Support & Advice
- Sources of Innovation Support
- Third Level Institutes
- Expert Profiles
- Useful Websites
AMFOR – Advanced Metal Forming Research
Expertise:
Advanced Metal Forming Research at the University of Ulster Jordanstown Campus is at the forefront of materials characterisation and modelling for the sheet metal forming industries. Our combined lab facilities of traditional and special purpose test equipment are unique within the UK and exceptional in the rest of the world. We work collaboratively with leading researchers in the field of metallic formability and aerospace manufacturers in Europe. Application of basic science to improve materials and processes for the sheet metal forming industry is one of our strategic objectives. Although industry provides a fertile ground for research, our research group identifies the strategic research objectives on the basis of scientific exploration and development of current knowledge to solve these problems. Our close working relationship with aerospace manufacturers has created mutually beneficial advancement of mechanical metallurgy and forming process development.
- TEL: +44 28 90366269
Contact details:
Dr Alan Leacock
+44 28 90366269
ag.leacock@ulster.ac.uk
http://amfor.ulster.ac.uk/
Business Gateway
Expertise:
Provides broad ranging support and advice to help new and established businesses (who do not meet the criteria to be account managed by Scottish Enterprise) to grow. Where appropriate will direct businesses towards SE funded innovation support services and to the SE High Growth Support Unit.
- TEL: 0845 609 6611
- WEB: www.bgateway.com
Centre for Applied Marine Biotechnology (CAMBIO) at LYIT
Expertise:
CAMBIO (Centre of Applied Marine Biotechnology) is an industry-led, applied research centre, based at Letterkenny Institute of Technology and funded through a mixture of national (Enterprise Ireland) and European programmes. CAMBIO’s research interests lie in marine biotechnology. Specific interests include aquaculture, marine biodiscovery, marine food processing and waste remediation. In particular, Aquaculture and Fisheries - plankton monitoring, harmful algal blooms, bacterial monitoring, new fish and shellfish feeds and the culture of marine bacteria; Biomedical Marine Research: Drugs from marine organisms and marine biofilms especially those associated with antifouling. Marine Food Processing and Waste Remediation: focussed on novel food technologies, marine oils, marine carotenoids and fishery waste by- products. The Centre is funded through Enterprise Ireland and the FP7 KBBE Programme and has received €2.1mn in funding since 2006. The group has had over 50 peer-reviewed publications and has filed 2 patent applications since 2006. CAMBIO has also collaborated with over 35 aquaculture / fisheries companies across Ireland and Europe.
- TEL: +353 74 918 632
- ADDRESS: Letterkenny Institute of Technology
CONTACT
Dr John Slater
Principal Investigator, CAMBIO
Letterkenny Institute of Technology
Email: John.slater@lyit.ie
Centre for Design Innovation at IT Sligo
Expertise:
The Centre for Design Innovation (CDI) and IT Sligo works to support innovation through design, prototyping and manufacturing process simulation. CDI provides innovation training, workshops, prototyping services, product and service R&D development support. The CDI also has specific expertise in applied research and industry support in the following areas: Manufacturing process simulation, Rapid prototyping development, Micro-machining. Centre for Design Innovation secured over €3 million in competitive research funding from national and European sources. Outputs from the work of the CDI include an Innovation by Design Industrial Support Programme; Engagement with over 150 companies and 9 peer-reviewed publications. The work of the CDI is supported by Enterprise Ireland and FP7.
- TEL: +353 71 9155496
- ADDRESS: Institute of Technology, Sligo
CONTACTS:
Dr David Tormey,
Head of Department, Mechanical Engineering,
Institute of Technology, Sligo,
Email: tormey.david@itsligo.ie
Centre for Freshwater Studies (CFS) and Organic Resources Research Group at DKIT
Expertise:
Environmental research at Dundalk Institute of Technology is focussed around the work of the Centre for Freshwater Studies within the Department of Applied Science. The CFS research activities include the following; Protection and restoration of ground water, surface water and ecosystems - both man-made and natural processes and the technological transfer of these methodologies and results; Microbiological and molecular components of water, soil and sediments; Water sourcing, distribution and sanitation – including sustainable water in developing countries Alternative waste management systems;, Remediation of disturbed ecosystems. The group is funded through a number of sources including Irish Aid and HRA. The CFS also has several national and international collaborations including DCU, Institute of Technology Sligo, University of Lund, Sweden, the Marine Institute and Scottish Association for Marine Science The Centre for Freshwater Studies is underpinned by the Organic Resources Research Group. This groups specialises in the following areas: Processing of novel biomass and agricultural residues into biofuels and other value-added products; Environmental biotechnology and biomass utilisation - phytoremediation and bioremediation; Bioconversion and applied environmental research. Research in the area of Environmental Sciences is also underpinned by the Electrochemistry Research Group which applies knowledge of fundamental physical and surface chemistry for the development of novel nano-structured materials.
- TEL: +353 42 938 187
- ADDRESS: Dundalk Institute of Technology
CONTACT
Dr Suzanne Linnane
Centre for Freshwater Studies,
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Email: suzanne.linnane@dkit.ie
Centre for Renewable Energy (CREDIT) at DKIT
Expertise:
CREDIT & School of Engineering The Centre for Renewable Energy at Dundalk Institute of Technology is primarily concerned with applied research and industrially viable research activities in the area of Renewable Energy. CREDIT’s research is focussed as follows: Wind energy - Small and medium wind energy systems and their design. . Energy storage: Renewable Energy storage with specific expertise in operating an ‘autoproduction’ facility. Bioenergy - marine bioenergy and biodiesel testing. Renewable energy research facilities include a Vestas V52 850 Wind turbine and a 500KWh Electricity storage facility. The Centre has received €2.5mn in funding since 2008; has filed 2 patents, authored several industry reports and contributed to 4 book chapters. CREDIT is primarily funded through Enterprise Ireland, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and EU INTERREG Programme.
