Academic positions
Lecturer in Chemical Engineering x 3
The Chemical Engineering Department at UCL was established in 1923 and is thus one of the oldest in the UK. Research has always been a major departmental activity, with 75% of staff rated as world leading or of internationally excellent quality in the 2008 UK Research Assessment Exercise. The persons appointed would be joining an expanding, vigorous and forward looking Department that is committed to the highest standards of teaching and research and whose aim is to develop both significant advances in fundamental knowledge and in pioneering technology impact breakthroughs.
The successful candidates will be expected to complement the research in the department and contribute in the focus areas of advanced design and manufacturing of chemicals and materials and enhanced resource (energy, water, material) efficiency as well as to establish and lead a vigorous externally funded research programme of international standing. Teaching and administration duties will be allocated within the present departmental degree programmes, which include BEng, MEng, MSc and PhD.
If you have any queries regarding the vacancy, please contact Dr P Lettieri, (p.lettieri@ucl.ac.uk (p NULL.lettieri null@null ucl NULL.ac NULL.uk)).
Further details and information on how to apply can be foundhere (https://atsv7 NULL.wcn NULL.co NULL.uk/search_engine/jobs NULL.cgi?SID=amNvZGU9MTI4NTQzMSZ2dF90ZW1wbGF0ZT05NjUmb3duZXI9NTA0MTE3OCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZicmFuZF9pZD0wJnBvc3RpbmdfY29kZT0yMjQmcmVxc2lnPTEzNTEwODIzNTctYjA2NjIwNzExM2UyODdjZmE3ZDgzNDEzNTBlN2U0MmMwZTlmZmNiMg==)
Closing date: 15 December 2012
Postdoctoral positions
1. Research Associate
Moving from Rensselaer (USA), the group of Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens at the Department of Chemical Engineering at UCL is looking for a skilled and creative postdoctoral researcher with ample experience in porous material synthesis and design, to continue and expand our effort in Nature Inspired Chemical Engineering (NICE), with applications to catalytic and separation processes.
The candidate should be creative and knowledgeable, with an ability to look across conventional disciplinary borders and have at least a PhD degree in chemistry or chemical engineering, with a strong fundamental background and demonstrated experimental skills (design of experiments, synthesis, characterization) preferably related to novel nanoporous materials for catalysis and/or mebrane applications and hybrid materials incluidng enzymes and/or homogeneous catalysts in nanopores.
If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Anna Harrington, (a.harrington@ucl.ac.uk (a NULL.harrington null@null ucl NULL.ac NULL.uk)).
Further details and information on how to apply can be found here (https://atsv7 NULL.wcn NULL.co NULL.uk/search_engine/jobs NULL.cgi?SID=amNvZGU9MTI4NTc2NyZ2dF90ZW1wbGF0ZT05NjUmb3duZXI9NTA0MTE3OCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZicmFuZF9pZD0wJnBvc3RpbmdfY29kZT0yMjQmcmVxc2lnPTEzNTEyNTExMjEtOTFlY2FlNzc3ODdlYmI3ODlhZjM5MmM2M2Y5NmExNTdmODhkMTEyYw==)
Closing date: 27 December 2012
2. Applications are invited for a research associate position in the Department of Chemical Engineering at UCL. The main role will be to carry out experimental investigations of multiphase flows. This post will be funded by a £5M EPSRC Programme Grant that will harness the synergy between world-leading scientists from four prestigious institutions: Imperial College, Birmingham, Nottingham, and UCL, to create the next generation modelling tools for complex multiphase flows. This will require a programme of focussed, multi-scale experiments on multiphase flows to validate and update numerical codes. The experimental work will involve application of optical diagnostic methods on small and large scale geometries, with an additional aim of developing routes to create novel multiphase structures which can be exploited by our industrial partners. It will be expected that the post holder will interact closely with the numerical component of the Programme, carried out at all the participating universities, in order to validate, and update the numerical tools, and to provide input into the design of experiments.
The successful candidate should hold, or be near completion of a PhD in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering, Physics or a closely related discipline. (S)he should have a strong background in fluid mechanics and multiphase flows, experimental measurements and analysis of data; knowledge and experience of optical flow diagnostics (PIV) is highly desirable, as is the ability to program in MATLAB and other programming languages.
