Dr F Castles
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Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
About the Project
Applications are invited for a fully-funded PhD Studentship starting in September/October 2020 to undertake research in the area of active metamaterials.
Metamaterials are artificial materials that may be engineered to exhibit novel properties not seen in natural materials. Similarly, active materials (those that have an internal source of power) may exhibit properties that are fundamentally impossible in passive materials. Recent research at Queen Mary has shown that by combining these concepts, active metamaterials may be created that exhibit negative static electric susceptibility—the hitherto missing electric analogue of diamagnetism (https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201904863). It is believed that these materials should be capable of the novel phenomenon of levitation using static electric fields (analogous to the well-known phenomenon of diamagnetic levitation in static magnetic fields), with potential application in quantum computing. This PhD project will develop the theory and modelling of materials with negative static electric susceptibility towards a practical demonstration of electrostatic levitation.
Applicants should have, or be expected to obtain by the start date, a 1st class or 2:1 degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related subject.
The student will be supervised by Dr Flynn Castles and will be a member of the Antennas and Electromagnetics Group, based in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at the University’s main Mile End campus in East London. Queen Mary is a leading research-intensive Russell Group university, ranked 5th among multi-faculty institutions in the UK for research outputs (Research Excellence Framework 2014), and 110th in the world overall (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020).
Informal enquiries regarding the post may be made by email to Dr Flynn Castles ([Email Address Removed]).
Applications should be made by following the online process at https://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/subjects/electronic-engineering.html. (“PhD Full-time Electronic Engineering – Semester 1 (September Start)”).
The closing date for applications is Tuesday 30th June 2020. Interviews are expected to take place in the week beginning Monday 13th July 2020.
Funding Notes
Funding is for three years, covering student fees and, in addition, a tax-free stipend starting at £17,285 per annum. Applications are welcomed from candidates of all nationalities.
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