Interview Date: To be confirmed

Reference: CT3996

This is a fixed term contract post at the University of Bath for the exploitation of new graphene based materials and composites for deicing applications. This project is a collaboration between Haydale Ltd and the University of Bath.

The aim of the project is to assess the feasibility of employing graphene based polymer skins for sensing and deicing applications. The are major issues associated with deicing are in aircarft, at airports, transmission power lines,  instrumentation, antenna masks, wind turbines and the exploration of cold environments (e.g. oil and gas). Such a sensing surface can be integrated with thermally active (shape changing) structures to achieve structural deflection for combined thermal-mechanical de-icing. The opportunity to limit the extent of ice build-up on structures has broad application opportunities and enable light weight structures with reduced material costs and fuel saving for mobile applications and improved performance for instrumentation

The successful candidate should have experience in materials science, materials engineering, composites or a similar subject at PhD level.

The post is full time (36.5 hours per week) and the expiry of the fixed term period is likely to be 30 June 2017.

For further information please contact Prof. Chris Bowen, c.r.bowen@bath.ac.uk at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath. Tel. 01225 383660.