Advantages:
Advantages to Industry:
- Easily accessible technology transfer opportunities
- Access to leading edge technology through demonstrations, assessments and
Collaborative projects
- Easy access to expertise at very low costs
- Low cost access to potential recruits who have been accessed collaborative projects
Advantages to Researchers:
- Stronger collaboration
- Stronger and larger interdisciplinary research activities
- Scholarships and student bursaries
- Access to world class facilities, equipment and industry
- Consulting opportunities
Advantages to Brunel University:
- Strengthen Brunel University’s profile in industry, academia and research councils as
a research leader in sustainable manufacturing technologies, systems and micro/
nanotechnology
- Develop a world class centre of excellence attracting high calibre researchers and
postgraduate students
- Increased revenue from research and other activities
- Increased RAE compliant outputs