e2v and The Open University announce establishment of e2v Centre for Electronic Imaging

e2v, a leading designer, developer and manufacturer of specialised components and subsystems and The Open University have announced their collaboration to establish the e2v Centre for Electronic Imaging (CEI) at The Open University’s Milton Keynes campus. The centre will be dedicated to the research and development of advanced technologies for electronic image sensing and provide knowledge exchange between the UK technology industry and the academic world.

e2v and The Open University will invest £3m into the e2v CEI, over the next five years. The centre will build upon e2v’s success as a leader in the design and supply of image sensors to organisations such as NASA, (e.g. for the 2009 upgrade of the Hubble Space Telescope), and will accelerate the discovery of new applications for existing e2v imaging technology. It will also enable the advancement of new platforms in electronic imaging for a variety of high-value, long-term markets. Initially the e2v CEI will focus on the development of technology opportunities in space and terrestrial scientific imaging, with plans to extend the scope towards health and environmental applications.

Professor Brigid Heywood, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise said “The Open University is a world leader in using innovative technologies to deliver high quality education, and educational research. We embrace the opportunity to work with the small pool of organisations like e2v who are world leaders and committed to advancements in technology and knowledge exchange,”

Andrew Holland, Professor of Electro-Optics with The Open University says the collaboration will provide long-term benefits to science, training and the creation of world leading intellectual property “Both academic research and the development of industrial technology require highly skilled researchers with a thorough understanding of the needs of industry, The e2v Centre for Electronic Imaging will provide an avenue for doctoral students and research staff to explore routes to industrial advancements for business sustainability, and technological breakthroughs in science and medicine,”

Quote from Trevor? Include “e2v has previous Research Council supported knowledge exchange for example, the strip detector project with the University of Liverpool and the Science and Technology Facilities Council.”

e2v CEO, Keith Atwood said “We are very excited about this collaboration with The Open University. This agreement will see two global organisations coming together to develop the tools and technologies which will advance the science sector substantially. e2v is firmly committed to funding research of this kind, to ensure there is productive knowledge exchange between academic organisations and industry.”

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