Postdoctoral Research Associate Metallurgy

at  Universiteit Gent

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• Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
• Department: EA08 - Elektromechanica, Systeem- en Metaalengineering
• Occupancy rate:100%
• Number of positions: 1
• Type of employment: Contract of limited duration
• Term of assignment: 12 maanden
• Wage scale: PD1 to PD4 (doctoral degree)
• Required diploma:PhD

• In the frame of a large international infrastructure project, funded by FWO-Vlaanderen (Funds for Scientific Research) the UGent Department of Electromechanics, Systems and Metals Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture is looking for a full-time (100%) postdoctoral researcher in the field of metallurgy and metal manufacturing. The postdoc will function as a member of the Einstein Telescope (ET) Collaboration project that envisages the construction and operation of a 3rd generation gravitational wave interferometer by 2035. In this capacity the postdoc will join the Beam Pipe Vacuum group under the ET project directorate and will investigate the feasibility of using various steel grades (including austenitic and ferritic stainless steels, mild steels and duplex steels) in their applicability to establish the largest ultra-high vacuum system ever built.
• It is the intention to investigate the manufacturing of ET beam pipes made of those specific steel grades within the EU production landscape, including welding characterisation, surface treatment assessment and corrosion behavior.
• Additionally it is aimed to contribute to the technical design report of ET’s beam pipe vacuum system, and to the construction and testing of a pilot sector at CERN. To this purpose the postdoc will need to collaborate intensively with CERN (Genève). The ET project involves various Belgian and international partners, but particularly for the materials oriented tasks a close collaboration will be foreseen with a mechanical design engineer from University of Antwerp