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Swansea University - School of Engineering

Knowledge Transfer from the Civil and Computational Engineering Centre

In addition to high quality teaching and research activity, the centre also engages in direct knowledge transfer to industrial clients. This is carried out by contact with the CETIC (Centre of Excellence for Technology and Industrial Collaboration), which is funded by the Welsh Development Agency.

Furthermore a number of workshops and training courses are run throughout the year that are specifically designed to meet the needs of personnel already employed in industry.


The Centre of Excellence for Technology and Industrial Collaboration (CETIC)

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The Civil and Computational Engineering Centre at Swansea University is accredited by the Welsh Development Agency as a Centre of Excellence in Technology and Industrial Collaboration (CETIC). The purpose of this scheme is to help companies to benefit from the best industrially relevant expertise and facilities from universities within Wales. The Centre has an international reputation for excellence in the development and use of Computational Engineering techniques. These techniques cover an ever-increasing spectrum of applications right across traditional and new engineering sectors.  With the massive increase in computing power, Computational Engineering technology has become a highly effective tool for investigating and solving complex real-life engineering problems.

Centre personnel represent one of the highest quality groups anywhere in the world focused on Computational Engineering - one of the very few groups in the UK to consistently achieve the highest rating in all Research Assessment Exercises. With an extensive track record of industrial collaboration the Centre has significantly contributed to a number of prestigious projects, e.g. design of THRUST (the Supersonic Car currently holding the world land-speed record) and Airbus A380 (the largest civilian aircraft to-date). The Centre as the Preferred Academic Partner to BAe Systems in Computational Engineering and Electromagnetics.

The Centre has access to one of the most advanced university computing facilities anywhere within Europe:

  • Hardware: includes a 32-processor Silicon Graphic Supercomputer, high-end graphics workstations and high-speed network links
  • Software: extensive software packages, both in-house developed and 'off-the-shelf'  commercial
  • Virtual Reality Studio: based on the VR FLEX display system and providing a unique facility in Wales.

Active research and industrial applications include: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Structural Analysis and Structural Optimisation, Geomechanics, Geometry Modelling and Grid Generation, Graphical User Environments and Solution Visualisation, High Performance Computing, Computational Electromagnetics, Materials’ Processing and Injection Moulding, Bio-medical, Water and Environmental Engineering.

For further details please contact:

Kim Davies (Commercial Manager)
Civil & Computational Engineering Centre (C2EC) 
University of Wales Swansea
Singleton Park 
Swansea 
SA2 8PP
Tel: 01792 295923 
Email: kim.davies@swansea.ac.uk

 

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