Strathclyde's engineering faculty is used to industrial timescales. The naval architects and manufacturing groups are particularly good at saying what will not work at sea.
A natural partner for marine, space and production problems that have left the PowerPoint stage.
The institution was founded as a place of useful learning, a phrase it has taken more literally than most and still cites without embarrassment. In practice this shows up as an unusual willingness to work on problems that are commercially urgent rather than intellectually fashionable.
The tank complex is the draw for marine energy work, and the power systems and manufacturing groups carry serious industrial credibility. Partners consistently report that the first meeting is technical rather than administrative, which is not universal.
Capabilities
- Marine energy and hydrodynamics
- Advanced manufacturing
- Satellite applications
- Towing and wave tank testing
- Power systems and electrical machines
- Marine operations and installation planning
Ways in
The routes that exist, and what each is suited to.
Tank test campaigns
Booked tank time with academic support, scoped to answer specific questions with pass criteria agreed in advance.
Contract research and consultancy
Defined engineering work in marine, manufacturing and power systems, delivered to industrial reporting standards.
Collaborative and co-funded projects
Grant-supported work with industrial partners, common in marine energy where the cost of sea trials rewards sharing.
How to approach them
Tank slots require a term's notice and a model that can get wet. Desk studies and operability modelling can start considerably sooner.
Bring the site data. The faculty's most valuable early contribution is usually telling you what your metocean conditions imply for your device, and that conversation cannot happen without them.
Known for
- Scaled testing for a considerable proportion of the UK's marine energy device developers
- Manufacturing process development with Scottish and national industrial partners
- Marine operations methodologies now used in deployment planning