Nanostructured Smart Materials
We are inviting applications from around the world for new doctoral studentships for 2013/14.
Applications are invited for the following doctoral studentship within this cluster:
Applications close 4pm, 27 June 2013. Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place between 15 and 19 July 2013. All those invited to interview will be informed of the outcome by 26 July 2013.
About the cluster
The Nanostructured Smart Materials cluster is a collaboration between researchers in: biomedical materials and health care products; nanomaterials and composites for environmental and civil engineering; and smart textiles and designer materials. These researchers are based in the Schools of Environment and Technology, Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, and of Art, Design and Media.
Novel nanostructured materials should be ‘smart’ – responding to the environment according to their application and function precisely as required – and ‘fit for purpose’ as defined by the end user. An inter- and multidisciplinary team of academics and researchers across the university, in collaboration with local industry and healthcare providers, are working together to create an interdisciplinary cluster of expertise in advanced materials and their applications in all spheres of life, in particular healthcare technologies, environmental and personal protection, civil engineering, technical textiles and designer materials. The cluster provides an immediate focus for coordinated external engagement fusing underpinning theory in materials science with potential novel applications in collaboration with specialists from other domains.
Research in Life and Physical Sciences
Our researchers in the life and physical sciences seek to advance fundamental knowledge that will provide real-world solutions to key technological and societal challenges. Research is underpinned by support and partnership with industry, government departments and civil society. We aim to ensure that our research is applied, or yet to be applied – research that might be characterised as ‘use-inspired basic research’. Thus we pursue research: in disease processes that may lead to new treatments and technologies, through, for example, successful spin-off of partner companies; in understanding human-environment interactions that are the ‘green challenges’ of tomorrow and delivering more sustainable products, lifestyles and policies; and in designing novel engineering and digital solutions to address societal needs.
