News
- Titlee2v technologies plans for the future
- Date25 November 2005
As part of e2v’s focus on innovation and the development of next generation technologies, it is participating in the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme backed by a consortium of UK public bodies including the UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
The 3 projects jointly funded by e2v and the KTP scheme are a key element of e2v’s growth plans and provide access to the wealth of knowledge and expertise in the UK's universities, colleges and research organisations.
KTPs are designed to facilitate the transfer of knowledge through projects undertaken by high calibre, recently qualified people under joint supervision from a company and an academic institution. Providing the individuals with company based business-relevant training, the programmes help increase the interaction between businesses and academic institutions.
2 of the 3 projects are already underway: With the University of Nottingham, where a 2-year project is supporting e2v’s strategy to increase the scope of supply in RF power generation systems from key components to sub-systems, and with the University of Manchester, where a 3-year project is supporting the development of new sensing technologies for medical, automotive and industrial markets.
A third 3-year project with the University of London, Queen Mary college is now being established to work on electro-magnetic modelling which will help in the design and development processes across a broad range of e2v vacuum tube products.
e2v’s co-ordinator for the KTP programmes is Dr Paul John, who commented:
'Whilst the initial benefit of the KTPs is access to the wealth of knowledge in our Universities, it also helps introduce us to the next generation of engineers. Over the 2 to 3 years they are working with us, the graduates get to learn about e2v and our business and could then join our next generation of development engineers.'
With the KTPs now sitting alongside the e2v joint-funded centre for electronic imaging (CEI) at Brunel University, strategic projects undertaken with other Universities including Strathclyde, Lancaster and Cambridge and its graduate and apprentice schemes, e2v is ensuring that its reputation for high-level innovation and the provision of world-leading engineering solutions is safe for generations to come.