School of Engineering wins new ‘Centre for Doctoral Training in Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing'
School of Engineering wins new ‘Centre for Doctoral Training in Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing’
The University of Liverpool with 3 partners, Nottingham, Newcastle and Loughborough have won a prestigious Centre for Doctoral Training grant worth £5M. Working with over 15 industrial partners it will result in over 70 funded PhD students over the next five years 10 of whom will be based in the research labs here at the School of Engineering working on next generation 3D printing techniques.
The Liverpool Lead Dr Chris Sutcliffe said “This is a fantastic opportunity for our School and Liverpool as Additive manufacturing is seen by many as a key high-value manufacturing method for future products. To be at the forefront of this world-class research is a fantastic opportunity for us”
One of the School’s 6 patent families (25 issued with 22 pending) for manufacturing porous medical devices.