Deadline: 1 June 2013
School Of Chemical Engineering
Salary will be at a fixed rate of £37,205 per annum, for the duration of the contract.
Post is available for 36 months.
The post is a 3 year full-time position for an Early Stage Researcher (ESR) to study the frictional interactions of the human finger pad with next generation touch screens having haptic feedback, which will be developed as the main aim of the ITN PROTOTOUCH. It is expected that the successful candidate will enrol in a PhD program and submit the thesis within the period of employment. The PROTOTOUCH Network is coordinated by the University of Birmingham in the UK and comprises 10 industrial and academic partners from the UK, Belgium, Sweden, Slovenia, Switzerland, France and Germany. In addition, 4 associated partners will provide training opportunities: ST-Ericsson in France and, Unilever R&D, Skillstudio and The Department of Design in the UK. The ESR will be based at the University of Birmingham but will have secondments and visits to other partners, which will provide broad interdisciplinary and intersectoral research experience.
The post is an opportunity for an energetic post-graduate ESR with interests in bio-mechanics to collaborate with researchers in internationally-leading academic institutions, multi-national companies and SMEs to create an exciting novel user interface. The start date will be 1st September 2013. The Network will operate an Equal Opportunities recruitment policy and female candidates are encouraged to apply.
At the time of appointment, the applicant must also meet the Marie Curie criteria for this post, details of which can be found at: ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/fp7-mga-annex3intramulti_en.pdf
The candidate will have a first degree in physical science/engineering/psychophysics to at least 2.i level with up-to-date knowledge, skills and experience in the relevant subject area. She/he will have experience of research methods and, techniques sufficient to allow independent working and must have understanding of mechanical properties of materials. Some exposure to Engineering Software such as FEA/CFD or process modelling software is required as is the ability to work as part of a team and to work independently using own initiative. The successful candidate will have knowledge of general computational techniques and sound grasp of mathematics with high level of IT skills including MS Office and engineering use of Excel and software such as Matlab and CAD software.
Informal enquiries can be directed to Kathleen Hynes (k.m.hynes@bham.ac.uk).
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