Three-year PhD studentships
The Materials Engineering group intends to appoint at least three PhD studentships to start no later than October 2008. The studentships will be in the general field of structural integrity and residual stress measurement.
One of these will form part of the project on Zirconium alloys for high burn-up fuel in current and advanced light-water-cooled reactors, a collaboration between the OU and the Universities of Manchester and Oxford. The studentship will work on the properties and behaviour of zirconium for nuclear fuel cladding. A range of experimental and analytical methods will be used.
Other projects include High-temperature microstructural evolution in materials for aerospace applications, and Creep of materials for nuclear power plant.
The studentships will remain open until filled so an early application is advised.
The MCT Faculty is one of the Open University’s most research-intensive units. There are excellent research facilities, equipment and technical support.
You should have or expect to gain a good Science or Engineering degree.
Further details can be obtained from Anne Hardy: a.e.hardy@open.ac.uk. Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Michael Fitzpatrick on 01908 653100 or by email: m.e.fitzpatrick@open.ac.uk.
Equal Opportunity is University Policy.
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