The Structural and Multidisciplinary Systems Design (SMSD) Lab at Queen's University has become the newest member of Southern Ontario Network for Advanced Manufacturing Innovation (SONAMI), a Niagara College-led consortium of post-secondary academic institutions that provides competitive, disruptive, and innovative solutions to Ontario's manufacturers.
SONAMI has received more than $21.3 million from the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) to establish and then grow its network. The partnership will expand the range of facilities and expertise available to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and extend SONAMI's reach further into eastern Ontario. The addition of Kingston-based Queen's University to SONAMI now brings the total in the network to 10 postsecondary partners, including Centennial, Conestoga, Fanshawe, George Brown, Lambton, Mohawk, Niagara and Sheridan colleges, and McMaster University.
Through the centralized SONAMI hub, member institutions pool their resources and talent to match them to the needs of SMEs in various industries, giving them access to cutting-edge technologies, knowledge and funding in order to de-risk their applied R&D, create innovative new products and optimize processes.
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