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Job Number SU01087 Contract Type Fixed Term Salary £34,132 to £38,249 per annum Faculty/Directorate Faculty of Science and Engineering Location Bay Campus, Swansea Closing Date 22 Jul 2025 Interview Date 31 Jul 2025 Informal Enquiries
* Mokarram Hossain mokarram.hossain@swansea.ac.uk
* Djordje Peric d.peric@swansea.ac.uk
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Swansea University is a research-led university that has been making a difference since 1920. The University community thrives on exploration and discovery and offers the right balance of excellent teaching and research, matched by an enviable quality of life.
Our stunning waterfront campuses and multicultural community make us a desirable workplace for colleagues from around the world. Our reward and benefits, and ways of working enable those who join us to have enriching careers, matched by an excellent work-life balance.
About The Role
The role of this Research Assistant is to work on Experimental Study and Computational Solids Mechanics model of soft multifunctional materials such as magneto-active polymers (MAPs), Electro-active polymers (EAPs). The successful candidate will work on the EPSRC-funded project, MAPFSI that will be focused on developing experimentally-validated computational algorithms for fluid-structure interaction problems including multiphysics effect of electromagnetism into consideration. Moreover, the Researcher will develop experimental set-ups to validate the solid-fluid interaction algorithms that will be developed by other members of the team. While this is an interdisciplinary project where computational coupled frameworks for Solids Mechanics and Fluid Mechanics will merge, the Research Assistant is expected to carry out independent research and develop new experimental set-ups to conduct experiments on magneto-active (viscoelastic) polymers and will work on the integration of the associated software for the Solids Mechanics side of the project under the guidance of the Principal Investigators (PIs) and other collaborators of the project. Further, the Researcher will work closely with colleagues who will mainly work on computational sides of MAPs that have particularly focus on the fluid-structure interaction algorithm developments.
The project leadership team consists of Dr Mokarram Hossain and Prof. Djordje Peric at Swansea University and Dr Chennakesava Kadapa and Prof. Emma Hart at Edinburgh Napier University. The team is strongly supported by academic partners from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Texas A&M University (TAMU) in the USA and Charles III University of Madrid (U3CM) in Spain, and the industrial partner, Rubberatkins from the UK. The Research Assistant will have the opportunities to visit academic and industrial partners for short-term knowledge exchange activities.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all its practices and activities. We aim to establish an inclusive environment and welcome diverse applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.
As an inclusive and welcoming workplace, we value people for their skills regardless of their background. Applications are welcome in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English.
Welsh Language Skills
The Welsh language level required for this role is Level 1 - A little. The role holder will be able to pronounce Welsh words, answer the phone in Welsh (good morning/afternoon) and use very basic everyday words and phrases (thank you, please etc.). Level 1 can be reached by completing a 1 hour course.
The University is a proud bilingual institution, our Welsh Language Strategy outlines our aspiration to promote the language and enable our staff to engage with the language as an additional workplace skill and as a gateway to new cultural and social opportunities. Applications are welcome in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English. Welsh speakers have the right to an interview in Welsh. Applicants for a role where Welsh skills are essential are expected to present their application in Welsh and will be interviewed in Welsh, if shortlisted.
Additional Information
Applications for this role will take the format of a CV submission and cover letter.
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