Collaboration

The Institutes International Profile is constantly being raised through strategic alliances; organisation and attendance of International Conferences; the development of EPSRC (GR/529874/01) MATCH National Centre (£6.3M; Brunel; Nottingham; Imperial; Cambridge and Ulster [to be refunded]) and EU Centres (e.g. £11M QUB/UU NanotecNI); BEST/POC Centre with DCU (HEA:800K euros); the development of a major UK-EPSRC Growth Challenge Remedi Project (EP/C534247/1); key visits and exchanges (visiting professorships); and key-note/invited international lectures.

Significantly in the areas of Nanotechnology; Structural Materials and Bioengineering key MOU’s and Faculty exchanges being signed and joint projects between UU and; University of Surrey (UK); University of Illinois (USA); IIT Bombay (British Council: UKERI) and the National University of Taiwan. Links between; The Universities of Texas (Austin), Queensland (Australia), CISRO and Zaragosa (Spain); Havana University (Cuba); Nanyang University (Singapore), TIT (Japan) and various EU Universities are growing via well established research projects.  Following a recent set of invited visits to Keio University (Japan) and Northeastern University (USA) & CEMET; the Institute is establishing new highly strategic MOU’s in the area of Nanotechnology.