University of Ulster
Areas of expertise:
The University of Ulster has an excellent track record in bringing innovation and support to businesses across Northern Ireland and beyond. We offer a range of contract and collaborative research opportunities, consultancy, professional development courses and graduate placement programmes, all of which can contribute to making businesses more efficient and competitive.
Ulster’s expertise covers an extensive range of opportunities for businesses in areas including Engineering, Creative Industries, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, ICT and the Agri-Food Sector, and includes incubation space and many industry focused centres such as the Nanotechnology and Integrated Bio-Engineering Centre (NIBEC), Centre for Molecular Biosciences, the Intelligent Systems Research Centre and Centre for Software Processing Technologies.
Services to business:
· Business Planning and process reengineering
· CAD prototyping in 2 and 3 D views
· Clinical research and testing
· Consultancy services
· Environmental services
· Construction services
· Embedded systems development
· Engineering composites development
· Fashion & Textiles design, customisation and rapid prototyping
· Fire safety testing and engineering
· Foreign language translation and interpretation
· Food and nutrition product advice
· Functional foods development
· Graphic design services
· Health and Safety policy advice
· Industrial metal forming and prototyping
· International marketing and exporting
· Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP)
· Legal Services including Employment Law
· Materials testing facilities
· Marketing and exporting expertise
· Media research and consultancy services
· Medical informatics services
· PCB design and development
· Programmable logic controllers - simulation and testing
· Rapid prototype modelling and fabrication
· Rehearsal/performance, sound/lighting and electronic/recording facilities
· RFID consulting and testing
· Robotic applications testing
· Software improvements and training
· Student Placements and graduate recruitment
· Sustainable Technologies services
Contact Details
Name: Dr. Michael Patterson
Address: Office of Innovation, Science Innovation Centre, University of Ulster,
Cromore Road, Coleraine, BT52 1SA
Email: m.patterson1@ulster.ac.uk
Website: www.ulster.ac.uk/oi
