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Overview
The National Technical Platform for Materials Innovation (NTPMI) empowers Research Technical Professionals (RTPs), providing access to training and events, and the opportunity to share expertise and develop best practice, across materials innovation and associated manufacturing technology communities.
NTPMI is led by the Henry Royce Institute and funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
RTPs are crucial to the effective operation of research infrastructure across the UK. They have a vital role in deploying their skills and experience to support both academic and industrial research and development, as well as to train users in the latest techniques and methods.
NTPMI delivers training, development, professional networking, and secondment opportunities across the UK’s materials innovation community, and in the process increasing RTP visibility.
NTPMI centres around four key areas that underpin materials innovation:
(i) make
(ii) test
(iii) characterise
(iv) modelling
Themes include technical innovation, automation, novel techniques, equipment and capability development, training methods, teaching tools, and creating a connected and visible community.
Activities include: technical workshops and masterclasses for a range of techniques, visits to equipment suppliers or manufacturers, non-technical skills training, conferences and industrial secondments. The platform naturally aligns to many of the existing Royce Research Areas and engages with existing national networks, community of practices and initiatives in respective materials innovation fields.
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Project Lead
The platform is led by Royce Chief Technology Officer, Prof Tony Horner with co-leads from across Royce Partners nationally.
“As the UK institute for advanced materials Royce is in a unique position in the research infrastructure to bring together a community of practice for all of the UK’s materials RTPs, not just those at Royce Partners. RTP team members both here and across the UK make major contributions to all our innovation endeavours – running experiments, offering insights and of course providing training to researchers.
“Importantly we work closely with a range of innovative companies which play a critical role in the career progression of the RTP community – and these collaborations will really support the aims of the New Research Technical Platform initiative.”
Prof David Knowles | CEO, Henry Royce Institute
Our Partners
NTPMI Team
Project Lead
Tony Horner, Royce Chief Technology Officer
Co-Leads
Peter Petrov, Imperial College London
Tamsin O-Reilly and Jamie Nanson, National Nuclear Laboratory
Andy Pollard, National Physical Laboratory
Jason Robinson, University of Cambridge
Nadia Stelmashenko, University of Cambridge
Mark Rosamond, University of Leeds
Bob Lloyd, University of Liverpool
Ross Nolan, University of Manchester
Colin Johnston, University of Oxford
Rob Deffley, University of Sheffield
Michael King, University of Strathclyde
Project Mentor
Brad Wynne, University of Strathclyde
Training and Skills
Tom Hancocks, Royce Training and Skills Manager
Project Management
James Anderson, Royce Senior Project Manager
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