Research Fellow in Modelling Viscoelastic Fibric

7 days ago


Leeds, United Kingdom University of Leeds Full time

**Research Fellow in Modelling Viscoelastic Fibric Materials**:
**Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a background in tribology? Do you want to further your career in one of the UK’s leading research-intensive Universities?**

This post is part of a team associated with an EPSRC Standard Grant. The grant is titled “_STOP fibrous microplastic pollution from têxtiles by elucidating fibre damage and manufacturing novel têxtiles (EP/T024542/1)_” and is a three-year study to understand the fundamental mechanisms of microplastic emission from têxtiles. We are halfway through the grant and a short-term post has arisen to contribute to the research but also work with the existing RA’s to promote impact and outputs. The grant is held jointly between the University of Leeds and Edinburgh.

You will hold a 1st or 2:1 undergraduate degree in Engineering or Physics and a PhD (or have submitted your thesis before taking up the role) in Engineering or a relevant discipline. You will also have significant experience in tribology/contact mechanics research and experience of developing contact mechanics computational models for viscoelastic materials.

We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

**What we offer in return**
- 25 days holiday plus 15.5 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) - That’s over 40 days a year
- Pension schemes with a generous contribution from the University.
- Health and Wellbeing: including options for flexible working, discounted access to our state-of-the-art Campus gym and sports facilities, and more.
- Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.
- Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team and self-development courses.
- A large but compact university campus housing state-of-the-art research facilities, transformational research, and a bustling innovation hub.

And much more

**To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact**:
Dr Ali Ghanbarzadeh, Lecturer in Functional Sciences



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