Coordinate - to arrange, to organise, to integrate harmoniously.

In today's rapidly developing electronics technologies, there is a need for a multidisciplinary approach to the solution of major challenges. Our role as coordinators of networks of excellence is to facilitate and encourage the interaction of disparate expertise in a variety of technical fields in both industrial and academic environments and thus promote the development of new synergies that will bring about efficient solutions to ever more complex problems. 

We currently coordinate SETNET, the Semiconductor Test Network and EEENET, the Electronics for Extreme Environments Network. 

In this role we develop and maintain the network websites, develop resources for the network members, organise meeting and conferences, and provide a centre for network management and points of contact.

In addition to these activities, we are currently organising a major 3 day postgraduate research conference, PREP 2004 which includes electronics, photonics, computing science and communications & networks. The conference takes place at Lancaster University between 30 March and 1st  April 2005. There are 250 free places for post graduate students. We also organised PREP 2003 and PREP 2004.

We are also involved in major interdisciplinary research and development programmes.