Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute -

Support for Business

Kevin Forshaw6th November 2012

The University of Southampton; an Enterprising University

• Global leader in spinning out companies

– 12 spin outs since 2000

– 4 floated on AIM - £180m valuation

• 40%+ of the University’s £100m pa research programmes have commercial partners.

• Over £10m pa collaborative research is funded by the EC

• Southampton is the Top UK university in working with SMEs.

• 7 consultancy units with 125 dedicated staff for immediate access .

Southampton’s Research Strengths

Working across the globe on climate change

Optoelectronics Research Centre: Invented the optical amplifier enabling high speed global communications

Web Sciences: at the forefront of developing the World Wide Web

Instrumental in making aircraft engines quieter and more efficient

Institute of Developmental Sciences: world leader in linking mothers’ diet and lifestyle and the health of children into adulthood

The Wolfson Unit is a UK Sport Innovation partner for the Olympics

Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute (SMMI)

• Over 300 academic staff are currently engaged in research related to marine and maritime including:

– Naval Architects and Engineering

– Oceanography and Earth Science

– Institute of Maritime Law

– Maritime archaeology

– Transport logistics and maritime sector supply chain dynamics

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Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute (SMMI)• This depth and breadth of expertise has been brought

together under 4 themes:

– Climate and environment

– Energy and resources

– Trade and transport

– Society and government

• Lloyd’s Register (LR) are developing a Global Technology Centre in partnership with Southampton

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Ways in which we work with business

Modes of Collaboration

Why we work with Business

• Driving beneficial social & economic impact by companies taking our research outputs to application

• Working with UK business and local SMEs to improve both economic and employment growth for UK PLC

• Need to continuously enhance and enrich our teaching via exposure to current commercial reality

• Maximise employment opportunities for our Graduates

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Benefits for Business • Application of leading thinking, expertise and

facilities to your business problems

• Leveraging of grant support from both UK and EC sources t0 help support the costs of engagement

• A wide range of mechanisms to engage depending on urgency and budget available

• Linkage to non-competitor companies who can provide valuable insight into cross-sectoral problem solving

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Three themes of engagement• Broadly, we engage with business by offering the following:

– Access to knowledge & skills

• Graduate employment• Student placements• Consultancy, research & KTPs

– Access to Facilities (often as part of collaborative research projects)

• Specialist facilities including wind-tunnels & towing tanks

– Training & development of existing staff

• Part-time degree programmes, short courses and CPD

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Ways your Business can access University expertise include:

• Student Placements/ Projects (Undergraduate or Postgraduate)

• Sponsored Doctorates (PhDs)

• Consultancy

• Sponsored Research

• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

• Collaborative Research

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Student Placements/ Projects• Undergraduate Projects

– Penultimate year: Individual – Final year: Group

• Undergraduate Placements– Usually over the summer vacation – May be linked to a project

• Postgraduate Projects & Placements– Linked to Masters programmes– Vary in length and duration (3 – 12 months)– Tackle industry problems

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Sponsored Doctorates

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• Engineering Doctorate:– 4 year doctoral award (EngD) sponsored by industry

and Research Council

• Collaborative PhD– Student follows University training programme– Based at company for most of period– Costs covered by industry

• CASE Studentship– Traditional PhD part sponsored by Industry and

Research Council– 3 months spent at company over 3 years of study

• Industry Sponsored– Traditional PhD fully sponsored by Industry

Consultancy• Different technical areas of the University have

established specialist Consultancy Units.

• There are currently 9 specialist consulting units including:

– The Research Institute for Industry http://www.rifi.soton.ac.uk/

– ISVR Consulting http://www.isvr.co.uk/service.htm

– WUMTIA http://www.wumtia.soton.ac.uk/

– Geodata http://www.geodata.soton.ac.uk/geodataweb/

– IT Innovations http://www.it-innovation.soton.ac.uk/ Wind tunnel testing

by WUMTIA

Sponsored Research

• 40% of the University’s research conducted in collaboration with industry including:

• UK Research Council, TSB or EC Funded collaborative research taking new thinking to market

• Contract research to investigate specific company need

• Establish University Technology Centre (UTC) or Partnership that establishes long-term relationship

• Current UTCs collaborators include Rolls Royce, Airbus, RNLI and Lloyds Register

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• Grant Supported, high-impact, collaborative Projects from 6 months to 3 years

• Graduate employee + academic support + access to University facilities with up to 67% of costs met by grant

• Current maritime collaborations include:

– CJR Propulsion Ltd

– RNLI

– Victor Marine Ltd

– Kittiwake Developments Ltd

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

15Applying CFD to prop Design With CJR Ltd

Collaborative Research / FP7

• 10% of our research funding comes from FP7 projects (EC R&D Funds)

• Currently collaborating with leading companies including Rolls Royce, Wärtsilä and Carnival on projects looking at:

– Innovative materials for antifouling

– Mitigation of underwater noise

– Development of new materials

For further information:

Kevin Forshaw

Industry Liaison SMMI

+44 (0)23 80598708

K.a.forshaw@soton.ac.uk

www.southampton.ac.uk/smmi