SSSC Launches in Glasgow and Aberdeen
The Scottish Sensor Systems Centre (SSSC), the new collaborative research project into sensor systems, was officially launched at the Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen.
The University of Glasgow will lead on the terrestrial sector of the project in partnership with the Universities of Edinburgh, Strathclyde, Heriot-Watt, and St Andrews; and also the Glasgow Research Partnership in Engineering (GRPE), the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Association (SICSA), and the Edinburgh Research Partnership in engineering and mathematics (ERPem).
The launch in Glasgow, attended by over 45 academics and industrialist, also welcomed representatives from Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Funding Council, the body responsible for the £1.2M funding of the centre. The launch provided an excellent networking opportunity for industrial attendees to discuss collaborative opportunities with academics from several different Universities.
The University welcomed key speakers from Industry including David Lamont, British Waterways Scotland; Calum McGregor, Gas Sensing Solutions and Ian McNaught, Semefab who all expressed their support for the new initiative.
Professor Steve Beaumont, Vice Principal for Research & Enterprise at Glasgow said, “The Scottish Sensor Systems Centre will provide a much needed consortium to accelerate innovation and provide direction to research based on the needs of industry. We are delighted to be involved in this initiative which will help us establish Scotland as a leader in sensor systems. “
Following on from the launch at Glasgow, the subsea workstream was launched at Aberdeen University on 30th June. The event was attended by researchers from Robert Gordon, Dundee and Aberdeen Universities, industry partners of the National Subsea Research Institute and some SME representatives, all facing various sensor challenges in their businesses and interested in new approaches and solutions that could be possible through the SSSC.
Subsea workstream lead Dr Richard Neilson said, “Judging by the discussions during the networking section of the launch event, there is a lot of interest in the Sensor Systems Centre and a number of good potential projects across a variety of areas have emerged. We are looking forward to arranging follow up meetings with our industry contacts to discuss areas of collaboration.”
More information on the project can be found at the Sensors Systems website.