Consultancy
The School provides consultancy services in engineering for business, industry and government.
Consultancy can vary from one-off expert advice consultations for small developments to full research collaboration on major projects.
The School uses
strong interdisciplinary project teams, utilising analytical
and experimental facilities to address strategic problems
for industry and government.
Specific areas of expertise in the School currently include:
- Centre for Particle Characterisation & Analysis
- Energy Management
- Quality Centre
- Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
- Thin Fim Centre
- Construction materials
Centre for Particle Characterisation & Analysis
The University's Centre for Particle Characterisation and Analysis (CPCA) has been providing responsive scientific analysis and problem solving to industry since 1994 - supporting business and product development, and providing research support services.
CPCA staff specialise in providing scientific analysis and R&D problem-solving services, with particular expertise in chemical analysis.
Our client base of large companies and SMEs comes from many areas of industry and includes customers from the chemical, electronic, manufacturing, biomedical and pharmaceutical sectors.
For more information telephone 0141 848 3241/3240. Or email cpca@uws.ac.uk
Engineering Services
Over the years, many engineering companies throughout Scotland and the UK have also used our staff's expertise and facilities for consultancy, testing, measurement and prototype manufacture. Services include, acoustic & vibration testing, CPD & R&D partnerships, finite element analysis, material & component testing, materials examination & characterisation, metrology services, on-site measurement services & failure investigation, prototype manufacture & systems development. For more information contact Jim Duff on 0141 848 3569. Or email jim.duff@uws.ac.uk
Thin Film Centre
Thin
Film Centre is a centre of excellence in Scotland for
the development of deposition processes for thin films, the
design and fabrication of thin film products, the characterisation
of thin films and the dissemination of information about the
applications of thin films. Contact Prof Frank Placido
Tel: +44 (0)141 848 3610, e-mail: frank.placido@uws.ac.uk
More information is available from :
School of Engineering Office
Tel: 0141 848 3101
Fax: 0141 848 3663