Instrumentation and Measurements
- Reference number
- A3 97:44
- Start and end dates
- 980101-061231
- Amount granted
- 51 999 999 SEK
- Administrative organization
- Uppsala University
- Research area
- Information, Communication and Systems Technology
Summary
Research programme and graduate school with a focus on advanced instrumentation and measurement of relevance to Swedish industry. The programme is included in the Centre for Astronomy and Physics, where astrophysicists, space physicists and radiation physicists work together in researching the microcosmos and the macrocosmos. Also included in the area is the development of detectors and large-scale measurement systems, measurement methods, signal processing, data capturing, modelling and simulation. Ur slutrapport juni 2007: A principal target of the graduate research programme AIM (Advanced Instrumentation& Measurement) at Uppsala University has been to provide opportunities to educate advanced industrial researchers for Swedish high-tech industries. During the programme period, 1998-2007, the seven original research groups have moved into the new Ångström Laboratory, entering various department configurations and reorganizations. AIM has, since 2003, initiated a new PhD subject “Engineering Physics with Specialisation in Advanced Instrumentation and Measurements” with an adjunct professor from the National Metrology Institute at SP. 27 PhD exams and 4 have lic exams have passed in the new area and 7 PhD exams are scheduled for coming years. Some 40 subprojects have been defined in the project areas: Space applications Accelerators Energy Medical techniques Environment and safety Information technology, bioinformatics All AIM graduates have subsequently obtained employment, about 80% in Swedish industry and other non-academic institutions. For the future, as well as fulfilling existing research educational obligations, plans are being formulated to continue research in the area of advanced instrumentation and measurement, both in Uppsala and nationally as well as in the context of European and international Metrology Research Programmes in sectors such as health and nanotechnology.