Research Opportunity: Engineering of Inhaled Therapeutics

We have invented a new way to deliver inhaled therapies to the lungs. This has very big implications to treat diseases such as asthma, COPD, and lung infection. Now we need a student with an engineering background (MechE preferred) to help with design and scale up of the manufacturing process. The basics of current manufacturing include rapid freezing of a drug solution on a cryogenic surface followed by solvent removal via freeze drying. A qualified student will be given the opportunity to provide technical and creative input and potentially be included as a co-inventor on a patent.

Computer-aided design, familiarity with prototyping/machining, thermodynamics, heat-transfer

starting ASAP and continuing for 6 months to 1 year

Design and scale up of a novel pharmaceutical manufacturing process.