SMART Centre
The Smart Manufacturing & Advanced Recycling Technologies (SMART) Centre was established in 2020 to support applied research, technical services, and training in the areas of advanced manufacturing, advanced recycling technologies, and cyber security.
With over 13,000 sq. ft. of space containing state-of-the-art equipment, the SMART Centre engages faculty and students to connect industry with the expertise necessary to address manufacturing, recycling, and cyber security challenges.
The SMART Centre is part of Canada's 60 NSERC-funded Technology Access Centres (TACs), a network of state-of-the-art applied research and innovation centres spanning the country.
Labs
SMART Centre impact
Novel security model for automotive SoCs
Partnering with Conestoga’s SMART Centre, ETAS Embedded Systems and the SMART Centre explored the creation of a novel security approach that maintained the high performance needed by advanced driver assistance systems.
A recipe for success: Conestoga accelerates R&D time
Pusateri's Fine Foods collaborated with CFRIL and the SMART Centre to extend the shelf-life of their diverse line of soups and stews.
Development of graphic user interface for ADEPT
Working with the SMART Centre, Kinectrics was able to expand on their innovative ADEPT application to turn data into information more quickly during outage activity transport monitoring surveys at nuclear powerplants.
Our team
By the numbers (2022)
101
Students hired
18
Faculty engaged
$1.1M
In funding