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Advanced Biomedical Materials CDT Student Projects Call 
We are currently in the process of recruiting students for the September 2022 intake hoping to attract at least twelve top class graduate students. They will begin their taught unit training in the areas of ‘Research Methods’, ‘Clinical Applications of Biomaterials’, ‘Imaging, Characterisation, and Key Manufacturing Techniques’ and ‘Responsible Research and Innovation’ in September 2022. Similar to those recruited in previous years we will be selecting students from a range of postgraduate backgrounds including disciplines such as biomaterials, dental technology, biomedical science, bioengineering and chemistry.  

Useful documents:
Application guidelines
Project proposal form
Industry booklet
Royce research landscape: Biomedical materials
 
Their research projects are expected to begin on 1st February 2023 and there will be a number of opportunities before then for students and project supervisors to meet to discuss their projects further. These EPSRC funded studentships will build on our CDT strategic themes as highlighted by the Royce landscape document which is attached to this email. From this, priority areas in bioelectronics, fibre technology, additive manufacturing and improved pre-clinical characterization were identified. Additionally, the need for improved manufacturing scale up and reproducibility has been highlighted. The ABM CDT will focus on these specific areas and its vision is to provide an employable and highly skilled workforce of future industrial and academic leaders in advanced biomedical materials. The CDT is led by The University of Manchester which is the UK Royce Institute lead for biomedical materials. Manchester is joined by The University of Sheffield, a Royce partner with expertise across materials and biomaterials (polymers, metals, ceramics), manufacturing and characterisation programmes.
 
The CDT is focussed on developing training which will provide a strongly linked multidisciplinary cohort of biomedical materials engineers to address a recognised skills shortage. All research projects will have clinical, biological, regulatory and industry engagement where appropriate. In addition to training a highly skilled workforce, clinical and industrial led research will be performed that focuses on translating smart and responsive biomaterials concentrating on higher throughput, greater reproducibility in manufacture, and characterisation for downstream applications for the health care sector. Biomedical Materials have advanced dramatically over the last 50 years. Historically, they were considered as materials that formed the basis of a simple device, e.g. a hip joint or a wound dressing with a predominant tissue interface. However, biomedical materials have grown to now include the development of smart and responsive materials. Consequently, such materials provide feedback regarding their changing physiological environment and are able to respond and adapt accordingly, for a range of healthcare applications. Two major areas underpinning this rapid development/progression are advances in biomedical materials manufacture and their characterisation.

Please contact abmcdt@manchester.ac.uk for more details.
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