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Aviation's impact on our climate in 2050 without action

22% of all transport CO2 emissions

2.6 Giga-tonnes of CO2 emitted per year

How do we make aviation net zero?

At Qdot we believe hybrid propulsion systems are the solution

Fuel efficient

Hybrid architectures can reduce fuel consumption by over 25% and airline operating costs by 8%.

Fuel agnostic

Base power can be provided by any type of fuel. This provides adaptability and flexibility for future sustainable fuels.

Qdot Technology is a spin-out from the University of Oxford founded by three colleagues from the Oxford Thermofluids Institute - one of the UK's premier institutes for aerospace technology development. The company's mission is to enable clean flight through the development of electrified propulsion systems. To achieve this it is innovating in high power density battery pack systems and additive manufacturing technologies.

To date, the company has raised £150k in pre-seed funding and over £1.1M in grant funding to develop its core technologies. Its expertise for high-value technology innovation has also been recognised by other industries; Qdot has been supporting Tokamak Energy with the engineering of some of the critical systems for their nuclear fusion reactor.

£150k pre-seed investment

£1.1M grants

Leadership

Dr. Jack Nicholas, CEO

Jack is a co-founder of Qdot and its CEO. He did his PhD at the University of Oxford developing heat transfer technology for nuclear fusion reactors. On completion of his doctorate he stayed on at Oxford as a research fellow where he led the design of a £1M facility for testing next generation gas turbine materials in collaboration with industry. He is a serial problem solver, and holds patents across a broad range of technologies.

As a driving force behind the founding of Qdot, Jack wanted to use his extensive engineering skill set, industry knowledge, and experience to drive fundamental change within the aerospace industry.

Dr. Tsun Holt Wong, COO

Holt is a co-founder of Qdot and its COO. He did his PhD at the University of Oxford in the field of gas turbines, where he pioneered the use of pressure-sensitive paints as a means of active flow visualisation.

As a Faraday Entreprenurial Fellow, Holt has also demonstrated his capability to innovate across industries and holds a number of patents in both aerospace and battery technologies.

Andrea Cruz Quiroz, BDO

Andrea is Qdot's strategy and business development officer and recently earned an MBA at the University of Oxford. She also holds a Master of Environmental Management (MEM) from Yale University and a Bachelors of Arts from Middlebury College. She has extensive experience in renewable energy, sustainability, and strategy. She is passionate about advancing a Net Zero society and committed to propelling green aviation.

Advisors

Prof. Peter Ireland, CSO

Peter Ireland is a co-founder of Qdot and operates as CSO. He also holds the Donald Schultz Chair in Turbomachinery and is Head of the Oxford Thermofluids Institute. He has dedicated his career to researching the technologies used to cool systems for aircraft propulsion and power generation and now leads a broad portfolio of research programmes ranging from turbine cooling to hypersonic flow. Between 2007 and 2011 he was the UK Corporate Specialist in Heat Transfer at Rolls-Royce where he held the senior heat transfer specialist role for projects involving turbines, fuel cells, nuclear power, fire modelling, manufacture, instrumentation, heat exchangers, power electronic cooling and combustion.

Graham Hopkins,
Technical Strategy

Graham advises Qdot on technical strategy. He has an engineering career spanning over 40 years. His last corporate role was as Safety, Technology and Engineering Director for Network Rail. Before this he spent almost 36 years with Rolls-Royce plc., including as Director of Engineering and Technology for Defence Engines, and as EVP of Engineering and Technology for Aerospace Component Engineering.

His particular expertise and interests are in lean enterprise, innovation, sustainable development, high-performance culture, infrastructure strategy, and change management.

Enabling Clean Flight

Aviation's impact on our climate in 2050 without action

How do we make aviation net zero?

At Qdot we believe hybrid propulsion systems are the solution

Fuel efficient

Fuel agnostic

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Hybrid ready

Modular

Scalable

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