Research Fellow in Particle Characterisation and Dynamics

We are seeking to appoint a talented and highly motivated Research Fellow with expertise in powder flow to develop innovative powder characterisation techniques that enables understanding of powder behaviour in different processing steps of manufacturing. This role is part of an EPSRC funded collaborative project ‘the EPSRC Future Manufacturing Hub in Manufacture using Advanced Powder Processes’ and is a collaboration between the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield, Oxford, Manchester and Imperial College and 17 industrial partners as well as seven high value manufacturing Catapult centres. The project brings together modelling and experimental expertise to address the complex challenge of the manufacturing steps using advanced powder processes for additive manufacturing.

Your research will primarily involve characterising particle properties and devising experimental techniques to assess their collective behaviours under different conditions. You will have a relevant PhD (or close to completion) in Chemical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, or similar, together with a demonstrated understanding of the fundamental physics and chemistry associated with particles and their properties and their relevance to their performance in bulk systems, e.g. flow, mixing and segregation.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Dr Ali Hassanpour, School of Chemical and Process Engineering

Tel: +44 (0) 113 34 32405 or email:a.hassanpour@leeds.ac.uk

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