For research and development agencies like NANOTEC, simply understanding customers’ needs is not sufficient. You must be able to put that understanding into designing and engineering research output or prototypes that your BD unit can present intellectually to potential customers for positive consideration. Being able to do this will separate your research agency from the pack and ahead of competitions.
Recently NANOTEC hosted the visit of Mr. Jeff Hamilton, Medical & Life Science Product Developer to give a talk on “Design & Engineering: Gaps in the R&D System”. Jeff shared his experiences and insights into developing medical related products/prototypes which he successfully pitched to various companies worldwide. Attending the talk were researchers from Nanomolecular Target Discovery Lab and Nano Delivery System Lab.