STFC - Swansea University / TWI Regional B4I Pilot Centre, Wales.
Lead Research Organisation:
Swansea University
Department Name: College of Engineering
Abstract
This goal of this proposal is to create a beamline-bridging industry-focussed centre for Wales. A beamline bridge is an activity (supported by local specialist facilities and expertise) that supports (bridges) access to STFC's national level scientific facilities and in particular (but not limited to) the ISIS neutron and Diamond light source beamlines (hence the name). Wales has a higher proportion of manufacturing based jobs than the rest of the UK and has clusters of large numbers of businesses of varying size from anchor companies to SMEs in a variety of sectors from metallurgy and green energy, to health solutions and semiconductor fabrication. However, this region does not access STFC facilities at the same level as similar businesses based in the South and East of England. This activity aims to address this disparity by First: Informing local industry of the capabilities of the local and national facilities and inviting expressions of interest, Second: Aiding in design of experimentation and completing proof of concept studies locally and Third: Supporting access to STFC facilities including post-acquisition data analysis and interpretation.
The proposed centre will be built on existing facilities and expertise based at both The Welding Institute - South Wales (TWI) and Swansea University's (SU) Advanced Imaging of Materials (AIM) Facility. Together these facilities represent a critical mass of characterisation capability and expertise un-paralleled in the region. However, significant experience serving both local industry and academic partners has highlighted the limitations in capability even of these advanced techniques that can only be addressed at national level facilities, such as those provided by STFC. It is these facilities and this knowledge and experience that TWI and AIM will draw on to support local businesses on their pathway to the beamlines. The centre will employ business development officers (BIBOs) that will initially be seconded to STFC and then return to the region to utilise the contacts and expertise they have acquired to engage local industry, assess levels of interest and support them from proof concept to data analysis. Local industry will be engaged first and foremost via TWIs and SU's own industry engagement mechanisms (representing hundreds of companies in the region). However, BIBOs will publicise the centre's activities at relevant industry conferences and strategic partners EEF (The Manufacturers Organisation -who have a network of 25,000 companies) will broaden engagement significantly.
The centre will be closely aligned to Innovation Wales, Welsh Government's (WG) Smart Specialisation implementation plan with WG as a partner in the centre. The centre will interact with representatives of key clusters identified in this strategy such as the SPECIFIC IKC and the compound semiconductor cluster. Expected direct impacts of the activities include: Increased utilisation of state-of-the-art characterisation facilities with Wales, Increased and improved industrial research and development activity, Increase in pan-supply chain, inter-industrial and industry-academic research activity and critically, Improved utilisation of STFC facilities from within Wales. However, it is also expected that these direct benefits will cascade into indirect impact such as: increased job creation, increased economic output (and GVA) in Wales and contributions to UK technological and environmental targets.
The proposed centre will be built on existing facilities and expertise based at both The Welding Institute - South Wales (TWI) and Swansea University's (SU) Advanced Imaging of Materials (AIM) Facility. Together these facilities represent a critical mass of characterisation capability and expertise un-paralleled in the region. However, significant experience serving both local industry and academic partners has highlighted the limitations in capability even of these advanced techniques that can only be addressed at national level facilities, such as those provided by STFC. It is these facilities and this knowledge and experience that TWI and AIM will draw on to support local businesses on their pathway to the beamlines. The centre will employ business development officers (BIBOs) that will initially be seconded to STFC and then return to the region to utilise the contacts and expertise they have acquired to engage local industry, assess levels of interest and support them from proof concept to data analysis. Local industry will be engaged first and foremost via TWIs and SU's own industry engagement mechanisms (representing hundreds of companies in the region). However, BIBOs will publicise the centre's activities at relevant industry conferences and strategic partners EEF (The Manufacturers Organisation -who have a network of 25,000 companies) will broaden engagement significantly.
