Openings - Postdoc (Research Associate)

Research Associate (Postdoc) in Soft Robots for Medical and Surgical Applications, at the Sheffield Biomedical Robotics Lab, University of Sheffield

We have an exciting opportunity in the Sheffield Biomedical Robotics Laboratory for someone with a passion for the fields of soft robotics, and medical and surgical robotics.

This post provides a unique opportunity to contribute to research and development of transformative surgical techniques for the repair and reconstruction of soft tissues. This project proposes an approach for tissue repair and reconstruction that uniquely unifies three lines of research previously thought incompatible: autonomous control in robotics, soft-matter in material engineering and mechanotherapy in bioengineering. It advances the state of the art by initiating the development of an all-in-one framework of soft robotic implantable technologies that undergo physical transformations while delivering controlled tissue therapy. This post is funded by the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council), and international clinical and industrial partners.

In the Sheffield Biomedical Robotics Laboratory, our group’s mission is to develop bionic and biomedical robots that support sustained autonomous operation for long-term adaptive healthcare. We have expertise in design, fabrication, control and evaluation of these biomedical robots in pre-clinical trials.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an internationally leading research group and conduct medical robotics research in an interdisciplinary project involving engineers, scientists and clinicians. Details of our research can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/danadamian/.

You should have a good relevant honours degree in engineering and hold a PhD (or be close to completion of a PhD) in robotics, mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, material engineering, or a related area (or equivalent experience). Strong knowledge of experimental implementation of soft-matter devices is an advantage.

While you will have an opportunity to build on your own research experience and strength to contribute to the research project, you will also contribute to the reputation of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering Department as the leading department in systems and control.

Location: Sheffield

Salary: Grade 7 £31,302 - £39,609 per annum.

Hours: Full time

Closing Date for applications: 15th June 2019

Contract Type: Fixed-term with a start date of 1 October 2019 until 30 September 2021

You can apply here: https://bit.ly/2VQZbzs

For informal queries, please contact Dr Dana Damian (d.damian@sheffield.ac.uk)

University of Sheffield is a member of the Russell Group of leading UK research universities. The University is rated 75th in world in the 2019 QS World University Rankings. According to a 2019 report by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), the University is #1 in the UK for income and investment in engineering research. Sheffield University is the only University to feature in The Sunday Times 100 Best Not-For-Profit Organisations to Work For 2018.

The Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE) has an international reputation for its research excellence. The 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) outcome placed it 3rd in the UK overall and 1st in research outputs in the General Engineering, ranking 98.5% of its research outputs as being world-leading or internationally excellent.