of the Future - ORC scientist pitches questions to top politicians and policy makers
Voice of the Future event in Westminster this week
Related Links:
• Voice of the Future on Parliamentary TV
• Voice of the Future
Dr Katrina Morgan, a research fellow from the University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Centre, took to Portcullis House this week to question the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation on how the UK science policies will facilitate the...

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