PhD;surgical simulation; cutting; needle insertion; artificial skin; material design; soft tissue models; real time simulation; interactivity; haptic feedback.

A fully funded PhD studentship is available at Cardiff University within the College of Physical Sciences in collaboration with Computational Mechanics and Computer Sciences and with the opportunity to work jointly with Inria, France.
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CONTACT stephane DOT bordas AT GMAIL dot COM & Sam Evans <EvansSL6 AT cardiff.ac.uk>