Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award
Turbo-charged engines research
School of Mechanical Engineering

Value of Award:

Maintenance Stipend for a maximum period of 3 years (£12,940 for Session 2008/09), full overseas rate fees and a Research Training Support Grant

Closing Date: Extended to 15 April 2009

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School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University

3-year duration. Stipend £11,500 pa (UK), £8,000 pa (non-UK). Tuition fees paid in full. Applications from overseas candidates welcomed.

Interest in granular and powder behaviour is growing at a rapid rate due to both an industrial need to understand flows and stress propagation and because of the exciting challenges that they present to scientists. At Loughborough University, we have a group of international standing focussed on the use and development of state-of-the- art experimental and modelling techniques to study granular material behaviour.

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Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

PhD research studentship on optimising pharmaceutical flows for better drug delivery

3-year duration. Stipend £11,500 pa (UK/EU), £8,000 pa (non-UK/EU). Tuition fees paid in full. Applications from overseas candidates welcomed.

Understanding the behaviour of airborne particulates is a must for any manufacturer designing systems for the handling and delivery of pharmaceutical powders. The drug component must be controlled, the particles are often difficult to handle and cohesive. Furthermore, the interaction between the gas and the particles is complex. We propose to consider this problem by combining a fundamental understanding of particulate and multiphase flows with state-of-the- art multiphysics computational techniques and experimental systems to produce novel designs for pharmaceutical delivery. A successful member of our group can expect to be a part of a team of experts that works within a framework of international collaboration (UK, USA, India, Israel, France).

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