Partner organisations

The Polymer IRC

The Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Polymer Science and Technology (Polymer IRC) was established by the Universities of Leeds, Bradford and Durham in October, 1989. The Sheffield Polymer Centre joined the IRC in 2004.

Polymer IRC

Links to the other partners in the IRC are given below:

• Bradford (polyeng.com) - characterisation of polymers during processing, process simulation, composites, solid phase processing.
• Durham - polymerisation reactions, porous polymer monoliths, polymer morphology, interfaces, hyperbranched polymers, structure simulations.
• Leeds (Physics) - macromolecular dynamics, complex fluids, gels, nano-composites, crystalline and solid phase polymers, microscale polymer processing.

To help you find experts in polymer science and technology an automated skill search facility is available covering all members of the Polymer IRC:

IRC Skillsearch

The Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering Centre of Industrial Collaboration

BITE CIC helps commercial organisations develop the next generation of biomaterials and tissue engineering products. Established as an industry-facing organisation for collaborative R & D and technology transfer, BITE CIC brings together the scientific, technological and clinical expertise available within the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield & York, and applies this to industrially supported projects. State-of-the-art facilities, dedicated project management and commercial know-how are all available to organisations aiming to take new concepts through to market in areas such as orthopaedics, woundcare and cardiac and cardiovascular surgery.

BITE CIC

The Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

The Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (CBTE) is a sister research centre within the University of Sheffield, focussed on medical applications. There are many areas of overlapping research interest, and number of collaborative projects between staff of the two centres.

CBTE

Faraday Packaging

Faraday Packaging has been assisting and challenging those serious about packaging to innovate since 1997. Uniquely placed at the interface between academia and industry, Faraday Packaging has developed a strong network of world leading academic expertise. This is an unrivalled resource supporting packaging worldwide.

The networked nature of the company's assets means that size and scope is boundless. They are in a position to call upon the widest range of disciplines from Consumer Behaviour and Psychology to Design and Pack Engineering and a range of areas linked to Materials and Devices as well as topical business-led issues, such as Sustainability.

The Faraday Packaging core team brings a fresh approach to pack development. They have proven experience across a range of industries, giving them the unique skills to affect a real difference.

Faraday Packaging

Molecular Engineering Translational Research Centre

METRC is one of five research centres funded by The Northern Way and N8 Research Partnerships. METRC's scientific focus is on molecular engineering and soft nanotechnology. METRC is focused on translational research in two initial market segments: Home/Personal Care and Medicine/Healthcare.

METRC

The Micro and Nanotechnology Forum

The Micro and Nanotechnology Forum (MNT) in Yorkshie and Humberside provides an important interface between polymer scientists working on micro and nano-scale applications and business in the region.

MNT