Postdoctoral Research Associate in Computational Mechanics

About the Role

Applications are invited for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to work on an ERC Starting Grant/UKRI Frontier Research Grant in the group of Dr. Wei Tan. The ERC Starting Grant project, "LSIMPACT: Life-like Resilient Materials for Mitigating Liquid-Solid Impact Damage," aims to understand the effects of high-speed liquid collisions with solid surfaces, such as erosion on wind turbine blades and aircraft components. LSIMPACT aims to reveal the mechanisms underlying liquid-solid impact damage using innovative experimental and computational approaches, thereby guiding the development of advanced impact-resistant materials.

The main purpose of this role is to develop multi-physics computational models and reveal liquid-solid impact damage mechanisms. The post will collaborate with two postdocs specialising in experimental mechanics and materials science and PhD students.

About You

You should have a PhD degree in Computational Mechanics or a relevant subject (e.g. Engineering Mechanics, Applied Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, etc.) or be near completion. They should possess strong experience in computational mechanics and finite element methods. Additionally, expertise in computational fluid dynamics, solid mechanics and fluid-solid interaction is essential. Knowledge or experience in multi-scale modelling and machine learning algorithms is desirable.

About the Department

This post is within the School of Engineering and Materials Science, a large School with 108 academics, more than 250 PhD students and over 2500 undergraduate students. It is one of five schools in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Queen Mary University of London.  

These are supported by an administrative and technical staff team of 45. The staff and student body are international in make-up.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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