19 January 2011

The Manufacturing Engineering Centre (MEC) at School of Engineering, Cardiff University is looking to recruit a Researcher Associate (RA) in the area of laser processing.

The responsibilities associated with the post are focused on process development, implementation and utilisation of a wide range of laser machining (milling) systems with microsecond, nanosecond and picosecond laser sources. In the wide context, the job will involve designing and implementing process chains that combine the capabilities of laser ablation technology with other micro and nano structuring methods and thus to address specific applications' requirements.

In addition, the job will require: to manage and carry out short term contract research and manufacture projects; to liaise regularly with partner organisations and users of the MEC laser processing facilities; to report R&D result in journal and conference papers, to look for new research projects/activities and collaborative ventures with potential industry and research partners; to be the first point of contact for internal and external users of the MEC laser processing services.

The candidates for the post should have a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Physics or Electronics Engineering.

This is a Grate 6 post (£30-35K) for an initial period of 2 years and it is funded by the FP7 EUMINAfab Infrastructure project (http://euminafab.cf.ac.uk).

Contact

Prof. Dr. Stefan Dimov
Manufacturing Engineering Centre
Cardiff School of Engineering
Cardiff University
Queen's Buildings
The Parade, Newport Road
Cardiff CF24 3AA
Wales UK

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