1 / 11

The QUESTOR Centre

An International Industry/University Cooperative Research Centre for Environmental Research & Development. The QUESTOR Centre. Partner Institutions Queen’s University Belfast Dublin City University Stevens Institute of Technology Dalhousie University University of Duisburg-Essen

cybele
Download Presentation

The QUESTOR Centre

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. An International Industry/University Cooperative Research Centre for Environmental Research & Development The QUESTOR Centre • Partner Institutions • Queen’s University Belfast • Dublin City University • Stevens Institute of Technology • Dalhousie University • University of Duisburg-Essen • IWW - The North Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Water Research

  2. General Information • Founded in 1989 • The only Centre outside the US to be part of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Programme for Industry/University Co-operative Research Centres (I/UCRCs) • Key Activity • Industry driven multi-discipline environmental research with a clear emphasis on technology transfer and exploitation

  3. Mission “To become an International Partnership for Environmental Research and Development with a network of academic partners and member companies/organisations”

  4. Strategic Objectives • An increased skills base readily accessible by QUESTOR member companies/organisations • Enhanced alignment between research projects and the needs of member companies and organisations • More timely development of technology through enhanced procedures for technology/knowledge transfer

  5. Research Themes Water & wastewater treatment Remediation of contaminated land Analysis, monitoring and sensors Resource management/ recycling Renewable energy (energy from biomass) Clean technologies Cross-Cutting Technologies Environmental biotechnology Environmental chemistry & process engineering Environmental genomics Environmental communication Environmental modelling Life cycle assessment Research Capabilities

  6. Current & Potential International Academic Partners • Dublin City University (RoI) – 2005 • Stevens Institute of Technology (US) –2006 • Dalhousie University (Canada) – Nov 2007 • University of Duisburg Essen & The North Rhine – Westphalia Institute for Water Research (Germany) – Nov 2007 • VITO – The Flemish Institute for Technological Research (Belgium) – Under Discussion • Cranfield University (UK) –Under Discussion • University of Queensland (Australia) – Under Discussion • University of Massachusetts Lowell (US) – Under Discussion

  7. Great Britain BP Environment Agency Shell Global Solutions Modern Water Ltd United States Exxon Mobil Research & Engineering Republic of Ireland Enva Ireland Ltd Astellas Ireland Ltd FLI Environmental Ltd T.E. Laboratories Ltd Northern Ireland Alpha Environmental Group Belfast City Council Bombardier Aerospace Chemvite Ltd Coca Cola Bottlers (Ulster) Ltd DoE Environment & Heritage Service NI Water Ltd B9 Energy Ltd Natural Energies Ireland Ltd Glenfarm Holdings Ltd Applied Silicate Technologies Ltd QUESTOR Member Companies & OrganisationsEach member is represented on the QUESTOR Industrial Advisory Board (IAB)

  8. Leveraged Funding Mechanism

  9. Technology Transfer & Exploitation • Applied Technology Unit (ATU) • Unique group of 12 scientists and engineers with access to QUESTOR facilities • Monitoring, technical consultancy, new product and process development • Work in partnership with members to demonstrate/commercialise technology • QUESTOR Technologies Ltd • Established to develop products/processes derived from technologies developed within the QUESTOR Centre

  10. Range of Environmental Products Based on Novel Technologies Revenue from Royalties and QUESTOR Membership Assist members and academics in steering researchtoward useable products and technologies Product Development Product Support Monitoring Consultancy Product and Process Development QUESTOR Research Programme QUESTOR Technologies Ltd Revenue From Research Funding and Sub-Contract Work The QUESTOR Model

  11. Contact Details The QUESTOR Centre David Keir BuildingStranmillis RoadBelfast, BT9 5AG Tel: +44(0)28 9097 5577 Fax: +44(0)28 9066 1462 p.mccrory@qub.ac.uk http://questor.qub.ac.uk/

More Related