Dr R Palgrave
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Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
The UCL Centre for Doctoral Training in Molecular Modelling and Materials Science is offering a fully funded 4-year EngD studentship to a highly motivated candidate to start in September 2018. The studentship will cover tuition fees at UK/EU rate plus a maintenance stipend ££18277 (tax free) for four years.
The project will develop a completely new class of high-performance lubricants for pump technology in collaboration with Edwards Vacuum, a world leader in vacuum systems. The student will carry out his/her doctoral research at UCL supervised by Dr. Robert Palgrave, and will also have the opportunity for work placements at Edwards. Vacuum technology enables many of the engineering and scientific advances that are transforming our world. In this project you will work with Edwards to pioneer an entirely new class of lubricant that could revolutionise the vacuum industry. This project would suit a candidate with a background in chemistry, chemical engineering or mechanical engineering who is keen to work on an industrially relevant project. It will involve chemical synthesis of a new class of lubricants with exceptional properties, as well as detailed characterisation using NMR, XPS and tribological measurements. The project will aim to deploy the new lubricants into working prototype pumps and rapidly transfer the technology into real vacuum systems. The successful candidate will join a dynamic research environment at UCL working in both the Departments of Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering, and will receive training in advanced synthesis and characterisation techniques, as well as experience of developing a new product from concept to prototype and beyond with a world leading engineering company. The skills learned would be invaluable for a career in academia or industry. Further information can be found at the following websites:
www.ucl.ac.uk/chemistry/postgraduate/engd
www.edwardsvacuum.com/about-us
Interested candidates should contact Dr. Robert Palgrave ([Email Address Removed]). Informal inquiries are encouraged.
Applications will be accepted until 30 June 2018 but the position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate has been identified.
Funding Notes
The applicants should have, or be expecting to achieve, a first or upper second class Honours degree.
Due to funding restrictions, this studentship is only open to applicants from the UK and EU, who have been resident in the UK for at least 3 years preceding their start on the programme or have indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
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