The centre will be closely aligned to Innovation Wales, Welsh Government's (WG) Smart Specialisation implementation plan with WG as a partner in the centre. The centre will interact with representatives of key clusters identified in this strategy such as the SPECIFIC IKC and the compound semiconductor cluster. Expected direct impacts of the activities include: Increased utilisation of state-of-the-art characterisation facilities with Wales, Increased and improved industrial research and development activity, Increase in pan-supply chain, inter-industrial and industry-academic research activity and critically, Improved utilisation of STFC facilities from within Wales. However, it is also expected that these direct benefits will cascade into indirect impact such as: increased job creation, increased economic output (and GVA) in Wales and contributions to UK technological and environmental targets.
Planned Impact
This proposal will establish the first beamline bridging activity in Wales that is able to provide on-demand services to industry, irrespective of their size or financial means. It will be supported by two local facilities (AIM and TWI South Wales) with correlative capability in micro and nano-characterisation including, ultrasonic inspection, X-Ray CT and electron microscopy & microanalysis that currently supports academic and industrial research in advanced materials and beyond in the region.
The centre's direct impacts include:
* Increased utilisation of state-of-the-art characterisation facilities for Great Technologies
* Increased and improved industrial research and development activity
* Increase in pan-supply chain, inter-industrial and industry-academic research activity
* Improved utilisation of STFC facilities from within Wales
* Increased knowledge-base of advanced characterisation at a direct industry level (work-based learning) and for those studying in the academic environment to address ISS
* Increase in the number of world class research outputs, research investment and research active academic staff for UK
In the longer term, indirect impacts will be seen in job creation within UK industry, increased economic output in the UK; contributions to UK technological and environmental targets aligned to EPSRC Grand Challenges, and increased public understanding and awareness of science and engineering.
The regional industry base (the beneficiaries) will be engaged via the following existing industry engagement mechanisms: 1) TWI membership (In excess of 1700 companies), 2) SU's ASTUTE program (300 businesses in West Wales and the Valleys engaged, predominantly SMEs), 3) The SU materials and manufacturing academy (>50 companies supporting Masters and doctoral projects) 4) The EEF Network (over 25,000 companies) 4) Key industry / academic clusters aligned to Innovation Wales, Welsh Government's Smart Specialisation implementation plan, these include (but are not limited to) the SPECIFIC IKC in construction technology, and the compound semiconductor cluster.
The centre will function as a conduit between this local industry base and STFC. Local facilities housed at AIM and TWI will act as a gateway, exploring (where necessary) diverse industrial characterisation challenges up to laboratory capability. Then the centre will provide local support for industrial research requiring more advanced central facilities at Diamond, ISIS etc. Support will also be provided in understanding, interpretation, and processing of data, using the centre's own and HPC Wales' resource, with the aim of encouraging sustainable engagement between STFC and local businesses into the future.
Economic impacts will be realised in commercialised technology based on the outputs arising from STFC-supported research. The efficacy of the approach will be measured using structured impact tracking methods currently tried and tested at both TWI and SU. The increased support for local industry that this proposal will deliver will mean the centre has significant potential to support commercialisation and innovation in SMEs as well as larger companies who have not previously accessed STFC facilities.
Researchers associated with the centre's activities will also undertake Public Engagement and outreach, building on the University's experience of proven initiatives such as Research as Art and Materials:Live. The increased local expertise generated will also be disseminated via bespoke work-based learning packages delivered by SU's Materials Education Training and Learning scheme. Together, these activities will help to highlight the centre to a wider audience, particularly through engagement with the EEF and Smart Specialisation clusters.
The centre's direct impacts include:
* Increased utilisation of state-of-the-art characterisation facilities for Great Technologies
* Increased and improved industrial research and development activity
* Increase in pan-supply chain, inter-industrial and industry-academic research activity
* Improved utilisation of STFC facilities from within Wales
* Increased knowledge-base of advanced characterisation at a direct industry level (work-based learning) and for those studying in the academic environment to address ISS
* Increase in the number of world class research outputs, research investment and research active academic staff for UK
In the longer term, indirect impacts will be seen in job creation within UK industry, increased economic output in the UK; contributions to UK technological and environmental targets aligned to EPSRC Grand Challenges, and increased public understanding and awareness of science and engineering.
