Knowledge of condition monitoring and intelligent systems was conveyed to the Associate from the Academic Supervisor. It was also gained by the Associate through his own research, guided by the Supervisor, and his attendance at an MSc module on the subject at the university. However, in addition to knowledge transfer, there was the origination of new knowledge. The combination of conventional condition monitoring techniques and intelligent systemstechnologythataroseoutoftheprojectwasnotavailablebeforetheproject. The project achieved both the transfer of existing knowledge and also innovation, in the form of the origination of new knowledge about condition monitoring using a synthesis ofexisting techniques. It was the innovation that produced the solution, but the innovation could not have taken place without the knowledge transfer.