Dr Tom Joyce has been awarded a ‘Research Exchange with India – Major Award’ by the Royal Academy of Engineering. This prestigious project will allow Dr A P Harsha, a reader in Mechanical Engineering at Banaras Hindu University in India, to travel from his home university to the Centre for Rehabilitation and Engineering Studies (CREST) and to undertake a year long research project entitled ‘the development and validation of novel lubricants to be used in the testing of biomaterials employed in total joint replacements’. The project, which is due to commence in June 2008, will be under the supervision of Dr Joyce and will take place in the CREST biotribology research laboratory.
For further information contact t.j.joyce@ncl.ac.uk.
published on: 20th March 2008