QUB Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP)

🎙 Remember to check out our brand-new podcast, 'Think Future' 🎙 Each episode features in-depth conversations with current KTP Associates and successful KTP alumni 🚀 We shed light on the powerful impact of the KTP programme on shaping graduate careers, transforming businesses, and fostering a more innovative and sustainable future 💡 Episode #1, released this week, shines a light on the race to net-zero construction in Northern Ireland. The conversation with Úna Barrett is both inspiring and informative. A definite listen to anyone in the construction industry, fellow KTP Associates, graduates seeking a career with a difference! #LoveKTP #Podcast #ThinkFuture #Innovation #Sustainability #CarbonConstruction Felix O'Hare & Co. Ltd | Richard Lamb | Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnerships | Invest Northern Ireland | Careers, Employability and Skills at Queen's University Belfast | Careers Queen's University Belfast | Innovate UK Business Connect | Tara Brooks | Stephen Mcilwaine | Siobhan Cox | Queen's University Belfast | School of Natural and Built Environment

Welcome, Naren 🎉 We’re delighted to offer a very big welcome to Naren Boddeda, KTP Associate with Somerville Fit-Out in Moneyreagh. Naren recently joined the 24-month project as a Digital Transformation Engineer. Supervised by Rory Collins and Dominic Mullins of AMIC (www.we-are-amic.com), Queen's graduate, Naren, is applying his academic knowledge and skills to integrate Industry 4.0 digital technologies at Somerville, to unify business operations and create a data-driven smart factory. "I’m excited to sharpen my technical and interpersonal skills while driving real business improvements. I’m particularly looking forward to exploring digitalisation technologies, using data to boost business intelligence, and connecting with industry experts along the way.", says Naren. #KTP #KTPAssociate #LoveKTP #Industry40 #Digitalisation #SmartFactory #Data Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnerships | Innovate UK Business Connect | Invest Northern Ireland | Joel Ferguson | David McCann | Neil Long MCIOB | Careers, Employability and Skills at Queen's University Belfast

🎄 Merry Christmas from KTP at Queen's! 🎄 As we wrap up 2024, we'd like to take a moment to thank our KTP Associates, company partners, academic teams and KT advisers for your dedication and partnership this year! It’s been a successful year for KTP at Queen’s and we look forward to an even more exciting 2025! 🌟 Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year! 🎄 🎁 #MerryChristmas #HappyNewYear #KTP #LoveKTP #Collaboration Lorraine Marks | Karen McGeough | Kerry Smyth | Richard Lamb | Ken Frame | Joel Ferguson | Stephen McComb, PhD

Wrapping up the year with a bit of friendly competition… The KTP team are enjoying the festive vibes this afternoon at the annual R&E Christmas Quiz 🎄 Big shout out to Kevin Fearon and Eimear Barrett PhD for keeping the laughs (and the questions) coming! 🎅 #LoveKTP #KTP #QUB #Christmas #FestiveSpirit Lorraine Marks | Kerry Smyth | Karen McGeough | Aoife Lynch 

Wrapping up the year with a bit of friendly competition… The KTP team are enjoying the festive vibes this afternoon at the annual R&E Christmas Quiz 🎄 Big shout out to Kevin Fearon and Eimear Barrett PhD for keeping the laughs (and the questions) coming! 🎅 #LoveKTP #KTP #QUB #Christmas #FestiveSpirit Lorraine Marks | Kerry Smyth | Karen McGeough | Aoife Lynch

Watch Episode #4 of Think Future 🎥 Missed the audio version? Now you can watch our #ThinkFuture podcast interview with former KTP Associate James Young. Watch James chatting to our host, Orla about how #KTP has empowered him to develop innovative solutions for turning waste into renewable energy 🌱 📺 Watch here: https://lnkd.in/e6GJjM6g 🎧 Prefer audio? Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eT7GaUhb Or Apple: https://lnkd.in/exu_MPmE #ThinkFuture #LoveKTP #Podcast #LoveQUB #Sustainability #RenewableEnergy #Biorefinery Innovate UK | Joel Ferguson | Richard Lamb | Steve Welch | QUB Research and Innovation | Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Queen's University Belfast | Invest Northern Ireland | Oisín Cahill | Paul Malcomson | Vicky Kell | The Graduate School at Queen's | Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute | Stephen McComb, PhD | Dunbia Group | Jill Wright | Karen McCann

