De Montfort University (DMU) is hosting a Science and Technology Innovation Day on 23 September 2010 to educate business people about collaborative working opportunities.
The event will be hosted by DMU's Pharmaceutical Technologies Group, which is involved in the research and development of products for the pharmaceutical, food and healthcare industries.
Designed to showcase opportunities for product development and process design, the main themes of the day will be drug delivery and product design, material processing and manufacture, analytical science and biomaterials, biosensing and microbiology.
Guest speaker Dr Jesse Alton from Teraview will open the day by introducing DMU's terahertz facility.
The 3D imaging and spectroscopic facility offers a non-destructive and non-invasive diagnostic and inspection system, which provides opportunities across a range of industry sectors.
With the ability to gain spectroscopic information and 3D image maps with unique spectroscopic signatures not found at other wavelengths, terahertz spectroscopy and imaging has the potential to identify problems before materials go into production and resolve many of the questions left unanswered by complementary techniques, such as optical imaging and infrared.
The Pharmaceutical Technologies Group is actively researching applications for manufacturing process efficiency aimed at saving companies time and money.
Delegates at the Science and Technology Innovation Day will have the opportunity to learn about a range of research projects and have a preview of the university's plans for a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) facility.
GMP is part of the pharmaceutical industry's quality system for the manufacture and testing of pharmaceutical products and medical devices.
