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The new centre will be called The Waterloo Centre for Process Development and its mission will be to help Canadian industry de- velop and exploit new and improved chemical manu- facturing processes. It will be a non-profit corporation The University of Wa- terloo announces it will be establishing a new develop- ment centre, funded by grants of $200,000 a year over the next five years. The grants will be from the fe- deral government's Depart- ment of Industry, Trade and Commerce. They are being made under the depart- ment's Centres of Advanced Technology program which has sponsored other centres ... for example, at Toronto. McMaster and the Univer- sity of Western Ontario. in this province alone. A 123rd YearNo. 44 University of Waterloo Warrior defensive tackle George Vasiladis (60) grabs hold of Laurier tackle Rich Bellamy who is attempting to clear the way for quarterback Scott Leeming during Saturday's game at Seagram Development granted. " million for Waterloo Process Centre The decision to go ahead with the Centre was an- nounced today by Dr. Ed- ward Rhodes. chairman of UW's Department of Chemi- cal Engineering. Dr. Rhodes sees the Centre as filling a number of roles: il) It will provide a bridge to move new process technology from research laboratories to industry: (2) it will pro- vide an ideal facility for training both undergraduate and graduate students in- terested in process develop- ment: such students will, in many cases. eventually transfer with the process to its industrial utilization: (3) it will work with other UW agencies to stimulate the creation of new companies and new industries in Cana- da. wholly owned by UW Dr Rhodes feels The Wa- Wednesday, November 1, 1978 In between (a) the lab ex- periment and (bl the new plant there is usually a need for a demonstration or pilot- scale unit so the process in question can be refined and technology developed. In- dustry is not usually willing to sink huge sums into a new plant until a process has proved functional on at least the pilot plant scale. Nor is it possible to get funding to terloo Centre for Process Development will fill a gap in Canada's industrial pic- ture _.. a gap that has con- tributed to some of our cur- rent economic difficulties. The gap is. in fact, that area between a promising new idea that has been shown to work well experimentally in a research lab, and the set- ting up of a commercial- scale plant or production fa- cility to exploit the process. HOW DOES THAT GRAB YA? "The university has land available on the north campus and it has long been the intention to develop part of this as an industrial re- search park," says Dr. Rhodes. “It is possible that the new centre will be the The $1 million funding will permit Waterloo to set up facilities for developing, at the pilot plant level. a variety of new manufactur- ing processes. It will also provide liaison with in- dustry in the development of processes, or in promoting the creation of new Cana- dian companies. The physical location of the Centre has not yet been determined. build a new plant or es- tablish a new product until progress is at a point where some market testing is pos- sible. _ Stadium. The Golden Hawks won the game 30-23 with a touchdown in the last two minutes. For a complete game upon see page 17. WW, Ontario Dr. Rhodes says the uni- versity's willingness to un- dertake the Centre project is partly in response to "concerns by govemment officials that university re- search must be practical. For many years, Waterloo has adopted not only a prag- matic approach to education as manifested in its co- operative programs and in such things as the 'en- trepreneurship for en- gineers' course, but also has introduced an adventurous and innovative approach to research which has led to the successful Waterloo Re- search Institute and the ln- ventors' Assistance Pro- gram," he says. “The Wa- first of a number of or- ganizations to be located there; or, there are a number pf alternatives to be considered." New technology which is developed within the Centre will be sold at competitive market prices. An important Centre ac- tivity will be to provide a basic design service to in- dustry, including estimating costs and evaluating market possibilities. The Centre will be in- terested in evaluating new chemical processes that emanate not only from the UW campus and other cam- puses but from industry as well. Where an idea appears promising the Centre will build and operate demon- stration facilities, usually in collaboration with existing industrial organizations. terloo Centre for Process Development will thus be an extension of activities that have been going on here for some time." 10m