CDT in Formulation Engineering student projects
The CDT in Formulation Engineering has been successful in securing funding since 2001. Each grant has 5 cohorts of 10 students/projects.
2024 – 2028; Formulation for Net Zero
Cohort 1 (2024)
Cohort 1 (2024)
Aled Williams – Unilever
Development of Process Scale-Up Principles for Lamellar Structured Fluids
Aran Klair – GSK
Evolutionary Optimisation of a Pharmaceutical Feeder System
Thanmaya Arunkumar – P&G
Development of sustainable hair conditioning technologies
Charlie Brayson – Origen Carbon
Optimising a novel Carbon Capture Technology using Numerical Modelling (fluid modelling)
Nina Nguyen – P&G
Mechanisms and Factors Affecting Deposition in Automatic Dish Wash and Drying
Subhashree Patra – Diegeo
Formulation engineering of enhanced sustainability beverage emulsions
Edward Kane – No.7
Development of high throughput screening methodologies to determine the physical properties of cosmetic products and their effects on the skin
Abhirup Roy – AstraZeneca
Predicting pharmaceutical manufacturability using multiscale DEM
Harshita Dani - No.7
Enhancing the penetration of cosmetic actives into the skin
Luisa Attfield – GSK
AI-driven process control for the sustainable, low-waste production of pharmaceuticals
Antoni Zingas – Innospec
Developing digital tools for sustainable surface cleaning towards net zero solutions
Jack Grogan – AWE (Aligned Studentship)
Using Numerical Modelling and AI to Understand the Fundamentals of Resonant Acoustic Mixing
Cohort 2 (2025)
Cohort 2 (2025)
Anjana Madhusoodanan – P&G
Developing novel sustainable dried capsules for consumer goods applications.
Arjun Singh – Johnson Matthey
Closing the loop – enabling more sustainable operations with machine learning based advanced process control.
David Cattell – Innospec
Computational modelling of drag reduction agents (DRAs) in pipe flow.
Emily Chapman – P&G
Sustainable consumer goods – from formulation to pilot process.
Harry (Zaw) Phyo Oo – Johnson Matthey
Inverse Modelling of Reaction Vessels for Optimal Control.
Huiru Yu – P&G
Understanding the physio-chemical properties of complex soil to drive sustainable cleaning products and processes.
Jasmin Clark – Colgate
Mouth as bioreactor: development of smarter oral care products.
Millie Turner – P&G
Mechanisms and Factors Affecting Deposition in Automatic Dish Wash and Drying – Substrate Understanding (cold water dishwash and drying for net zero).
Robert Leaney – Unilever
Transforming the sustainability of formulated product manufacture in stirred vessels with CFD and AI-based models.
Rowan Meacher – Unilever
Prediction of flow and mixing of rheologically complex fluids.
Zaineb Kamal – Innospec
Effect of Cleansing on Skin Microbiota.
Fahad Seif – Rolls Royce (Aligned Studentship)
Effect of additive ceramic core material formulation on rheology and particle segregation during build and its contribution to shrinkage anisotropy and interlayer strength.
Niranjan Kumar Subramanian Ashokkumar – Rolls Royce (Aligned Studentship)
Characterization of the physics of photopolymer curing and formulation effects of highly filled slurries during additive ceramic core manufacture.
Renush Vigneswaran – MTC (Aligned Studentship)
Development of a bespoke extrusion based additive manufacturing capability for the production of functionally graded multi-material components.
2019 – 2023; Sustainable Structured Products
Cohort 1 (2019)
Cohort 1 (2019)
Ting Zhang - P&G
Additive Molecule Migration through Different Media
Miruna Chipara - DSTL
Creating novel materials for suspended culture
Selina Soultana - Fiberlean
Rheology of high solids Microfibrillated cellulose and mineral suspensions at high shear rates
Laure Kyriazis - P&G
Designing sensorial behaviour of Fabrics
Siddant Naudiyal - Rolls-Royce
Thermo-Mechanical Modelling for Structural Ceramics
Maria Burque - Lonza
Process analytical technology (PAT) informing the manufacture and formulation of monoclonal antibody based products.
Juan Carlos Alvarez Fernandez - P&G
Optimal Design of Sustainable Capsules for Targeted Delivery of Active
Daniel Weston - Johnson Matthey
Wet Milling
Andrei Nicusan - IFPRI
How well do models of particle motion represent industrial reality?
