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)

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

2019 – 2023; Sustainable Structured Products

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.