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The second part of the MEDALLOY Induction programme took place online on 1 October, bringing together all nine Doctoral Candidates (DCs) for a full session on the foundations of research life within the project. The session was facilitated by MEDALLOY Coordinator Dr Will Ronan and EU Project Support Officer Danielle Nicholson, both based at the…

MEDALLOY Welcomes Nine New Doctoral Candidates On September 23, 2026, Dr Will Ronan (Project Coordinator, University of Galway), Dr Brian Berg (Boston Scientific), Danielle Nicholson (EU Project Support Officer, University of Galway) and Professor Lorenza Petrini (Politecnico di Milano) came together online to welcome nine MEDALLOY doctoral candidates (DCs) to the project — a significant…

1 September 2026: MEDALLOY is delighted to mark a major milestone for the project: our first Doctoral Candidate, Simon McHugh, has officially begun his research at the Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI). Simon, who is Irish and completed his MSc in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Galway, joins as DC9 on the project. His research…

We are very pleased to announce that the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU Prague) has joined the MEDALLOY consortium as our newest partner institution. Through this partnership, two Doctoral Candidates based at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (FZU) will register with CTU Prague, where they will pursue and earn their PhDs…

MEDALLOY has been featured in “EU news you can use,” the newsletter of the European Commission Representation in Ireland, published on 30 July 2026. The feature highlights MEDALLOY’s mission to train the next generation of researchers in advanced Nitinol material science, helping drive innovation in cardiovascular medical devices for Europe’s ageing population. Reaching an audience…

The MEDALLOY project consortium met online yesterday, July 15, 2026, to align on project management, training, and materials research strategy for the coming year. Fifteen consortium members attended: Will Ronan (UoG), Alberto Coda (BAM), Brian Berg (BSC), Petr Sittner (FZU), Reduan Asbai Ghoudan (CroíValve), Ali Reza Abae (CroíValve), Henry Bosch (ADM), Kevin Koschella (ADM), Lorenza…