During the first 12-month phase of the partnership, three co-funded PhD/EngD students will be recruited to work on sensor-based projects, jointly with PPS and Strathclyde research. The second phase will expand the partnership into other research fields, including Biomedical Engineering, Design Manufacture and Engineering Management and Materials Research.
Dr. Jae Son, founder and CEO of PPS, said: “We plan to establish a talented team of researchers to investigate technology transfer opportunities from our joint research and enable the commercialisation of new, cutting-edge, PPS-tactile sensing based products."
The partnership will be managed by the Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering, which is part of the Institute for Sensors, Signals and Communications in Strathclyde’s Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.
The Centre’s director, Professor Anthony Gachagan, said: “Our collaboration with PPS empowers the University of Strathclyde to offer some of its brightest researchers exposure to cutting-edge innovation, knowledge exchange and internationalisation opportunities.”
PPS and the University of Strathclyde intend to commercialise the research from the partnership into new products through UKRC, Innovate UK, EU and Scottish Government grant schemes.
