Research Associate (ProSPECT)

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath to work with Professor Chris Bowen, who has been awarded a prestigous UKRI Frontier Research Project in Porous Processing of Smart Porous Electro-Ceramic Transducers (ProSPECT).

A range of multi-disciplinary energy harvesting methods will be examined within the project. You will develop processing methods and models for producing porous ferroelectric materials via freeze casting to produce a range of porous structures, including templated structures and composites.

Applications include SONAR, sensing and energy harvesting for converting mechanical vibrations into electrical energy for high-temperature applications. Research will be disseminated in high-quality peer-reviewed journals and key international conferences.

For a further of the role’s responsibilities please see the Job Description attached below.

This position is offered on a full-time basis, fixed term for 2 years from 1^st April 2025.

About you

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Require a degree and PhD (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline (materials, physics, electrical engineering)
• A motivated approach to multi-disciplinary research
• Skills in materials processing and characterisation and/or modelling
• The ability to work as a team with other PhD and post-doctoral researchers within the project

A lower grade offer may be made (Grade 6) with comparable reduction in responsibilities and amendment in job title to Research Assistant, if a suitable applicant cannot be found to fill the Grade 7 position. Applicants will need to be within six months of their course completion date and will be promoted to Research Associate once their PhD has been awarded. 

Further information

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Professor Chris Bowen, PI, at msscrb@bath.ac.uk or Dr Hamideh Khanbareh, Senior Lecturer, at hk497@bath.ac.uk.

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