Department of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics

Projects

Projects per year 2000 2008 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2026

• 23 Not started
• 34 Active
• 337 Finished

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• Active

  Policy Challenges for Future Heat Waves over UK in the midst of Climate change

  Tiwari, P. R.

  3/01/23 → 31/07/23

  Project: Research

  • heat wave 100%
  • policy 52%
  • climate change 50%

• Particle detectors for deployment from stratospheric balloons

  Stopford, C. & Stanley, W.

  1/01/23 → …

  Project: Research

• MODU2: Microfluidic Optical Detection Unit 2.0

  Johnston, I., Kaye, R. & Munro, I.

  7/11/22 → …

  Project: Research

  • fluorescence 100%

• 31 March 2023: Identification, selection, characterization and optimisation of antimicrobial proteins from food insects and indigenous chickens’ skin and feathers as ingredients for food and industrial applications

  Ren, G., Timms, A., Fitt, B., Stair, J., Oloo, B., Nduko, J., Ogendo, J. & Mungai, N.

  1/10/22 → …

  Project: Research

  • chicken skin 100%
  • antimicrobial proteins 96%
  • industrial applications 68%
  • feathers 66%
  • ingredients 53%

• FOCI-Non-CO2 Forcers and their Climate, Weather, Air Quality and Health Impacts

  Tiwari, P. R. & Sokhi, R.

  1/10/22 → 30/09/26

  Project: Research

  • Weather 100%
  • Air Pollution 93%
  • Climate 92%
  • Health 39%

• Digital Microfluidic Lab-on-a-chip for multiplex detection of biomarkers in exhaled breath

  Coudron, L., Urbano, L. & Johnston, I.

  1/09/22 → 30/09/26

  Project: Research

• Solar Selective Absorption Characteristics of High-Temperature Multi-Component Particle

  Wu, H., McCluskey, D. & Chrysanthou, A.

  31/03/22 → …

  Project: Research

  • Environmental technology 100%
  • Solar energy 68%
  • Sustainable development 67%
  • Gases 43%
  • Temperature 30%

• Star formation in galaxies from the Epoch of Reionisation to the present day with JWST

  Coppin, K. & Curtis Lake, E.

  1/11/21 → 31/10/26

  Project: Research

  • James Webb Space Telescope 100%
  • star formation 85%
  • galaxies 85%
  • time measurement 59%
  • universe 58%

• Birth of Elements

  Kobayashi, C.

  1/10/21 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• DIVISIUM - Chip Development

  Dimov, N., Johnston, I., Tan, C. & Kaye, R.

  1/10/21 → …

  Project: Research

  • Microfluidics 100%
  • 3D printers 92%
  • Fluids 60%

• Cloud busting with JWST

  Burningham, B.

  1/10/21 → 30/09/26

  Project: Research

  • James Webb Space Telescope 100%
  • extrasolar planets 66%
  • atmospheric composition 23%
  • atmospheres 21%
  • remote sensing 16%

• Antiviral-QAuCuNPs: Creation of gold nanocluster modified copper nanoparticles in colloids to enhance their antiviral performance against coronaviruses including COVID-19

  Ren, G., Ryan, S., Gorog, D., Stair, J. & Timms, A.

  3/05/21 → 2/05/23

  Project: Research

  • Gold Nanoclusters 100%
  • Nanoclusters 77%
  • Colloids 64%
  • Viruses 52%
  • nanoclusters 49%

• Under the lens: Deciphering the star-formation physics in the early Universe

  Forbrich, J. & Rybak , M.

  1/05/21 → 30/04/24

  Project: Research

  • galaxies 100%
  • universe 92%
  • star formation 84%
  • lenses 67%
  • physics 57%

• STFC Hertfordshire 2020 DTP

  Coppin, K.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/24

  Project: Other

• Prospective evaluation of urinary biomarker panel for early detection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma in 'at-risk' populations (UroPanc study)

  Blyuss, O.

  Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund

  1/09/20 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research

  • adenocarcinoma 100%
  • at-risk population 95%
  • biomarkers 76%

• NeuroNex: From Odor to Action: Discovering Principles of Olfactory-Guided Natural Behavior

  Schmuker, M.

  14/08/20 → 13/08/23

  Project: Research

  • Odors 100%
  • Brain 59%
  • odors 53%
  • Animals 34%
  • metal oxides 34%

• HBP SGA3: Human Brain Project Specific Grant Agreement 3

  Schmuker, M.

  1/04/20 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Olfactory Bulb 100%
  • Odorants 93%
  • Odorant Receptors 26%
  • Sensory Receptor Cells 10%
  • Datasets 7%

• IMPROVING CIRRUS ESTIMATES OF RADIATIVE FORCING: BACKSCATTERING FOR MODELS AND OBSERVATIONS (ICE-RF)

  Hesse, E. & Baran, A.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• EMERGE: Evaluation, control and Mitigation of the EnviRonmental impacts of shippinG Emissions

  Tiwari, P. R. & Sokhi, R.

  1/10/19 → 29/09/23

  Project: Research

  • shipping 100%
  • European Commission 86%
  • environmental impact 84%
  • evaluation 41%

• STFC Hertfordshire 2019 DTP

  Thompson, M.

  1/10/19 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• LSST:UK Phase B submission - Herts component

  Kaviraj, S. & Geach, J.

  1/07/19 → 31/03/23

  Project: Other

  • dwarf galaxies 100%
  • merger 61%
  • stripping 49%
  • galaxies 47%
  • stellar mass 46%

• PATT Observing Support at the University of Hertfordshire 2017-2019

  Hardcastle, M.

