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Remembering iT-CDT PhD Student Marcello Cadeddu

On Saturday 23 March 2019 approximately 30 students and staff from the University of Sheffield and the University of Leeds will be walking a 30 km route called 9 Edges in the Peak District in memory of PhD student Marcello Cadeddu.
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Available now: 2018–19 Industry Sponsored PhDs in the iT-CDT

We are still Recruiting! Applicants can join iT-CDT in two different ways, either applying to one of our 1-2-1 projects directly or choosing a 'pre-competitive' project which has multi-industry applications for all our industrial members.
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Tribology fun in Denmark

Our students have the opportunity to attend courses and events to support them gaining new tribology skills and expertise in exciting environments along side other PhD students.
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BBC Bitesize: iT-CDT takes on Britain's strongest man!

Our engineers like a good challenge!
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Winter Tribology Fair: Friday 22 January 2016

The University of Leeds Mechanical Engineering Department will be hosting a Winter Tribology Fair this week, encouraging early stage researchers to present posters of their work to other tribology students from across UK Universities.
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TriboUK 2016: Tribology in the next decade

The IT-CDT is honoured to host the 13th Tribo-UK conference 14–15 April 2016 in collaboration with the IFS at the University of Leeds. Our topic at Tribo-UK 2016 is Tribology in the Next Decade.
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Find out what Matthew's up to!

Listen to iT-CDT second year student Matthew Harmon talk about his PhD on 'Lubrication and friction modifier optimisation'.