ENGINEERINGNET.EU -- The 10-year agreement between ABB and Imperial gives the university access to the most advanced control and instrumentation technology available from any supplier, as well as life cycle services and support for the installation.
In return, ABB has access to the carbon capture pilot plant for its own use and will use the facility for customer demonstrations and training, staff learning such as inter-divisional training, hands on experience for its apprentices and product testing and software evaluation.
ABB’s involvement is aimed at raising the awareness among chemical engineering graduates of the benefits of a career in control and instrumentation engineering.
“By investing in the pilot plant and the awards, we are effectively investing in our own future, by making sure that our company will have ready access to a stream of bright young engineers,” says Grady.
“One of our biggest problems is finding enough suitably qualified engineers to fill the ever growing range of opportunities we can offer. Obviously if engineering in the UK flourishes, then we flourish too."
The teaching facility will be located at the university’s central London campus.
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