Industry Study Group 2022
HetSys is pleased to launch its fourth Industry Study Group, in partnership with the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN).
Study Groups with industry have been running for over fifty years and, having started with pioneering work in the UK in the 1960s, these groups now take place all over the world. They have been hugely successful in solving problems and providing insight for a variety of organisations. Building on the successful sessions of 2017, 2019, our virtual meeting in 2020, and our most recent in-person event in April 2022, HetSys and KTN are delighted to host this event for a multidisciplinary research audience of HetSys PhD students and their supervisors, academics and associated colleagues.
Representatives from Industry will present their challenges to our students, who will then break into groups to work collaboratively over the next three days to code, model, and sketch solutions to the problems. The groups will meet again at the end of the three days to share their ideas and propose solutions.
The event will be held in person, in Radcliffe House on the Warwick campus. An outline schedule is below.
It is free to register, but places are limited. Please sign up here!
Challenge 1: National Grid ESO
At the National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO), we make sure that Great Britain has the essential energy it needs by ensuring supply meets demand every second of every day. The way we use energy is changing. We need to meet our net zero obligations to reduce green-house gas emissions but also to ensure that we operate an energy system that is reliable, affordable and fair to all. Our Future Energy Scenarios set out a range of different, credible ways to decarbonise our energy system as we strive towards this 2050 target.
Challenge 2: Adjacency
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Adjacency are developing novel, fully sustainable, engineering grade composite materials for vehicle light-weighting. As part of a collaborative R&D programme with WMG, funded by Innovate UK, Adjacency is developing the materials and process technology required to take low-cost next-generation thermoplastic composites to market.
How to Get Involved
For researchers: Please complete the registration form. Participation is free, but places are limited.
For companies: If you are a UK business and wish to propose a challenge, please contact hetsys@warwick.ac.uk with a short description of your proposed problem.
Study Group Programme
The study group will run from the morning of Monday 12th December to the afternoon of Wednesday 14th December. An outline programme is below:
Monday 12th December
| 10.00am | Registration |
| 10.30-12.00 | Welcome, and Challenge Presentations |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00-15.00 | Group Work |
| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee Break |
| 15.30 - 17.00 | Group Work |
| 17.00-17.30 | All attendee catch up |
Tuesday 13th December
| 9.00-10.30 | Group Work |
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee Break |
| 11.00-12.00 | Group Work |
| 12.00-13.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00-15.00 | Group Work |
| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee Break |
| 15.30 - 17.00 | Group Work |
| 17.00 - 17.30 | All attendee catch up |
Wednesday 14th December
| 9.00 - 10.30 | Group Work |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee break |
| 11.00 - 12.00 | Group Work |
| 12.00 -13.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00 - 15.00 | Final presentations |
| 18:00 | Dinner |