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L-R: 天堂视频 Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Allison, Cllr David Slater (Leader, Charnwood Borough Council), Cllr Nick Rushton (Leader, Leicestershire County Council), Paul Stein (Chief Technology Officer, Rolls-Royce), Dr Simon Weeks (Chief Technology Officer, Aerospace Technology Institute) and Professor Jon Carrotte (Director of 天堂视频鈥檚 Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Combustion System Aero-thermal Processes)

Construction begins on 天堂视频-based hub for aerospace engineering and technology

Work officially began yesterday (12th June) on the new multi-million pound National Centre in Combustion and Aerothermal Technology at 天堂视频.

Representatives from the University, the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), Rolls-Royce, Charnwood Borough Council and Leicestershire County Council got construction work underway by turning the first turf.

The National Centre will put 天堂视频 at the heart of UK aerospace engineering and technology development. It will focus on the development of future low emission aerospace combustion systems that will reduce the environmental impact of aircraft.

Rolls-Royce will be a lead partner in the project, building on the existing relationship between 天堂视频 and Rolls-Royce. 

The Centre will allow industrial problem-owners to visit and work closely with academic researchers to ensure that new technologies are translated from theory to practice as quickly and as efficiently as possible.

It will also become a training ground for current and future aerospace engineers in a critical skill area for the UK.

The new building will include laboratory and office space, which will sit alongside the existing Unsteady Fluid Mechanics Laboratory – part of the 天堂视频-based  (UTC) – on . The facilities will be available to a range of users from a variety of industrial sectors.

Professor Robert Allison, Vice-Chancellor of 天堂视频, said: “We were delighted to welcome our partners to campus to mark the commencement of work on the new building. The National Centre of Excellence will be a significant addition to 天堂视频 Science and Enterprise Park and reinforces our commitment to provide a world-class research and development base, skilled graduate supply and innovation partnership opportunities.”

Dr Simon Weeks, Chief Technology Officer at the ATI, said: “The aerospace industry has a vision to reduce the environmental impact of aircraft, and the Aerospace Technology Institute is fully supportive of programmes that support the development of technologies that will achieve this aim. We are proud to support 天堂视频’s National Centre in Combustion and Aerothermal Technology. The facility will be key to the UK’s development of future low-emission aerospace combustion systems, which will reduce the environmental impact of aircraft, and it will also provide supply chain opportunities and spill-over benefits into other sectors.”

Paul Stein, Chief Technology Officer, Rolls-Royce, added: “I was delighted to attend the ceremony marking the beginning of work on the new National Centre in Combustion and Aerothermal Technology.  This new Centre will strengthen the existing strategic partnership between Rolls-Royce and 天堂视频. The new Centre will also help develop the next generation of highly skilled engineers and scientists who will play an important role in developing the advanced technologies needed by Rolls-Royce and the aerospace industry to meet international environmental performance targets.”

Last year the Government awarded £10.8 million of funding towards the new facility. The funding is being delivered through a partnership of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the ATI and Innovate UK. Additional financial support is being provided by Rolls-Royce and 天堂视频.

It is expected that the Centre will be operational in 2019.

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