Industry and Project Partners
Our CDT training programme and PhD projects are shaped by a diverse network of industry partners who contribute to a unique PhD training experience focused on reducing the harms caused by noise and poor acoustics.
With multiple engagement opportunities across the network, the programme fosters and strengthens collaboration between academia and industry to drive our groundbreaking research and innovation in sustainable sound.
Why get involved
- Access emerging research and specialist expertise
- Influence the development of future industry-ready talent
- Build collaborations that support innovation and growth
How to get involved
Host a Site Visit
Showcase your facilities, technologies, and real world challenges. Inspire students while gaining fresh perspectives on your operations.
Offer Student Placements
Support a PhD student through hands on experience in your organisation. Placements help students understand industry needs while contributing valuable skills and insights to your team.
Deliver a Guest Lecture or Masterclass
Share your expertise through talks, seminars, or workshops. Help students understand current industry trends, tools, and challenges.
Provide Case Studies, Data, or Access to Facilities
Enable students to work on authentic problems and accelerate research that benefits your organisation.
Become a Research Sponsor
Sponsoring a PhD project is a highly cost-effective way to drive relevant leading-edge research and innovation that your organisation is unable to undertake in-house due to factors such as expertise, equipment or funding. Work with us to define a research challenge that benefits your organisation and contributes to academic advancement.
We are inviting industry and project partners to join our large network of organisations committed to advancing research in acoustics.
CDT partners
- ABL London Ltd
- ACCURIS-ESDU
- Acoustics and Noise Consultants
- Adler Pelzer Group
- Age UK Sheffield
- Airbus SE
- Alstom Transport
- ARUP
- Association of Noise Consultants (ANC)
- AWE
- B & W Group Ltd
- Bentley Motors Ltd
- Blastech Limited
- British Steel
- Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)
- Delft University of Technology
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
- Dogs Trust
- Don & Low Ltd
- Dowty Propellers
- Dyson Limited
- Eindhoven University of Technology Architecture Design and Engineering
- Farrat Isolevel
- FiberLean Technologies
- Ghent University Information Technology
- Greenjets
- Harmony Works
- Hawk-Eye Innovations Ltd
- HEAD acoustics
- Hoare Lea
- Holoplot GmbH
- Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd
- Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)
- Hywel Dda University Health Board, NHS Wales
- KEF Loudspeakers
- Le Mans University
- Leibniz University Hannover
- Leonardo (UK)
- Mason UK Ltd
- Matelys Research Lab
- Microflown Technologies
- Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL)
- NHS Sheffield
- NIHR Health Tech Research Centre in Long Term Conditions
- Noise Abatement Society
- Noise Consultants Limited
- PFL Healthcare Ltd
- Politecnico di Milano
- Qinetiq
- Rolls-Royce plc
- Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
- Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
- Ruhr University Bochum
- RWTH Aachen University
- Safran Landing Systems UK
- Saint-Gobain Ecophon Ltd
- Siemens Gamesa
- Siemens Industry Software (SISW)
- Siemens Industry Software NV
- Siemens Process Systems Engineering Ltd
- Sonos
- Sorama BV
- STAND
- Technical University of Denmark
- Thales UK Limited
- The Institute of Acoustics
- The UK Acoustics Network
- Tinnitus UK
- Treble Technologies
- UK Aerospace Research Consortium Network
- UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
- University of New South Wales
- VAX
- Vertical Aerospace Ltd
- Wull Technologies