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Research Studentship in Advanced and Bio Materials – Oxford

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE


Research Studentship in Advanced and Bio Materials –
New Dimensions of Engineering Science at Large Facilities (NDES)



We wish to appoint to the above Research Studentship which is funded by the EPSRC and available for 47 months. The project is aimed at the development of characterisation and modelling tools for advanced and bio materials, from natural to engineered systems used in a range of applications from biomedical engineering to aerospace.



You will have a good undergraduate or masters degree in materials, mechanical engineering, physics, chemistry or related subject together with a high level of mathematical, computational and analytical ability. Excellent skills in software writing, data analysis, visualisation and experimentation are essential. Significant experience in experimental data collection and analysis, high motivation and excellent planning skills are desirable. This post is only open to applicants from within the EU. This project will be supervised by Professor AM Korsunsky to whom all informal enquiries should be addressed, alexander.korsunsky@eng.ox.ac.uk.



Candidates who are UK or EU nationals, or who have been ordinarily resident in the UK for the last 3 years are eligible for a fully funded studentship. In this case the remuneration will be £14200 p.a. (and will increase in subsequent years), with all fees paid.



Candidates are expected to meet the Graduate Admissions criteria available at http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/postgrad/criteria.pdf and a full graduate application must be made at the same time as applying for this studentship. Further details about making a graduate application are available at our website by clicking 'APPLY NOW'



Please send a letter of application for the studentship, which should explain your interest in and relevant experience for the advertised post, together with a detailed CV to: Mr CJ Scotcher, Senior Administrator, Department of Engineering Science, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PJ.



Please quote DF10016 in all correspondence to the Department and in your graduate application.



The closing date for applications is noon 24th March 2010



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