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Science City Research Alliance
Industrial Collaboration
Dr Mike Ahearne
Business Engagement Manager
Science City Energy Efficiency Project
University of Warwick
ENERGY FUTURES
THEME
Hydrogen
Energy
Adrian Jickles
Rob Hudson
Energy
Efficiency
Mike Ahearne
Sarah Keay-
Bright
ADVANCED MATERIALS
THEME
Characterising
Advanced
Materials
(AM1)
Richard
Simpson
Mark
Humphries
Innovative
Uses of
Advanced
Materials
(AM2)
Karl West
Emma Melia
TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
THEME
Clinical
Trials (TM1)
Debbie
Girdlestone
Andrew
Todd
Experimental
Medicine
(TM2)
Rubina Mian
Claire Potter
£6.5m £10.6m£10.7m £8.9m £9.9m £9.9m
Birmingham Science City: Research
Alliance
Research Alliance
Research Fellows
TM1 – Clinical Trials
Case study: Optimal Medicine Ltd
• Start-up micro-company
• Divestment operating from London registered office
• Considering a West Midlands base
• US-based CEO introduced through networking at Boston
Roadshow April 2010
• Invited to visit Warwick
• Focus area is personalised medicine
– Tailoring treatment to an individual
– Assessment of genetic biomarkers
– Determining treatments ‘optimal’ for an individual
Optimal Medicine LtdComplete collaborative research service offered by Warwick
• This includes:
– Virtual Office at Wellesbourne
– Trial design and patient recruitment
• We aim to carry out a large, multi-centre study
looking at the predisposition to drug side effects in
Schizophrenia
– Scientific expertise in psychology, metabolism,
molecular biology, statistics
– Joint i4i and FP7 applications submitted
– Support team includes BEM, academic staff, RD staff,
Contracts, Warwick Ventures
TM2 - Experimental Medicine Network of
Excellence• Aim: to catalyse, strengthen & expand the region’s capacity in
TM, providing new medical technologies, research jobs & new
companies (this comes before clinical trials)
• AWM Funding £9.9 million plus c£3.5 million
• Success so far with both regional SMEs and Multi-
national
Experimental Medicine (TM2)
Speed networking
GlaxoSmithKline and university
academics:
5 new potential collaborations
explored as a result
Britvic: Not an obvious
partner
• Exploring possibilities
• Early detection of microbial
contamination
Business Interactions Initiated
Local Businesses International
Head Quarters West Midlands
Innovative Workshop-New Partnerships
Advanced Therapeutic Materials Ltd
Dressings Direct Ltd
GFC Diagnostics Ltd
New Collaborations
Dermal Technology
Laboratories Ltd
Innovative Uses of Advanced Materials (AM2)
Companies we have worked with...
Winnats, Ceramital, Rossyew Ltd, Wiring solutions, Unilever UK, Exova,
ATC Colours, Glide Pharma, Excilica, RSSL/Cadbury, Kudos Blends Ltd,
Aston Martin, AstraZeneca, Areva, Gnosys, Gelpack, Sanofi-Aventis, Cytec
Engineered Materials, Key Forensic Services, SSL, Rennishaw, 3-C’s,
Pfizer.
Companies we are currently taking with...
3M, Home Office, Forensic Science Service, P&G (Brussels), MIRA,
Diamond Hard Surfaces, Reckitt Benckiser, Robinson Brothers, Binding
Site, Irresistible Materials, Synthomer, Norbar, BioFilm Ltd, Bruker UK
Limited, Blue Mino, Paintbox, GSK, Unilever (Mumbai), Boots, Veolia,
STL,...etc
Commercial in Confidence – Internal use only
Analytical Testing of Polymer
Materials aiding development of
new products
Multiple detectors on every GPC including
Viscometry, diode array, fluorescence,
refractive index and light scattering.
Testimonial from Client:
“We have worked with the Polymer Chemistry experts at the University of Warwick in the
past and the facilities made available via Birmingham Science City has met our needs
perfectly. We are currently exploring further work with Warwick, which will help us greatly in
developing our products in the personal care marketplace” Ezat Khoshdel, Unilever
Research, Port Sunlight
Analysis service for known, aged and unknown samples. Recent enquiries from Synthomer, GSK and Unilever (Mumbai)
Exilica – Manufacturers of spherical polymer particles.
Applications include: fragranced and anti-bacterial plastics, topical
medicines and cosmetics.
“It’s great to have a variety of high resolution scientific apparatus, with ease of access,
right on our doorstep. We’ve really appreciated the local availability of Science City and
really appreciate the help they have offered.”... Daniel Lynch, Technical Director, Exilica
Limited, The Technocentre, Puma Way, Coventry.
Picture shows an Interferometric image taken by Birmingham Science City equipment of Exilica’s µ-Sq beads’ microstructure on the surface of a polymer sample.
KLA Tencor MicroXAM2 Measurement of surface topography and wear volume.
