Rolls-Royce To Open Turbine Lab at Purdue University
s part of a public-private partnership Rolls-Royce will establish a $24 million turbine lab for compact gas turbine engines at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Development and testing of next-generation turbine airfoils will be housed at Purdue’s Zucrow Laboratories, one of the nation’s largest university propulsion laboratory for research focused on reducing fuel consumption […]
Virginia Catalyst announces grants for collaborative research projects Industries
The Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corp., known as Virginia Catalyst, announced Monday it has awarded almost $3 million to six collaborative bioscience commercialization projects in a new round of funding. Virginia Catalyst is a not-for-profit corporation funded by the Virginia General Assembly’s general fund and seven of Virginia’s research universities. It supports projects that include […]
Dutch universities of technology start €75m investment fund
Dutch universities Eindhoven, Enschede and Wageningen are each putting €1.5m into a €75m investment fund, Innovation Industries, which will help finance projects stemming from their own R&D programmes. The aim is to provide funding averaging €5m to 20 companies operating in new technologies in the agricultural, health care and IT sectors. Founder and investor Harm […]