PhD Research Studentship in Optimising Pharmaceutical Flows For Better Drug Delivery, Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UK

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).

Applications are invited for a PhD position expected to commence October 2009.

Informal enquiries should be made to Dr. Ricky Wildman, email r.d.wildman[ at ]lboro.ac.uk or Mr. Henk Versteeg h.k.versteeg@lboro.ac.uk, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leics LE11 3TU, UK, Telephone 01509 227630.

For an application pack and details of admission requirements please contact Ms JR Mason, Research Administrator, email J.R.Mason@lboro.ac.uk

Please quote Ref: RDW111208 on the application form and in any correspondence.

Curriculum vitae will only be accepted if accompanied by a completed University application form. Applicants should be in possession of, or expect to receive, an Upper Second or First Class degree in a physical science or engineering discipline.

The closing date for all applications is 23rd January 2009