Salary range: Competitive
FTE: 1 (35 hours per week)
Term: Open-ended
Closing date: Friday, 6 January 2023
Are you passionate about working
on global challenge and societal transitions, including sustainability,
health, food systems, manufacturing systems? And are you thriving on
theory-driven and empirically-validated research excellence, learning and
teaching with and for engineering leaders of the future? We’d love to hear from you with
research interests especially in Net
Zero and regeneration of sustainable design and manufacturing/production
systems and the industrial ecology more widely. Come join us with your passion
for tackling societal challenges and your disciplinary expertise esp. in
sustainable futures. This may include but not limited to sustainable design
approaches, sustainable
manufacturing, re-manufacturing, technologies for low energy-consumptions, low
greenhouse-gas-emission or low raw-material demanding manufacturing processes,
circularity in design and
manufacturing, circular economy, smart sustainable manufacturing and
design, e.g., computing and data-driven process development, control, and
optimisation; discovery of new materials; data-driven and industrial AI, AI-based
design of devices, structures and systems that are energy-efficient, promote
reuse and recycling of materials, reduce consumption, or otherwise mitigate
climate change and environmental impact on the planet.
Sustainable manufacturing and design are central within
DMEM with a focus on ensuring connectivity between the engineering and product
design activity and the manufacturing processes that will ultimately be used
to make the products and ultimately be used to re-make and re-manufacture the
products, impacting supply-chain configurations, and thereby waste and
emissions. Given the global challenge of climate change and the significant impact
of products and their manufacturing process on the environment there is an
increasing focus on research, KE and degree and skills training within the
field. The opportunities are anticipated to increase over the coming years
aligned with the global transition to a net zero economy.
DMEM is currently well positioned in the
sustainability area and has successfully built a portfolio of activity in two
niche areas, remanufacturing and aircraft decommissioning/reuse. Currently, we
host the Scottish Institute for Remanufacturing and are working with the
Ayrshire Growth Deal to establish Aircraft Decommissioning capability at
Prestwick. The proposed post would complement this activity and would focus on
the development of sustainable manufacturing and design strategies and
methods, including circularity. Furthermore, the postholder would work with design-
and manufacturing teams within the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
(NMIS Group) to provide sustainable manufacturing and design expertise for
collaborative research and industrial projects and related High Value
Manufacturing Catapult activity. There will also be additional opportunities
through Glasgow City Innovation District (GCID) and the Advanced Manufacturing
Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS) and the regional deals all of which have
a net zero focus.
Over recent years, Strathclyde
in general and DMEM in particular has positioned itself well to deliver across
these areas with collaborative teams across the University incorporating
resources and expertise from Business, Humanities and Social Sciences, Science
and Engineering faculties. This capability is exemplified through
cross-department and cross-faculty initiatives such as the EPSRC Centre for
Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallisation (CMAC), the Scottish Institute
for Remanufacturing (SIR), and the Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC),
with opportunities to significantly the National Manufacturing Institute
Scotland (NMIS), Glasgow City Innovation District (GCID), the Advanced Manufacturing
Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS), and wider strategic engagements such as
with the Ayrshire Regional Deal and the Rosyth Innovation Park. The successful
candidate is keen to build on this platform for further new initiatives and
research excellence. Major opportunities also include links with Health &
Care Futures / Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre, large infrastructure
investments Scotland and the UK, public-public-private large partnerships for
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
To be considered for the role you will have a good honours degree and
PhD (or significant relevant experience) in a design and manufacturing related
discipline. You will have research experience and interests consistent with
the strategic direction of the Department, Faculty and University and you will
have experience of research leadership, including support of senior
researchers in a University or industrial environment and management of
research teams/projects/programmes. You will support of early and mid-career
academic staff within the research group, helping to ensure they reach their
full potential. You will have extensive experience of delivering high quality
teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate students including experience of
developing and managing large teaching programmes and you will have experience
of PhD/EngD research project supervision in Higher Education. You will have an
outstanding/sustained track record of published research in high quality
publications demonstrating standards of excellence, with an international
reputation. You will have an outstanding/substantial track record of securing
research funding through relevant successful collaborative research grant
applications and you will have an established national/international
reputation as an expert and leader within Sustainable Manufacturing and Design.
You will be an excellent educator and mentor and will show leadership
in identifying key research questions and attracting funding support. You will have excellent interpersonal and
communication skills, strong people skills and an ability to operate as part
of a team.
Appointments will be made at a
level appropriate to a successful candidate’s experience and career stage. In
addition to the position described here, the Global Talent Programme makes
clear the University’s commitment to attracting world leading academics to
Scotland. The University is also committed to developing the next generation
of leaders, nurturing talented individuals through the early stages of their
career and providing the opportunities for professional rewards and ‘making a
difference’.
Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Professor Anja Maier, HoD, via email to anja.maier@strath.ac.uk.
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