Research Fellow

Location:  

Highfield Campus

Wage:  

£34,980 to £41,732

Full Time Fastened Time period

Closing Date:  

Friday 26 April 2024

Interview Date:  

To be confirmed

Reference:  

2667024A3

The Power Expertise Group on the College of Southampton invitations purposes for a post-doctoral analysis assistant place within the space of lubrication, tender matter and experimental optics. This place is ideally fitted to researchers fascinated by mild interplay with ordered and disordered nanoscale techniques and interested by growing optical expertise to characterize them and discover their behaviour in tribological contacts. We provide an thrilling alternative for an enterprising candidate to hitch a very multidisciplinary venture, sponsored by the EPSRC, which will probably be carried out by a crew of experimental chemists, physicists, and engineers. The venture will use a well-documented optical method to develop an thrilling novel setup for in-situ investigation of liquid crystals lubricants in tribological contacts. 

To help the in depth experimental aspect of the programme, you should have robust sensible abilities and a monitor file within the areas of optics, tribology, mechanical techniques, liquid crystals and tender matter. Your prime tasks would be the growth of the bespoke model of optical setup fitted tribometer, its operation, testing its capabilities, operating experiments and formulating protocols for its optimum use in numerous working situations. The intention is to determine structure-property relationships between completely different nano-structured movies and their optical response.

It’s important you will have a PhD or equal skilled {qualifications} and expertise in Optics, Mechanical techniques, Comfortable matter, Liquid crystals, Tribology.

You’ll conduct unbiased, prime quality experimental analysis and work intently with one doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, senior teachers, and industrial venture companions in London and Tokyo, who will probably be accountable for the theoretical and administration points of the venture. As a member of the Power Expertise Group inside Mechanical Engineering at Southampton you’ll profit from the in depth community of collaborations with members of the group. There will probably be a possibility to information PhD and Grasp college students.  

Funding is obtainable for 3 years ranging from 1 October 2024.

For additional info please contact Dr Monica Ratoi ([email protected])

Functions for Analysis Fellow positions will probably be thought of from candidates who’re working in direction of or nearing completion of a related PhD qualification.  The title of Analysis Fellow will probably be utilized upon profitable completion of the PhD.  Previous to the qualification being awarded the title of Senior Analysis Assistant will probably be given.

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