Job Description

The Research Assistant will work in a research project aimed at developing a soft robot arm inspired to the octopus arm, for underwater manipulation.

The job includes:

• studying the octopus arm reaching movement and modelling the fluid dynamics of an octopus-inspired soft robot arm.
• theoretically and experimentally demonstrating the octopus-inspired arm movement in water.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related fields.
• Expertise in fluid dynamics
• Experience with main fluid dynamics software tools.

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More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus
Organization: College of Design and Engineering
Department : Mechanical Engineering
Employee Referral Eligible: No
Job requisition ID: 15809