The regional industry base (the beneficiaries) will be engaged via the following existing industry engagement mechanisms: 1) TWI membership (In excess of 1700 companies), 2) SU's ASTUTE program (300 businesses in West Wales and the Valleys engaged, predominantly SMEs), 3) The SU materials and manufacturing academy (>50 companies supporting Masters and doctoral projects) 4) The EEF Network (over 25,000 companies) 4) Key industry / academic clusters aligned to Innovation Wales, Welsh Government's Smart Specialisation implementation plan, these include (but are not limited to) the SPECIFIC IKC in construction technology, and the compound semiconductor cluster.
The centre will function as a conduit between this local industry base and STFC. Local facilities housed at AIM and TWI will act as a gateway, exploring (where necessary) diverse industrial characterisation challenges up to laboratory capability. Then the centre will provide local support for industrial research requiring more advanced central facilities at Diamond, ISIS etc. Support will also be provided in understanding, interpretation, and processing of data, using the centre's own and HPC Wales' resource, with the aim of encouraging sustainable engagement between STFC and local businesses into the future.
Economic impacts will be realised in commercialised technology based on the outputs arising from STFC-supported research. The efficacy of the approach will be measured using structured impact tracking methods currently tried and tested at both TWI and SU. The increased support for local industry that this proposal will deliver will mean the centre has significant potential to support commercialisation and innovation in SMEs as well as larger companies who have not previously accessed STFC facilities.
Researchers associated with the centre's activities will also undertake Public Engagement and outreach, building on the University's experience of proven initiatives such as Research as Art and Materials:Live. The increased local expertise generated will also be disseminated via bespoke work-based learning packages delivered by SU's Materials Education Training and Learning scheme. Together, these activities will help to highlight the centre to a wider audience, particularly through engagement with the EEF and Smart Specialisation clusters.
Publications
Elrefaey A
(2021)
Analysis of a centreline failure of a lead alloy anode used in the copper electro-winning process
in Engineering Failure Analysis
Gu W
(2022)
Indentation Plastometry of Welds
in Advanced Engineering Materials
Gu W
(2022)
Indentation Plastometry of Welds
Johnston R
(2019)
Bridging Industry to Beamline through an Advanced Laboratory-Based Characterisation Facility
in Microscopy and Microanalysis
Wei C
(2022)
Abnormal interfacial bonding mechanisms of multi-material additive-manufactured tungsten-stainless steel sandwich structure
in International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
Wei C
(2022)
Multi-material additive-manufacturing of tungsten - copper alloy bimetallic structure with a stainless-steel interlayer and associated bonding mechanisms
in Additive Manufacturing
| Title | Bridging Industry-to-Beamline through an Advanced Laboratory-Based Characterisation Facility |
| Description | The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is a world leading multidisciplinary science and technology organisation. Its facilities provide a range of research techniques using neutrons, muons, lasers and x-rays, and high performance computing and complex analysis of large data sets. In Wales, a regional pilot beamline-bridging centre, a partnership between an academic institution (Swansea University) and a research and technology organization (RTO, TWI Wales) has been setup to develop new relationships with industry partners in the region, leading to new engagements with STFC facilities (Fig.1). This will generate impacts for the company, people, and wider society in Wales. Impact could be new products, improved understanding of manufactured products, improved processing and materials development, or new research into medical and health interventions. This partnership approach with industry in the region will increase the uptake of STFC facilities, in particular Diamond and ISIS, and the Central Laser Facility. The regional centre will attract a multidisciplinary research base from throughout Wales and increase their exposure to the UK's world- class research facilities. The centre will be a hub for regional industry, generating impact through industrial research and development that was previously impossible or highly unlikely without this pilot bridging project. There are challenges to engaging small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with large-scale scientific facilities such as those operated by STFC. The perceived gap between applied demand-led manufacturing, and seemingly high-level unattainable science presents a communication and translation challenge. In addition, SMEs have limited resource for research-based approaches to product development/improvement, coupled with constraints on staff time and capabilities to capture and analyse potentially large data. The regional centre, embedded locally, will bridge this perceived gap via a partnering approach, teaming the local company with beamline-industry-bridging officers (BIBOs) to identify the challenges, scope solutions, design experiments, carry out lab-based feasibility studies, and if beneficial, identify STFC facilities which could benefit the company. Once data is collected, this relationship will continue, with the BIBO's expertise and regional proximity to the company enabling the subsequent advanced analyses. This