Research Associate in Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Department of Mechanical Engineering and lead the development of accurate and reliable computational models for the prediction of boiling heat transfer and the critical heat flux (CHF) in water-cooled nuclear reactors. The 30-month post is funded by an Engineering and Physical Sciences...

Applications are invited from enthusiastic researchers to participate in an exciting program of research on high fidelity simulation of heat transfer to fluid at supercritical pressure using direct numerical simulation (DNS). The project is part of a large consortium supported by European Commission through H2020, which is aimed at developing an...

We have an exciting opportunity in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering for someone with a passion for Engineering looking to use their skills in Computational Modelling to make an impact on the huge societal challenge of achieving net zero. This multidisciplinary project, funded by DESNZ (formerly known as BEIS) through the Energy...

We have an exciting opportunity in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering for an ambitious post-doctoral researcher looking to use their skills in materials science to make an impact on the safe disposal of vitrified nuclear waste. You will join the world-leading ISL research group as part of an international collaboration with Pacific Northwest...

As part of an exciting Faraday Institution-funded project, SAFEBATT II, we have an excellent opportunity for someone with a passion for battery technology looking to use their skills in modelling and computational chemistry to study and enhance Li-ion battery safety. You will play a key role in understanding and developing predictive tools for the mechanisms...

The Dynamics Research Group at the University of Sheffield is seeking to appoint a highly-motivated Research Associate in Structural Dynamics to carry out a research project on “new transfer-learning methods for population-based health monitoring”. The Research Associate will take a leading role in the development and delivery of their research relating...

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN). You will have a strong background in molecular and cellular (neuro) biology with experience in a range of molecular and cellular biology techniques Your role will be embedded in very dynamic research groups. Team...

This EPSRC-NSF funded project is a collaboration between the Universities of Bristol, Notre Dame and Sheffield. It aims to investigate proof-of-concept techniques for the design of contiguous mode power amplifiers with high linearity and efficiency suitable at up to 40 GHz and above. The work at Sheffield is to focus on extraction of large signal models at...

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Associate in the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN). SITraN is a purpose built research facility which was opened in November 2010 by Her Majesty the Queen and awarded the Queen’s Anniversary prize for higher education in 2020 in recognition of having made an outstanding positive...

This EPSRC-NSF funded project is a collaboration between the Universities of Bristol, Notre Dame and Sheffield. It aims to investigate proof-of-concept techniques for the design of contiguous mode power amplifiers with high linearity and efficiency suitable at up to 40 GHz and above. The work at Sheffield is to focus on extraction of large signal models at...

We have an exciting new opportunity for someone to join the Clinical Infection Research Group (CIRG) as a postdoctoral research associate (PDRA) in the field of immunology. This position would suit a research associate with a strong interest in the field of infectious diseases immunology to be based between Zimbabwe and the UK. You will work on a project...

We are seeking to appoint a Research Associate to support The Productivity Institute’s Regional Productivity Forum (RPF) in Yorkshire, Humber & the North East, based at Sheffield University Management School. The Productivity Institute (TPI), which is funded by the Economic & Social Research Council, brings together world-leading and UK experts from a...

How does the brain encode sensory information and form associative memories? Andrew Lin’s lab at the University of Sheffield is seeking a Research Associate to study these questions in the fruit fly Drosophila. We study memory using a range of methods, such as in vivo two-photon calcium imaging, electrophysiology, fly genetics, behavioural experiments,...

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual interested in biology and machine learning to join the BBSRC funded project ‘Unlocking the complexity of organismal colour patterns using artificial intelligence’ as a Research Associate. The project will make use of recent advances in machine learning and computer vision to...

The Department of Economics has an international reputation for practical and real-world economics. Our researchers advise government departments in the UK and internationally. The Department of Economics is seeking to appoint a Research Associate to provide research assistance to departmental research groups on a range of research projects. Over the...

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Research Associate within an internationally recognised research group in a vibrant and stimulating environment at the Bateson centre, Firth Court. We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous...

**Why Arup?** Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services. Through our work, we make a positive difference in the world. Our Sheffield office offers a close supportive environment, with a wide range of other engineering disciplines in a modern space in...

We have an exciting opportunity in the School of English to work as a Research Associate on an exploration of Kazuo Ishiguro’s style using corpus linguistic methods. The research findings will contribute to a book about the novelist and there is scope for collaboration in writing relevant sections and/or other publications if desired. This role will offer...

Bringing fresh and diverse perspectives, you will integrate into the Division of Neuroscience, one of the three constituent divisions of The School of Medicine and Population Health, and join a multidisciplinary team of researchers within the Division and the associated NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). As a world leading centre for research...

Applications are invited for a Research Assistant/Associate to work on theoretical and computational analysis of MHD waves generation by vortical drivers, the interaction of multiple vortex tubes located within intergranular lanes and how they contribute to the middle and upper solar atmosphere dynamics. Plasma flows in the Sun’s photosphere have the...