📋 Tender Overview
Funded Value6063036Funded PeriodJul 19 - Dec 27FunderEPSRCProject StatusActiveProject CategoryTraining GrantProject ReferenceEPS0238791Ultrasonics the science and technology of sound at frequencies above the audible range has a huge range of applications in sensing and remote delivery of energy.In sensing 20 of medical scans rely on ultrasonics for increasingly diverse procedures. Ultrasonics is pervasive in underwater sensing and communication and a key technology for non-destructive evaluation. Ultrasonic devices are essential components in every mobile phone and are being developed for enhanced biometric security.Ultrasound is also important in remote delivery of energy. In medical therapy it is used to treat neural dysfunction and cancer. Many surgical tools are actuated with ultrasound. As the best way to clean surfaces and bond interconnects ultrasound is pervasive in semiconductor and electronics fabrication it is also being explored for power delivery to implants and to give a contactless sense of touch.Such a broad range of applications predicts an exciting future new materials will emerge into applications semiconductor circuits will deliver smaller more convenient instrumentation systems autonomy and robotics will call for better sensors and data analysis will benefit from machine learning.To maintain competitive advantage in this dynamic and multidisciplinary topic companies worldwide rely on ambitious innovative engineers to provide their unique knowledge of ultrasonics. As a significant contribution to address this need Medical Industrial Ultrasonics at the University of Glasgow and the Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering at the University of Strathclyde will combine to form the Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Ultrasonic Engineering FUSE the largest academic ultrasonic engineering unit in the world. Working with more than 30 external organisations from microcompanies to multinationals this will for the first time enable systematic training of a new generation of leaders in ultrasonics research engineering and product development. This training will take place in the world-class research environment provided by two of the UKs pre-eminent universities with its partners creating a training and research powerhouse in ultrasonics that will attract the best students and put them at the global forefront of the field.