- TEL: +353 42 9370474
- ADDRESS: Dundalk Institute of Technology
CONTACTS:
Dr Paul MacArtain,
Research Manager, CREDIT
Dundalk Institute of Technology,
Email: paul.macartain@dkit.ie
Centre for Sustainability and the Centre for Biomolecular Environmental and Public Health Research
Expertise:
Environmental research at IT Sligo is concentrated on two main groups. The Centre for Sustainability is concerned with waste management; The Centre for Biomolecular Environmental and Public Health Research specialises in environmental and public health effects of environmental waste. The Centre for Sustainability specialises in the following areas: : Biosolids treatment and reuse Treatment of and energy recovery from farm wastes Access to environmental information, decision making and justice Renewable fuels from marine biomass Bog rehabilitation Researchers at the Centre for Sustainability have received €2.6m in funding, published 21 peer reviewed papers and delivered 10 contract research reports. The Centre has been funded through Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI), Environmental Protection Agency and EU INTERREG Programme. The focus of research in The Centre for Biomolecular Environmental and Public Health Research includes the following: Human pathogen dispersal via wastewater discharges - efficiency of wastewater treatment plants in removing human enteric pathogens and development of rapid detection technology for isolation of human pathogens; The spreading of sewage sludges and farm waste on agricultural lands. The Centre is funded through EPA STRIVE and ERTDI Programmes, HEA Equipment Renewal Grant Scheme, Marrone Bioinnovations (MBI USA). It has a long-standing collaboration with John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
- TEL: +353 71 9155314
- ADDRESS: Institute of Technology Sligo
CONTACT
Dr John Bartlett,
Head of Research & PI at the Centre for Sustainability
Institute of Technology, Sligo
Email: Bartlett.john@itsligo.ie
Centre for Sustainable Technologies
Expertise:
The Centre for Sustainable Technologies undertakes multidisciplinary research to design, create, develop, improve, demonstrate and evaluate emerging, existing and alternative sustainable renewable energy, building design, construction materials, transport and environmental modification technologies. Professor Neil J Hewitt is the director of CST which incorporates aspects of the Northern Ireland Centre for Energy Research and Technology (NICERT), the River Hydraulics and Hydropower group, the Highway Engineering Research Group (HERG) and Construction. The Centre of Sustainable Technologies at the University of Ulster is an inter-disciplinary research centre challenging many aspects of sustainability associated with the built environment. Typically consisting of over 30 academics and researchers, it seeks to undertake ground-breaking activities in such areas as architecture, building energy efficiency, clean combustion, construction, highways engineering, sustainability, renewable energy and river hydraulics. While all these areas are critically important to a rapidly changing built environment reacting to climate change, the dominant research activity in terms of income and activity is energy.
Contact details
Professor Neil Hewitt
Tel: 44 (0)28 9036 8566
nj.hewitt@ulster.ac.uk
http://www.cst.ulster.ac.uk/
Department of Research Innovation and Enterprise – Applied Knowledge Exchange
Expertise:
Work to develop applied research and business partnerships with specialist knowledge in Health and Life Sciences, Built and Natural Environment, Computing and Engineering, Business, Tourism, Law and Social Sciences. Can help companies access funding including for initial first stage collaborative projects.
- TEL: 0141 331 3189
- WEB: www.gcu.ac.uk/business/abouttheappliedknowledgeexchange/
- ADDRESS: Glasgow Caledonian University
ECIT – The Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology
Expertise:
ECIT was established in 2003 to commercialise world-level expertise in a variety of enabling digital communications technologies at the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Queen’s University Belfast. Its four research clusters cover areas such as broadband wireless communications, electronic data security, image and speech processing, telecommunications software and antenna design for mobile communications. The institute’s 14,000m2 headquarters building houses state-of-the-art laboratories, offices and one of the largest RF (microwave and millimetre wave) anechoic chambers in Ireland. It is staffed by 120 academics, senior research staff, post-doctoral fellows, research students and administrators. Among them are 40 highly qualified industrial and academic researchers recruited from around the globe. In addition, TDK - the Japanese electronics company - has located a six person R&D unit in the new building. Located on a flagship site in the Northern Ireland Science Park on Belfast’s waterfront, ECIT has received funding from the European Union, Invest Northern Ireland and the Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland. ECIT’s research clusters can provide companies and organistions with access to a range of state-of-the-art facilities and specialist services. These include: SoC design services for VHDL, FPGAs and hardware prototype development eg structured ASIC High performance RF/microwave circuit and antenna design Access to sophisticated RF measurement equipment (up to 100GHz) Use of two anechoic chambers – including one of Ireland's largest - with near and far field scanners Networks lab for advanced wired and wireless network performance and analysis
Contact details:
Phone: +44 (0) 28 9097 1700
info@ecit.qub.ac.uk
www.ecit.qub.ac.uk
The ICE project is part-financed by the European Union's European Regional Development Fund through the INTERREG IVA Cross-border Programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body with match financial assistance from Scottish Enterprise.