Winnats Scientific ServicesExpertise and analysis for surface and materials
characterisation
Testimonial from Client:“We look forward to continuing our relationship with the researchers at University of Birmingham. Their expertise in materials characterisation has been of great benefit to our Company and we have no hesitation in recommending Science City and look forward to future collaboration.” Robin West, MD Winnats Scientific Services Derbyshire.
Particle Size and Shape Analyser(Sympatec, UK).
Particle size distributions of samples of ground glass were successfully obtained.
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AM1 Business Engagement
• 10 Collaborations
• 14 Assists
• 70 Companies in the pipeline
• Pipeline value - £190k
Eley bullet manufacture
• Attended first launch meeting
• Met with BEM, discussed needs
• Alloy analysis provided by XRF @ UoB. Faster
and cheaper than AAS
• Subsequently purchased own equipment.
• Eley introduced Winnats; training and particle
size analysis
What else is in the pipeline?Warwick Audio Technologies Winnats Paintbox
Bombardier Belfast Chamberlin & Hill AWS
Birmingham Instruments Marston Teer Coatings
Johnson Matthey ColourTechnologies Morgan Ceramics Robinson Brothers
Malthouse Ltd Areva T&D Deritend
Wickham Laboratories Limited Inanovate Starchem Limited,
Kite Medical Eley Ascot Pacific
Joint Replacement Instrumentation Ltd 3-Cs PERA
Dermal Technology Laboratory Ltd Aston Martin Vetted Ltd
Isotron PLC Gamma Processing Site Schott PANalytical
Biocomposites Ltd Sandvik Isotron Ltd
Thermo Fisher Scientific Interface Spectra Ltd Corac
Laser Lines Ltd Xiros plc Airflow PMD
APA Parafricta Limited GKN Qinetiq
Dressings Direct Ltd Timet Foseco
EG Technology Bruker Vesuvius
New Summit Biopharma Group Reynolds Ferro
Oxford Advanced Surfaces Group plc Integrity Scientific Holliday
Black Country Castings AHT 3M
Intrinsiq Materials Hadley Group ITCM
Glassworks Hounsell Xenobiotica PERA
Energy Efficiency
• Ergohome
• Abacus Solar
• Paintbox
• Converteam
• Graffica
• Cubewano
• JaguarLandRover
• Ford
• New World Solar
• Widney Leisure
• Climate Change Solutions
• EBC
• Greenwatt Sustainable Solutions
• National Grid
• NPower
Paintbox Ltd
• Business Assist (UoW)
– Scoping out a programme of work to enable
diversification into solar energy markets
– Establishing R&D requirements to develop
pv coatings
– Funding options
– Meetings with solar companies and
academics
– Preparation of proposal for next steps
• Initial assist with UoW completed
• New collaboration in place to undertake a 3 year
PhD research programme under the Warwick
Collaborative Postgraduate Research
Scholarship Scheme (WCPRS)
Cubewano Rotary Engine Research
Collaboration
• Cubewano designs and manufactures
rotary internal combustion engines.
• Project aim was to optimise the
combustion systems to increase
efficiency and enhance the engine’s
ability to run on heavy fuel oil.
• This was achieved by building an
engine with a complete side made
from glass and installing optical
diagnostic equipment from Warwick.
• The work enabled the company to
become the first rotary engine
manufacturer to design engines
capable of running on kerosene based,
heavy fuel oil.
New World Solar Installations Research and
Development Collaboration
• To evaluate the actual
performance of a range of solar
photovoltaic panels
• Utilising Science City solar energy
evaluation and testing facilities in
the School of Engineering at
Warwick
• The project will enable the
company to introduce a new type
of solar power panel into the UK
market with the potential for
manufacturing under licence in the
West Midlands
Hydrogen Energy Project:
Highlights
Sustainable Hydrogen Generation
- Waste to Energy
Hydrogen Storage
Hydrogen Utilisation
Progress
(since 2007)Output To date Target
Jobs created 32 60
Bus created 1 3
Bus Assist 15 26
Bus Coll 7 26
Patents & Licences 1 4
Completed Engagements
• Kingfisher Industrial Ltd
• Airmax
• Electricity North West
• Bulmers (Hereford)
• Dow Corning
• CEL
• Eon
• Longma Clean Energy
Ltd
• Biogen Greenfinch
• Teer coatings
• Ideasource
• Varicon Aqua Solutions
• Minor, Weir & Willis
• Miromedia
• Exilic
• Intervate
Kingfisher Industrial Ltd
Kingfisher specialises in solving the problems industries
encounter when processing bulk solid materials
• Company introduced to us by MAS
• Install erosion resist linings and monitoring systems
• Faced with potential £100k’s claim for replacement of components due to corrosion problem
• Some simple analysis of corrosion (XRD & ICP) enable them to reduce liability costs to a minimum (demonstrated their limited culpability), and protected future orders
Thank You
Energy FuturesAdrian Jickells [email protected]
Mike Ahearne [email protected]
Advanced MaterialsRichard Simpson [email protected]
Karl West [email protected]
Translational Medicine
Rubina Mian [email protected]
Debbie Girdlestone [email protected]
