As ACC develops its North Hill Campus in Brandon, the term applied research is becoming more frequent in our vocabulary. The most important function of the information found on the Research & Innovation section of the website is to highlight the college’s applied research activities and describe how they contribute to better programs, better student experiences, and better outcomes for businesses and organizations in our region.
Applied Research refers to activities aimed at discovering, interpreting, applying, and disseminating new knowledge in response to problems relevant to the college and the businesses, organizations, and individuals of its community. Applied Research may include studies, tests, simulations, demonstrations, prototype development, and other technical research and commercialization activities.
ACC’s research activities provide us with particular benefits, such as:
- Enhanced faculty skills, knowledge and technical currency
- Program curricula that is current
- Faculty and students that are more effectively engaged with industry
- Enhanced educational outcomes as students become involved in projects aimed at solving issues faced by industry and organizations.
- Better-equipped students, not only with more advanced skills and knowledge, but also with more effective problem-solving capacity, equipping them to serve the needs of the businesses and organizations in which they become employed as graduates
- Businesses, organizations, and communities that benefit from the expertise and problem solving capacity found at Assiniboine.
- Faculty and students of Assiniboine that gain access to and experience with advanced equipment and processes.
- Businesses and organizations that increasingly recognize our contribution and value, which translates to increased industry support for capital and program development and projects.