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Research Associate Developing Electrochemical and Heat Transfer Models for Lithium-ion Batteries

Imperial College London - Mechanical Engineering

Location: London
Salary: £38,194 to £50,834 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 29th March 2023
Closes: 25th April 2023
Job Ref: ENG02552
 

Campus: South Kensington, London

Closing date: 25th April 2023

Job Summary 

­­The Electrochemical Science & Engineering group is seeking a motivated researcher to develop electrochemical and heat transfer models for battery safety, with the goal of advancing the understanding of initiation and propagation of thermal runaway and designing safer lithium ion batteries.

The increasing volume of electric vehicles, together with a push to high nickel battery chemistry for higher energy densities has made battery safety a pressing research need. Models are essential tools for researching battery safety.

Our research group is interdisciplinary and currently spreads across four different departments within Imperial College London. We work at the interface between science and engineering of electrochemical devices. With over 50 postdoctoral & postgraduate researchers, we are a vibrant team with industrial and academic contacts.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • You will develop a CFD model for battery venting coupled with electrochemical, thermal, mechanical and degradation effects.
  • You will collaborate closely with industry contacts, along with in-house experimentalists for model parameterisation and validation. 

Skills, knowledge and experience

  • You should have a PhD (or equivalent) in a pertinent area for appointment as a Research Associate.
  • You must have practical experience and knowledge in CFD, including CFD mesh generation.
  • Practical experience of multiphysics modelling, with knowledge in multiphase flows and multiphase transport will be required.

Please see the job description for the full list of duties and requirements.

Further information:

This is a fixed term position for up to 8 months in the first instance.

Candidates who have not yet been officially awarded their PhD will be appointed as a Research Assistant within the salary range £38,194 - £41,388 per annum.

Queries relating to the position should be directed to Dr Huizhi Wang at Huizhi.wang@imperial.ac.uk.   

This position is not eligible for a hybrid working structure as standard.

Our preferred method of application is via our website. Please visit our website using the provided link for more information about the post and the application process.

To apply, please click “APPLY NOW” to go through to the online application form. Should you have any queries regarding the application process please contact ME-HR.Requests@imperial.ac.uk.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex, or sexual orientation. We are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Disability Confident Leader and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

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