A group of scientists working on the development of cutting-edge sensor systems will put out a call for applicants for thousands of pounds of funding for research in subsea sensing today.
Exhibiting at the Subsea 2012 conference in Aberdeen, the Scottish Sensor Systems Centre (S3C), a group of academics from the universities of Aberdeen and Dundee and the Robert Gordon University, want more industry and public sector bodies to work with them.
Richard Neilson, from Aberdeen University’s School of Engineering, leads the S3C’s subsea work.
He said: “Funding support of £5-£20,000 is available for up to seven individual projects, which would involve experts from the SC3 working together with the applicants on either a concept for a sensor system, a prototype or investigative work feasibility studies.
“The S3C is a unique national initiative which brings together Scotland’s leading academics in the field of sensor technology to work together on new solutions which could transform the future of the subsea sector.”
The group has been working together since last summer. Funded by the Scottish Funding Council, S3C brings together academic research, industry and the public sector to work on new sensors for the subsea, marine and aquaculture sectors.