Free & fast ‘roadside’ technical assistance
TTS helps clean technology businesses keep pace with evolving markets and reach their growth potential by providing:
Up to 5 days of free technical support Quick turnaround with minimal paperwork Access to a wide range of experts and resources Australia’s decarbonisation goals present a key opportunity for SMEs, startups, and established industries to innovate and grow by developing new technologies.
These businesses often face technical challenges beyond their expertise or available resources.
Universities have the necessary knowledge and resources but lack an efficient way to offer support.
The Technology Translation Squad bridges this gap, providing quick access to expertise that drives innovation and keeps Australia’s clean technology sector competitive.
Our approach is the first of its kind in Australia. It fundamentally revolutionises how Australian universities can deliver true impact through stronger and more agile connections with industry.
In Australia, a gap exists between electrical engineering researchers in universities and industry due to universities being viewed as slow, bureaucratic, and costly to collaborate with. This disconnect hinders industry access to academic expertise and results in less industry-focused research at universities. The Technology Translation Squad bridges this gap by offering fast, low paperwork assistance to address electrical engineering issues. This initiative excels in speed, quality, and multidisciplinary support, transforming how universities are perceived by Australian industries by swiftly addressing technical challenges for start-ups, SMEs and large engineering firms.
There may be a future shortage of high-quality electrical engineering researchers at Australian universities, mainly due to the job security and grant challenges faced by early career researchers at these institutions. The abundance of industry jobs, driven by Australia’s decarbonisation goals, may lead many researchers to consider leaving university roles for industry roles, many of which are overseas. The Technology Translation Squad offers an effective career pathway for early career electrical engineering researchers, eliminating the requirement to seek competitive grants by providing job security and growth. This initiative aims to retain talent and reward staff for high-quality industry work, ensuring excellent service for industry clients.
Australian universities typically hire engineers who hold a PhD for research work, which limits access to industry professionals with practical engineering experience. The Technology Translation Squad offers a technical career pathway for non-PhD electrical engineers to ensure that a core team with a diverse skillset is accessible.
Experienced university researchers and academics are typically at capacity working on their research projects, teaching and performing administrative duties. They often have limited time and incentive to work on small industry projects. The Technology Translation Squad fixes this issue as it provides a mechanism to incentivise and carve out time for a researcher or academic to work on small industry projects and provide high impact to industry.
TTS provides critical engineering support to green tech startups like Green Gravity to help them commercialise their products sooner.
Learn about some of the challenges that the TTS has helped SMEs, start-ups and established industry players overcome
