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Companies worldwide rely on ambitious, innovative engineers to provide their unique knowledge of ultrasonics and give them a competitive advantage.
The Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Ultrasonic Engineering (FUSE) is a partnership between the Centre for Medical and Industrial Ultrasonics, University of Glasgow (C-MIU, UoG) and the Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering, University of Strathclyde (CUE, UoS).
It is the largest academic ultrasonic engineering unit in the world. Working in partnership with more than 30 external organisations enables FUSE to train a new generation of leaders in ultrasonics research, engineering, and product development. This is done in a world-class research environment provided by two of the UK's pre-eminent universities creating a training and research powerhouse in ultrasonics and putting the UK at the global forefront of the field.
FUSE takes the lead in training doctoral students in future ultrasonic engineering. These researchers form a cadre of technical and managerial leaders to drive forward innovation in a sector vital for UK prosperity. Operating in an environment strongly affected by such contemporary developments as electronics, medical technology, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), FUSE students are trained to be confident their technical credentials and to face the challenges they will meet in their future roles.
The drive to gain accreditation is being led by Dr. Patrick Harkness, who reflected that,
“Chartership is a gold standard of excellence across both industry and academia, and our clients and partners value it very highly. We are striving for that level of professionalism at FUSE. For me, and my colleagues, taking part on this level is a fresh challenge to add to our daily jobs. Enthusiasm and commitment are what makes a mentor, and these qualities are essential throughout your professional engineering career.
"Our students get a real breadth and depth of experience in FUSE, working in academic projects in an industrial context. The feedback from our first cohort is that they very much welcome the opportunity to move towards Chartership, which will reflect their standing as very well rounded and experienced engineers. We’re looking forward to helping them to match their competencies to UK-SPEC criteria.”
Sandra Mulligan added,
“Guiding organisations through the process of gaining MPDS accreditation is a part of my role that I particularly enjoy. Having worked with hundreds of organisations in Scotland to help them gain accreditation, I’m very much looking forward to developing a great working relationship with FUSE over the months ahead. It’s obvious that the students there have the drive and passion to make a hugely valuable contribution to engineering and I hope to help them achieve some of their professional goals”.