As we celebrate our 200th year of Manchester Met, we are delighted to be launching our ‘Third Century Fellowship Scheme’.
The Fellowship Scheme is aimed at exceptional researchers, in the early stages of their post-doctoral career, who aim to make their mark in the field of independent research. You will have extensive experience and a notable track record of research outputs in your area of research.
What are we offering as part of the Third Century Fellowship Scheme?
By joining our Fellowship Scheme, you’ll play a leading part in our global research offering and join our community, working collaboratively across multidisciplinary and diverse teams with state-of-the-art facilities and work environment.
Successful applicants will benefit from:
During the term of the fellowship, you will be publishing internationally excellent and world-leading outputs and will be pursuing external funding opportunities to realise your future research ambitions. You will also have the opportunity, when relevant, to prepare and deliver short courses.
The Scheme begins with an initial appointment to a fixed-term post with the expectation to transition to a permanent Senior Lecturer or as a Reader, after three years, dependant on your performance and potential as assessed through the scheme.
These fellowship opportunities are being offered across our four faculties: Science & Engineering, Arts & Humanities, Business & Law and Health & Education. We will be making up to 15 appointments onto the cohort, based on application and assessment performance, and best fit to our preferred areas of research, across our four faculties.
Further details about the fellowship and research areas can be found here
You can explore our Fellowship Opportunity in Additive Manufacturing and Sustainable Materials, below.
Additive Manufacturing and Sustainable Materials at Manchester Metropolitan:
PrintCity is a state of the art Additive Manufacturing (AM) facility run by the Additive Manufacturing Group at Manchester Metropolitan University with close to £2M invested in equipment boasting over 70 machines, including an ABB Robot WAAM (Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing) Cell, Concrete Robotic Printing, a Stratasys J850 polyjet printer with the unique FabriX Innovation Kit, a HP 580 full colour MJF, as well as SLS, SLA, DLP and FDM technologies. The facility also has a range of scanning technologies and post processing capabilities. PrintCity has a strong record of securing significant European research funding in the area of sustainable AM.
Research activities at PrintCity cover a number of sectors from Engineering through to Fashion and Textiles with strong industrial links.
About the role:
About the candidate:
You will be embedded in this strong research infrastructure with a focus on utilising WAAM technology and carrying out research into novel materials and innovative tool paths to become a global leader in the field. Your research will focus on Manufacturing and the Circular Economy and will have a strong research programme in the application of AI, building the correlation between process parameters and manufacturing quality.
Requirements:
Please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification for a full list of essential & desirable criteria.
Academic Contact: Prof. Carl Diver (c.diver@mmu.ac.uk) to discuss the fellowship opportunity in detail.
Closing Date: 29 May 2024
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us on researchfellowships@mmu.ac.uk
To return to the main fellowship page, click here
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