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The specialist knowledge of MERL technical staff is used in a variety on consultancy services both to industry and government. Many staff are members or fellows of professional bodies, chartered engineers and scientists involved in scientific and Standards committees, etc.
Technical Audit/ Due Dilligence
  • Independent technical audit of design, analysis and testing for safety critical components.
Inspection:
  • Independent monitoring of manufacturing processes.
Government:
  • Official reviewers for Engineering Physical Sciences Research Council
  • Official reviewers for Grant for R&D programme with all UK RDAs
  • EU Framework programmes registered evaluators
  • Evaluation of UK Government programme proposals
  • External Technical Monitor for UK Government Contracts.
  • European Space Agency - Structural Materials Handbook compilers
Expert Witness:
  • Technical knowledge to support legal action backed up with laboratory support.
Institutional:
  • Institute of Materials Mining and Mineralogy: Energy Materials Group
  • British Composites Society
  • Nano Technology KTN: HiPerNano - steering committee and impact working group
Academia:
  • External Postgraduate examiners and industrial advisors
    • Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London
    • Cranfield Institute of Technology
    • Bristol University
    • Queen Mary College
    • Sheffield University
    • Leeds University
    • The City University
Standards:
  • ISO, CEN, ASTM, ESIS, BSI, Mil-Hdbk-17
  • BSI National experts on structural adhesion
  • BSI National experts on Polymers in Oil and Gas


Technical due diligence

MERL also offer a technical due diligence service to financial bodies to help fill technical knowledge gap for investors.

MERL can:

  • act as an independent advisor to investors
  • act under complete confidentiality
  • assess technical capability of staff and equipment
  • assess value of equipment on asset register
  • assess potential worth of IPR or innovation/inventions
  • address problems in IPR development work plan
  • conduct patent searches for threats to IPR
  • assess technical SWOT of target
  • assess product and market viability
 
 

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