TO VIEW THE FULL PROJECT DESCRIPTION VISIT:
http://kess2.ac.uk/21488-2/ *This is a KESS 2 East scholarship opportunity. Please note the eligibility information in the advert text or contact the team for further information.*
Here is an exciting opportunity to create and study a novel ammonia recovery process which could lead to entirely new approaches in steelmaking and industrial waste gas treatment.
The selected candidate will apply their practical and problem-solving skills and ambition to investigate efficient removal and recovery of ammonia from industrial waste gases using novel solid state materials. This will allow the student to develop transferable knowledge and skills in this most exciting and active field of materials chemistry research.
This Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarship (KESS) project will be held in the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science at the University of South Wales. KESS is a programme funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) awarded by the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) in the Welsh Government. The project will focus on energy and environmental resource management, since these have been identified as key areas to the economy and people of the East Wales region.
The project is backed by Tata Steel UK Ltd., who are one of the world’s most innovative steel making companies. The successful candidate will work closely with process advisors from Tata Steel’s Port Talbot works and will join an existing group of KESS PhD students within the Sustainable Environment Research Centre, working on related innovative PhD projects sponsored by Tata Steel.
Studentship:
The studentship will cover the fees for a full-time PhD programme and pay a stipend of circa £14k p.a. There is also around £9k project support costs available for consumables, travel, minor equipment, training (including the KESS Grad School) and conference attendance.
The position is available from 1st April 2019.
Eligibility of Student:
To be eligible to hold a KESS studentship, you must:
• have a home address in East Wales area (details below)* at the time of registration.
• have the right to take up paid work in the East Wales area* on completion of the scholarship.
• be classified by the University as ‘home’ or ‘EU’ for tuition fees purposes according to the University’s guidelines.
• satisfy University of South Wales’s admissions criteria: see below, qualifications and experience and application process
* East Wales area covers: Vale of Glamorgan / Cardiff / Newport / Monmouthshire / Powys / Wrexham / Flintshire
Qualifications and experience:
Eligible applicants will:
• Have a degree (2i or higher) in an appropriate chemical science discipline
• Possess a reasonable understanding of advanced materials and catalysts
• Be highly self-motivated, with capacity to learn and develop practical and analytical techniques
• Have well-developed and positively collaborative interpersonal skills
• Have an ability to deliver technical reports and communicate findings
• Be willing to travel and work in industrial settings
Application Process:
To download an application package, please visit:
http://gro.southwales.ac.uk/studentships/KESSII/participant/ For any queries on eligibility, please contact: KESS Team at Research and Innovation Services, University of South Wales:
[email protected] Tel: 01443 482578
For informal enquiries or further programme information, please contact: Dr Christian Laycock (
[email protected]).
Further information at:
http://staff.southwales.ac.uk/users/4168-claycock
