Knowledge Transfer Partnerships with Sheffield Hallam University

Professor Alan J Smith, CEng, FIMMM, Ph.D.

Director of the Materials and EngineeringResearch Institute

Outline of presentation:

Brief Introduction to Faculty

– Resources. SHU-KTP Pedigree Introduce the key staff The process The results Case study What IF Questions?

Established in 1990, a highly multi-disciplinary team of world class researchers

Research and consultancy activities are supported by a large advanced equipment base, ranging from the latest electron microscopes to high performance computing hardware

Research Centres:

Centre for Automation andRobotics Research

Thin Films Research Centre Polymers, Nanocomposites andModelling Research Centre

Structural Materials and IntegrityResearch Centre

Materials Analysis and ResearchServices Centre for IndustrialCollaboration (MARS CIC)

Established in 2004 , it encompasses Fine Art, Design, Media, Communications, Film, Computing and Engineering.

Host to Design Futures, a centre for industrial collaboration providing specialist research and consultancy services in the areas of product and packaging design. 

Research Centres:

Art and Design Research Centre(ADRC), and the Communication

Computing Research Centre(CCRC)

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CENTRORICERCHEFIAT

• We have carried out over 160 KTP's with industrial partners since1986

• We are the 3rd largest provider of KTP's in the Yorkshire region.

• We are 10th largest provider in the UK.

KTP Pedigree

   The Sheffield Hallam KTP Team

Prof Alan SmithDirector - MERI

Sarah DurkinKTP ManagerResearch and Innovation Office

Prof Graham Cockerham.KTP Expert

Some of MERI's KTP Associates at the 2014 Networking Dinner, from left to right - Chandra Gowarde, Kashif Mohammad, Amr Elsaadani, Mahmood Alam, Sherif Ibrahim and Dan Tunnicliff.

KTP Process

3 months to set up

Project managed through LMC's

TOTAL 2 years (Classic)

+ 3 months set up

Initial enquiry

Company Visit

Complete EoI

KTP Advisor Visit

Develop Project

Complete Paperwork

Submit to PAG

Successful Application

Advertise

Recruit Associate

Project Commences

Average KTP Reported Outputs• An increase of over

£240,000 in annual profits before tax

• The creation of two genuine new jobs

• An increase in skills of existing staff

• Business Leader of Tomorrow Award - 2004 David Catley / Inditherm plc

• Best Partnership Winner – 2005 - Inditherm Plc

• Business Leader of Tomorrow – 2011 Simon Pykett/ Penny Hydraulics Ltd

• Best Partnership Winner – 2011 Joseph Rhodes Ltd ( 2nd programme)

• Academic Excellence Award – 2011 Prof Graham Cockerham

• Business Leader of Tomorrow – 2013 Phil McDonald/ Joseph Rhodes (4th programme)

Joseph Rhodes Ltd - SHU PartnershipJoseph Rhodes Outcomes

• Average expected change in annual sales turnover resulting from the

 Knowledge Transfer Partnership. Again, averaged for the four KTP this comes

to £4.5Million/year.

• Average change in annual profit before tax that is anticipated over a 3 year

timescale after completion of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership and that

results from the Knowledge Transfer Partnership. Averaged for the four

KTP’s this comes to ~£230K/year.

• Secured employment, increased the number of employees from 130 to 200+

• Exports rose from a low of 10% to a high of 46% by value - overseas turnover

increased by 80% in 2009/2010 and by 121% in 2010/2011

Joseph Rhodes - SHU Partnership External Recognition

• TSB Best of the Best - Business

Leader of Tomorrow 2013 - Phil

McDonald (4th KTP)

• Best Knowledge Transfer

Partnership - North East England

2011.(3rd KTP)

• MWP Advanced Manufacturing

Award 2008 Best Metal Forming

Equipment. (1st KTP)

External Recognition, continued..• Queens Award for Enterprise:

Innovation 2010

• Mark Ridgway (MD) Awarded OBE

in the Queen’s Birthday Honours

List 2011 for Services to Industry

• Queens Award for Enterprise -

International Trade 2012

• President of the (UK) Manufacturing

Technologies Association.

• Honorary PhD (SHU) 2012

Extract taken from a speech given by Mark Ridgway at the parliamentary reception in the House of Commons in the presence of a cross party group of MP's interested in manufacturing and also the BIS Minister, Michael Fallon, MP.“My Company, Group Rhodes joined forces several years ago with Sheffield Hallam University to both improve our skill set and also develop new products and processes that would differentiate our products on the international stage. Last year we won the Technology Strategy Board, Best University Industry Partnership in the North East of England and developed a range of capital equipment. This equipment has already racked up multi million pound sales in Europe and Asia.”

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Our Partners Are Our Greatest Advocates

What IF you could give your plans aboost with expert help from some of the most commercially-focused minds in the region?

Working in partnership with our team of Innovation Futures consultants, we can help you solve specific business challenges and explore new directions for your organisation.

And with access to cutting edge facilities and highly specialised R&D expertise, who knows how far a partnership with us could take you?

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Food

Biomedical Sciences

Business Operations

Materials and Engineering

Interactive Design and

Communications

Thanks for listening

• Optical Microscopy: hot stage & 3D (IFM)• Electron Microscopy (x4):- hot stage, environmental, EBSD, TEM• XRF, XRD: Hot Stage, Stress analysis, Texture analysis• SIM's• FTIR (+mapping) and Raman (x3)• Tribological testing (hot stage, vacuum)• Electrochemistry: localised techniques, corrosion fatigue facilities• Thermal Analysis (DSC, DTA, DMA, TG-MS) • Mechanical Testing (incl. fatigue, impact etc)• Metrology• Computational Modelling capabilities (Beowulf cluster)

Facilities

MERI Length Scales10-10 10-9 10-8 10-7 10-6 10-5 10-4 10-3 10-2 10-1 10-0 101(m)

Defects in semiconductors

Macromolecules

PVD Coatings

Polymers, micells and surfactants

Micro vision

Image analysis

Corrosion

Advanced MicroscopyBacteria

Robotics

Blood cells

BuildingsBridgesAircraft

Structure determination

Surface analysis

Structural integrity

Welding

Wear and failure

SensorsSolar cells

Advanced Materials

Simulation

Engineering

Our Centre for Food Innovation carries out technical projects and provides training to meet the needs of the food industry. Our services include • training courses • sensory evaluation and texture analysis • food product and process development • food quality control and assurance • food marketing • strategic management.

Established in 2004 , it encompasses Fine Art, Design, Media, Communications, Film, Computing

and Engineering.

host to Design Futures, a centre for industrial collaboration providing specialist research and

consultancy services in the areas of product and packaging design. 

Research Centres:

Art and Design Research Centre(ADRC), and the Communication

Computing Research Centre(CCRC)