QUESTOR Centre Applied Technology Unit Julie-Anne Hanna Tipot Kick-Off Meeting September 2004.

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QUESTOR Centre Applied Technology Unit Julie-Anne Hanna Tipot Kick-Off Meeting September 2004

Agenda Review of Questor and ATU Contract Document - overview - importance of the Contract Consortium Agreement

Industry – University cooperative research centre Funded by 18 member companies Support from 7 academic departments (Agriculture, Biotechnology, Civil Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Psychology) Fundamental environmental research programme Approximately £1.5m research per annum More than 35 full-time staff and students QUESTOR Centre Queen’s University Environmental Science & Technology Research Centre

Structure of QUESTOR ‘Family’ Applied Technology Unit Services to non-members Focus on short-term needs Strategic Fundamental Environmental Research directed & owned by member companies no access to non-member companies QUESTOR Centre Biotechnology Chemistry Agriculture Psychology Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering Computer Science

Applied Technology Unit Supplies consultancy, applied research and training for companies Commercial, financially self-sustaining unit within QUESTOR and the University Multi-disciplinary - with a full-time staff of 11 Monitoring/measurement equipment, demonstration pilot plant, and full analytical capability More than 200 client companies (mostly SMEs) since set up in 1996

Areas of Expertise Water/effluent treatment (physical, chemical & biological processes) Remediation of contaminated land Energy & waste minimisation Environmental Communication Life Cycle Assessment

Pilot Scale Wastewater Treatment Equipment - Examples Coagulation/Flocculation DAF Unit Ultrafiltration Membrane Unit Biological Aerated Filter

Services Training Workshops –Attended by over 90 companies/organisations Collaborative R&D –Currently 12 projects with a total value of £2.1m/€3.2m (e.g. EU Craft, COMPETE, etc) Environmental Consultancy –Over 200 projects for more than 150 companies –specification of wastewater treatment systems –independent wastewater treatment trials –investigation and remediation of contaminated sites –advice on waste treatment and waste minimisation Involvement in TCS/KTP, Fusion and other national Technology Transfer initiatives

Overview of the Contract Document All information required is in the contract Division of work The events calendar Milestones

Division of work

Events Calendar Event LocationMonth/Duration Meeting 1Jamshedpur/Kolkata (Calcutta) 1/ 5 Days Fieldwork and data collection Jamshedpur/ Kolkata 1/ - Meeting 2 Stuttgart6/ 3 days Meeting 3Leiden9/ 3 days Progress Review yr1Belfast12 / 3 days

Milestones and Deliverables What are the milestone for the project? What is required from each partner to meet the deliverables? This will be discussed in more detail by Bhaskar Sen Gupta shortly

Framework 6 Rules for Consortium Agreements European Commission Co-ordinator Partner 1 Partner 2 Partner 3 Partner n Consortium Agreement Contract Subcontract

Consortium Agreement – what is required from the partners? If there are any problems or queries with the consortium agreement. Each partner is required to complete information on what pre- existing knowledge they believe to have.