Coventry University to receive £5 million grant to fund digital laboratory

An innovative digital laboratory will be created at Coventry University to further help students learn the in-demand skills needed within the healthcare and engineering sectors.

The Precision Digital Manufacturing and Healthcare Technology Lab has been awarded £5 million from the Office for Students and will be equipped with industry standard digital technologies such as 3D metal printing and radiography equipment.

Students from Coventry University’s Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing and the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences will benefit from the facility, learning how to use specialist equipment employed in both health and engineering sectors.

It is hoped the laboratory will also foster a collaborative approach and potentially lead to developments in areas such as prosthetics and wearable technologies, which require both areas of expertise.

Academic dean at the Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing Professor Catherine Hobbs added: “The precision 3D printing technology available will mean we can create useable components for healthcare applications, while digital twinning will allow us to simulate how objects will work in a virtual environment.”

Picture: Interim academic dean Professor Stephen Hagen and academic dean Professor Catherine Hobbs.

Published on page 8 of the January 2023 issue of RAD Magazine.