Dr Corinne Howse

Project Manager

Tel: +44 (0)114 222 4912
email: c.howse@sheffield.ac.uk
Chemical and Biological Engineering
The University of Sheffield
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD

Biography

Originally from France, I graduated in 1993 with a DUT in Chemical Engineering. I came to the UK the same year to do a BSc in Chemistry at the University of Kingston (upon Thames). After a one year industrial placement with Kobe Steel, working on super-absorbent polymer coating, I completed my BSc in 1996 and then moved to Manchester to do a MSc in Polymer Science and Technology at UMIST.

From there, I moved to the University of Sheffield in 1997 to do a PhD on block-copolymers thin films for optical applications under the supervision of Prof. Tony Ryan. After completing a one-year Research Assistant position at the University of Sheffield, I joined Tata Steel (then Corus) in 2002 as Researcher.

During my 10 years in industry, I successfully managed numerous research projects leading to the commercialisation of many products and managed cross-functional team spread over different geographic locations. My main achievement amongst many was the management of the R&D aspect of a £1M Single Investment Fund Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) project looking at high speed coating (>250m/min) of steel substrates.

Links

www.4cu.org.uk

Responsibilities

As 4CU Project Manager, my overall aim is to facilitate the smooth running of the project by:

Managing the finance and supporting financial requirements for the project
Organising project team meetings to review progress, including PDRAs monthly meetings, and communicating important information regarding the project.
Reviewing progress against objectives and alignment with EPSRC requirements
Organising workshops to develop the project team, especially for early career researchers.