Project
VEC: Developing a Mixed Reality Training Tool for Sellafield
The Virtual Engineering Centre at the University of Liverpool worked with Sellafield Ltd and the Office for Nuclear Regulation.
What is it about?
The Virtual Engineering Centre was established 10 years ago as the University of Liverpool’s digital engineering impact centre.
Compromising a multi-disciplinary team including specialists in engineering, computer science, visualisation and manufacturing technology, it is underpinned by the University of Liverpool’s academia and specialist Centres of Excellence, communicating research back to potential end users, while providing competitive advantage to industry.
The centre was set up as a precursor to the Catapult centres, with the purpose to provide digital engineering expertise to companies of all sizes to drive innovation through the adoption of digital technologies and the development of digital skills.
Why is it important?
The Virtual Engineering Centre works with SMEs and large enterprise business across all sectors. Projects ranging from digital transformation projects to fully integrated digital architecture systems that manage large scale programmes.
Impact delivered: • 489 SMEs supported • 1022 network connections • 876 collaborations • 681 delivered processes • 71 New processes • 142 Digital tools
See below for some of the supporting case studies showcasing examples of impact delivered from the VEC and its colllaborations.
Perspectives
Since the VEC began in 2010, we’ve made it our aim to listen carefully to and then help our clients and partners push the boundaries of their business challenges by adopting digital technologies to connect and collaborate with their customers, supply chains and partners.
Lynn
Dwyer
University of Liverpool
