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SVSR has committed to working with nandin, (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation’s [ANSTO’s] Innovation Centre) and the University of Sydney for their Industry and Community Project Units (ICPU) to help stimulate innovation in design, fabrication and installation within the manufacturing sector.
The project invites final-year students to work with industry partners to find science and deep technology solutions to real-world problems. The intention is to commercialise the creations. We plan to work with students to develop ways to evaluate and demonstrate the effectiveness and long-term value of passive ventilation shafts to asset managers and the community.
About the partnership with nandin and USyd
nandin exists to bring imaginative and innovative minds together to discover creative, deep technology solutions to everyday problems that can be commercialised.
nandin partners and supports entrepreneurs and SMEs to kickstart and grow their businesses in deep technology innovation.
The University of Sydney has selected to work with eight nandin partners under two ICPUs: ‘Supporting startups to generate valuable opportunities in sustainability’ and ‘Supporting startups to generate valuable opportunities with technology in a post-COVID world.’
The goal is to provide students with interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities across one of four topics that focus on sustainability: air quality and green building design; making sustainability accessible and affordable; sustainable long-term decision-making for councils; and water sustainability in healthcare structures.
SVSR will partner with students under the topic ‘sustainable long-term decision-making for councils,’ specifically on issues experienced working with asset managers in sewer networks.
About the ICPU project
The initiative is a 3000-level unit ICPU project for Bachelor of Advanced Studies students who must use design innovation and business learning to solve authentic, complex problems.
They must apply their disciplinary background and, in groups with other ICPU students, come up with tangible solutions.
Carol Azzam Macka, Design Innovation Associate for Innovation & Commercialisation at ANSTO, says, “We chose to get involved in this project at nandin because it aligns closely with our design innovation approach to supporting businesses and allows our members to access the creative minds of final-year students who are keen to bring a fresh perspective to their businesses.”
SVSR’s role in the project
The challenges each business presents to the students are real-life ones that require practical solutions.
As leaders in sewer vent shaft design, fabrication and installation, we will present their challenge to the students on the 8th of March at the university and attend ICPU classes throughout the semester, with final presentations scheduled for the 19th of May 2023.
The challenge we will present to the students is: “How can SVSR evaluate and demonstrate the effectiveness and long-term value of passive ventilation shafts to asset managers and the community?” says the head of R&D for SVSR, Duncan Reynolds. “This will involve ‘re-thinking’ their value and changing perceptions.”
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