35 materials-science positions at Ulster University

Reimagining the technology-based circular economy: generating opportunities from waste electrical and electronic equipment

These scholarships will cover full-time PhD tuition fees for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance) and will provide a £900 per annum research training support grant (RTSG) to help support the PhD researcher. Applicants who already hold a doctoral degree or who have been...

Electro-mechanical spinning (EMS): Innovative Technique to scale-up efficient nanofibers mats for wearable electronics applications

spinning: New insight into the effect of electric field and airflow hybridized forces on the production yield and characteristics of nanofiber membranes, Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices

The development of natural fibre composites for marine applications

Islam, Advances in Materials Science and Engineering Volume 2021, Article ID 9753779, https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/9753779 Effect of Hemp Fiber Surface Treatment on the Moisture/Water Resistance and

Novel metal-organic frameworks and their functional derivatives for affordable clean energy generation

., Mc Glynn, R., Carolan, D., Maguire, P., Mariotti, D., Jain, P. K., Rao, T. N., Padmanabham, G. & Chakrabarti, S., 25 May 2020, In: Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science. 217, 10

​​Designing Circular 3D Printing Ecosystems from Waste Plastics: Material Culture, Consumer Behaviour and Systems Thinking for a Sustainable Future.​

​This research seeks an individual from Industrial/Product Design and involves baseline data, co-design strategies, design of new products and materials experimentation. This research is associated

High Precision Printing of Biomimetic Structures for Tissue Regeneration

Summary Problem Statement Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology enables the creation of intricate structures by layering materials. In the field of regenerative medicine, this fabrication

Fabrication of PEEK bioactive composites with substituted hydroxyapatite for orthopaedic and dental applications via 3D printing

. & Mancuso, E., 1 Sept 2021, In: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 121, 11 p., 104601. [3]. Manzoor, F., Golbang, A., Dixon, D., Mancuso, E., Azhar, U., Manolakis, I., Crawford, D

​​The Lone Maker: Developing a comprehensive theory of ecology, benefit and service delivery for remote or dispersed textile makers in the age of co-creation and digital communities. ​

What is the ecology of 21st C textile makers working in isolation? A thriving ‘creative class’ is a lure to wider prosperity (Florida).  21stC Creative Industries theory has focused on growth

NECESSARY’ – Net zEro CEments for Soil Stabilisation via wAste RecoverY​

, structure, and leaching assessments of an alluvium stabilized with a biochar-slag binder. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 149 (12), 04023114. https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG

Bioprocess Technology for microbial synthesis of bio-surfactants to use as Food additives utilising residual food-industry by-products

Summary The project would include the biosynthesis of bioactive molecule surfactants in bioprocess technology systems, including submerged and solid-state fermentation. The materials to be used as