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Dr Peter Culmer leads team awarded EPSRC grant for diabetes research
As part of the Year of Engineering, EPSRC has awarded a multidisciplinary team led by Dr Peter Culmer £253,000 for a project on developing in-shoe sensors to help prevent diabetic foot ulcers.
Leeds to establish the National MedTech Skills Academy
A new drive to develop skills in the medical technologies sector will be led by the University of Leeds as part of a £6.1 million investment from the Higher Education Council for England (HEFCE).
iMBE and EPSRC Centre awarded Academic Innovator by The Engineer
iMBE and EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Medical Devices (MeDe Innovation) won The Engineer magazine’s Academic Innovator award at the Collaborate to Innovate (C2I) Awards 2017.
PhD researcher awarded IMechE Mission of Tribology Research prize
Abimbola Oladokun, School of Mechanical Engineering, was commended at the 2017 Mission of Tribology Research seminar – an annual event focused on a rising generation of researchers.
IMechE publishes IMPRESS Network policy statement
The University of Leeds IMPRESS Network team have contributed to a Policy Statement, published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, which discusses the importance of enabling healthcare systems