Northern Ireland Technology Centre
| Northern Ireland Technology Centre: The Technology Centre (NITC) is one of the primary links with industry at Queen’s University Belfast. Its staff of professional mechanical, electrical and civil engineers are involved in the transfer of best practice in design, construction and manufacturing technologies to help strengthen the competiveness of all sectors of industry. The activities are mostly ‘near-market’ and demand driven by industrial need rather than the more usual ‘pre-competitive’ R&D undertaken at the University. Services include product and process development including all aspects of product lifecycle management, digital manufacturing, 3D factory simulation and optimisation, design consultancy, materials testing and EMC testing. The Technology Centre also provides research, consultancy and testing services for the construction and civil engineering industry. Much of the Centre’s activities focus on technology and innovation management whilst providing ‘communal’ access to advanced and expensive technology which firms could not afford to resource on their own. Nationally, the Centre has led a number of Collaborative R&D projects under the BERR (previously DTI) Technology Programme and has been actively involved in the supervision of numerous Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and FUSION programmes with industry. It has also been involved in several collaborative EU projects to transfer R&D technology in Computer Integrated Manufacturing Engineering (CIME) into SMEs throughout Europe. Most recently the Centre’s expertise in the development and implementation of simulation technologies, in particular Digital Manufacturing, and a unique Strategic Research Partnership with Dassault Systémes, has seen the Centre acknowledged internationally as a product Lifecycle Management Competency Centre (PLMCC). Contact: Tom Edgar
Director,
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