To embed cement and materials chemistry and enviromental geochemistry expertise in order to develop a range of concrete based by products from ash recovered from municipal waste and biomass plants

To optimise ship operations, maintenance, repairs and logistics through application of advanced data analytics, risk and reliability analysis tools and processes.

The rise of destructive cyber capabilities such as malware poses an increasing threat to the public and private sector in the UK. In the coming years, the National Cyber Security Council anticipates that the proliferation and commercial availability of cyber capabilities will expand the cyber security threat to the UK. In the future, malicious and disruptive cyber tools will be available to a wider range of state and non-state actors and will be deployed with greater frequency and with less predictability. In order to defend against the influx of new malware variants and increasingly sophisticated attacks, it is imperative to develop systematic mechanisms to detect them. We plan to develop a "vaccine" type approach using a controlled environment to understanding the spread of malware. This approach will simulate the complex nature of the data and then develop tools based innovative data analytic methodologies to try to detect the signature of malware attacks. This process will involve extensive interaction with domain experts to validate and refine the techniques. We believe that this process of end user co-creation and engagement could lead to wide deployment.

_Scottish entrepreneurs were amongst the first to establish New Space companies to capitalise on the growth of this emerging market. In less than 15 years, Scotland has established itself as having one of the fastest growing space sectors in the world: with more satellites are produced in Glasgow than any other city in Europe. The University of Strathclyde, in collaboration with Thales UK Ltd proposes an ambitious plan to develop a Reconfigurable Manufacture and Test facility, supported by a digital architecture and disseminated to the supply-chain using a successful Business and Technical support structure, SPACE-BATS_ _The "Stratellite" project facility will demonstrate through a Pilot, Thales based application, the benefits of a Primary Manufacture, Assembly and Test Reconfigurable Pilot Line (RPL) built on a digital backbone for next generation space and photonics products. The project directly addresses the needs of the space sector for flexible, precision manufacturing._ _Alongside the digital and physical RPL, the collaboration will deliver "SPACE-BATS"; a Space based Business and Technical Support package for suppliers to engage with leading researchers in space R&D and Manufacturing._ _SPACE-BATS funds researchers time to engage and develop capability projects, ensuring Glasgow and Scotland's suppliers are leading the way in advanced, cost-effective manufacturing._ _The project delivers a digital and physical facility with funded support for the supply chain to innovate in an industrial sandbox. Successful delivery will be measurable across a pilot demonstrator line in collaboration with Thales. NMIS will work closely, using the following Work Package (WP) structure, with Thales to build a foundation RPL._ * _WP1:CoMET - Combined Manufacturing and Engineering Testing_ * _WP2:CoLab Advanced digital manufacturing tools for Space and Photonics products._ * _WP3:SPACE-BATS - Space based Business And Technology Support for the supply chain_ * _WP4:Advanced manufacturing pilot line: Thales_ * _WP5:World class digital factory of the future for optical systems at Thales, Govan_ _As a leading research University, UoS is uniquely positioned to grow the space sector in Scotland. Specialising in developing emerging, low TRL (TRL 1-3) technologies into industrially relevant processes and products (TRL 3-6). With almost 90% of research produced by the University of Strathclyde rated 'world-leading' or 'internationally-excellent' in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021\. In particular, impact beyond academia, 57% of impact was rated 'outstanding', with 93.2% rated as 'outstanding' or 'very considerable', compared to sector average of 87.2%. It is clear the University of Strathclyde, together with NMIS is a leading research institution in delivering manufacturing impact._

This project will mature sensors that can accurately detect changes in geophysical magnetic fields. These will then be flown on a small unmanned air vehicle. The sensors will detect local variations, or anomalies, in the Earth's magnetic field and compare it to a known "map" of these variances. This is an important enabling step in allowing platform navigation when satellite navigation is not possible or compromised, and is applicable to numerous other types of platforms. The sensors will use optical preparation and interrogation of polarised caesium atoms, housed in a compact mass-produced cell, to detect changes in the quantum state of those atoms caused by changes of the geophysical magnetic field. These sensors also have important applications in maritime defence, national security and low-frequency communications. The project will establish a UK sovereign commercialisation route for these sensors which will are significantly more sensitive than competing classical devices for measurement of geophysical magnetic fields.