Dr. Richard Greenwood, Engineering Doctorate Programme Manager

Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham

BSc Chemistry, University of Bristol; PhD Chemical Engineering, Imperial College

Centre for Formulation Engineering

The Engineering Doctorate in Formulation Engineering was established 2001 with a £ 4.5 million grant from the EPSRC and to date has recruited 79 students (65 EngD students or Research Engineers and 14 MRes students). In September 2009 the Centre was re funded with a second EPSRC grant of £ 5.5 million to fund an Industrial Doctorate Centre with a further 50 studentships. The current level of direct industrial support is over £2.5 million with in kind industrial contributions of approximately £40,000 p.a. per student. The centre concentrates on research into the physical, chemical and biological processes that create formulated product structure and the maintenance or breakdown of that structure in use.  Examples of such products include foods, pharmaceuticals and speciality products such as paints, catalysts, detergents and agrochemicals.
http://www.eng.bham.ac.uk/chemical/study/postgrad/engd.shtm