PhD in Engineering

Award Summary 100% fees covered, and a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £20,780 (2025/26 UKRI rate). Additional project costs will also be provided. Overview We are looking for an enthusiastic engineer to help us explore the mechanics of bone in patients with brittle bone disease, who is familiar with finite element modelling techniques and scripting. This project is in collaboration with Dr Richie Abel from Imperial College London, who is an expert in bone biology and will provide the high-resolution computed tomography (CT) scans of the bone. The overall goal of the project is to use computational approaches to map both the modulus and the Poisson’s ratio of the bone in patients with and without OI to improve our understanding of the mechanical consequence of the disease. Model results will be validated with experimental test data. This project will harness new software capabilities to better understand bone mechanics, providing insight into the cause of OI fractures and its management.