Research collaboration
We are proud of our wide ranging and longstanding relationships with the local, national and international business community.
The School has a large academic research and knowledge base that businesses can tap into to develop collaborative solutions to your engineering problems or vital up-to-date education for vital resource, the employees.
Our Know-How
The School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering and The University of Manchester provide a one stop shop for your business needs.
The School has the technical know how to provide collaborative solutions to you business needs. We already actively involved in a number of projects small and big with various businesses, governmental bodies and academia.
Our capabilities
We have members of staff and whole research groups that are recognised as world experts in their field. We are currently involved in varuios projects the following industrial sectors.
- Aerospace,
- Bioengineering and Medical Engineering Applications,
- Coastal Processes and Marine Energy,
- Computational Fluid Dynamics,
- Construction Science,
- Energy and Climate Change,
- Impact and Explosion,
- Laser Processing,
- Management of Projects,
- Manufacturing,
- Nuclear,
- Structural Fire Safety.
What we can do together
We can work with your business, industry or organisation by:
- •Setting up a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course that addresses a knowledge or training need for your business or your employees could join our well established and renowned CPD courses e.g in Project Management, Maintenance Engineeering and Asset Management.
- Participating in collaborative research projects that are driven by your business needs. We can develop a specific knowledge transfer project that is industry funded or is partially supported by research council money.
- We can provide support and joint supervision for a student to work with you as part of their doctoral training, masters degree projects or as a one year Individual Third Year Project. Most students cherish the opportunity to undertake company led projects.
- We have a range of specialist testing laboratories and manufacturing facilities (e.g. fluid flow modelling, one of the largest laser processing centres, CNC high speed machining facilities, mechanical testing equipment) that can provide support to your business needs.
