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The British Rolls-Royce took a fancy to Singapore’s advanced equipment and top talents in the field of scientific research, and decided to set up Asia’s first institute here. Advanced Technology Center (AdvanceTechnologyCentre).
Rolls-Royce will invest S$10 million per year in this center to develop cutting-edge technologies such as fuel cells, aerodynamicsimulation, and material science. The Bureau of Science, Technology and Research carries out scientific research cooperation.
Representatives of New Science and Technology and Rolls-Royce signed a cooperation agreement at Qio Biomedical Research Park yesterday. The agreement includes future patent rights sharing.
Dr. House, Director of Engineering and Technology of the British parent company, said in an interview that the research areas of the cooperation between the two parties cover Rolls-Royce's four major global businesses-civil aviation, military aviation, marine and energy. House signed the agreement on behalf of Rolls-Royce.
He affirmed Singapore’s scientific research capabilities. He said: "Singapore has a group of top researchers from various fields with various expertise, and the institute has various advanced equipment, which has established strong scientific research capabilities for Singapore."
New scientific research and Rolls-Royce already has three research cooperation plans, with 10 people participating in them. They plan to add 10 research collaborations in the next year, employing at least 30 additional researchers.
Dr. House said that the Advanced Science and Technology Center is a non-traditional research center because it will not have specific buildings to accommodate researchers and equipment, but will borrow equipment and venues from new scientific research. All research The work will be carried out in Xin* Research Institute and Rolls-Royce laboratories.
This is because Singapore has advanced equipment and Rolls-Royce has set up a research center here. There is no need to replicate the same laboratory. He said that the technology centers set up by Rolls-Royce in some British universities also adopt the same concept, so this is not a new concept in the UK or Europe. Rolls-Royce has established technology centers at universities in the UK, Germany, the United States, Sweden and Italy since the 1990s, and there are now 24 of them.
Dr House said the center in Singapore is also its first "one-stop" research center as the research areas cover multiple fields. The new research institutes can meet different research needs.
Rolls-Royce will cooperate with the Materials Research Institute, High Performance Computing Research Institute and Singapore Manufacturing Technology Research Institute under New Science and Technology to launch various research projects based on the strengths of different research institutes.
Professor Zhang Daochang, Chairman of the Science and Engineering Research Council, said: "Our research institutes have their own strengths and are leading many countries in individual fields. The most important thing is that they can also put individual research into action when needed. "This cooperation plan will last for 5 years, but the two parties hope to continue and expand the scope of cooperation after 5 years."
Rolls-Royce celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, and its branch in Singapore has a history of more than 50 years. Rolls-Royce has cooperative relationships with Singapore Airlines, Singapore Airlines Engineering, Singapore Air Force, ST Engineering, etc. The local branch has nearly 600 employees.