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EPSRC Reference: GR/R64483/01
Title: A centre for innovative manufacturing and construction research
Principal Investigator: Backhouse, Professor C
Other Investigators:
Newman, Professor ST Harrison, Professor R Dickens, Professor P
Conway, Professor P Young, Professor R Rothberg, Professor SJ
West, Professor AA Mitchell, Dr SR Walsh, Dr K
Hutt, Dr DA Thorpe, Professor A Jackson, Professor M
Burns, Professor N Case, Professor K Parkin, Professor R
Jones, Professor R Rahimifard, Professor S Caine, Professor MP
Palmer, Mr P
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Department: Mechanical Engineering
Organisation: Loughborough University
Scheme: IMRC (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 October 2001 Ends: 30 September 2006 Value (£): 11,350,001
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Control Engineering Design & Testing Technology
Design Processes Manufact. Business Strategy
Manufact. Enterprise Ops& Mgmt Transport Ops & Management
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Aerospace, Defence and Marine Manufacturing
Construction Electronics
Healthcare Retail
Transport Systems and Vehicles No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
R&D
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Describe the proposed research in about 200 words.This is an invited proposal to form one of a number of EPSRC-funded research centres in the broad area of Engineering for Manufacture. The Loughborough centre will comprise a multi-disciplinary team of experienced researchers and will focus on the related areas of manufacturing and construction. The establishment of the EPSRC centre will enable the concentration and continuity of research effort in core theme areas, allow key research staff to be retained, core competencies to be developed and enhanced, and research projects to be strategy-driven.The intention is to form one Centre which will be supported by two grants. This will allow synergy to develop between the reserchers whilst at the time ring-fencing funds for the the two main areas of research.
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