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Below is a list of key partnerships and projects that the Vodera is involved in. Simply click on the links for additional information.

BAE Systems is a global company engaged in the development, delivery and support of advanced defence and aerospace systems in the air, on land and at sea. Vodera in collaboration with iNavSystems Ltd and the National Physical Laboratory delivered a study on 'Current and Future technologies to Determine the Location and Orientation of Remote Sensors'. The study was commissioned by BAE Systems' Advanced Technology Centre (ATC) whose role is identify and develop technologies, systems, concepts and processes that will maintain the company's leading position and enable future growth.

Biotronics3D develops and markets innovative software technologies to improve healthcare by better extracting diagnostic data and transforming it into usable information available at the point-of-care. Vodera has formed a Strategic Alliance with Biotronics3D to lead the function of strategic research partnerships. This is a mechanism to connect Biotronics3D with leading external experts by identifying and implementing pre-competitive consortia for research collaborations, student training programmes, licensing options and leveraging the company's non-monetary assets (e.g., software platforms, clinical data sets).

Corallia, the Hellenic Technology Clusters Initiative, is a public-private partnership, aiming at boosting competitiveness, entrepreneurship and innovation, in knowledge-intensive and exports-oriented technology segments, where Greece has the capacity to build a sustainable innovation ecosystem and can attain a worldwide competitive advantage. A member of Vodera team has provided strategic input on the selection of new ventures and projects for funding in the field of microelectronics and embedded systems.

The European Commission is the driving force and executive body of the European Union. The Information Society and Media Directorate General supports innovation and competitiveness in Europe through excellence in Information and Communication Technologies research and development. Vodera team members have participated in various consultation workshops, briefing sessions and project reviews in areas such embedded systems, einclusion, ehealth and future Internet.

This project investigated 'Human Vulnerabilities in Network Security' by focusing upon ways of reducing the potential for human behaviours that play a role in breaches of cyber security and was commissioned by the Cybersecurity KTN. Vodera led the consortium that comprised the Midlands Centre for Criminology & Criminal Justice, and the Ergonomics & Safety Research Institute, both of Loughborough University. The study investigated types of human error and the various forms of cyber security breaches relating to human error. Three scenarios are analysed and modelled using the 25 techniques of situational crime prevention, a cornerstone of the fields of security and crime prevention. These are a) fraudulent 'social engineering' whereby confidence tricksters gain access to critical security information, b) phishing attacks in e-commerce, and c) 'accidental' data disclosure by employees.

This study was performed by Vodera and Zartech for the Sensors & Instrumentation KTN and discusses the state of the art in energy harvesting technologies and also critically questions its applicability in real situations of interest to industry. The main focus of the study is on examining barriers to practical adoption and therefore on a set of key questions or issues that the potential user community have posed. The results were disseminated at conference at the IET and a number of consultation meetings to several funding agencies in the UK and Europe.

The Energy Harvesting Network is an EPSRC funded network of UK academic and industrial researchers and end-users of energy harvesting (EH) technology. Specifically, the primary objectives of the Network are to: a) Define new challenges in EH research and address them through new multidisciplinary teams. b) Facilitate the interaction and mobility of EH researchers; and c) Ensure wide dissemination of the advances in the science and the developments of the technology. The Energy Harvesting Network is managed by the University of Southampton with support from Zartech and Vodera.

FeedNetback is an FP7 project aiming at deriving and applying a co-design framework for networked control systems that integrates communication, control, computation and energy management. To demonstrate and evaluate this framework, the project will apply it to two industrial case studies: from systems with relatively few, highly mobile nodes, communicating over limited bandwidth and unreliable links (autonomous underwater vehicles); to systems with large numbers of static nodes, with high bandwidth but also strict latency requirements (distributed smart camera surveillance systems). Vodera leads the workpackage on Dissemination, New Applications and Exploitation.

TUV NEL is a world leading provider of research, consulting test and programme management services. TUV NEL enjoys an international reputation in key technologies such as process engineering, flow measurement, pipeline fluid management systems and thermal engineering. They also boast some of the most modern and sophisticated test, analysis and experimental facilities in the world. Vodera has assisted TUV NEL with assessment of research proposals for various R&D funding competitions.

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the United Kingdom's national measurement institute. It is an internationally respected and independent centre of excellence in research, development and knowledge transfer, focussed on measurement and materials science. NPL's measurement research and innovation play a key role in supporting the competitiveness of UK companies. Vodera has delivered several projects for NPL including the recently completed Measurement & Standards for Emerging Technologies Forum.

QinetiQ is one of the world's leading defence technology and security companies. It gives customers access to the output of 50 years of national investment at the forefront of technology. Today, the Group has grown to offer its global customer base technology rich services and solutions, from an expanding base of leading capabilities in both Europe and North America. Vodera delivered a study entitled 'Quantum Enhanced Measurements' as part of the Quantum Technology Action Plan (Q-TAP).

RAPPORT is an FP7 Project with three main aims: i) To develop a reference guide of good practices including benchmarks for strengthening the knowledge exchange and knowledge transfer between research organizations and SMEs; ii) To develop a blueprint paper on new emerging forms of SMEs support for research with the involvement of large corporations in a context where open innovation and public-private partnerships have increasingly gained importance; and iii) To engage policy-makers and other relevant stakeholders into a dialogue and ensure the 'translation' of the reference guide and the blueprint paper into a roadmap for embedding the more suitable practices and policies into the European Research Area and policy making. The project is co-ordinated by CENTRIM at the University of Brighton and Vodera leads the work package "Reference Paper, Blueprint Paper and Roadmap Development" with the responsibility of formulating the main outputs of the project.

The Sensors & Instrumentation KTN is the UK's largest network in sensors, instrumentation, measurement and detection technologies. It represent the entire sensing supply chain for industry including research institutions, SMEs, large end user organisations and government departments. It helps developers of novel sensor technologies prepare innovations for market, raise their profile and meet important customers. Vodera emphasis has been on all activities related to wireless sensing and helped member organisations form consortia and secure funding to undertake projects with value in excess of 15 million GBP over four years.

The Technology Strategy Board is an executive non-departmental public body, with a mission to stimulate technology-enabled innovation in the areas which offer the greatest scope for boosting UK growth and productivity. The Technology Strategy Board promotes, supports and invests in technology research, development and commercialisation. Vodera has provided strategic input on the selection of topics for funding under the Technology Programme and carried out competition assessments.