process will increase the likelihood of implementation of the findings in the company's activities, functioning as an impact pathway. Finally, the regional centre will help populate impact-tracking documentation in collaboration with the company to monitor and quantify the effects of the activity enabled by the regional pilot centre on both the company and the region. So far the regional centre has identified common pathways to engaging local business, which include prior contact with industrial partners that either sponsor postgraduate projects with Swansea University, or who initiate contact through other business engagement touchpoints such as work-based learning initiatives. TWI can utilise its membership base within the region, along with identification of previous research projects requiring facilities beyond the current state-of-the-art. Also, a number of additional challenges have been identified through the operation, such as intellectual property (IP) considerations and data management. Through the life of this pilot project, the approach for engaging industry with central facilities is being evaluated through data collection and impact tracking, and will inform similar activities across different territories [2]. References: [1] Welsh Government, Innovation Wales, (August 2015) http://gov.wales/docs/det/publications/140313innovationstrategyen.pdf [2] The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Bridging for Innovators Programme funded by BEIS, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Grant No. ST/R006105/1, and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Grant No. EP/M028267/1, and the European Social Fund (ESF) through the European Union's Convergence programme administered by the Welsh Government. |
| Type Of Art | Image |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| URL | https://figshare.com/articles/poster/Bridging_Industry-to-Beamline_through_an_Advanced_Laboratory-Ba... |
| Title | Bridging Industry-to-Beamline through an Advanced Laboratory-Based Characterisation Facility |
| Description | The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is a world leading multidisciplinary science and technology organisation. Its facilities provide a range of research techniques using neutrons, muons, lasers and x-rays, and high performance computing and complex analysis of large data sets. In Wales, a regional pilot beamline-bridging centre, a partnership between an academic institution (Swansea University) and a research and technology organization (RTO, TWI Wales) has been setup to develop new relationships with industry partners in the region, leading to new engagements with STFC facilities (Fig.1). This will generate impacts for the company, people, and wider society in Wales. Impact could be new products, improved understanding of manufactured products, improved processing and materials development, or new research into medical and health interventions. This partnership approach with industry in the region will increase the uptake of STFC facilities, in particular Diamond and ISIS, and the Central Laser Facility. The regional centre will attract a multidisciplinary research base from throughout Wales and increase their exposure to the UK's world- class research facilities. The centre will be a hub for regional industry, generating impact through industrial research and development that was previously impossible or highly unlikely without this pilot bridging project. There are challenges to engaging small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with large-scale scientific facilities such as those operated by STFC. The perceived gap between applied demand-led manufacturing, and seemingly high-level unattainable science presents a communication and translation challenge. In addition, SMEs have limited resource for research-based approaches to product development/improvement, coupled with constraints on staff time and capabilities to capture and analyse potentially large data. The regional centre, embedded locally, will bridge this perceived gap via a partnering approach, teaming the local company with beamline-industry-bridging officers (BIBOs) to identify the challenges, scope solutions, design experiments, carry out lab-based feasibility studies, and if beneficial, identify STFC facilities which could benefit the company. Once data is collected, this relationship will continue, with the BIBO's expertise and regional proximity to the company enabling the subsequent advanced analyses. This process will increase the likelihood of implementation of the findings in the company's activities, functioning as an impact pathway. Finally, the regional centre will help populate impact-tracking documentation in collaboration with the company to monitor and quantify the effects of the activity enabled by the regional pilot centre on both the company and the region. So far the regional centre has identified common pathways to engaging local business, which include prior contact with industrial partners that either sponsor postgraduate projects with Swansea University, or who initiate contact through other business engagement touchpoints such as work-based learning initiatives. TWI can utilise its membership base within the region, along with identification of previous research projects requiring facilities beyond the current state-of-the-art. Also, a number of additional challenges have been identified through the operation, such as intellectual property (IP) considerations and data management. Through the life of this pilot project, the approach for engaging industry with central facilities is being evaluated through data collection and impact tracking, and will inform similar activities across different territories [2]. References: [1] Welsh Government, Innovation Wales, (August 2015) http://gov.wales/docs/det/publications/140313innovationstrategyen.pdf [2] The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Bridging for Innovators Programme funded by BEIS, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Grant No. ST/R006105/1, and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Grant No. EP/M028267/1, and the European Social Fund (ESF) through the European Union's Convergence programme administered by the Welsh Government. |
