Exhibitors

Blue Horizon Development Systems

Gedae, Inc. develops and markets Gedae – an easy-to-understand, block-diagram programming tool that simplifies development, reduces time to market, and cuts life-cycle costs. It provides results that rival hand-coded quality but requires dramatically less effort. Gedae is used for signal and data processing, application control, and integration with other systems.

Contact:
William I. Lundgren, President & CEO, Blue Horizon Development Software wlundgren@gedae.com

http://www.gedae.com

Cranfield University RMCS

Royal Military College of Science (RMCS) is where experts from Academia - Cranfield University - and Officers of the British Armed Forces meet to teach Defence Science, Technology and Management. Cranfield University is the academic provider and partner to the Defence Academy, UK.

Cranfield University at the Defence Academy is a cutting edge research establishment with facilities to enable specialised and generic research to be carried out on the latest technology.

The Department of Aerospace, Power & Sensors (DAPS) has as its research focus, military aircraft and guided weapon systems. It carries out fundamental and strategic research in a multi-disciplinary manner in the areas of aerodynamics and propulsion, guidance and control, sensors and data fusion, sensor and communication system design and soft computing and optimisation.

	The Detection of Low Observable Targets
	Heuristic Methods for the Scheduling of Multi-Function Radar Resources
	Optimisation of MPRF Radar Schedules using Evolutionary Algorithms
	Spectrally Efficient Wideband SAR
	Robust Methods of Image Enhancement and Recognition
	Multi-Spectral Techniques for the Detection of Landmines

We would be pleased to discuss these topics during the EM&RS DTC Conference or contact m.b.lewis@rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk

The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)

The IEE is an innovative international organisation for electronics, electrical, manufacturing and IT professionals, with specifically tailored products, services and qualifications to meet the needs of today's technology industry.

The IEE supports knowledge and education that will underpin engineering in the 21st century.

Founded in 1871, the IEE is the largest professional engineering society in Europe and has a worldwide membership of 120,000. These men and women, who have joined together to promote the advancement of electrical, electronic and manufacturing science and engineering, range from students to the most distinguished and highly qualified members of the profession.
The IEE is a Registered Charity No. 211014.

For more information: http://www.iee.org/

Photonix

Photonix provides industry and university researchers, scientists and engineers with processes and tools capable of depositing, removing, patterning and characterizing materials at the micron level and larger. As a user-supported facility, we provide:

	A complete cleanroom infrastructure, including clean air handling, high purity water and nitrogen, and effluent treatment.
	Access to a wide array of process equipment for etching, metal and dielectric thin film deposition, and photolithography.
	Consumable materials, including chemicals, supplies and lab garments.
	Training, from safety and orientation classes, to in-depth process systems.
	Chemical and gas monitoring equipment and safeguards.

The facility also performs contract processing for clients who need quicker turnaround or to resolve logistical barriers. While much of the processing done in the lab is for research and product / process development, there is no restriction placed on commercial work, such as manufacturing.

The Photonix Mission

	To offer a world-leading technology and business resource empowering our customers to become leaders in their market sectors.
	To respect at all times the critical and sensitive nature of development undertaken within our facility.
	To provide a comprehensive fabrication capability keeping pace with the rapid advances in micro- and nano-technology.
	To nurture start-up technology companies in a supporting environment.

Contact:
Dr. Frank Tooley, CEO, Photonix Ltd.
tooley@photonix.org.uk

http://www.photonix.org.uk

SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

The combined talents of everyone aligned with SPIE contribute to new scientific discovery. Collective knowledge provides the base on which the next generation of scientists and engineers can explore the promise of light. For its part, the Society provides more than $700,000 annually in scholarships, grants, and financial support to encourage scientific and technological education and innovation.

SPIE is a not-for-profit society that has become the largest international force for the exchange, collection and dissemination of knowledge in optics, photonics and imaging. Founded in 1955, SPIE is the growing legacy of those who seek to learn, discover and innovate by building a better world with light.

Society Vision
SPIE will serve the international technical community as the premier provider of education, information, and resources covering optics, photonics, and their applications.

	To serve our members and the international engineering and science communities by providing high quality information and educational products and services.
	To create global forums that provide interaction of members of the optics and photonics communities with each other, with those in other technical disciplines, and with their suppliers and customers.
	To organize conferences and educational programs on emerging technologies, capture the information presented there, and rapidly transfer this information to those who need it.

Contact:
Karin Burger, Manager (Europe), SPIE Europe Ltd.
karin@spieeurope.org

http://www.spie.org

Strathclyde University IoP

The Institute of Photonics is a commercially oriented research unit, established in 1995, as part of the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Our key objective is to bridge the gap between academic research and industrial application and development in the area of photonics, through excellence in commercially relevant research and its exploitation.

The Institute’s activities are driven by research excellence, by research leadership and in establishing an international profile. Our objective is to be equally highly regarded by both our academic peer community and by industrial and commercial partners and collaborators.

Our research agenda is influenced both by the latest developments in academic research and by industry requirements. We are equally at home working with academic or industrial partners and have successfully worked companies ranging in size from SMEs to large multi-nationals.

Our research interests span a broad range of photonic source development – semiconductor materials & devices, all-solid-state lasers - and applications – in biophotonics, in the latest developments in optical communications, in materials processing, and a host of other areas. Our research is team based and significant cross-team working leads to a stimulating and productive research environment where ideas and interests cross technical boundaries. Our current teams are:

	All-Solid-State Laser Development, this team specialises in the science, technology and engineering of all-solid-state light sources and works particularly with short-pulse systems for practical applications.
	III-V Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices, this team has a broad range of activity ranging from compound semiconductor material research, device design and device processing, to the development of semiconductor laser and LED sources.
	Gallium Nitride Materials and Devices, specialising in the growth of optoelectronic quality wide bandgap GaN and related alloys and the development of a range of emitters in the green, blue, violet and ultra-violet.
	Applications, concentrating on the suitability of ultra-fast lasers and other light sources for biomedical sensing and imaging and also materials processing.

Contact:
Tim Holt, CEO, University of Strathclyde, Institute of Photonics
tim.holt@strath.ac.uk

http://www.photonics.ac.uk

Sula Systems

Sula Systems Limited is an independent and impartial provider of systems engineering and engineering science solutions to government agencies and international prime contractors. The company is currently active in the Defence, Space and Research sectors.

Sula's expertise ranges from weapon systems to command, control, communications and intelligence systems, from microwave systems to information management systems, from spacecraft mechanisms to radar systems. By developing a close working relationship with our clients we are able to support projects from early phases of concept, through the stages of design and on to final implementation.

Sula Systems has been active in research for the MoD and the European Space Agency since 1997. We specialise in Radar, Guided Weapons and Passive Microwave science and technology. Sula is a science provider to the EMRS DTC and is a member of the MoD Radar and Guided Weapons Towers of Excellence.

For more information please visit our website: www.sula.co.uk

VTT Electronics

VTT is a world renowned R&D service provider based in Finland. About 3000 employees are currently organized into six units, one of which is VTT Electronics.

MicroModule Centre at VTT Electronics is highly specialized in the packaging and hybridization of electronic and photonic systems. This is enabled by excellent 3D design and modelling capabilities, clean room processing and packaging facilities as well as characterization and testing equipment.

Industrial co-operation can be organized as confidential contract research projects or publicly funded consortium projects. Long-term basic research of a strategic nature is funded internally.

More information: http://www.vtt.fi/ele/research