For informal enquiries, please contact Dr P Angeli, (p.angeli@ucl.ac.uk (p NULL.angeli null@null ucl NULL.ac NULL.uk )).
Further details and information on how to apply can be found here (https://atsv7 NULL.wcn NULL.co NULL.uk/search_engine/jobs NULL.cgi?SID=amNvZGU9MTI4NjY3OSZ2dF90ZW1wbGF0ZT05NjUmb3duZXI9NTA0MTE3OCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZicmFuZF9pZD0wJnZhY3R5cGU9MTI3NiZwb3N0aW5nX2NvZGU9MjI0JnJlcXNpZz0xMzQ5OTQ1ODcyLTI5Y2QzNmMzYjIxNWFhMzNhMjFjMzk1ZDVhZDY4NTJiYjg4YzU2Y2Y=)
Closing date: 12 November 2012
3. A TSB funded project, led by GSK and in collaboration with UCL (Prof. Asterios Gavriilidis (http://www NULL.ucl NULL.ac NULL.uk/chemeng/people/gavriilidis)), Imperial College, (Prof. Serafim Kalliadasis (http://www3 NULL.imperial NULL.ac NULL.uk/people/s NULL.kalliadasis)) and HEL, an equipment manufacturing company, seeks to develop a continuous gas/liquid reaction platform able to produce pharmaceutical materials on the manufacturing-scale. There is the opportunity for a chemical engineer with a PhD in the area of chemical reaction engineering to join the project at UCL. The work will focus on the design, commissioning and performance evaluation of gas/liquid and gas/liquid/solid intensified reactors, with particular focus on the scale-up of these reactors and associated equipment. Applicants must have knowledge and experience in some of the following areas: reaction engineering, multiphase reactors, microreaction technology, multiphase flow. The post is for two years and is available from 1st November 2012 with a starting salary of £30,122 plus £2,806 London allowance per annum.
For enquires please contact Prof Asterios Gavriilidis, (a.gavriilidis@ucl.ac.uk (a NULL.gavriilidis null@null ucl NULL.ac NULL.uk)).
Closing date: When filled
- More information (http://www NULL.ucl NULL.ac NULL.uk/chemeng/vacancies/UCL_Postdoctoral_position_-_TSB_-_Sept_2012 NULL.pdf)
Technician positions
The Department of Chemical Engineering is expanding its research related to the design synthesis and characterisation of functional materials, with the focus on applications in energy, environment, health and sustainable chemical synthesis.
To support this effort, we are looking for someone with ample experience in using various (nano-) materials characterisation and chemical analysis tools, including X-ray diffraction (and, preferably, scattering), porosimetry, surface area characterisation, particle size analysis, spectroscopy (FITR, UV/vis, Raman, etc) GC, GC/MS, HPLC, calorimetry and gravimetry. Additional experience in microscopy (optical, SEM, TEM), chemical reactor engineering, catalysis and materials synthesis would be a plus. The department is especially focusing on inorganic and carbon-based maerials as well as composite and hybrid materials (combination of inorganic/organic/biochemical components).
Applicants should have a first degree and MSc in chemistry, chemical engineering or a related field with hands-on experience in materials characterisation techniques and interpretation of the results. The ability to stay current on novel characterisation methods would be an advantage.
If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact Anna Harrington, (a.harrington@ucl.ac.uk (a NULL.harrington null@null ucl NULL.ac NULL.uk)).
Further details and information on how to apply can be found here (https://atsv7 NULL.wcn NULL.co NULL.uk/search_engine/jobs NULL.cgi?SID=amNvZGU9MTI4NzU4NyZ2dF90ZW1wbGF0ZT05NjUmb3duZXI9NTA0MTE3OCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZicmFuZF9pZD0wJnBvc3RpbmdfY29kZT0yMjQmcmVxc2lnPTEzNTEyNTEzMDQtMmRiMmU4NmRlNTEyN2YxMmE1ZDk5YjI0M2JmNDE3NWExM2M2ZTdkOA==)
Closing date: 27 December 2012