Collaborative Research
At Hothouse we provide advice on the intellectual property and commercial terms of agreements for collaborative research, commissioned research and consultancy. There are currently collaborative research projects going on in the following areas;
Area: ICT
Who: DIT's Audio Research Group (ARG) and Cork Institute of Technology (CIT)
Project title: Interactive Music Archive Access System (IMAAS) Who: DIT’s Centre for Research in Engineering Surface Technology (CREST) in conjunction with the National Centre for Sensor Research (NSCR) in Dublin City University (DCU)
Researchers at DIT in conjunction with Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) have developed IMAAS which enables improved searching using ‘musical’ queries such as tempo, instrument type, key signature and time signature, allowing users to search for music in a ‘musical way’. The user can interact with the audio content to separate instruments or voices, change the tempo and key and reduce the amount of hiss and crackle on a piece of music. More information
Area: Material Science
Project title: Chromate Free Sol-Gel Coating for Aluminium
Researchers at DIT’s Centre for Research in Engineering Surface Technology (CREST) in conjunction with the National Centre for Sensor Research (NSCR) in Dublin City University (DCU) have invented a sol-gel coating that can be used as a pre-treatment or primer. T he coating (5um) is considerably thinner than chromium free primers (50um) which reduces the amount of fuel consumed and leads to cost savings of €63,800 for a typical commuter jet. More information
Hothouse
Hothouse DIT's Technology Transfer Office has been established to assist companies and entrepreneurs to start and grow businesses based on DIT research and to assist DIT colleagues and students to commercialise their intellectual property.
Enterprise and Research Development Services provides support for enterprise, sponsored and graduate research across all areas of the Institute. Hothouse is involved with a number of universities and colleagues partnerships. We are continuously looking for new partners to collaborate with. If you are interested in developing a partnership, contact us.
