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Job Title: Research Associate/Fellow (Molten salt electrolysis)
School/Department: Faculty of Engineering - Division of Energy and Sustainability
Salary: £25,013 - £36,661 per annum; depending on skills and experience (salary can progress beyond this point subject to performance) - (£28,132 minimum with relevant PhD)
Job Family and Level: Research and Teaching Level 4 CTG / Level 4
Contract Status: This post is available immediately and will be offered on a fixed-term contract until 30 November 2015.
Hours of Work: Full-time 36¼ hours per week
Location: University Park
Reporting to: Professor George Zheng Chen
Purpose of the Role:
To carry out experimental research to develop molten salt electrolysis based techniques for processing spent nuclear fuel.
The position is brought about through an EPSRC grant (EP/J000582/1) to develop a molten salt electrolysis process for the sustainable reduction of spent fuel vital in a closed loop nuclear energy cycle. The roles of the associate/fellow include
| |Main Responsibilities |
| |Designing, manufacturing and operating various molten salt electrolyzers; |
| |Characterisations of the electrolysis products for materials and fuel properties; |
| |Preparation of research progress reports and scientific articles for publication; |
| |Assisting other research activities in the field of the high temperature electrochemistry and also teaching. |
| |Writing research reports and papers in order to disseminate research results and develop a track record of published research findings |
| |in international peer-reviewed journals. |
| |Further disseminating results through invited or contributed oral and poster presentations at local, national and international |
| |meetings, conferences and seminars. |
| |Presenting the research results at the project progress meetings. |
| |Assisting in the co-ordination of the research and related administrative tasks, including liaising with internal and external project |
| |collaborators, and other stakeholders. |
| |Assisting supervisor (Prof. George Chen) in investigating/broadening scope of fundamental understanding of ionic liquids and |
| |supercapacitors/supercapatteries in more general scientific and technical terms that are non-specific to sponsors/collaborators. |
| |Assisting supervisor in management of research activities in the research team and also in funding application to internal and external |
| |sources. |
This job description may be subject to revision following discussion with the person appointed and forms part of the contract of employment.
Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience
| |Essential |Desirable |
|Qualifications/ Education |Hold (or shortly due to be awarded) a PhD degree in | The PhD thesis is in the field of materials |
| |Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a|electrochemistry, particularly in relation with molten |
| |related discipline. |salts at elevated temperatures |
|Skills/Training |molten salt electrochemistry and the relevant reactor |Electrochemical and materials analysis techniques, e.g. |
| |design |cyclic voltammetry, ac impedance, cavity electrode, |
| | |molten salt reference electrode, TGA, DSC, IR, XRD, SEM,|
| | |TEM. |
|Experience |Research experience in molten salt electrolysis, product|Molten salt preparation and application for |
| |characterisation skills, reactor design, fabrication and|electrochemical reduction of solid metal oxides. Process|
| |testing |oxide powders. |
|Personal Attributes |Self-motivated; |Creative with high interest in research and development |
| |Ability to work both independently as well as within a |of electrochemical technologies for materials, energy |
| |team environment. |and environment. |
| |Excellent verbal and written communication skills. | |
Decision Making
i) Taken independently by the role holder;
• Planning general research programme and direction.
• Making individual/team decisions about design and conduct of particular research methods experiments.
• To assist in preparing applications for new research funding.
• Maintenance and repair of equipment and apparatus.
• Advice on consumable and small scale purchasing.
ii) Taken in collaboration with others;
|Collaborative research applications. |
|Direction of students/collaborators research. |
|Investigation and decisions about new apparatus/equipment for the group. |
|Publication decisions, papers, conference abstracts etc. |
|Proposals for grant application. |
|Strategy for long term research programme. |
iii) Referred to the appropriate line manager by the role holder
|Wider research strategy of our research group |
|Purchase decisions ................
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