STFC B4I Automotive & Aerospace Event
Come along to this event to:
- Hear about how STFC added value to automotive and aerospace companies;
- Benefit from free access to STFC equipment and expertise;
- Discuss with world leading experts about your technical challenges
How can STFC help Automotive and Aerospace Companies? STFC can support UK industry to overcome challenging product, manufacturing or process performance. Accessing our unique laboratories and engaging with world class researchers, you will develop projects that address your specific challenge and help you make a step-change to your business.
Why should you attend?
- Understand how to gain free access to leading edge equipment and expertise
- Discuss your challenge with world leading experts
- Hear grand challenges and funding opportunities for the automotive and aerospace sector
- Network with other automotive and aerospace companies
Who should attend? Problem holders and those looking to overcome issues limiting the productivity of their organisations, including:
- Technical leads
- Senior decision makers
Case Studies for Automotive and Aerospace Sector: Some STFC facilities case studies on energy can be found via:
- Helping make hydrogen cars a reality
- Using supercomputing to design safer vehicles
- Supporting new product design at Bentley
- Solving technical challenges to build fuel cells of the future
- Accelerating product design at Jaguar Land Rover
- Developing next generation batteries
- Stresses in Steel During Manufacturing
- Reducing Wear and Tear with Effective Lubricants
- Controlling Crystallisation in Fuels and Biofuels
- Improving the efficiency of engine fuel delivery – one neutron at a time
- Non-destructive strain measurement of Rolls-Royce’s Trent 1000 fan blade
About the funding
Bridging for Innovators (B4I) is a programme run by STFC to support UK industry to overcome challenging product, manufacturing or process performance. Accessing our unique laboratories and engaging with world class researchers, you will develop projects that address your specific challenge and help you make a step-change to your business. Full details of scope, eligibility and application process are available here. For further information on Bridging for Innovators please contact Ling.Xu@stfc.ac.uk.
Agenda
09:00 – Registration
10:00 – Welcome and Introduction
Michelle Carter, Interim Head of Transport, Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN)
10:05 – Introduction to STFC
Ric Allott, STFC
10:15 – Bridging for Innovators Programme, STFC
10:30 – STFC Capabilities
Representatives from DLS, ISIS, CLF, HC, Tech.
11:30 – Break
11:45 – Case Studies
• Richard Sharp from Cobham RAD Europe Ltd
• Ian Macafee from Oxsensis
• Neill Briggs from Briggs Automotive Company
• Phil Boden – Getrag Ford Transmissions
12:30 – Lunch and Networking
13:30 – Strategic priorities in aerospace
Nour Eid, Technologist, Aerospace Technology Institute
13.50 – Strategic priorities for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
George Filip, Knowledge Transfer Manager: Connected and Automated Vehicles, KTN
14.10 – Automated vehicles
Will Drury, Global Technical Expert – Power Electronics, Ricardo
14:30 – Company Pitches
15:00 – Summary and closing statements
15:10 – STFC helpdesk
16:00 – Close