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The AIIAP Supporters
COORDINATING INSTITUTIONS |
ASTRON = Stichting ASTRonomisch Onderzoek in Nederland
( The Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy )
ASTRON enables discovery in astronomy by providing front-line observing capabilities for Dutch and international
astronomers across a broad range of frequencies and techniques. ASTRON operates front line observing facilities,
including especially the Westerbork Radio Synthesis Telescope, one of the largest radio telescopes in the world,
and ASTRON offers a strong technology development program, encompassing both innovative instrumentation for
existing telescopes and the new technologies needed for future facilities. ASTRON together with Groningen University
will be operating the LOFAR array, a revolutionary new and unique multi-element, interferometric, imaging telescope
designed for the 10-240 MHz frequency range. Together with two other partners, ASTRON runs two major optical
telescopes at La Palma observatory, as well as the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) in Hawaii, for observations
at sub millimeter wavelengths. ASTRON has contributed to the construction of different instruments for the European
Southern Observatory (ESO) Very Large Telescopes, four 8-m telescopes located in the Atacama Desert in Chile. ASTRON
is the host institute for the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE), which operates the MkIV VLBI Data Processor
(correlator). In summary, ASTRON is a major player in the international astronomy arena.
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European Space Agency - Research and Scientific Support Department |
European Southern Observatory
The European Southern Observatory is an intergovernmental, European organisation for astronomical research. It
has thirteen member countries. ESO operates astronomical observatories in Chile and has its headquarters in
Garching, near Munich, Germany.
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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH - Institut für Kernphysik (IKP)e
The IKP of the Forschungszentrum Jülich is one of the world-leading large-scale facilities for particle
physics and medium-energy physics. The facility houses unique experimental tools, like the CoolerSynchrotron
COSY, which is equipped with highly advanced experimental instrumentation. The Forschungszentrum is leading
in the development of particle-accelerator technology and particle-beam guiding systems, the design and
development of detector systems and the development of detector systems and data-acquisition electronics. |
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute |
Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut
The KVI is a leading Dutch institute in the fields of fundamental and applied subatomic and atomic
physics. Central in the institute is the superconducting cyclotron AGOR. The KVI is situated on the
campus of the University of Groningen. The KVI actively stimulates and participates in
interdisciplinary fields of research, both within and outside the KVI, as well as undertakes
application-oriented research together with industries, businesses and the public sector. KVI is a
user facility for the international scientific community. Being part of a European collaboration of
nuclear-physics institutes, KVI receives EU money for trans-national access of users of the AGOR-accelerator
facility. KVI plays a central role in scientific education. The institute serves as an expert centre for
the society, government and industry. The KVI plays a leading role in the international research school
FANTOM, with partner institutes in Belgium, France, Germany and Sweden. KVI is active in outreach activities
aimed at raising the awareness of the general public and particularly high-school students of its research.
KVI is aware of its important role in a regional, national and international context, which is put into
practice by regularly opening its doors to the public, inviting groups to the institute and participating
in several outreach and high-school projects. |
The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR)
The MPIfR is among the leading European research institutes dealing with radio- and infrared Astronomy. Its technological
efforts cover the whole spectrum from radio-, over (sub) millimeter-, to infrared wavelengths. The institute is heavily
involved in a number of big international projects, such as the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX - a sub millimeter
telescope in the Chilean Atacama desert), the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), the Effelsberg 100-meter radio
telescope, the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) concept and the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) in Chile. The
MPIfR has a long-standing tradition in Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), including radio antennas in space. |
Osaka University
Osaka University has supplied Japanese society with a great number of women and men of high talent.
It is also well known and admired in the international community for its outstanding achievements in
various scientific research fields. Having celebrated the seventieth anniversary of its foundation in
May 2001, the university is enlisting all of its talent to take a bold leap forward. Our goal is to
become a “university of world caliber” by advancing the university’s decade-old motto “Live Locally,
Grow Globally”. Students from 69 countries are currently studying at Osaka University. They represent
nations in Asia, North America and Europe. We are also encouraging the dispatch of Japanese students
from the university to overseas colleges and universities in order to further foster talented students
with a global perspective.
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Shell International Exploration and Production Inc.
As a diversified global energy company, with a long-standing tradition in forefront R&D, Shell foresees
a distinctive potential and opportunity in participating the AIIAP consortium from the perspective of
technological advancements applicable to hydrocarbon exploration as well as the sustainability of
education highly-qualified professionals to meet Shell's future technological and business challenges.
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SRON - Netherlands Institute for Space Research
SRON is the national center of expertise for the development and exploitation of satellite instruments for
astrophysical and earth-oriented research. The institute acts as the Dutch national agency for space research
and as the national point of contact for scientific ESA programs. The main activities of SRON are the
development and exploitation of satellite instruments, of which the low energy astrophysics branch (infrared
and sub millimeter) is hosted by the University of Groningen. In the IR/submm programme the operations of the
IRAS and ISO missions and the world-leading position in heterodyne research led to the Principal Investigator
(PI)-status for the HIFI instrument on the ESA Herschel cornerstone mission to be launched in 2008.
The SRON/Groningen R&D is directed towards next generation heterodyne instrumentation for future missions in
astrophysics, which includes the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), the most important telescope for the
next decade. |
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