Waikato Centre for Advanced Materials (WaiCAM)
Partnership and External Linkage
WaiCAM is keen to establish partnerships with industrial companies and research organisations for mutual benefits and for strengthening the total materials research capability in New Zealand. Organisations interested in establishing partnerships with WaiCAM are invited to contact the director or a member of the management committee for further discussion.
WaiCAM maintains and will further develop strong links with a number of New Zealand research and education organisations which have interests in materials research. They include materials research groups or centres at Auckland University and Industrial Research Ltd. Internationally, WaiCAM members have established strong links with a number of organisations. They include:
- Institute for Materials and Advanced Processes,
University of Idaho, USA - Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
North Carolina State University, USA - Oxford Centre for Advanced Materials and Composites,
University of Oxford, UK - Department of Materials and Engineering,
University of Surrey, UK - Department of Materials,
Imperial College, UK - Norwegian University of Science & Technology,
Trondheim, Norway - Madylam Laboratory,
University of Grenoble, France - Institute of Metal Research,
Chinese Academy of Science, China
WaiCAM has strong links with industrial companies, and will strive to develop more links to effectively serve New Zealand industry. Following are the examples of the companies which are closely linked to the research of the members:
Industrial biotechnology is an area of research and development in which the University of Waikato has had a long and outstanding record of success.