Connecting compound semiconductor expertise in south Wales (Welsh) @UKResearchandInnovation

UKRI Stories | Connecting compound semiconductor expertise in south Wales (Welsh) @UKResearchandInnovation | Uploaded September 2021 | Updated October 2024, 21 minutes ago.
The CSConnected compound semiconductor cluster in south Wales is building on the area’s strengths in advanced semiconductor #materials and #manufacturing, and local #research and #innovation expertise including #Cardiff and #Swansea Universities.

It will give the UK a global advantage in #semiconductor technology and help the #SouthWales compound semiconductor industry to create 3,000 #jobs by 2025, increase its direct contribution to the local #economy to £265 million per year and improve #skills among local people.

And it’s supported by £25 million from our #StrengthInPlaces Fund plus input from other parts of the UKRI family including the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council #EPSRC, Innovate UK’s Compound Semiconductor Applications #Catapult and Research England’s UK Research Partnership Investment Fund #UKRPIF. #InvestingForImpact
More on the project: ukri.org/our-work/our-main-funds/strength-in-places-fund
See our full Strength In Places playlist here youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkjB0VcEl5P8MX-qUXaA8qV8p5kKEuUVu

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$The man who makes lightning strike - 101 Jobs That Change the World (Ep 19) He might not be a Norse god - but Chris Stone does have the power to make lightning. Watch his equipment in action https://www.instagram.com/reel/CUIbTrAgyPz/ Making aircraft from composite metals is an important step to saving fuel and weight - making flying more environmentally friendly. But the composite materials are more vulnerable to lightning strikes that older aluminium airplanes, which means they need specially-designed panels to protect them from storms. Those panels need testing before they go up in the air, which is where Chris and his team come in. Chris is a Laboratory Manager at the Advanced High Voltage Engineering Research Centre at Cardiff University. He operates equipment capable of delivering thousands of volts in a fraction of a second - in other words, artificial lightning. This is used to simulate how different materials stand up to being struck by lightning. Chris and his team advise companies on how well their panels performed in their test rig, and potential ways to improve resistance to lightning damage. Its not just aircraft, though - Chris has also assisted in research on lightning strikes on trees in tropical rainforests, and regularly helps students with their projects. Were quite open as a test facility, says Chris. People could come to us and well probably take on stuff that other labs wouldnt because were not really profit-making. If itll fit in our rig and we deem it interesting enough to test, well test it. See more world-changing jobs like these on our playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkjB0VcEl5P9yPj9tljiU1PMhadR7iU1C Welcome to 101 Jobs That Change The World - our campaign to highlight some of the many roles that contribute to success of the research and innovation system. In these videos you’ll meet the people who work – often behind the scenes – in a wide variety of fulfilling and interesting roles beyond the traditional image of a researcher or innovator. Our 101 Jobs profiles offer a glimpse into the lives of the varied people who are working across the research and innovation system, some in remote or unusual locations. Their jobs are essential to the creative, dynamic research and innovation system we need to tackle huge challenges like Covid-19, climate change, how we’ll live and work in the future – and they really do change the world. We are UK Research and Innovation, the body that allocates government funds for research. If youre a UK tax payer, your contributions help fund the work we showcase on our channel. And if you liked this video, follow us on these channels: Medium: https://medium.com/@UKRI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weareukri/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weareUKRI YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/UKResearchandInnovation Or sign up for our weekly newsletter https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKRI/subscriber/new?topic_id=UKRI_newsletter #CareersInEngineering #ItTakesUsAll #ChangeTheWorld #CoolJobs$

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