ESR 5 @ University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Miguel Brito Costa holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Materials Engineering, both awarded by Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon (Portugal). During his Master’s program (2016-2018), he studied for a year at the Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) as an Erasmus+ student.
His MSc thesis focused on the development of alloys for applications in nuclear fusion reactors. Following his graduation, he worked as a research assistant at the Centre of Physics and Engineering of Advanced Materials (Portugal).
Before joining the BIOREMIA in September 2020, Miguel worked at the European Space Agency (the Netherlands) where his activities involved the Space Environmental Testing and Qualification of Materials for ESA’s Missions and research regarding additive manufacturing in Space.
Currently, Miguel is a PhD candidate at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy of the University of Cambridge (UK). His project focuses on the optimisation of biomechanical behaviour and deformation mechanisms of antibacterial glassy alloys.
Here you can listen Miguel speaking about his PhD research work in his mother tongue (Portuguese).
Miguel’s secondments and outreach activities
...getting interdisciplinary training
![Miguel at PXS (Switzerland) holding a successful casting of a metallic glass.](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/2/csm_Miguel_at_PXS_Jan2022_2_4d6a85cd38.jpg)
![Here is Miguel (ESR 5) during his secondment at PXS Services SA (Switzerland), together with Juan José (ESR 13).](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/0/csm_news-miguel_at_PXS_Jan2022_01_dedf774605.jpg)
![Miguel (ESR 5) in the casting lab of Yale University, USA, for his secondment.](/fileadmin/bioremia/secondments_and_outreach_pictures/Miguel_at_Yale_May2022_1.jpg)
![Fei-Fan (ESR 4), Miguel (ESR 5) and Juan José (ESR 13) in front of the "School of Engineering & Applied Science" of Yale University (USA).](/fileadmin/bioremia/secondments_and_outreach_pictures/Fei-Fan__Miguel_and_Juan_at_Yale_May2022.jpg)
![Miguel (ESR 5) and Tim (ESR 6) representing BIOREMIA at the Armourers and Brasiers’ Cambridge Forum on 21 June 2022 (University of Cambridge, UK). Here together with their supervisors.](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/b/csm_BIOREMIA_on_ABC_Forum_Cambridge__21June2022_small_3e66125668.jpg)
![Miguel (ESR 5) during his secondment at Montanuniversität Leoben (Austria). In this photo presenting on his current research activities on metallic glasses. January 2023.](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/6/csm_Miguel_at_MUL_Jan_2023_0b8d023d9e.jpg)
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