| Type Of Art | Image |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| URL | https://figshare.com/articles/poster/Bridging_Industry-to-Beamline_through_an_Advanced_Laboratory-Ba... |
| Description | Swansea University and TWI jointly won the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) call for a collaborative Regional Centre in Wales (RCW) under the Bridging for Innovators (B4I) funding programme. The centre looked to increase the benefits of the STFC funded major facilities and the RCW itself to assist local industrial partners in identifying solutions to their challenges. Through the COVID-19 global pandemic, RCW worked hard to provide local companies with support through the B4I funding. SU have held conversations with over 120 industrial companies (most in the Wales area) at different levels. Of these, there are 73 companies received tangible local assists, which include positive referral, proof-of-concept tests, full assistance via B4I application. There were 25 proof of concepts completed using RCW resources. The RCW attended 30 events and marketed / raised awareness of STFC to 19,108 people drawing on locally existing networks within SU and TWI to grow its reach. Through integration of STFC, industry, local government and academic communities the centre generated a projected economic impact of £65M to industry, a gearing ratio of 1:92 on the STFC investment in RCW. |
| Exploitation Route | The outputs of each of the company assists includes several novel insights on their products, processes or both that have helped them to increase competativness, environmental performance or to access new markets. The total impact of that activity if projected to be ~£65M |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Chemicals,Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Environment,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Description | In addition, the RCW has built a new local network with its strategic partners that has promoted STFC to 19,108 individuals. We have supported 43 STFC associated local assists and established a strong reputation for the RCW & STFC in the region. This includes sustainable long-term engagements with companies who have returned multiple times to seek technical supports through either B4I or other routes, such as Sandvik, Tata Steel, Airbus, Calon Cardio, etc. We were to use this to inform interventions into management and support evaluation of the regional pilot. The RCW assisted over 73 companies, referred 11 to STFC and has 25 proof of concept activities carried out. We integrated B4I's value proposition into TWI's business development team's activities and targeted industry-facing researchers at SU who have helped develop technical and business cases with their sponsors as a joint effort. This has significantly increased awareness of STFC and its value proposition. In addition, the R&D activities carried out to support local industry have a significant economic impact, predicted to be over £65 million. The Finally, RCW assisted and referred several academic projects within Wales to ISIS (leading to granted beamtime) through our levered sister academic centre. This is recognised as a growth area by the Chief Scientific Advisor for Wales. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Chemicals,Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | ALT Laser Ltd |
| Organisation | Advanced Laser Technology Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Analysis via Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time and materials |
| Impact | Company estimated potential impact: estimated £500k increase in revenue from sales. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Dyson |
| Organisation | Dyson |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | FEGSEM, X-ray micro-CT, nanoindentation |
| Collaborator Contribution | Support through staff time and materials |
| Impact | A potential cost reduction of £1.4M, and product longevity potentially increase 50%. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | G2O |
| Organisation | G2O Water Technologies |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Field emission gun scanning electron microscopy (FEG-SEM) equipped with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS); X-ray micro computed tomography (XCT); Additive manufacturing technique |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time and material |
| Impact | Company estimate of potential impact: Through end and non-end user engagement potential revenues realistically achievable by 2025 are in excess of £25m per annum. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Local assists - Companies and Impacts |
| Organisation | Tata Steel Europe |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Through the B4i project we assisted 63 SMEs and 10 larger companies. these assists included companies doing business in a wide range of areas. Most projects are related to the manufacturing sector, as well as a small number of innovative companies from other sectors such as environment, health and wellbeing, etc. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The companies included in-kind time to the projects totalling over £500,000. |
