Smart Sound Plymouth Partners
Smart Sound Plymouth is a first-of-its-kind facility within the UK, facilitating the design, testing and development of new products and services for the marine sector.
Led by Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), Smart Sound Plymouth has world-class research partners in the University of Plymouth, specialising in:
- advanced marine autonomy
- alternative propulsion
- advanced materials/manufacturing
- environmental monitoring/modelling and cyber security
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- big data.
Research & Development partners
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Well known as one of the world’s foremost marine science organisations, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) provides pioneering, solution-driven scientific evidence and advice.
From marine science expertise through to satellite Earth observation and marine ecosystem and coastal hydrodynamic modelling, PML is a partner of choice for providing detailed data and understanding of the marine environment, technology testing environments as well as advice on technology and material performance when operating in various marine environments.
PML leads one of the most comprehensive and longest shelf sea observatories in the world, the Western Channel Observatory , and is experienced in working with industry, from SMEs to large multinationals.
University of Plymouth
With its history rooted in the marine sector, the University first opened as a school of navigation in 1862, and is now home to the University’s Marine Institute, the first and largest such institute in the UK.
Over the next 20 years, offshore industries will be transformed by new technological innovations that will allow society to sustainably manage and exploit our oceans for resources in ways previously unimaginable. Bringing these new technologies to market will demand new ways of thinking, and the University will enable new levels of collaboration that bring together different scientific and technical disciplines.
The University’s team of experts in autonomy, electrical and mechanical engineering, ocean science and technology support marine businesses with research, testing and evaluation.