MSc (Eng) by Research in Functional Surfaces - Surface Engineering

University of Leeds

Lowering the friction between surfaces through improved coatings improves the reliability of engineering components, and creates benefits in many walks of life. Our Surface Engineering research brings improvements in many sectors, from automobile and aerospace, to biomedical and agricultural industries. This results in outcomes such as: increased quality of life for recipients of surgical implants, reduced environmental pollutants in manufacturing processes, increased fuel efficiency with lower emissions in multi-modal surface transport, improvements in functional efficiency and safety of products. At the centre of our Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) and Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition (PVED), surface engineering activity is the state-of-the-art multi-functional platform. Our vision for this equipment is to drive innovation in the science of future hybrid functional surfaces, and to provide industry with a playground to try new solutions for their current functional surface challenges.