FoE Julia Higgins Fund
Faculty of Engineering - Dame Julia Higgins Postdoc Collaborative Research Fund
The Faculty of Engineering Research Committee, together with the PFDC is committed to promoting opportunities to aid postdocs. In 2017 the Dame Julia Higgins Postdoc Collaborative Research Fund was introduced to give engineering postdocs the opportunity to apply for and be awarded their own research funding, develop and deliver a collaborative research project and become independent from the research of their PI.
A total of £19,500 has been made available each year to fund collaborative research projects. This fund aims to promote collaboration between postdocs in the Faculty of Engineering, whereby funding applications submitted must involve a minimum of two postdocs from different departments in Engineering. To facilitate the interaction between the departments, an Engineering-wide networking event precedes the proposal deadline. The fund is run annual (see time line below) and on average 30-40 applications are submitted, with 5-8 proposals receiving funding.
Typical application time line
- Networking event – June
- Application submission deadline – Mid July
- Assessment Panel – end of July
- Successful applicants will be notified beginning of August
The proposals that have been funded are as follows:
years
2019
Cartilage regeneration using electrical stimulation paired with conductive hydrogels
Dr Michael Bruyns-Haylett – Bioengineering, Dr Panagiotis Kassanos - Computing (Hamlyn Centre), Dr Meysam Keshavarz - Computing (Hamlyn Centre).
Development of Biorecognition-Element Implanted 3D printed Electrodes: Towards a Cervical Cancer Screening Test
Dr Robert Channon – Bioengineering, Dr Binbin Chen - Mechanical Engineering, Dr Xinhua Liu - Dyson School of Design Engineering
Biomechanics of ulceration in diabetic feet: a dynamic FEM-DEM approach
Dr Ado Farsi - Earth Science and Engineering, Dr Enrica Papi – Bioengineering
Metal 3D printed structures: evaluating the effect of residual stresses
Dr Nicolas Hadjipantelis - Civil & Environmental Engineering, Dr Ado Farsi - Earth Sciences and Engineering
Improving the reliability of low-cost brain monitoring systems for healthcare applications
Dr Syed Anas Imtiaz – EEE, Dr Hafiz Amin - Mechanical Engineering
Hollow core particles for non-invasive measurement of pressure
Dr Muhsincan Sesen – Bioengineering, Dr Wenqian Chen - Chemical Engineering, Dr Ado Farsi - Earth Science and Engineering
Hydrodynamic Sampling and Sensing of Nucleic Acids from Biofluids
Dr Sze-yin Tan - Chemical Engineering, Dr Robert Channon - Bioengineering
3D-printed bioadhesive hydrogel-based patches for regenerative healing of lung tears
Dr Dominic Wales - Computing (Hamlyn Centre), Dr Carmel Howe – Bioengineering, Dr Meysam Keshavarz - Computing (Hamlyn Centre)
Green suspension systems of road vehicles for improved ride comfort and fuel economy
Dr Min Yu - Mechanical Engineering, Dr Boli Chen – EEE, Dr Hailing Fu – Aeronautics
2018
MINI - Multiscale Investigation of Nucleate-boiling and Interfaces
Dr Mirco Magnini – Chemical, Dr Edward Smith- Mechanical, Dr Victor Voulgaropoulos - Chemical
Closed-Loop Antibiotic Dosing
Dr David Freeman – Bioengineering, Dr Sally Gowers – Bioengineering, Dr Pau Herrero – EEE
Democratizing access to water resources usage through a high-performance approach to efficient modelling using cloud-based custom hardware
Dr Matei Istoan – EEE, Dr Jimmy O’Keeffe – Civil, Dr James Davis – EEE, Dr Shane Fleming – Chemical
Development of low cost orthotic device for foot and ankle trauma patients in landmine affected countries
Dr Grigorios Grigoriadis – Bioengineering, Dr Chris Natt – Bioengineering, Dr Geoffrey Ng -Mechanical
Novel High-Performance Graphene Nanocomposites for Industrial CO2 Capture
Dr Diana Iruretagoyena – Chemical, Dr Debashis Puhan – Mechanical, Dr Sarah Hedberg –Chemical, Dr Di Zhang - Chemical
Feasibility study combining an activity-based urban transport model with air turbulence flow simulation to analyse the impact of traffic on air quality in London
Dr Koen H. van Dam – Chemical, Dr Dunhui Xiao - Earth Science and Engineering
Novel microphone array structures for high resolution spatial audio processing
Dr Alastair Moore – EEE, Dr Lluís Guasch - Earth Science and Engineering
High-accuracy ultra-sonic monitoring of corrosion on metallic substrates
Dr Franky Bedoya-Lora - Chemical, Dr Bo Lan – Mechanical
2017
Towards robot-assisted rehabilitation for Parkinson’s Disease
Dr Javier Andreu-Perez – Computing, Dr Enrico Franco – Mechanical, Dr Riccardo Secoli – Mechanical
Biocompatible electropolishing of additive manufactured titanium bone substitute
Dr Andrew Ballantyne – Materials, Dr Richard van Arkel – Mechanical
Extractability and mobility of pharmaceutical compounds from sewage sludge recycled to agricultural soil as a sustainable source of nutrients for crop growth
Dr Janice Kenney – ESE, Dr Jonathan Ritson – Civil & Environmental, Dr Hannah Rigby - Civil & Environmental
Additive manufacture of a spine surrogate for assessing injury risk during under vehicle explosions
Dr Nicolas Newell – Bioengineering, Dr Spencer Barnes – Mechanical, Dr Deborah Adkins – Dyson
A biomimetic approach to design green buildings based on thermoregulation and ventilation of termite mounds
Dr Kamaljit Singh – ESE, Dr Deborah Adkins – Dyson
Download the Funded proposals and final reports (Imperial login required).
Please contact k.hinxman@imperial.ac.uk with any queries.