A few IISc ideas help make Boeing dream

Bangalore: On September 26, when Boeing made the first delivery of its next-generation 787 Dreamliner aircraft to Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA), there were puffed chests at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, too.
Over the last few years, IISc has emerged as one of only two places outside of the United States to be designated as Boeing Company research centres — the other being the Cambridge University — working on futuristic aircraft technology including modelling, simulation and testing for the Boeing 787.
What started in 2005 as a five-year agreement, where Boeing funneled $500,000 per year to IISc for advanced research, has now evolved into a long-term strategic tie-up that currently puts IISc alongside the likes of Caltech, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, the Illinois Institute of Technology, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for Boeing research.
The tie-up has now produced over two dozen papers from faculty in various departments at IISc covering “nanotechnologies, structural alloys, composites, smart materials and structures, process modelling and simulation, manufacturing technologies, substructure fabrication and testing”.
“The strategic alliance between IISc and Boeing has turned out to be a fruitful one. Boeing is continuing to engage with us. Projects cover several advanced technology areas and several scientific papers have already been published by IISc researchers,” says Prof C E Veni Madhav, the chief executive at IISc’s Society for Innovation and Development (SID) that facilitates industry tie-ups.
06/10/11 Johnson TA/Express India

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