Research Fellow in Engineering Materials

Job title:

Analysis Fellow in Engineering Supplies

Firm

College of Southampton

Job description

Mechanical Engineering Location: Highfield Campus
Wage: £34,980 to £40,521 each year
Full Time Fastened Time period (till 31/05/2025)
Closing Date: Friday 19 April 2024
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: 2676024DADesign and manufacturing of ultra-low/zero emission autos is the mission of the “Way forward for Mobility” Grand Problem within the UK, accelerating a shift to “Clear Progress”, and offering the UK with new financial alternatives. Mild weighting is recognised as a path to decreasing carbon emissions and enhancing gas/battery effectivity. Due to this fact, designing excessive efficiency and low value gentle alloys is in nice demand for the automotive trade.You’ll work inside a analysis group led by Dr Dikai Guan on the UKRI funded undertaking. The undertaking will intention to develop novel excessive efficiency, useful resource environment friendly gentle alloys. The funding deadline is 31/05/2025, nevertheless it has a excessive likelihood to get this grant prolonged to a different 3 years.Each Analysis Fellows would be the essential contributor to the analysis actions for correlating microstructure evolution with thermomechanical processing and mechanical properties and/or corrosion resistance responses, and develop novel excessive efficiency gentle alloys effectively. You may be liable for manufacturing gentle alloys and thermomechanical processing.You might be additionally anticipated to frequently apply for beamline time and use gear at nationwide and worldwide services (e.g., Diamond Mild Supply, ESRF), in addition to different subtle gear that will develop into obtainable.It is best to have the related instructional background or work expertise in metals and alloys, particularly: the processing of alloys; microstructure characterization utilizing superior electron microscopy, or micro-XCT, in/ex-situ synchrotron X-ray tomography or different associated superior strategies. You’ll have monitor file in finishing up impartial and unique scientific analysis, and publication of analysis papers. It is best to have the power to work and talk effectively with different members of the workforce (supervisors, college students and postdocs), and collaborators outdoors the College. Common reviews of analysis progress are required and analysis plans must be adjusted accordingly. Important evaluation of experimental outcomes and downside fixing abilities are important to this position. Additionally, you will be required to write down analysis papers for publication in excessive impression analysis journals and attend/current at related conferences. There will probably be a possibility to supervisor PhD and Grasp college students as a secondary supervisor.Candidates are required to have a PhD, or equal skilled {qualifications} and expertise in supplies science or a related self-discipline. 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.Equality, variety and inclusion are central to the ethos within the College of Engineering. We give full consideration to candidates who want to work flexibly together with part-time and due consideration will probably be given to candidates who’ve taken a profession break. The College has onsite childcare services and we foster work-life steadiness. We additionally provide a mentorship programme and the varsity runs a women-oriented community occasion on a bi-weekly foundation.The College of Southampton is within the high 1% of world universities and the highest 10 of the UK’s research-intensive universities. We’re dedicated to sustainability and being a globally accountable college, with the rules of sustainability embedded into all points of our particular person and collective work, in our enterprise planning, policy-making, {and professional} actions.For additional info please contact Dr Dikai Guan ([email protected])

Anticipated wage

£34980 – 40521 per 12 months

Location

United Kingdom

Job date

Sat, 06 Apr 2024 01:53:41 GMT

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