Studentships
PhD Studies in Advanced Light Alloy Research
Fully-funded PhD Studentships available
Applications are invited for studentships in Advanced Alloy Research at The University of Manchester. The Manchester light alloys group has gained an international reputation in light alloys research, and these opportunities have arisen as a result of the group's successful bid for a £5.7mn EPSRC Programme Grant LATEST2 "Light Alloys Towards Environmentally Sustainable Transport - 2nd Generation". The Programme aims to support dramatic reductions in the environmental impact of transport, by facilitating a step change in high-performance light alloy design solutions in the transport sector.
Key opportunities within the Programme
• Research in which you develop interdisciplinary skills.
• Opportunity to work in a team environment involving eight leading academic members of staff and collaborating partners from academia and industry
• Choice of experimental, theoretical and computational projects across a range of interacting research themes, supported by excellent facilities.
Interacting Research Themes include:
• Surface engineering, corrosion and environmental protection (including functionalised surfaces, the fundamentals of protective film growth, and environmentally-friendly replacement and novel conversion treatments;
• Joining of dissimilar materials; including friction welding techniques, and microstructure and interface reaction modelling;
• Advanced metal forming in aluminium, magnesium and titanium and other light alloys, deformation microstructures, texture and recrystallisation, research in 3D deformation structures and modelling.
Currently Available Studentships
- Environmentally-Friendly Novel Coatings for Aerospace Alloys
- Deformation Mechanisms in Titanium Alloys
- Dissimilar Joining: Interfacial Reactions
- Mitigating Galvanic Corrosion of Magnesium Alloys
- Plasticity and Formability in Magnesium Alloy Sheet
The lead academics working on the Programme are Professor George Thompson, Professor Philip Prangnell, Professor Peter Skeldon, Dr Joseph Robson, Dr. Michael Preuss, Dr. João Quinta da Fonseca, Dr Xiaorong Zhou
Who should apply?
Applications are welcomed from graduates with a relevant honours degree (at least UK 2.1 hons or equivalent grade) in science or engineering as well as knowledge of one or more of the above research themes. In addition to having an excellent aptitude for research, applicants should also exhibit a wide range of personal skills.
Full scholarships, covering living expenses and fees, are available to eligible students.
How to apply?
To apply click on the link below, click apply on line, register and then select postgraduate research and enter PhD Light Alloys (LATEST2) in the search box:
Finally please ensure you enter the full PhD Project Title on page 3 of your application.
Closing Date 31st October 2010
Further information can be obtained by e-mail to: lightalloys@manchester.ac.uk or Tel Susan Davis on +44(0)161 306 4856