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KTP Associate/Research Fellow in Metallurgy and Materials (UoB/Liberty Performance Steels Ltd)

Employer
Global Academy Jobs
Location
United Kingdom
Closing date
Jul 16, 2018

Job Details

Job Purpose

Liberty Performance Steels Ltd is wholly owned by Liberty House Group. The larger group is a diverse industrial trading, manufacturing and engineering company focused on metals. Their manufacturing is mainly steel and aluminium making and the production of engineered products.Liberty Performance Steels Ltd (LPS) is seeking to increase its capability to heat treat and laser process narrow strip steel for the production of saw blades.

AKnowledge Transfer Partnership project between UoB and Liberty Performance Steels (LPS) has been established relating to the design, production and performance of bimetal strip. This will involve two KTP Associate positions – one in Mechanical Engineering and one (this one) in Metallurgy and Materials. The project aims to supplement LPS’s QC characterisation with detailed characterisation of the processing route and its effects on the metallic materials involved leading to optimised processing and new designs.

This Knowledge Transfer Partnership will involve the employment of two KTP Associates who will work together on the overall project. Both KTP Associates will begin at the same time. The successful candidates will be employed by the University of Birmingham but based at Liberty Performance Steels’ premises in West Bromwich.

 

Summary

To characterise the microstructure and mechanical properties of bimetal strips and their component parts throughout the full process of bandsaw manufacture. Establish relationships between processing parameters, structure and properties in order to develop simulations to optimise the current processing route, Use simulations in liaison with LPS and the Mech Engg KTP Associate to suggest modifications to the process route for new designs, materials and potential processing stages. Provide knowledge transfer to LPS.

The responsibilities may include some but not all of the responsibilities outlined below.

  • To develop research objectives and proposals for own or joint research, with assistance of a mentor if required
  • To contribute to writing bids for research funding
  • To analyse and interpret data
  • To apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding
  • To disseminate research findings for publication, research seminars etc
  • To supervise students on research related work and provide guidance to PhD students where appropriate to the discipline
  • To contribute to developing new models, techniques and methods
  • To undertake management/administration arising from research
  • To contribute to Departmental/School research-related activities and research-related administration
  • To collect research data; this may be through a variety of research methods, such as scientific experimentation, literature reviews, and research interviews *
  • To present research outputs, including drafting academic publications or parts thereof, for example at seminars and as posters *
  • To provide guidance, as required, to support staff and any students who may be assisting with the research *
  • To deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines*

 

Person Specification

  • First degree in area of specialism and a higher degree relevant to research area or equivalent qualifications
  • High level analytical capability
  • Ability to communicate complex information clearly
  • Ability to assess resource requirements and use resources effectively
  • Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes

 

The candidate must have completed an industrially-related PhD in the characterisation (metallography and mechanical properties) and modelling of steels behaviour that will involve:

Use of FE-based codes

Characterisation of the structure and properties of metallic alloys, especially steels

Determination and simulation of the effects of initial structure, properties and processing on final structure and properties.

Experience of optical microscopy, SEM and mechanical testing is essential.

Experience of C-Mn steels, their processing and modelling (including thermodynamic and kinetic software codes) is highly desirable but not essential.

Experience of liaising with academic and industrial partners (reports, presentations, during testing) is essential.

 

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