Cambridge Ultrasonics - research, development, goals, expertise

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Cambridge Ultrasonics was founded in 1987 by Dr David Andrews and was originally called Instrumentation Innovation.
The business was started in King's College London and relocated to Cambridge in 1994.
The majority of staff have degrees from Cambridge University in Physics, Mathematics or Engineering.
Technical staff generally have PhDs with many years experience.
The majority of clients are located in Europe and North America.

About

Cambridge Ultrasonics' clients are large multinational organizations, government agencies, small businesses, universities and research institutes. We have often advised the larger scientific/engineering consultancies in Cambridge on problems to do with ultrasonics and physics. Many of our clients return regularly to re-use our service. Our staff are mostly recruited from Cambridge Universities, one of the best universities in the World.

Our goals are:

To provide a high quality research and development service to our clients.
To be a centre of excellence in physics, ultrasonic technology, electronic design and software development.
To maximize our clients' commercial positions by minimizing risk in research and development.
To provide clear ownership of intellectual property to our clients.

Our expertise areas are:

Application of physics first principles to problem solving.
Mathematical analysis from first principles.
High definition experimental visualization of ultrasound - unique service.
High speed imaging combined with optical enhancement methods.
Finite element modelling of ultrasonic transducers, propagation and scattering.
Transducer design, simulation, construction and testing.
Analogue and digital electronic circuit design.
Software development in C/C++, VHDL, Matlab and Windows programming.
System analysis and design.
Designing electronic instruments to meet international standards.

Terms and conditions relating to intellectual property are favourable to our clients and compare very favourably with universities while preserving Cambridge Ultrasonics' position to be open and to assist all clients.

Examples of previous clients and collaborators:

BMW.
Institut fur Massivbau, Technical University of Darmstadt.
Alcatel Espace.
Taywood Engineering.
SP Swedish National Testing and Research Institute.
Sonatest plc
SCIC/IETCC.
The Queen's University Belfast.
University of Uppsala, Sweden.
Acciona Infraestructuras.
Hewlett Packard.
DX Tech.