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School of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Fixed-term for 24 months, to end no later than 31 Dec 2022
A post-doctoral research associate is required to complete research within an industrially led EPSRC / Government funded project into manufacture, performance and microstructural relationships within 9 wt.% steels (specifically MarBN) for power plant applications. The post-holder will work within the industrially-led consortium: "IMPLANT - Advanced Materials and Manufacturing for Improved Power and Process Plant Performance", to characterise materials after different processing approaches or thermal exposures and to provide explanation for their performance in mechanical tests (e.g. creep tests).
Experimental characterisation will be carried out using a mixture of established and novel techniques, using mainly facilities available within the Loughborough Materials Characterisation Centre at Loughborough University. These include optical microscopy, hardness (macro, micro and nano), field emission gun scanning and transmission electron microscopy (FEG SEM/TEM) with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), X-ray diffraction and dual beam focused ion beam / SEM imaging and sample preparation. Different steel samples in various conditions will be examined during this research including cast, extruded, heat-treated, mechanically tested and welded states. A key focus of the microstructural characterisation work will be to examine microstructural change as a function of the state of the material and to examine relationships between the observed and predicted microstructure and possible mechanical properties of the materials and to contribute to discussions around the optimisation of future product.
Informal Enquiries
Informal enquiries should be made to Dr Mark A.E Jepson, Senior Lecturer in Metallurgy and Microscopy by email at m.a.e.jepson@lboro.ac.uk or by telephone on 01509 223169.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 22 March 2020. Interviews will be held on 31 March 2020.
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