Abstract
MEDALLOY is an Industrial Doctoral Network that will provide world-class interdisciplinary and intersectoral training to 9 Doctoral
Candidates (DCs) through an international consortium across 6 countries. Nitinol is a unique material with remarkable superelastic
and shape memory properties and is critical for innovative cardiovascular devices, addressing the healthcare needs of Europe’s aging
population. MEDALLOY targets key challenges identified by our industry partners through its research objectives: develop superior
Nitinol alloys with enhanced performance; optimise manufacturing processes to control material microstructure; advance defect
tolerance and fatigue life prediction; and create validated simulation tools. MEDALLOY combines the proven expertise of its
consortium members, cutting-edge industrial-scale facilities, and an ambitious research plan to push Nitinol research beyond the
state of the art, enabling the next generation of Nitinol medical devices and opening possibilities for new innovative solutions.
Supported by the industrial participants from across the medical device value chain, all DCs will develop a clear roadmap for
commercialisation and exploitation of their research. Our innovative scientific methods, built on key recent patents and publications
from across our consortium, will provide an excellent training environment for the 9 high-achieving DCs. Our comprehensive training
plan, including network-wide and local actions, will build on the research-based training and include contributions from our clinical,
industrial, and academic participants. In addition to technical research training in all stages of the medical device value chain,
MEDALLOY will deliver interdisciplinary training to DCs in clinical trials, ethics, sustainability, communication, and entrepreneurship
that will enhance career development and promote their development into leading innovators in the European Nitinol Medical
Device sector.
