Research Fellow in Laser Additive Manufacture
- Employer
- CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
- Location
- Cranfield, United Kingdom
- Salary
- £32,656 to £36,399 per annum
- Closing date
- 12 May 2019
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- Academic Discipline
- Engineering & Technology, Physical Sciences, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Physics & Astronomy
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Research Fellowships
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
School/Department School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing
Based at Cranfield Campus, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Hours of work 37 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday
Contract type Fixed term contract
Fixed Term Period 30 months
Salary £32,656 to £36,399 per annum
Apply by 12/05/2019
Role Description
Cranfield is an exclusively postgraduate university that is a global leader for education and transformational research in technology and management. Cranfield Manufacturing is one of the eight major themes at Cranfield University. Our manufacturing capability is world-leading and combines a multi-disciplinary approach that integrates design, technology and management expertise.
Established in 1961, the Welding Engineering and Laser Processing Centre (WELPC) is the only specialist welding research centre in UK academia. The Centre provides fundamental, strategic and applied research in the field of welding science and engineering along with postgraduate studies. The Centre has established internationally leading positions in the fields of additive manufacture, laser welding and processing, residual stress management and advanced arc welding processes.
Through the research and development in laser processing and wire plus arc additive manufacture (WAAM) process the WELPC has established a world leading position in Additive Manufacture (AM) of large scale engineering structures, welding science and laser processing. The research undertaken within the centre has generated a large amount of industrial and research interest.
We are looking to recruit a Research Fellow, working on a new generation of net shape high deposition additive manufacture project titled Newam, which is an EPSRC and industry funded program grant with a budget of £10m. The project’s vision is to transform metal additive manufacture, by pioneering new high build rate wire-based processes to produce net-shape large-scale engineering structures.
You will have the opportunity to advance a new high deposition laser-arc hybrid AM process for building of net shape industrial parts, support development of the system and undertake research activities within the scope of WELPC large research program. This will include process research and innovation, study of new processes, system integration, building of demonstrator parts, reporting the outcome to the project partners and disseminating the results to a wider scientific community. You will be working as part of a friendly team in a large research program with many industrial and academic partners. The project will help the Centre to deliver a very critical project on development of next generation additive manufacture systems and maintain its world leading technical position.
The successful candidate will have a PhD (or near completion) in Physics/Mechanical Engineering/Material Science and experience in Automated Welding/Additive Manufacturing/Laser Processing and of conducting industrial research projects. Knowledge of laser material interaction and robotic/CNC programming will also be desirable.
For an informal discussion, please contact Dr Wojciech Suder, Lecturer in Laser Processing of Materials, on (T); +44 (0)1234 755051 or (E); w.j.suder@cranfield.ac.uk
At Cranfield, we value Diversity and Inclusion, and aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together harmoniously with dignity and respect and realise their full potential. We actively consider flexible working options such as part-time, compressed or flexible hours and/or an element of homeworking, and commit to exploring the possibilities for each role.
Company
Cranfield is world-leading in its contribution to global innovation. With our emphasis on the aerospace, agrifood, defence and security, environmental technology, leadership and management, manufacturing and transport systems sectors, we have changed the way society thinks, works and learns.
We generate and transform knowledge, translating it to the benefit of society. Our partners, from micro SMEs to the largest blue-chip multinationals, from governments across the world to NGOs and charities, tell us this is what they value about Cranfield.
Innovation is part of Cranfield’s ‘corporate DNA’, evolved over 60 years of commitment to this agenda.
Our work informs policy for governments and produces new technologies and products for the world of commerce. We draw on this pool of research and consultancy to provide our students with a distinctive ‘real-world’ learning environment, allowing them to develop as professionals and transfer their new knowledge to the global economy. This has always been the ‘Cranfield way’ but it has never been more important than in today’s world.
People are key to our competitive advantage and so we need to attract, develop and retain the best talent for our business. We aim to create a culture where you can flourish and succeed and, in turn, contribute towards Cranfield’s success.
- Telephone
- +(44)01234 750111
- Location
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CRANFIELD
CRANFIELD
BEDFORDSHIRE
MK43 0AL
United Kingdom
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