EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Ultrasonic Engineering

超声学是研究频率高于可听范围的声音的科学和技术，在传感和远程能量传输方面有着广泛的应用。在传感方面，20%的医学扫描依赖于超声波进行越来越多样化的程序。超声波技术在水下传感和通信中广泛应用，是无损检测的关键技术之一。超声波设备是每一部移动电话中必不可少的部件，并正在为增强生物识别安全性而开发。超声波在远程能量传输中也很重要。在医学治疗中，它被用来治疗神经功能障碍和癌症。许多外科手术工具都是由超声波驱动的。作为清洁表面和粘合互连的最佳方法，超声波在半导体和电子制造中无处不在；它还被探索用于向植入物提供能量并提供非接触感。如此广泛的应用预示着一个令人兴奋的未来：新材料将出现在应用中；半导体电路将提供更小、更方便的仪器系统；自主和机器人将需要更好的传感器；数据分析将受益于机器学习。为了在这个动态和多学科的主题中保持竞争优势，世界各地的公司依赖雄心勃勃、创新的工程师提供他们独特的超声波知识。作为对满足这一需求的重大贡献，格拉斯哥大学的医学和工业超声与斯特拉斯克莱德大学的超声工程中心将联合成立未来超声工程博士培训中心(FUSE)，这是世界上最大的学术超声工程单位。与30多家外部组织合作，从微型公司到跨国公司，这将首次使系统培训超声波研究、工程和产品开发方面的新一代领导者成为可能。这项培训将在英国两所顶尖大学及其合作伙伴提供的世界级研究环境中进行，创建一个超声培训和研究强国，将吸引最优秀的学生并使他们处于该领域的全球前沿。

Ultrasonics, the science and technology of sound at frequencies above the audible range, has a huge range of applications in sensing and remote delivery of energy.In sensing, 20% of medical scans rely on ultrasonics for increasingly diverse procedures. Ultrasonics is pervasive in underwater sensing and communication and a key technology for non-destructive evaluation. Ultrasonic devices are essential components in every mobile phone and are being developed for enhanced biometric security.Ultrasound is also important in remote delivery of energy. In medical therapy, it is used to treat neural dysfunction and cancer. Many surgical tools are actuated with ultrasound. As the best way to clean surfaces and bond interconnects, ultrasound is pervasive in semiconductor and electronics fabrication; it is also being explored for power delivery to implants and to give a contactless sense of touch.Such a broad range of applications predicts an exciting future: new materials will emerge into applications; semiconductor circuits will deliver smaller, more convenient instrumentation systems; autonomy and robotics will call for better sensors; and data analysis will benefit from machine learning.To maintain competitive advantage in this dynamic and multidisciplinary topic, companies worldwide rely on ambitious, innovative engineers to provide their unique knowledge of ultrasonics. As a significant contribution to address this need, Medical & Industrial Ultrasonics at the University of Glasgow and the Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering at the University of Strathclyde will combine to form the Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Ultrasonic Engineering (FUSE), the largest academic ultrasonic engineering unit in the world. Working with more than 30 external organisations, from microcompanies to multinationals, this will, for the first time, enable systematic training of a new generation of leaders in ultrasonics research, engineering and product development. This training will take place in the world-class research environment provided by two of the UK's pre-eminent universities with its partners, creating a training and research powerhouse in ultrasonics that will attract the best students and put them at the global forefront of the field.