Engineering Doctorates available at
The Centre for Formulation Engineering
in the Department of Chemical Engineering

• Starting tax free bursaries of over £19,100 pa plus fees paid by the EPSRC
  
  
• A four year postgraduate qualification carrying out industrially relevant research
  
  
• Based in a sponsoring company not in the University
  
  
• Includes taught modules in science, engineering, team building as well as business and management
  
  
• Open to UK/certain EU nationals with a good first degree (upper second or better) in any relevant physical science or engineering discipline. Existing employees with relevant industrial work experience may also be considered
  
  
• Projects available include:
  – Astra Zeneca (Loughborough) Roller Compaction of pharmaceutical excipients
  – Bristol Myers Squibb (Wirral) Granulation of pharmaceutical formulations
  – Imerys (Cornwall) Next generation calcined clays
  – Procter & Gamble (Newcastle) The physics of washing machines
  – Certech (Corby) Disposable ceramic cores for investment casting
  – Ross Ceramics ( Derby ) Disposable ceramic cores for turbine blade manufacture
  – RockTron ( Gale Common ) Environmentally friendly products from power station waste.

For more details on each project please see www.eng.bham.ac.uk/chemical/pg/engd/positions.htm

If you meet the EPSRC entry requirements please email your cv to r.w.greenwood@bham.ac.uk