Daniel Rhymer – Mondelez
Modelling the milling of cocoa liquor
Cohort 2 (2020)
Cohort 2 (2020)
Roberto Hart-Villamil - Unilever
Prediction of flow and mixing of rheologically complex fluids
Kate Stokes - BA
Development of Functional Portable Platform Technologies through Advanced Nanomaterials and Microdevices
Georgina Wadsley - Unilever
Prediction of complex industrial flows in the transitional regime
Javier Rodriguez Rodriguez - Fiberlean
Sustainable Manufacturing Process of Micro-Fibrillated Cellulose
Zoe Hil-Ton Chu - AstraZeneca
Investigation of the bonding mechanisms in agglomerates and compacts to enable next-generation formulated product design
Joanna Maria Galantowicz - Lubrizol
Optimization of Electrode Dispersions for Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries
Yu Liu - P&G
Development of next generation hair conditioning technology
Adedoyin Yahyi - BMS
Influence of API particle size and shape on flow and process induced attrition in a continuous direct compression work stream
Siddhant Bhutkar - BASF
Microplastic-free based encapsulation
Daniel Madden - P&G
Sustainable paper packaging
Cohort 3 (2021)
Cohort 3 (2021)
Darius Khoshdel - Unilever
Blending of complex fluids for the manufacture of formulated products using multiple impellers
Cinzia Amieni - ClexBio
Advanced Hydrogel Bioinks for Micro 3D Bioprinting
Emma Simpson - L'Oréal
Targeting staphylococcal colonization and virulence
Jack L’Anson - Johnson Matthey
Improving porous formulation performance through data-driven analysis
Zoe Whalley - BMS
Application of PAT and Chemical Imaging to Improve Product Understanding in 3D Printed Formulations
Ben Jenkins - Granutools
Toward the Next Generation of Powder and Particle Characterisation Tools
Pablo Del Pozo Lorenzale - P&G
Next Generation Perfume Technologies for Consumer Goods
Daniele Remoli - Innospec
Evaluate and design anti-viral actives
Khizra Abdul Wadood - AstraZeneca
Drawdown, dispersion & dissolution of pharmaceutical powders
Cohort 4 (2022)
Cohort 4 (2022)
Cara Anderton – Pladis
Formulating fluid gels for fat reduction in confectionery fillings
Shreyasi Deshpande – Unilever
Investigating the effect of agitator geometry and fluid rheology on the performance of sawtooth impellers
George Truc- Johnson Matthey
Development of Digital Twin Models for the Mixing of Complex Rheology Fluids in Stirred Tanks
Saskia Fogg – Bayer
Suspended printing of layered tissue structures for drug screening
Yanni Yang – Nestle
Development of emulsion-based confectionery filling with high concentration of sugar
Mrunmayee Joshi – P&G
Cleaning Technologies for Dental Plaque
Buddy Visetthernrakul - Unilever
Granulation of High Surfactant Content Powders
Cohort 5 (2023)
Cohort 5 (2023)
Abeer Hajj Houssein – Devro
Reliable Edible Collagen Film Processing
Lucie Hlubinková – P&G
Nanomechanical measurements for the design of solid fabric enhancer (SFE)
Matthew Moore – Innospec
Characterising cleaning performance and hydration kinetics with hyperspectral imaging
Evelyn Tait – Heura
Plant protein textures through freeze structuring
Swapna Kudal – FMC
Next Generation of Biodegradable Core-Shell Capsules
Alexander Brooks – Fonterra
Identifying biofilm-forming conditions in probiotic bacteria
Jacob Fenwick – Manufacturing Technology Centre
Syringe deposition of lithium manganese iron phosphate
Jia (Nicole) Guo – P&G
Effect of Oxygen Plasma Pre-treatment on Barrier Coating for Paper Packaging
Oluwatobiloba Henry – Aquapak
Development of a Digital platform for the optimised production of sustainable biopolymer products
Hazal Sezer – AWE
Unveiling the Internal Dynamics of Resonant Acoustic Mixing: Insights from PEPT on Fill Height, Vibration Magnitude, and the Influence of Geometry
Rahul Suresh Arath – Rolls-Royce
Developing methods for Big Data capture in support of the Digital Twin for Investment Casting Shelling
Aaron Wiggin – AWE
Optimisation of a vibro-packing process through simulation and experiment
Eleonora De Giorgi – AstraZeneca
Optimising PAT for Continuous Direct Compression using a Feed Frame Simulator
A list of our previous grant projects can be found on our research projects page.