Welcome to the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Materials 4.0
You will join a cohort of like-minded PhD researchers as part of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Developing National Capability for Materials 4.0 with the Henry Royce Institute, the UK’s national institute for advanced materials research. You will have a home in one of seven leading UK research universities where you will undertake a research project supervised by a leading researcher and sponsored by industry. You will be trained in all aspects of digital materials science and become a pioneer in this exciting new way of doing science.
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What is Materials 4.0?
Materials 4.0 is the digital revolution that will accelerate the discovery, innovation, and validation of new materials systems. It aims to maximise the value of materials data and link the digital with the physical via cyber-physical systems for prediction, classification, and control of material performance.
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Ending our first year of training
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We are recruiting: Join our second cohort of Materials 4.0 researchers
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