July 2005

PowdermatriX is on the CASE

PowdermatriX is supporting a further four Industrial CASE awards in 2005, which will not only contribute to valuable developments within its core sector of advanced materials, but will also help to advance the pharmaceutical sector, which is a regular user of powder technologies.

Funded jointly by companies and the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council, EPSRC, CASE studentships enable industry to take the lead in defining projects for students and selecting an academic partner of their choice. Projects are jointly supervised by the academic and industrial partners.

PowdermatriX, which shares its home with CERAM, the internationally renowned centre for materials and technology, based in Stoke-on-Trent, UK, now supports twelve Industrial CASE projects at universities throughout Britain. The successful projects resulted from widely publicised open calls aimed at attracting applications from all comers. The selected projects represent a mixture of established PowdermatriX partners and newcomers, building on existing relationships and broadening the network to draw in new capabilities.

The projects for 2005-6 include; Multiscale Modelling of Gas Atomisation in Production of Metal Powders, Micro-particulate Powders for the Delivery of Protein Based Drugs and Toolkit for Air-Induced Segregation in Powder Handling and Flow for Compaction Processes.

Announcing the awards Stuart MacLachlan of PowdermatriX said: “Companies are starting to see positive results from the first CASE projects that we supported two years ago. By sponsoring these important studies, industry is underlining its commitment to developing materials and technologies to advance their businesses“.

For more information contact Stuart MacLachlan: stuart.maclachlan@ceram.com, 01782 764404.


PRESS CONTACT: Catherine West-Robinson, Marketing Co-ordinator
Tel: 01782 764344   Fax: 01782 412331   Email: catherine.west-robinson@ceram.com