Parameterisation of Alloys Manufacturing: Lessons Learnt from Traditional Methods to Inform Automated Advanced Manufacturing (SAM13)

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Project detail
New manufacturing processes such as 3D-Printing present a great potential due to its flexibility to create complex multifunctional geometries and to control porous structures at the macro-microscale. There is however much ground still to cover with regards to the materials that can be used. In particular, the palette of metals and alloys is very limited at present and this is a major hurdle for the full deployment of the technology in sectors such as transport (i.e. lightweight structures and batteries) and bioengineering (i.e. implants and medical devices). However, there is a wealth of knowledge derived from traditional methods such as casting and powder metallurgy for sintering that will enable future advancements in the design and manufacturing of alloys. Parameterisation of the underpinning physics behind those traditional methods will assist in taking advanced manufacturing techniques such as 3DP to the next level.

You will join a multidisciplinary team of engineers and materials scientists already working on various aspects of the technologies covered by this research project. Your development as a professional researcher matters and we will support you on that journey.

Manufacturing at Wolfson:
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/meme/research/high-value-manufacturing/

Staff team:
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/meme/staff/carmen-torres-sanchez/
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/meme/staff/paul-conway/

Start date of studentship: 01 October 2020.
Entry requirements
Applicants should have, or expect to achieve, at least a 2:1 Honours degree (or equivalent) in Materials Science, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or a related subject. A relevant Master’s degree and/or experience in one or more of the following will be an advantage: Materials Processing, Metallurgy, Characterisation and Analytical Techniques.
How to apply
All applications should be made online at http://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/apply/research/. Under programme name, select ‘Mechanical, Electrical & Manufacturing Engineering’.

Please quote reference number: SAM13