  1/10/17 → …

  Project: Research

  • students 100%
  • astrophysics 86%
  • extrasolar planets 54%
  • travel 49%
  • proposals 46%

• HBP: Human Brain Project

  Schmuker, M.

  1/09/16 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Brain 100%
  • Medical informatics 18%
  • European Union 14%
  • Medicine 13%
  • Teaching 11%

• BRIDGCE: UK Network for Bridging Disciplines of Galactic Chemical Evolution (BRIDGCE)

  Rauscher, T.

  1/01/14 → …

  Project: Other

  • stellar evolution 100%
  • nuclear reactions 85%
  • chemical elements 83%
  • galactic evolution 72%
  • stars 71%

• SWIFT study of ‘green peas’ (Kaviraj and Ryan Houghton, Oxford)

  Kaviraj, S.

  1/11/13 → …

  Project: Other

  • galaxies 100%
  • star formation 84%
  • stars 62%
  • spectrographs 44%
  • universe 37%

• IRAM survey of nearby galaxies with prominent dust lanes (PI: Kaviraj)

  Kaviraj, S.

  1/01/13 → …

  Project: Other

  • dust 100%
  • galaxies 87%
  • gases 46%
  • Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer 41%
  • molecular gases 33%

• Key drivers of galaxy evolution in the early Universe

  Kaviraj, S.

  1/10/12 → …

  Project: Other

  • universe 100%
  • galaxies 67%
  • spheroids 36%
  • star formation 28%
  • probes 18%

• HE STEM Science Communication

  Rogel-Salazar, J.

  2/01/12 → …

  Project: Other

  • communication 100%
  • science 85%
  • project 68%

• HE STEM Industrial Advisory Board

  Rogel-Salazar, J.

  2/01/12 → …

  Project: Other

• S2CLS: JCMT SCUBA-2 Cosmology Legacy Survey

  Geach, J.

  1/11/11 → …

  Project: Other

• STRI Research Enrichment Grant

  Rogel-Salazar, J.

  1/07/11 → …

  Project: Other

• Hubble Space Telescope survey of local minor mergers (PI: Kaviraj)

  Kaviraj, S.

  1/07/11 → …

  Project: Other

  • galaxies 100%
  • star clusters 79%
  • Hubble Space Telescope 72%
  • stellar mass 71%
  • star formation 63%

• HE STEM Industrial Group Projects

  Rogel-Salazar, J.

  3/01/11 → …

  Project: Other

• nTOF: Neutron time-of-flight facility at CERN (nTOF)

  Rauscher, T.

  31/03/01 → …

  Project: Other

  • Neutrons 100%
  • Astrophysics 67%
• Not started

  CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM

  Sokhi, R.

  Project: Research

  • Sensor 100%
  • Monitoring 60%
  • Air 48%
  • Procurement 28%
  • Documentation 28%

• UK SRC Bridging work (Hertfordshire)

  Hardcastle, M.

  UKRI - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  Project: Research

• Mechanical Testing and Analysis of a Novel 3D Printing Resin Formulation for Medical and Microfluidics Applications

  Johnston, I., Dimov, N. & Kaye, R.

  Hertfordshire Science Partnership (HSP)

  Project: Research

  • Mechanical testing 100%
  • Microfluidics 87%
  • 3D printers 81%
  • Resins 74%
  • Medical applications 69%

• EMERGE: Evaluation, control and Mitigation of the EnviRonmental impacts of shipping

  Sokhi, R.

  Project: Research

  • shipping 100%
  • environmental impact 48%
  • mitigation 47%
  • strait 28%
  • evaluation 26%

• Direct, in field detection and analysis of Botrytis spores

  Coudron, L. & Munro, I.

  Project: Research

  • fungicide 100%
  • spore 78%
  • detection 46%
  • integrated pest management 41%
  • disease control 34%

• LUCF: LOFAR-UK Compute Facility 2021-2024

  Hardcastle, M.

  Project: Research

  • LOFAR 100%
  • radio 35%
  • sky 30%
  • detection 28%
  • northern sky 24%

• The Noise Handling Properties of the Talbot Algorithm for Numerically Inverting the Laplace

  Defreitas, C. & Kane, S.

  Project: Other

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• Geometric structures and twisted supersymmetry

  Strickland-Constable, C.

  Project: Research

• SKA Regional Centre development

  Hardcastle, M.

  Project: Research

  • call center 100%

• BAKLAVA: British and Korean Lidars for Atlid Validation

  Tesche, M., Mueller, D., Tatarov, B., Shin, S. & Noh, Y.

  Project: Research

  • Lidar 100%

• ClearSky: cloud-free monitoring of UK agriculture

  Geach, J.

  Project: Research

• UK involvement in LSST: Phase C (Hertfordshire component)

  Kaviraj, S.

  Project: Research

• Project Breadcrumbs

  Chilcott, R. & Johnston, I.

  Project: Research

  • Evaluation 100%

• XENI: X-ray-excited nanoparticle imaging - a new hybrid modality for deep, in-vivo imaging in preclinical research

  Ryan, S.

  Project: Research

  • image analysis 100%
  • nanoparticles 88%
  • X-radiation 79%

• Quality analysis of tablets for veterinary use

  Liu, F., Stair, J., Scott, M. & Baker, D.

  Project: Research

  • packaging 100%
  • assays 61%
  • sampling 40%

• National Core Study: Covid Transmission - Bioaerosol Instrumentation Design

  Murnane, D., Dimov, N. & Johnston, I.

  Project: Research

  • Specifications 100%
  • Aerosols 93%
  • Microorganisms 92%
  • Fluid dynamics 81%