
Braking New Ground: PhD student Matt Currie’s EuroBrake experience
Read about PhD student Matt Currie’s firsthand experience of the EuroBrake Student & Young Engineer Opportunities Programme. Matt is a PhD researcher at the University of Leeds, nearing submission of his thesis titled “comparative life cycle assessment of novel environmentally friendly brake rotors”. Matt’s specialist area of study/interest is automotive brake rotors, life cycle assessment, and sustainability, with key interests in fluid mechanics and simulation. We asked how he heard about the programme, and what attracted him to it? I heard about the programme through my supervisor (who is on the steering committee for the conference) and other students at the University who took part previously. I was attracted to