Training locations

Research and technical skills

Research and technical skills will be taught at the following locations:

• The University of Sheffield (UK) - Cell culture, microscopy, PCR, Bioreactor culture, Finite element modelling, Gait analysis.

• Università di Bologna (Italy) - In vitro biomechanical testing, non-destructive and destructive tests, experimental stress analysis.

• National Centre for Spinal Disorders (Budapest, Hungary) - Orthopaedic and spine surgery, treatment indications, pre-operative evaluation, post-operative care.

• Aesculap AG (Tuttlingen, Germany) - Design and production of implantable spinal devices.

• Fin-Ceramica Faenza (Italy) - Production of bioactive ceramic materials, manufacturing of medical materials and physico-chemical characterisation of biomaterials.

• Ansys SAS (Villeurbanne, France) - Extracting quantitative information from images, mechanical assessment by numerical modelling.

• Adagos (Ramonville, France) - Reduced order modelling, improved solution times, topologically optimised neural networks.

Transferrable skills

Transferrable skills will be taught at the following locations:

• The University of Sheffield (UK) and Università di Bologna (Italy) - Teaching skills: supervising undergraduate and masters students, demonstrating in practical and problem classes, management of IPR and dissemination. Presentation skills: group seminars and University events. Project management: preparing monthly progress reports, risk assessment and ethics applications.

• National Centre for Spinal Disorders (Hungary) - Interactions with surgeons and other clinicians as well as non-specialists (patients), integrating engineering solutions with clinical needs.

• Aesculap AG (Tuttlingen, Germany) - R&D in the industry, design - validation - marketing pipeline and regulatory affairs.

• Fin-Ceramica Faenza (Italy) - Quality assurance, optimisation of production process and regulatory affairs.

• Ansys SAS (Villeurbanne, France) - Quality assurance for software.

• Adagos (Ramonville, France) - Managing a small enterprise.