CEMS academics awarded 3 Knowledge Transfer partnerships totalling over £500,000 from Innovate UK

Congratulations to academics in the Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, who have recently been awarded three Knowledge Transfer Partnerships ^[1] (KTP). The total value of the three projects for the Division is over £500,000 from Innovate UK.

A KTP enables a business to bring in new skills and the latest academic thinking to deliver a specific, strategic innovation project through a knowledge-based partnership.

The KTPs are:

• Dr Robert Horne ^[2] and Dr Viktorija Makarovaite ^[3], at the School of Engineering ^[4], will work with Smith and Nephew ^[5], a leading portfolio medical technology company.
• Dr Daniel Soria ^[6] and Dr Fernando Otero ^[7], of the School of Computing ^[8], will work with The Hurley Group ^[9], an NHS Partnership providing patient-centered care in London.
• Dr Christos Efstratiou ^[10] and Dr Fernando Otero, of the School of Computing, along with Professor Marialena Nikolopoulou ^[11] (Division of Arts and Humanities) will work with Baxall Construction, a contractor delivering new build, refurbishment, project management and design and build solutions. This is the first KTP across these Divisions.

Clare Witcher, Business Industry & Relationship Officer, said ‘there was an unprecedented number of submissions for this round so to have 100% success in such a competitive round of funding is a huge testament to the expertise in Division and quality of applications’.

Further information about Knowledge Transfer Partnerships can be found here:
https://www.kent.ac.uk/knowledge-exchange-innovation/knowledge-transfer-partnerships ^[12]