Collaboration between Dyson and our group began with a six month shorter Knowledge Transfer Partnership (sKTP) project entitled ‘Modelling the acoustic absorption properties of materials’. This was an internship position, offering a PhD student the opportunity to engage in research of direct relevance to industry. The sKTP was organised and administered by the Industrial Mathematics Knowledge Transfer Network.
All Dyson products move air as part of their primary function. Getting air to move and then controlling it can be a noisy business. Dyson sought academic input from applied mathematicians to aid the investigation of solutions which allow maximum acoustic benefit within strict design constraints.
Research and development at Dyson is often mainly experimental, thus the sKTP introduced a greater level of mathematical analysis. The company now has a great enthusiasm for applying similar approaches in a wide variety of situations, and are continuing to work with the School.
As a result of this project, a new silencing strategy and a novel design methodology have been introduced to Dyson.
All Dyson products move air as part of their primary function. Getting air to move and then controlling it can be a noisy business. Dyson sought academic input from applied mathematicians to aid the investigation of solutions which allow maximum acoustic benefit within strict design constraints.
Research and development at Dyson is often mainly experimental, thus the sKTP introduced a greater level of mathematical analysis. The company now has a great enthusiasm for applying similar approaches in a wide variety of situations, and are continuing to work with the School.
As a result of this project, a new silencing strategy and a novel design methodology have been introduced to Dyson.
"Considering the short term nature of the sKTP, the contribution to the company has been fantastic. There has been a genuine impact on our product development. We were lucky to find a brilliant candidate and the support from the University supervisors has been invaluable. We look forward to future collaborations."
Dr Hugh Hopper, Aeroacoustics Research, Dyson Technology Ltd
"The project and the opportunity to work at such an incredible company as Dyson has been an invaluable experience for me. I have gained enormously in applying the skills learnt in my doctoral studies to real life problems. I have thoroughly enjoyed meeting and working with the team and look forward to returning after my PhD."
Dr Ruth Voisey, PhD in Applied mathematics, University of Manchester
Projects conducted with the help of Dyson:
- Industrial Mathematics KTN Industrial CASE PhD Studentships (2014-2018), student: William Rowley, value: £69,500
- Industrial MsC project, student: Georgia , value: £3,000.
- Shorter Knowledge Transfer Partnership (sKTP) project, student: Ruth Voisey.