PhD studentship in the design and development of a sensor for the quality assessment of industrial raw products

PhD studentship in the design and development of a sensor for the quality assessment of industrial raw products – 24 months fixed term, Direct PhD

Salary: £14,777/annum (stipend)
Collaborative partners: Matrix Polymers (Speke) & Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU)

Due to the strong links Liverpool John Moores University has with the industry, an exciting opportunity is available within the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, as part of the Sensors and UAV research group to develop a sensor to quality assure raw products before passing into an industrial process line.

This 24 months’ direct PhD research post will focus on improving the existing process that use an offline, mechanical process to monitor and characterisation the feedstock to an inline, real time sensor system to enhance the properties of the final product. The sensor will focus on an electromagnetic sensing technology, developed at the University as the primary sensor using microwave spectroscopic techniques to analyse and determine the fundamental properties of the material. The applicant should have a strong physics, electronics, computer science or material science background, qualified to a postgraduate level. Knowledge and understanding of modelling/simulation, sensor technologies and data analysis would be beneficial.

As this is an industry linked PhD a lot of the testing and implementation of the sensor will be carried out at the industry partners site. The applicant should be flexible and willing to spend time at the company to understand the existing process monitoring techniques and to plan the design and implementation of the proposed system.

For further details and person specification, please see the full job description that details the expected duties and specific skills required to carry out this post. Informal inquiries can be made to Dr. Muhammad Ateeq ([Email Address Removed]).

Please note that the sponsorship will cover the stipend (as above) and a tuition fee of £4,525/annum (i.e. EU/UK student tuition fee).

Contract duration and type: 24 months (Fixed term)
Hours: 35 hours/week (Full-time)
Job type: PhD Studentship (Direct)
Vacancy type: Academic/Research
Closing date: 6th November 2018