Research Fellow - Energy Harvesting

EEE

Location: Highfield Campus

Salary:  £29,301 to £30,175

Full Time, Fixed Term (End date 30/03/2018)

Closing Date:  Tuesday 25 April 2017

Interview Date:  To be confirmed

Reference: 856017FP

The Research Fellow position will address the application of ferroelectret based power supplies for the powering of wearable sensors based on previous and ongoing research carried out within the group. Flexible low temperature materials can be employed to harvest energy from human motion and this work will investigate the optimisation of multilayer microengineered ferroelectret materials that offer considerable performance advantages compared with commercial ferroelectret foams. This will explore combinations of technology to deliver integrated autonomous textile based wearable sensors that are invisible to the user. 

The post will be held in the Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton. Ranked in the top one per cent of universities globally and among the UK’s top 20 for research, the University of Southampton has an international reputation for its research, teaching and enterprise activities.

In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, ECS was first in the UK for the volume and quality of research in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.  The volume and quality of ECS Computer Science research is in the top 10 in the UK, with 100% of Computer Science research impact rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.

Electronics and Computer Science holds an Athena Swan Bronze Award, demonstrating their commitment to provide equal opportunities and to advance the representation of women in STEM/M subjects: science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine.  Due consideration will be given to applicants who have taken a career break. University of Southampton holds an Athena Swan Silver Award.

The University has a generous maternity policy and onsite childcare facilities; employees are able to participate in the childcare vouchers scheme.  Other benefits include state-of-the-art on-campus sports, arts and culture facilities, a full programme of events and a range of staff discounts.

As part of the recruitment process all applicants are expected to give a talk to academic and research staff and to PhD students within the department.

For further information please contact Professor Steve Beeby tel. +44 23 8059 6663, email: spb@ecs.soton.ac.uk    

Application Procedure:

You should submit your completed online application form at www.jobs.soton.ac.uk. The vacancy will close at midnight on the closing date as shown above. If you need any assistance, please contact Suzanne Stone on +44 (0) 23 8059 4043. Please quote vacancy reference number 856017FP on all correspondence.