A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by Professor Mike Hounslow, the University's Vice-President and Head of the Faculty of Engineering and Jeanne Liew, Principal and CEO of Nanyang Polytechnic, one of Singapore’s leading educational institutions.
Nanyang Polytechnic has strong links with SMEs and large multinational companies such as Airbus and Siemens. The institution also has strengths in transitioning research from the fundamental research base into the companies where the research is applied.
During a visit to Sheffield, a delegation from Nanyang Polytechnic toured the AMRC, the laboratories and facilities of the Diamond and met in Firth Court. The Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering played a key part in the visit, with academics from the department spending time with their counterparts visiting from Nanyang Polytechnic. As part of the tour, the delegation had a demonstration of a digital twin, hosted in the AMRC, controlling a machine based in Singapore.
We are proud to sign this agreement with Nanyang Polytechnic. There are many exciting synergies between the Faculty of Engineering and Nanyang Polytechnic. The institution is particularly renowned for their translational research and their work with industry leaders
Professor Daniel Coca
Head of the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
The agreement has the potential to bring new opportunities for both institutions, one area of opportunity being the possibility of staff and student exchanges. Both institutions will also be able to collaborate on research and work with their industrial partners.
For example, the next step in the partnership will be expanding the digital twin that was demonstrated during the visit. The digital twin is hosted in the AMRC and during the visit it controlled a machine in Singapore from Sheffield and displayed information about the machine’s status. Other potential projects will revolve around Additive Manufacturing, 5G communications in manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence.
The University of Sheffield undertakes internationally leading research and was last year named among the Top 50 most international universities in the world in the Times Higher Education Global Rankings. The Department for Automatic Control and Systems Engineering is the only department of its type in the UK, with research strengths in aerospace, energy, the environment and manufacturing and robotics.
