The group maintains contacts or has been collaborating with various organisations in academia and industry. These collaborations provide mutual benefits by enabling student work and research opportunities, the exchange of scientific information, and the pursuance of research topics of relevance to industries in Alberta, Canada and around the world. Industry partners participate in the group’s research by engaging on an intellectual level as well as by providing support in the form of monetary funding, equipment, raw materials, processing and technical assistance. In return, they receive quality results from our experienced group of research scientists and material response data from extensive tests conducted on our unique equipment. Current and past partners include:

- Airbus Industries (Germany)
- Hannover University (Germany)
- Hokkaido University (Japan)
- Imperial Oil Limited (Canada)
- Kamenny Vek (Russia)
- Owens Corning (USA)
- Syncrude Canada Ltd. (Canada)
- TransCanada Pipelines Limited (Canada)

Funding is also provided by the University of Alberta, and federal and provincial government agencies such as:

- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada