Expertise at Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh is home to a wide range of expertise supporting companies to innovate in manufacturing. Below are some examples.
Data and intelligent systems
- Advanced robotics
- AI and machine learning
- Big data
- Computational modelling and simulation
- Digital twinning
- High-performance computing
- Internet of Things
- 3D and 4D printing
Formulations
- Advanced materials
- Computer simulation
- Formulation science
- Instrument development
- Life and complex fluids
Materials and processes
- Composite materials manufacture and processing
- Dynamic, impact and ballistic performance of advanced materials
- Fire testing of materials and structures
- Materials design and characterisation
- Mechanical testing from fibres to large structures
- Multi-scale modelling from atoms to processes
Sustainability
- Biocomposites
- Environmental engineering
- Industrial ecology (material efficiency, criticality, scenarios, recycling, substitution)
- Recycled polymers
- Waste management