steve morris: ktn what functionality & what challenges
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THE UK’S INNOVATION NETWORK
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER NETWORK
"What functionality and what challenges”
Steve MorrisKnowledge Transfer Network
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Introducing the KTN
The KTN is the UK’s innovation network. We bring together businesses, entrepreneurs, academics and funders to develop new products and services.
We help business to grow the economy and improve people’s lives by capturing maximum value from innovative ideas, scientific research and creativity
What we do
The UK’s Innovation Network
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3The Knowledge Transfer NetworkEnabling Collaboration
Connecting people who wouldn’t usually meet to solve innovation challenges
Bringing together businesses and researchers from different sectors
Linking people with new ideas and technologies to partners and customers
Introducing innovators to public and private funders and investors
Strategic Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurial Commercial
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The Knowledge Transfer Network
Core thematic networks covering key application areas and underpinning technologies
17 Industry Communities
Stimulating dialogue/accelerating innovation
Renew
Chris WarkupCEO
David LockwoodChair
We are eliminating silos to make it easier to
assemble multi-disciplinary teams so that we can do more,
and do it well.
The “half-life of knowledge” is
shortening, so we must connect business with
research faster than ever before.
Interdisciplinary programmes building communities around priority challenges
17 Cross-sector Groups
An engaged online community of innovators served by a single platform
60,000+ Members
Hundreds of events bringing people together ‘to make magic happen’
6,000+ Delegates per year
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What are smart materialsA defintion for all in a world where everything seems to be labelled as “smart”
A smart material is one that reacts, usually reversibly, to a stimulus in its environment, invariably as a part of a system!
Energy HarvestingStructural Health MonitoringHealthcare
PiezoelectricsAntimicrobialsAuxeticsElectroactive PolymersThermoelectric
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Smart Materials Design Guide
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Smart Materials Group – Work Packages
Modeling and simulation of smart material systems
Metamaterials – Adding functionality to an emerging technology
Additive Manufacturing of smart and functional materials
Smart Materials Landscape
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Multifunctional Composites - Challenges
What functionality?
Materials availability
Modeling systems
Manufacturing Process
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Challenges – What functionality?
Reducing the cost of maintenance in aerospace• Self-sensing• Self indicating• Self healing
Delivering better systems• Self ameliorating• Lightweighting• Insulating/conducting • Fire protection
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Challenges – Materials availability
Modified existing materials• Scope
New materials• Base polymers• Functional Additives• Coatings?
New Systems• Implications for materials• Current research
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Challenges – Modelling systems
What is needed?
What is current?
Who is active?
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Multifunctional Composites - Funding
Smart hybrid and multiple materials competition:
• £5 million
• Q1 15
• HVM Strategy
• Smart products and systems
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Multifunctional Composites - Funding
• Smart (functional) materials respond to a stimuli in the environment, usually reversibly
• Hybrid materials are nano or micro structured such as alloys, composites or gels
• Multiple materials are micro-fabricated such as multilayer and multifunctional films at the macro scale
• Looking for ‘smart’ products that may combine smart, hybrid and/or multiple materials to create a “smart” system
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Smart Materials Group
Steve Morris – Knowledge Transfer Manager
07964 561848