University of Surrey, UK
The University of Surrey (USUR) was established in 1966 by royal charter. It is a global university with a worldclass research profile and an enterprising spirit. In 2002 it won Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher & Further Education for its internationally renowned research and development on optoelectronic devices and ion beam applications. The Advanced Technology Institute (ATI), as part of the university, houses some 160 multidisciplinary researchers and many of the major facilities for production of carbon nanotechnology and the fabrication and characterization of electronic devices, including an ion beam centre, a microfabrication clean-room, a nanofabrication/nanoprobe laboratory, an ultra-fast laser laboratory and a plasma laboratory.