Knowledge Transfer Partnerships help PMS improve processes and increase production
Rotherham-based PMS Diecasting achieved a 40% increase in production, opened a sister company and successfully moved premises with the help of engineering experts from Sheffield Hallam University and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs).
Ceramics and Glass Research Group
Our research in this specialist area focuses on the improvement of materials properties through the development of novel ceramic composites. Using some of most advanced techniques and equipment, we have been improving wear resistance, strength, fracture toughness, corrosion resistance and reducing weight.
Shape Memory Polymers
Shape Memory Polymers (SMP), as their title suggest, have the intriguing ability to change from a temporary intermediate shape back to their fixed, permanent shape
Arc brazing of stainless steel to stainless steel and galvanised mild steel
Arc brazing is a special brazing technique that uses an electric arc and a process known as short circuit transfer to join two materials
Being a student during the coronavirus pandemic
A first year student's first hand account of student life during the coronavirus pandemic
Helping young asylum seekers pursue a brighter future
Yordanos is one of the young asylum seekers who had to flee her home with her daughter and found sanctuary in the UK.
Bad Vibrations
Research you've funded is helping to save the lives of more than 16,000 premature babies who undergo potentially life-threatening journeys in emergency vehicles each year.
A legacy of supporting opportunity
Sylvia Clark was a community nurse who throughout her life always found ways to help those who needed it, and now her legacy will continue thanks to a generous £50,000 gift from her family to establish the Sylvia Clarke Fund.
Helping Guildhawk transform their business with elevated digital technology
With support from our computing experts we helped international business Guildhawk pivot from a language service business to a technology-led, global operation.
How we gave a health kick to a new company
Natural Sports Nutrition approached Innovation Futures to help develop their range of Performance Meals. This collaboration kick-started their business by developing a product range to take to the market. An impressive 8,000 meals were sold in the first three months.