EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Polymers, Soft Matter and Colloids

该博士生培训中心(CDT)在聚合物、软物质和胶体领域。这一科学领域研究的是长链分子、凝胶、颗粒、浆料和复杂的流体。对于许多商业领域，包括油漆和涂料、家居和个人护理产品、农用化学品、发动机油和润滑油、增强石油回收、生物医疗设备和药物输送，它都是至关重要的。因此，EPSRC在这个与工业相关的领域的大量投资将直接支持英国经济，提高其长期竞争力，并有助于我们解决重大技术挑战和重大社会问题(如可持续性和能源安全)的科学能力。谢菲尔德聚合物中心的学者在聚合物化学、聚合物物理、胶体科学、软物质物理和聚合物工程领域拥有丰富的研究经验。这种专业知识的广度是独一无二的，在英国任何地方都是无与伦比的。通过我们的合作，我们提供了一流的研究设施和最先进的仪器设备，提供了绝佳的研究生培训机会。多年来，我们还开设了广受欢迎的年度工业培训课程和三个相关的理科硕士授课课程。因此，我们现有行政人员的后勤经验和现有的教学基础设施将为运行这一新的CDT提供宝贵的支持。我们的愿景是与众多公司密切合作，例如阿克苏诺贝尔、路博润、宝洁、赛特克、Synthmer、Scott Bader、GEO、Wellstream、LBFoster、飞利浦、Ossila、先正达、帝斯曼、阿什兰、BP和联合利华，以便为下一代高技能的博士科学家提供高水平的技术技能、严谨的智力、出色的沟通技能、灵活性和商业敏锐性。如果我们要产生创造性的问题解决者，这是至关重要的，这将是解决人类目前面临的许多令人敬畏的技术和社会挑战所必需的。我们的目标是从我们的工业合作伙伴那里获得至少200万GB的资金，以便在五年内支持50个CASE博士项目。每年六个博士生名额。(即总共30个)将从EPSRC申请，这将得到每年三个学生名额的大量机构捐款的补充。(即总共15个)。这一机构承诺承认这一研究领域对谢菲尔德大学的持续战略重要性。额外的助学年金。(即总共五个)的资金将来自我们的行业合作伙伴的增强型案例贡献，以形成每年十名学生的队列。EPSRC对CDT的投资是有理由的，因为我们有很多EPSRC现有的资助(包括计划和平台资助)，以及GB 2.0 M ERC的资助。我们的CDT培训计划将包括以下非常独特的特点：(I)我们无与伦比的广泛的学术知识和经验；(Ii)在博士生入学前为他们选择研究项目；(Iii)为期两周的聚合物科学和工程基本原理的初步培训课程；(Iv)由工业科学家领导的每月研讨会计划，让我们的学生接触到广泛的商业相关主题；(V)在研究计划的后半部分借调工业伙伴六个月，为学生提供宝贵的工作经验，从而为他们的工业及/或管理生涯作好准备；。(Vi)由一名外聘顾问(Jo Haigh)和我们的其中一名工业伙伴(Synthmer)主持的“企业”课程，以培养和鼓励每个博士组别的创业才能；。(Vii)参观海外学术实验室，以促进国际合作。

This Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) is in the field of Polymers, Soft Matter and Colloids. This area of science deals with long-chain molecules, gels, particles, pastes and complex fluids. It is of fundamental importance for many commercial sectors, including paints & coatings, home & personal care products, agrochemicals, engine oils & lubrication, enhanced oil recovery, biomedical devices & drug delivery. Thus substantial EPSRC investment in this industrially-relevant field will directly support the UK economy and enhance its competitiveness over the longer term, as well as contributing to our scientific capacity to address important technical challenges and major societal problems such as sustainability and energy security.Sheffield Polymer Centre academics have a wealth of research experience in the areas of polymer chemistry, polymer physics, colloid science, soft matter physics and polymer engineering. This breadth of expertise is unique and is certainly unrivalled anywhere in the UK. Between us, we offer a superb range of research facilities and state-of-the-art instrumentation that provide excellent postgraduate training opportunities. We have also run a popular annual industrial training course and three relevant taught MSc courses for many years. Thus the logistical experience of our current administrative staff and existing teaching infrastructure will provide invaluable support in running this new CDT. Moreover, this prior activity underlines our institution's deep commitment to this important interdisciplinary field.Our vision is to engage closely with a wide range of companies, e.g. AkzoNobel, Lubrizol, P & G, Cytec, Synthomer, Scott Bader, GEO, Wellstream, LBFoster, Philips, Ossila, Syngenta, DSM, Ashland, BP and Unilever, in order to provide the next generation of highly skilled PhD scientists with high-level technical skills, intellectual rigour, excellent communication skills, flexibility and business acumen. This is essential if we are to produce the creative problem-solvers that will be required to tackle the many formidable technical and societal challenges now facing mankind. Our ambition is to secure at least £2.0 million from our industrial partners in order to support fifty CASE PhD projects over five years. Six PhD studentships p.a. (i.e. thirty in total) are requested from EPSRC, which will be supplemented by a substantial institutional contribution of three studentships p.a. (i.e. fifteen in total). This institutional commitment is in recognition of the continuing strategic importance of this research area to the University of Sheffield. An additional studentship p.a. (i.e. five in total) will be funded by top-slicing the enhanced CASE contributions from our industrial partners to make up the annual cohort of ten students. EPSRC investment in this CDT is warranted given our substantial institutional portfolio of many active EPSRC grants (including Programme and Platform grants), plus a £2.0 M ERC grant.Our CDT training programme will include the following highly distinctive features: (i) our unrivalled breadth of academic knowledge and experience; (ii) a choice of research projects for our PhD students prior to their enrolment; (iii) an initial two-week training course on the basic principles of polymer science and engineering; (iv) a monthly seminar programme led by industrial scientists to expose our students to a wide range of commercially-relevant topics; (v) a six-month secondment with the industrial partner in the latter part of the research programme, which will provide our students with invaluable experience of the workplace and hence prepare them for their industrial and/or managerial careers; (vi) a 'business enterprise' course led by an external consultant (Jo Haigh) and one of our industrial partners (Synthomer) to develop and encourage entrepreneurial flair in each PhD cohort; (vii) a visit to an overseas academic laboratory to facilitate international collaboration.