Technology and Data
In our work developing and utilising technology and data, we are discovering new and exciting systems for making use of, accessing and utilising space and extreme environments.
A particular area of interest for our researchers and key partners is the growing use of satellite applications and data in addressing many of society’s concerns and challenges. We have a growing network of exciting partnerships with key industrial partners in the space industry, including with launch facilities, space engineering firms, and technology and software developers. We continue to leverage these links in order to bring together cutting edge academic research with leading space tech innovators and trend-setters, in order to expand space’s potential to improve our lives on earth. Such remote sensing technology, as deployed in space and the atmosphere closer to earth, continues to help in all aspects of life, such as monitoring pollution, recording changes in the environment, monitoring biodiversity, regulating and observing human activities, improving telecommunication and transportation, identifying and protecting cultural and natural assets, and so much more yet to be developed.
In addition to aerospace engineering and satellites more broadly, we are also interested in other technology that is being increasingly used to access and make use of extreme environments. In particular, artificial intelligence and automated systems, such as robotics, have been expanding relentlessly in significance in the space and extreme environment sector, with much more research on their potential and the challenges they present being needed. We are also interested in new materials and engineering designs which are enhancing our ability with every day to reach into and utilise extreme environments.
Our research is also interested in the wider factors that interact with technology development in space and extreme environments. For example, examining the shifting governance landscape of such endeavours and the growing role of private actors and NGOs in this space, as well as exploring the role of subsidies, regulation, private investment and other political, social and economic factors that are playing a role in shaping our increasing advancement in space and extreme environments.