Fully Funded EPSRC and Swansea University PhD Scholarship: Wireless Power Transfer System for Medical Implant Devices

Funding suppliers: Engineering and Bodily Sciences Analysis Council (EPSRC) and Swansea College’s College of Science and Engineering

Topic areas: Digital and electrical engineering, physics and biomedical engineering

The analysis is at the forefront of growing modern options for wi-fi energy switch programs tailor-made for medical implant gadgets. This interdisciplinary analysis will contain the mixing of energy digital converters and machine studying algorithms to reinforce the effectivity, reliability, and security of energy supply to medical implants. 

Venture begin date: 

• 1 October 2024 (Enrolment open from mid-September)
• 1 January 2025 (Enrolment open from mid-December)

Venture description: 

Implantable medical gadgets (IMD’s) are gaining recognition within the well being and medical sectors due to their huge purposes, similar to cardiac pacemakers, synthetic hearts, defibrillators, coronary stents, intraocular lenses, hip implants, orthopaedic implants, and implantable glucose sensors. Historically, these IMDs are battery-dependent with restricted life span therefore surgical procedure is required to exchange the battery, which is the largest supply of misery in sufferers. A wi-fi energy switch (WPT) system can show to be a superb different that acts as a wi-fi charger to the medical implants.

Nevertheless, there are various issues when designing a WPT system. For instance, the gap between energy transmitter and place of the IMD contained in the human physique, the working frequency and its impact on the physique’s tissue, and measurement of the WPT system are a few of the main issues.

Due to this fact, the analysis into WPT system consists of optimizing the scale and geometry of the coils of transmitter and receiver, acceptable materials choice for the coil, discovering the optimum working frequency, enhancing the standard issue of the inductors and collection of greatest performing compensation capacitor to reinforce the effectivity of the system.

Eligibility 

Candidates should maintain an undergraduate diploma at 2.1 stage (or Non-UK equal as outlined by Swansea College) in Engineering or related related science self-discipline. If you’re eligible to use for the scholarship (i.e. a pupil who’s eligible to pay the UK fee of tuition charges) however don’t maintain a UK diploma, you possibly can test our comparability entry necessities. Please be aware that you could be want to supply proof of your English Language proficiency.

As a consequence of funding restrictions, this scholarship is open to candidates eligible to pay tuition charges on the UK fee solely, as outlined by UKCISA laws.

Please go to our web site for extra data on eligibility.

Extra Funding Data

This scholarship covers the complete price of UK tuition charges and an annual stipend at £19,237.

Extra analysis bills may also be accessible.