[Physics] PhD (University of Edinburgh, UK)

An opportunity has arisen to undertake an exciting PhD project with Aquamarine Power and the Institute for Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh.

This cutting-edge research project will investigate potential alternative materials and analyse their impact on the environmental and financial cost of Oyster® over its lifetime, in terms of material production, device and subframe fabrication, installation, operation, decommissioning and recycling. Research and analysis will need to take into account a number of parameters, including cost, corrosion resistance in marine environments, survivability, fatigue, maintainability and recyclability.

The project is co-funded for 3.5 years by the industrial partner Aquamarine Power through an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Industrial CASE Award. A competitive annual maintenance stipend will be provided plus tuition fees for home/EU students.

All 1st and 2:1 degree classifications in engineering-related degrees will be considered, preferably in mechanical, materials or manufacturing fields. For more information, or if you would like to be considered for this opportunity, please email your CV and a covering letter to Dr John Chick at the University of Edinburgh (john.chick@ed.ac.uk) or Ursula O'Brien, Human Resources Manager at Aquamarine Power (recruitment@aquamarinepower.com). The closing date for applications is 1st November 2008.