Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallisation

EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) in Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallisation: PhD Studentships available within SIPBS starting Oct 2015

The EPSRC National Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallisation (CMAC) was created in October 2011 through close collaboration with academia and industry with a shared vision to accelerate the adoption of continuous manufacturing processes, systems and plants for the production of high-value chemical products to higher quality, at lower cost and more sustainably. It has brought together a team of leading academics from across 7 UK institutions (Bath, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Heriot Watt, Loughborough and Strathclyde) who work closely with our industry partners including three of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies (AstraZeneca, GSK and Novartis). The research that is being undertaken will ultimately enable industry to manufacture better particles and solid-state products and pioneer the supply-chain for realising this new manufacturing paradigm.

The EPSRC Centre hosts a Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) that is offering a vibrant, world-class, multi-disciplinary four-year training programme that will equip graduates with leading edge skills in pioneering continuous processes, through innovative research programmes. Candidates will also benefit from regular interaction with leading pharmaceutical and fine chemical companies.

There are a few fully funded studentships available for October 2015 within SIPBS which will be based in the EPSRC DTC at the University of Strathclyde. Year 1 of the programme comprises taught modules in continuous manufacturing and crystallisation and research training. Students will work with supervisors in year 1 to identify specific PhD projects for years 2 - 4 from the following thematic areas:

• Start-up Approaches for Continuous Crystallisation Processes
• Implementation of Automated Workflows and Continuous Manufacturing Approaches
• Hybrid Reaction/Crystallisation Processes for Continuous Chiral Resolution

Apply Now:
We are inviting applications for prestigious fully funded studentships* commencing October 2015, with a student stipend of £14,057 per annum. A few additional studentships are available across different departments/institutions in the Centre. We are now recruiting high-calibre students typically holding or expecting to obtain a first class or upper second class honours degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, manufacturing operations management or related discipline.

*Subject to EPSRC eligibility requirements.

Visit the website www.cmac.ac.uk for further information.