Research Assistant or Research Associate in Mineral Dust Evolution through

at  The University of Manchester

This is one of two positions being offered by the Dust research group at the University of Manchester for a January 2025 start. The other is for a 3-year Research Associate in Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Aircraft Engine Deposits.
We invite applications for the position of a Research Assistant (Grade 5) or Research Associate (Grade 6) to join the Dust research group at the University of Manchester to work on a project funded by Rolls-Royce looking at the evolution of mineral dust through aircraft engines and its effect on engine damage.
This post is suitable for anyone who is interested in applying their geological or materials science knowledge to an economically and environmentally significant engineering problem for aviation.
The position is embedded in The DUST Research group at the University of Manchester, which is a multidisciplinary group that focuses on the ingestion of airborne mineral particulate into aircraft engines, and its damaging effect on engine performance as it passes through and interacts with engine hardware.
The aim of the project is to develop a model relating the evolution of mineral dust composition through aircraft engines to the environment in which the aircraft has operated, in order to advance our understanding of the damage that is caused to aircraft along flight paths in different regions of the world.
You should have (or be about to obtain) a PhD or MSc (or equivalent) in Geology, Materials Science or a related discipline, and familiarity in the methods used to determine the mineralogy and/or particle size and shape characteristics of sediments.
This full-time 12-month position is funded by Rolls-Royce. You will be based in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, with regular meetings with collaborators at Rolls-Royce, and will have opportunity to interact with PhD, postdoctoral and academic researchers working on many different aspects of the problems caused by mineral dust ingestion in aircraft engines.

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