The Manufacturing Technology Engineering Doctoral Centre is running an intensive four-year research programme in partnership with industry to address key challenges in advanced manufacturing engineering. It will prepare manufacturing experts for the future and enhance the competitiveness of UK industry by rapidly transforming the latest manufacturing research results into industrial technologies./p>

We are seeking applicants from a variety of backgrounds, including manufacturing, mechanical, electrical/electronic and materials/metallurgy engineering, and applied sciences such as mathematics, chemistry, and physics who possess a minimum of an excellent first degree and can demonstrate an enthusiasm for interdisciplinary research.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on an industry-based manufacturing technology research project, gain an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) and develop leadership skills in preparation for a high-impact, high-technology research career in industry.

The scholarship on offer (to eligible students) comprises a tax-free stipend of c£20,000 a year, tuition fees paid and a generous study package (research consumables and travel budget).

The Centre is a partnership between three leading universities (The University of Nottingham, Loughborough University and the University of Birmingham), the Manufacturing Technology Centre, and industry (the current strategic industrial partners include Rolls-Royce, Airbus, and Aero Engine Controls). We are actively looking for additional industrial (manufacturing) partners.

Eligible students, termed ‘Research Engineers’, will benefit from:

• A generous fully-funded four-year Engineering Doctorate programme that integrates an industry based doctoral research project with research training in technical subjects and interdisciplinary skills
• Supervision from international leaders in advanced manufacturing technologies
• Access to facilities at the Manufacturing Technology Centre for training and research activities whilst working with industry

The Manufacturing Technology Centre in Ansty, Warwickshire is a world-class facility with cutting-edge equipment and expertise to bridge the gap between research and industrial application. Research Engineers will have access to pre-production demonstrators to test and validate research before going into commercial production.

Themes for industrial research projects include - but are not restricted to:

• Advanced Tooling and Fixturing
• Net Shape Manufacturing
• Intelligent Automation
• Assembly, Fabrication & Joining
• High Integrity Fabrication
• Simulation and Modelling
• Non-conventional machining
• Manufacturing informatics
• Electronics manufacturing
• NDT and metrology

See our website www.manufacturingedc.ac.uk for the latest information on potential research projects and thematic areas. These are constantly evolving.

Up to twenty scholarships are available for September 2012 entry (subject to fees status).
Overall we are looking to recruit forty Research Engineers by September 2014.

Eligibility: The full scholarship (payment of fees and c£20,000 pa stipend) is available to “Home Fee” status applicants, and for EU applicants who meet the three-year UK residency criteria. EU applicants not meeting the three-year residency criteria will have their fees paid, but unfortunately are not eligible for stipend payments from the EPSRC grant made to the Centre. Students who are not eligible for this funding (e.g. International students) may be considered if they are able to obtain their own scholarship support or self-fund.