Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute -
Support for Business
Kevin Forshaw6th November 2012
The University of Southampton; an Enterprising University
• Global leader in spinning out companies
– 12 spin outs since 2000
– 4 floated on AIM - £180m valuation
• 40%+ of the University’s £100m pa research programmes have commercial partners.
• Over £10m pa collaborative research is funded by the EC
• Southampton is the Top UK university in working with SMEs.
• 7 consultancy units with 125 dedicated staff for immediate access .
Southampton’s Research Strengths
Working across the globe on climate change
Optoelectronics Research Centre: Invented the optical amplifier enabling high speed global communications
Web Sciences: at the forefront of developing the World Wide Web
Instrumental in making aircraft engines quieter and more efficient
Institute of Developmental Sciences: world leader in linking mothers’ diet and lifestyle and the health of children into adulthood
The Wolfson Unit is a UK Sport Innovation partner for the Olympics
Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute (SMMI)
• Over 300 academic staff are currently engaged in research related to marine and maritime including:
– Naval Architects and Engineering
– Oceanography and Earth Science
– Institute of Maritime Law
– Maritime archaeology
– Transport logistics and maritime sector supply chain dynamics
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Southampton Marine & Maritime Institute (SMMI)• This depth and breadth of expertise has been brought
together under 4 themes:
– Climate and environment
– Energy and resources
– Trade and transport
– Society and government
• Lloyd’s Register (LR) are developing a Global Technology Centre in partnership with Southampton
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Ways in which we work with business
Modes of Collaboration
Why we work with Business
• Driving beneficial social & economic impact by companies taking our research outputs to application
• Working with UK business and local SMEs to improve both economic and employment growth for UK PLC
• Need to continuously enhance and enrich our teaching via exposure to current commercial reality
• Maximise employment opportunities for our Graduates
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Benefits for Business • Application of leading thinking, expertise and
facilities to your business problems
• Leveraging of grant support from both UK and EC sources t0 help support the costs of engagement
• A wide range of mechanisms to engage depending on urgency and budget available
• Linkage to non-competitor companies who can provide valuable insight into cross-sectoral problem solving
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Three themes of engagement• Broadly, we engage with business by offering the following:
– Access to knowledge & skills
• Graduate employment• Student placements• Consultancy, research & KTPs
– Access to Facilities (often as part of collaborative research projects)
• Specialist facilities including wind-tunnels & towing tanks
– Training & development of existing staff
• Part-time degree programmes, short courses and CPD
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Ways your Business can access University expertise include:
• Student Placements/ Projects (Undergraduate or Postgraduate)
• Sponsored Doctorates (PhDs)
• Consultancy
• Sponsored Research
• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
• Collaborative Research
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Student Placements/ Projects• Undergraduate Projects
– Penultimate year: Individual – Final year: Group
• Undergraduate Placements– Usually over the summer vacation – May be linked to a project
• Postgraduate Projects & Placements– Linked to Masters programmes– Vary in length and duration (3 – 12 months)– Tackle industry problems
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Sponsored Doctorates
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• Engineering Doctorate:– 4 year doctoral award (EngD) sponsored by industry
and Research Council
• Collaborative PhD– Student follows University training programme– Based at company for most of period– Costs covered by industry
• CASE Studentship– Traditional PhD part sponsored by Industry and
Research Council– 3 months spent at company over 3 years of study
• Industry Sponsored– Traditional PhD fully sponsored by Industry
Consultancy• Different technical areas of the University have
established specialist Consultancy Units.
• There are currently 9 specialist consulting units including:
– The Research Institute for Industry http://www.rifi.soton.ac.uk/
– ISVR Consulting http://www.isvr.co.uk/service.htm
– WUMTIA http://www.wumtia.soton.ac.uk/
– Geodata http://www.geodata.soton.ac.uk/geodataweb/
– IT Innovations http://www.it-innovation.soton.ac.uk/ Wind tunnel testing
by WUMTIA
Sponsored Research
• 40% of the University’s research conducted in collaboration with industry including:
• UK Research Council, TSB or EC Funded collaborative research taking new thinking to market
• Contract research to investigate specific company need
• Establish University Technology Centre (UTC) or Partnership that establishes long-term relationship
• Current UTCs collaborators include Rolls Royce, Airbus, RNLI and Lloyds Register
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• Grant Supported, high-impact, collaborative Projects from 6 months to 3 years
• Graduate employee + academic support + access to University facilities with up to 67% of costs met by grant
• Current maritime collaborations include:
– CJR Propulsion Ltd
– RNLI
– Victor Marine Ltd
– Kittiwake Developments Ltd
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
15Applying CFD to prop Design With CJR Ltd
Collaborative Research / FP7
• 10% of our research funding comes from FP7 projects (EC R&D Funds)
• Currently collaborating with leading companies including Rolls Royce, Wärtsilä and Carnival on projects looking at:
– Innovative materials for antifouling
– Mitigation of underwater noise
– Development of new materials
For further information:
Kevin Forshaw
Industry Liaison SMMI
+44 (0)23 80598708
www.southampton.ac.uk/smmi