| Impact | The primary legacy of the RCW is that through integration of STFC, industry, local government, and academic communities we have generated a projected economic impact of £67,000,000 to industry, a gearing ratio of 1:96 on the STFC investment in RCW. In addition, the RCW has built a new local network with its strategic partners that has promoted STFC to 19,108 individuals. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Plastometerex |
| Organisation | Plastometrex |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Summary of work: In this multi-institutional collaborative project, Regional Centre Wales successfully combined TWI capability of welding techniques and Swansea University capability of microstructural investigation into the weldments, to assist Plastometrex to improve their novel PIP technique. Technique used: Welding techniques - MAG & SAW (TWI); FEGSEM equipped with EBSD (Swansea University) |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff time, materials, machine use |
| Impact | https://www.linkedin.com/events/usingpiptestingtocharacterisewe6902215087541866497/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adem.202101645 Estimated company potential impact : Creating an annual sales revenue in the region of £70,000 - £80,000 |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | 2019 - Exhibitor at ASTUTE2020 Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Exhibitor at 2019 ASTUTE Event (07/02/19). Generates many EOI from >500 attendees. Further information disseminated to 14 interested parties. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 2019 Autolink event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 2019 Autolink event (19/06/19). Networking event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 2019 B4I Regional Centre Midlands event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 10/07/19, Midlands Regional Centre B4I Event, Networking opportunity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 2019 IET Challenges in Tribology event - Exhibitor |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | (27/03/19) Exhibitor at 2019 IET Challenges in Tribology event. Generated many face to face enquiries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 2019 M2A Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | (07/10/19) Presentation to M2A staff and students |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 2019 Nov. B4I Regional Centre Midlands event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Nov 2019 B4I Regional Centre Midlands Event. Networking event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 2019 Steel event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 2019 Steel event. Knowledge transfer opportunity. Networking opportunity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 2019- Exhibitor at Nat West Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Exhibitor at Nat West event on 18/06/19. Generated several EOIs and information packs disseminated to 14 parties |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 2019- M2A presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 06/06/19 Project presentation to M2A staff and students. Generated enquiries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | ASTUTE 2019 Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | ASTUTE 2019 Innovation & Knowledge Exchange for Manufacturing. Generated EOI and information packs sent to interested parties. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.astutewales.com/en/news?id=268 |
| Description | Aerospace Expo Chester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 05/12/19, 300 delegate Event, Exhibitor at event of +1000 visitors. Many enquiries and EOI made. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.aerospacewalesforum.com |
| Description | B4I Chemical sector Event 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | B4I Chemical sector Event (17/10/18). Networking event. Opportunity to showcase and promote the project to the chemical industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.uk-cpi.com/events/stfc-b4i-chemical-event |
| Description | Bridging for Innovators (B4I) Aerospace and Automotive roadshow |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Automotive & Aerospace Event (28/2/19), Networking event. Opportunity to introduce and promote the project to exhibitors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://ktn-uk.org/news/bridging-for-innovators-b4i-aerospace-and-automotive-roadshow-28-february-lo... |
| Description | Bridging for Innovators (B4I) Energy Roadshow |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Bridging for Innovators (B4I) Energy Roadshow (14/1/19). Networking Event. Opportunity to introduce and promote the project to the Energy sector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://ktn-uk.org/news/bridging-for-innovators-b4i-energy-roadshow-15-january-wmg-coventry/ |
| Description | Business News Wales Publication |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | An event featured in Business News Wales Online Publication. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://businessnewswales.com/10th-december-swansea-b4i-exploiting-national-level-facility-for-indus... |
| Description | Conference - Advanced Materials Show 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 10-11/-7/19 Advanced Materials Show Telford. 1000> attendees, networking generated several enquiries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.cntech.co.uk/news/advanced-materials-show-2019-discover-cn-tech-s-materials-research-sol... |
