Industrial Fellowship case studies
Michael Conti-Ramsden – 2009 Industrial Fellow (EngD: Manufacture: Process & product engineering)
Project – The development of a novel malodorous gas treatment plant based on the Arvia Process
Michael Conti-Ramsden’s degree in Natural Sciences at the University of Bath included a year in industry, which persuaded him that this was where he wanted to aim his career. Leaving in 2008 with First Class Honours, he joined Arvia Technology a spin-out company from the University of Manchester developing and aiming to commercialise a new technology for the treatment of waste water. Using a patent protected process, this technology removes organic contaminants, cleaning water to a high standard and has numerous potential applications. Michael’s EngD research programme focuses on the development of a novel application of the process to remove malodorous gases from waste gas streams and will be conducted within both the company and the Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science at the University of Manchester.
Sonia Watson – 2009 Industrial Fellow
Project – Application of novel antimicrobial molecules as therapeutic candidates for economically & clinically significant infectious disease
Gaining a First Class Honours degree in Pharmacology from the University of Aberdeen in 2007, Sonia Watson was headhunted by NovaBiotics, a research-based biotech company specialising in novel antimicrobial therapies. Already commercialising one treatment compound, the company is exploring new medications and Sonia’s Royal Commission Fellowship research is key to developing new antimicrobial peptides, particularly for the treatment of fungal infections. Linked with Aberdeen University where she already has a strong track record, Sonia’s PhD programme is at the forefront of the new wave of natural rather than chemical antimicrobial compounds. These are less damaging to human systems and can actually enhance the body’s own immune capability.
Tim Barry - 2008 Industrial Fellow
Project - A novel hand held infra-red thermometer
An electronics engineer, Tim Barry has been with Calex Electronics since 2000, having joined as an assembler / tester and rising through four jobs to become Engineering Manager in 2007. During this time he took a part-time BEng (Hons) in Electronic Engineering at Oxford-Brookes University graduating with First Class Honours in 2007, winning the Most Outstanding Graduate prize and an IET award. His final year project was to develop a new high performance temperature sensor which is now in production as the basis of his company's next generation of non-contact temperature measurement devices.
Already half way through an MPhil, Tim's Royal Commission Industrial Fellowship will support a PhD programme to research and develop a novel hand-held infra-red thermometer as the basis of the company's future range of remote temperature sensors. This will explore higher levels of performance and functionality and will form the basis of the planned future growth of Calex Electronics Limited.
Zoë Broadbent - 2007 Industrial Fellow
Project: Treatment of colloids formed in the processing of radioactive wastes
An MChem graduate with first class honours from York University, Zoë moved via a Shell Technology Enterprise Scheme to Nexia Solutions where she quickly became a specialist in the key area of nuclear waste management and site environmental improvement. With these skills she was supported by her company to apply for a Royal Commission Industrial Fellowship to research the treatment of radioactive colloids formed in the processing of radioactive wastes. In short, she is exploring ways to lower the level of radioactivity in waste by trapping or cleaning out the impurities which hide the radioactivity, usually very small dispersed particles, or colloids, research which has potentially important applications for nuclear waste disposal worldwide. Zoë and Nexia Solutions are working with Dr Nicholas Bryan at the School of Chemistry at Manchester University, and her project has been accepted for a PhD programme.
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