About UCL Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering 

The SnakeGrid technology was developed by Dr. Jonathan Iliffe and team at UCL Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering. The Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering is at the forefront of teaching, research and knowledge transfer. It's courses encompass the full spectrum of civil engineering from structures to geomatics to earthquakes to transport while continuing to provide a sound understanding of civil engineering principles.

 The Department's research is innovative and at the forefront of engineering development. Its staff are leaders in their fields and are often called upon to provide detailed knowledge to anyone from the media to industry to policy makers. The Departments works with other academics, with industry partners and with local and national government providing research and expertise.  

About UCL Business PLC

University College London is one of the premier universities in the UK for research and innovation, and is dedicated to harnessing its exceptional research for positive social and economic benefit. To this end it has created UCL Business PLC.

A wholly-owned subsidiary of University College London, UCL Business has been formed to help industry and business make the most of UCL innovations. Through licensing technologies & innovations, engaging consultancy services, creating shared-risk joint-venture businesses, and utilising UCL’s specialist Subsidiaries, UCL Business promotes and supports the transfer into industry of expertise and knowledge over a wide range of disciplines. To do this, UCL Business:

• Identifies promising new technologies and innovations.
• Promotes UCL expertise and innovations worldwide.
• Offers a single point of contact for business relations with UCL.
• Provides responsive, professional and coherent support for academic/business collaborations, from consultancy through to patent registration, technology licensing and structuring spin-out companies.