Research Fellow in Sustainable Additive Manufacturing

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Mechanical Engineering has been pioneering the development of engineering education, having taught the core discipline for over 165 years. UCL was home to the UK’s first-ever Professor of the Mechanical Principles of Engineering, Eaton Hodgkinson, in 1847. It was also where Sir Alexander Blackie William Kennedy introduced organised laboratory practicals in university education training; a world-leading educational innovation at the time.

About the role

You will be part of a world-leading team in correlative in situ imaging of advanced manufacturing processes, with strong links to synchrotron facilities and industrial collaborators.

Your role will be to use and further apply in situ process replicators and correlative imaging including ultra-fast synchrotron X-ray, chemical and optical imaging to study the process and defect dynamics during powder-based additive manufacturing (AM). You will use correlative measurements to devise printing strategies for sustainable AM to enhance powder recycling and reuse. You will use and help develop both AI/ML and high fidelity CFD models of the AM process. You will work closely with industrial collaborators, including Meggitt Aerospace Ltd (a subsidiary of Parker Hannifin Corporation). You will be based at Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire. This post is for 24 months with a possible extension.

The job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page. If you wish to discuss the post informally, please contact Chu Lun Alex Leung (), or for application process queries Ruikang Xue ().

About you

The successful candidate will have a PhD qualification, extensive knowledge and expertise in additive manufacturing, surface and bulk analysis methods, powder processing, optics, signal processing, and related fields. Ideally, they would also have experience in imaging, image analysis, and microstructural analysis. Their expertise should be at a level appropriate for conducting independent research and publishing new knowledge in leading international research journals. They will need to show a high level of initiative and the ability to work collaboratively. They should have good communication and team-working skills, and a strong command of English.

You will join a dynamic group of academics, postdocs and PhD students using in situ synchrotron X-ray techniques to study advanced materials and processing (www.ucl.ac.uk/materials-harwell/ ). The group, led by Prof. Lee and Dr. Leung, is located at the Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH, www.rc-harwell.ac.uk) in Oxfordshire.

What we offer

For information about our rewards and benefits please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people and LGBTQI+ people.

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