Research areas: ARG

The Accelerator Research Group (ARG) conducts research in a variety of areas. Please visit the pages below to learn more.

Neutron production

This research focuses on novel neutron sources and interactions for security screening and medical isotope applications.

Accelerator reliability

Huddersfield hosts the UK’s only International Institute for Accelerator Applications in which the research on new accelerator technology focuses upon societal demands.

Artificial electromagnetic materials

The overarching theme of this research is the physics and development of slow-wave electromagnetic structures, with a specific focus on Effective Electromagnetic Materials (EEMs)

Thorium Power

The University of Huddersfield lead the UK in the development of thorium power through their research on the behaviour of thorium in reactors.

High power targetry

The Huddersfield target group has expanded into the area of target simulations.

Research grants

Information about the research (and other) grants awarded to the ARG

Year	Amount	Researcher	Funding body	Brief description
2016
	€ 5,000	Roger Barlow	IAEA	4th ADSR conference
	£229,336	Roger Barlow and Simon Fletcher	STFC	HL-LHC-UK
	£410,000	Roger Barlow and Simon Fletcher	CERN	HL-LHC-UK
	$80,000	Becky Seviour	AFOSFR	Metamaterials
2015
	£400,000	Jaap van den Berg, Andrew Rossall, Roger Barlow	Innovate UK	RAMP-UP project: Additive Manufacturing for the Aerospace sector
	£21,000	Cristian Bungau	ESS	Monte Carlo simulations of shielding and activation
	£3,500	Sue Kilcoyne	Innovate UK	X-ray flourescence
	$80,000	Becky Seviour	AFOSFR	Metamaterials
2014
	£4,000	Sue Kilcoyne	Arms and Armour
	£40,000	Roger Barlow	EU	Hi Lumi LHC FP7
	£60,000	Becky Seviour	AFOSFR	Metamaterials
2013
	£40,000	Becky Seviour	AFOSFR
	£25,000	Roger Barlow	ESS	Target and background studies
	£151,875	Rob Edgecock	EU	EUcard2 Accelerator FP7
	£29,000	Roger Barlow	ESS	Target and background studies
	£37,499	Becky Seviour	USAF	Cherenkov interactions in metamaterials
2012
	£203,278	Adriana Bungau	STFC	High power targets
	£15,015	Rob Edgecock	STFC	Front End Test Stand
	£26,146	Roger Barlow	Siemens	EM simulations using VORPAL
	£140,000	Sue Kilcoyne	Borg Warner	Properties of alloys
	£37,000	Becky Seviour	STFC	CLASP: neutron source for medical isotopes
2011
	£108,940	Becky Seviour	STFC and Siemens	CASE studentship on neutron production
	£17,270	Rob Edgecock	EU	EU CARD Accelerator FP7
	£39,874	Roger Barlow	STFC	CLASP: Thorium fuels
	£394,681	Roger Barlow	EPSRC	Doctoral Training Centre on Accelerator Applications
2010
	£96,838	Bob Cywinski	EPSRC and Siemens	CASE studentship on medical isotope production

Year	Amount	Researcher	Facility
2013
	£57,456	Sue Kilcoyne	PSI, Zurich
2012
	£95,760	Sue Kilcoyne	ISIS, Harwell
	£95,760	Sue Kilcoyne	ILL, Grenoble
2011
	£38,304	Sue Kilcoyne	ILL, Grenoble
	£76,608	Sue Kilcoyne	PSI, Zurich