Queen¡¯s leading ?1.7m project to help drive forward engineering
Researchers at Queen¡¯s University Belfast are set to lead a new ?1.7m project which will help to drive forward engineering design by exploiting digital technologies.
Through the project Digital Design Network Plus (D2N+), which has been funded by the UKRI Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and will run for three years, the researchers will create a network of experts right across the UK.
This includes Rolls Royce, Airbus, Siemens, the Queen’s-led Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC), University of Bristol, University of Strathclyde and the University of Sheffield.
Joining together, they will combine their expertise to help utilize digital design technologies to transition to net zero faster.
Professor Trevor Robinson from the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Queen’s is leading the project. He says: “Engineering Design is crucial to UK manufacturing, and it is heavily reliant on digital design tools such as Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Engineering(CAE).
“The UK’s ambitions to design and manufacture new, sustainable products requires new design capability. However, the technology to help with this that already exists has not been fully leveraged and this must be overcome so we can use them to create the next generation of novel products.
“This is what we will be focusing on. At Queen’s, we will lead a new, expert network which will help to utilise this technology better. Working in collaboration with other universities, industry and vendor partners, and innovation centres, we will help UK engineering discover how to exploit digital design technologies better, and to use these technologies to transition to net zero faster. We can only do this by working together in partnership.”
Jane Nicholson, Executive Director for Research at EPSRC, said: “Engineering is the cornerstone to a more sustainable, successful and thriving future for the UK. From developing renewable energy solutions to creating smart cities, engineering innovations are driving progress in every sector.
“These new networks will address the strategic challenges outlined by the TERC report. Together, these researchers present a hugely ambitious, thoughtful response to the economic, environmental and social challenges we all face.”
This is the first network of its kind and the team is already seeking new members.
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