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Research in Industry
• Atkins
• Strategic Advisory Services
• Research
– What I learned…
– What’s in it for Industry…
• Headline messages
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United Kingdom and Europe
Our areas of focus include
aerospace, defence, education,
environment, infrastructure design,
transportation and water.
9,590People employed in the United Kingdom
and Europe
£943.6mRevenue
* Figures at 31 March 2016. Headcount numbers are rounded to the nearest ten.
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London 2012 Games
Olympic Park
We helped to create a venue for the
Games and transformed it into a park that
the local community can enjoy.
We provided multidisciplinary engineering
infrastructure design, project managing
enabling works, site clearance and
remediation, environmental impact
assessment and overseeing the technical
legacy transformation.
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High Speed 2
United Kingdom
Preliminary designs for tunnels, ‘green’ tunnels
and two high speed lines across a 91km
stretch of track, plus Environmental Impact
Assessments
Image courtesy of HS2
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Crossrail
United Kingdom
Detailed design of twin bored tunnels,
and design and specification Tottenham Court
Road and Custom House stations and
Plumstead depot
Image courtesy of Crossrail
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Strategic Advisory Services Research• Focus on research and innovation
– Developing new lines of service
– Anticipating and responding to client needs
– Forming & managing project teams
– Winning work
• Projects in three areas:
– Chemicals in the aquatic environment
– Research programme design and management
– Policy, regulation and risk
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Our
responsibility
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My research
• Computer models (Biotic Ligand Models or BLMs) developed to predict metal toxicity in river waters.
• BLMs make assumptions that could be quite incorrect under certain circumstances.
• My research explored the effect of sewage effluent on metal speciation and toxicity.
• Important implications for how the water industry manages metals in effluent
– Risks and Opportunities
– New treatment technologies
– Discharge permitting
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(Some of) What I learned….
• Metal speciation, environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology
• Laboratory skills
• Working in the field
• Mathematical modelling and statistics
• How to write and articulate an idea
• Critical thinking
• An appreciation of opportunity
• Coping with criticism….
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Research: What’s in it for Industry?
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– What is the problem that needs a solution?
– What do we need to know?
– Will it work?
– Will it make a difference?
– Does anyone care?
• Systematic investigation to establish facts.
• Research is fundamental to the creation of
new products, services, and IP.
• Workforce training.
• Identifying opportunities for further research
(new knowledge, products, services and IP).
• Collaborative partnerships.
• Plan to Publish.
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Catchment Management
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Atkins, UKWIR, AMEC, Plymouth
University
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Chemicals in the Environment
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Atkins, UKWIR, Brunel University,
Plymouth University
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Wastewater treatment
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Atkins, Severn Trent Water,
Cranfield University
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Headline messages• Research is fundamental to the creation of knowledge, products, services,
and intellectual property.
• Knowledge provides a means to solve complex problems (useful in itself).
• Research is usually collaborative, with different sectors pursuing different measures of success:
– Revenue / Margin / Intellectual Property / Prestige
– Papers / Funding / Prestige / Training
• Research training will equip you to work in either Industry or Academia.
• Understand the potential life cycle of the idea/product/service your research is developing…
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Thank you
If you’d like to find out more visit:
www.atkinsglobal.com
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Published by Atkins Group Communication, February 2016