| Description | Conference - Exhibitor at Annual M2A Event 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 2019 M2A Annual Conference event (30/4/19). Exhibitor at the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://materials-academy.co.uk/about/ |
| Description | Digital Transformation in Manufacturing & Beyond 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 30/10/19 Digital Transformation in Manufacturing & Beyond, Networking Event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smecluster-event-5-ai-on-the-shop-floor-tickets-59755542436# |
| Description | Event - BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) Nuclear Innovation 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 14/01/19 Birmingham. Networking event. https://southwestnuclearhub.ac.uk/event/beis-nuclear-innovation-programme-suppliers-day-event/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.niauk.org/event-listing/beis-nuclear-innovation-programme-suppliers-day-event/ |
| Description | Event- MRE 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 12-13/03/18 London, Networking Event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.rsc.org/events/detail/30124/materials-research-exchange-and-investor-showcase-2018 |
| Description | Exhibitor at COLLABORATE 2020 Event Swansea University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 05/02/20, 50+ exhibitors, 300+ attendees, generated many enquiries and information packs disseminated to 5 interested parties. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://events.swansea.ac.uk/talk/index/1546/ |
| Description | Feature in existing publication (MediWales) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Project featured in existing Life Science Network magazine - Life Stories . Outlining our aims and objectives. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://www.mediwales.com/publications-overview/ |
| Description | Feature in existing publications (Advanced Wales) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Project featured in National Industry Magazine with an audience of 2000+ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020 |
| Description | Industry Event - Hartree |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 10/12/19, Presentation of Hartree facilities, STFC B4I event held at Swansea University. Attended by 30+, generated several enquiries for more information. Information packs disseminated to 10 interested parties |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Industry Workshops - Exploiting Data in the Rail Industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 11/12/19, Industry Workshops - Exploiting Data in the Rail Industry. The aim of the first workshops is to: Raise awareness of new data-driven processes that will accelerate and refine appropriate solutions, Effectively capture user-centric perspectives and real user needs, Understand the challenges in delivering against these from a supply chain point of view, Explore and exchange ideas and experience and Identify possible solutions that meet the requirements of your organisation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/industry-workshops-exploiting-data-in-the-rail-industry-tickets-80022... |
| Description | Knowledge exchange workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 30/10/19, Knowledge transfer workshop, aims to discuss opportunities and barriers to adoption of AI-based solutions in Manufacturing (and beyond) and its social and economic implications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-transformation-in-manufacturing-beyond-tickets-68253184111# |
| Description | LinkedIn Media Platform |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presence on LinkedIn Networking Platform. It has generated many hits and several EOI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/company/53401566/admin/ |
| Description | MAKE UK Conference 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 25/02/20 MAKE UK National Manufacturing Conference, Attended by 1000>. Generated several enquiries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/1529/ |
| Description | MRE Conference 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 19-20/02/20- Exhibitor at MRE 2020. Event attended by 1000>. Generated 20> enquiries |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://ktn-uk.org/news/mre-2020-programme-announced/ |
| Description | Presentation to Natwest Group (13/3/19) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of aims and objectives to Natwest Group (13/3/19). Generated questions together with networking opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation to Welsh Government |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 2019 Presentation to Welsh Government (03/07/19). Aims and objectives of project delivered. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | STFC- B4I Webpage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Webpage published outlining the aims and objectives of the project, resulting in many hits and several EOI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://www.swansea.ac.uk/engineering/aim/b4i/ |
| Description | TWI/STFC/NPL/WG Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | TWI/STFC/NPL/WG Meeting (11/09/19). Knowledge transfer opportunity. Networking opportunity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The Welsh Business Show |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 24/10/19, 90 exhibitors, 700+ attendee event, Primarily to establish relationships. Generated several enquiries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://businessnewswales.com/24th-october-swansea-the-welsh-business-show/ |