KTP Hat-Trick for Physical Sciences and Engineering

Posted on by Michael Entwistle

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The Partnerships and Business Engagement (PBE) team for Physical Sciences and Engineering has joined with academic colleagues across Engineering and Chemistry in celebrating a trio of recent successes under round 5 of the 2020-21 Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) competition.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) is a UK-wide programme which has been helping businesses for over 40 years to improve their competitiveness and productivity by connecting them to the UK’s rich academic resources. The programme enables businesses to access substantial funding and University expertise to deliver strategic projects which help them to develop, often by improving their competitive position and benefit the UK economy.

The hat-trick of successful applications was developed in partnership with local companies Hosokawa Micron Ltd (Runcorn), ACM Instruments (Cark-in-Cartmel) and ICT Reverse (Morecambe) and will each see a KTP Associate interface industry and academia in solving real world challenges through the application of cutting edge science and technology.

Hosokawa (a world leader in process solutions for powder and particle processing and blown film technology) will work with Professor Andrew Kennedy and Dr Min Xia in developing service focused technologies to maximise performance and longevity of powder processing manufacturing equipment. ACM Instruments (an OEM for corrosion monitoring equipment and accessories) will join Dr Lai Bun Lok and Dr Hungyen Li in developing an advanced modular electrochemical impedance spectroscopy instrument for fuel cell and battery testing applications, whilst ICT Reverse (who provide reverse logistics for all ICT data-bearing assets) will link up with Dr Farid Aiouache and Professor Joe Sweeney to develop a sustainable and cost-effective way to remove precious metals from electrical domestic appliances, using a bioreactor.

"We’re delighted to be entering into this research partnership with Lancaster University and look forward to experiencing both the technological and business benefits a collaboration of this kind can bring” - Claire Holt, Business & Partnerships Manager at Hosokawa Micron Ltd

The projects will each commence in Autumn 2021 and will run for a period of between 24 and 27 months. If you have any questions or would like to discuss this further please get in contact with Mike Entwistle or if you would like to find out more about KTPs click here.

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