A bright future beckons for a University of Huddersfield metrology instrumentation designer who has recently completed his doctorate, won a national award, and will now embark on a project to bring a patented product to the market.

It was a master of science in control systems and instrumentation that first attracted young researcher Hussam Muhamedsalih to the University of Huddersfield located in West Yorkshire, UK. However, the university’s EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Advanced Metrology is one of the foremost centers for surface metrology research in Europe.

Five years later, Muhamedsalih completed his Ph.D. and is the recipient of the 2013 Postgraduate Award from the City of London’s Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers for a product that is already revolutionizing embedded surface metrology.

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