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through collaborative research, technology licensing and the delivery of training and consultancy services. The Technology Transfer team works with inventors to define inventions, evaluate commercial potential and assist in protecting and exploiting the innovation. 
Tel: 0131 449 5111 www.hw.ac.uk www.hw.ac.uk/research-park www.edinburgh-conference.com 
For more information see page 94. 

ÒDid you know? Heriot-Watt is one of the most commercially diversified universities in Britain, with the share of private research funding consistently among the highest 
in the UK. 
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The power of knowledge 
The strength of Heriot-WattÕs links with business is underlined with a unique triple set of awards won by a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between Heriot-Watt University and Caledonian Aerotech Limited (Caledonian Alloys), the first such triple award ever made under the KTP programme. 
KTP aims to help business by forming a partnership between an academic or research institution and a company in response to specific, strategic challenges. 
The Heriot-Watt/Caledonian Alloys partnership was awarded a Winning Partnership Award, the Engineering Excellence Award sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering and also the Best Partnership Programme. Cameron Fraser, the Heriot-Watt postgraduate student who was recruited jointly by the University and the company as KTP Associate with Caledonian Alloys, also won a Business Leader of Tomorrow Award in 2006. 
Cameron, working closely with expert colleagues at Heriot-Watt, project-managed a research and development programme on the companyÕs metal cleaning process, improving throughput and significantly reducing emissions and reducing solvent consumption while Heriot-Watt also helped to identify the latest research on alternative solvents. 

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The power of knowledge
The strength of Heriot-WattÕs links with business is underlined with a unique triple set of awards won by a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between Heriot-Watt University and Caledonian Aerotech Limited (Caledonian Alloys), the first such triple award ever made under the KTP programme.
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KTP aims to help business by forming a 
partnership between an academic or research institution and a company in response to specific, strategic challenges. 
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The Heriot-Watt/Caledonian Alloys partnership was awarded a Winning Partnership Award, the Engineering Excellence Award sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering and also the Best Partnership Programme. Cameron Fraser, the Heriot-Watt postgraduate student who was recruited jointly by the University and the company as KTP Associate with Caledonian Alloys, also won a Business Leader of Tomorrow Award in 2006.

Cameron, working closely with expert colleagues at Heriot-Watt, project-managed a research and development programme on the companyÕs metal cleaning process, improving throughput and significantly reducing emissions and reducing solvent consumption while Heriot-Watt also helped to identify the latest research on 
alternative solvents.