This one's for the chocolate lovers 🍫 We're thrilled to announce this partnership with Cadbury UK! A 36-month #KTP with the iconic confectionary brand and the Institute for Global Food Security at Queen's University Belfast, has recently been awarded funding and we will soon be recruiting a graduate to lead this exciting project. To support their journey towards net-zero by 2050, Cadbury have sought the expertise of Professor Nigel Scollan, Stephane Durand and Dr Shannon McLaughlin to explore cutting-edge dairy sustainability practices and technologies to reduce GHG emissions. The project will identify and validate solutions that are both feasible and economically viable in different farm settings. #LoveKTP #CadburyUK #SustainableFarming #NetZero #DairyFarming #GHG Paul Warrington | Innovate UK | Innovate UK Business Connect | Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnerships | QUB Research and Innovation | Lee Rowan | Lindsay Dobson | Wendy McLoone

London based data and analytics company, SmartViz has been granted funding by Innovate UK for a 30-month Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Queen's University Belfast following the successful completion of an #AKTP. A skilled graduate will soon be recruited to lead the hashtag #KTP, alongside Dr Tara Brooks and Dr Faris Elghaish, PhD, MCIOB, FHEA to integrate innovative #AI, #BIM, and #DigitalTwin technologies to accurately predict the performance of buildings in terms of carbon emissions and indoor air quality 🌿🏢 These advanced insights will assist building decision-makers to run their built estate at optimum efficiency, reducing both costs and carbon 🌍 #LoveKTP #NetZero #SmartBuildings #CarbonReduction Innovate UK Business Connect | Innovate UK | Mark Lynch | Queen's University Belfast | Queen's University Belfast | School of Natural and Built Environment | Shrikant Sharma | Vishal Sharma

Welcome, Vishnu 🎉 We’re pleased to offer a very warm welcome to Vishnu Narayanan, who has recently joined #KTP as a Waste Heat Recovery Engineer, KTP Associate with CEMCOR Ltd in Cookstown. Vishnu is leading the 24-month project in collaboration with Dr Geoffrey McCullough and Dr Beatrice Smyth of the QUB School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. 🤝 "I'm looking forward to enhancing my technical skills and project management experience while playing a key role in applying academic research to industry. I'm also excited about contributing to meaningful environmental change by lowering the carbon footprint of cement production." says Vishnu. #LoveKTP #Cement #Manufacturing #Sustainability #WasteHeat Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnerships | Innovate UK | Innovate UK Business Connect | Invest Northern Ireland | Ken Frame | Allistair Wilkinson

A recently funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership #KTP with Fox Building & Engineering Ltd, a civil engineering company based in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, is set to have a transformative impact on the construction industry in Northern Ireland! We'll soon be recruiting a graduate to help deliver the 24-month project that will be led by Dr Tara Brooks, Dr Siobhan Cox, and Dr Stephen Mcilwaine from the Queen's University Belfast | School of Natural and Built Environment. The combined expertise will enable Fox Contracts to develop expertise to track carbon emissions across all of the company's operations and projects, create a more carbon-efficient supply chain and strengthen their sustainability practices. 🌍 #LoveKTP #Sustainability #NetZero #Decarbonisation #CivilEngineering #LoveQUB Innovate UK | Innovate UK Business Connect | Invest Northern Ireland | Construction News | Eoghan Ó Cuireáin | Conor McGirr | Ken Frame | QUB Research and Innovation | Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnerships | QUB Chief Executives' Club | Construction Enquirer