Scholarship / Financial aid: Bursary of up to £17,000
Date: Three years
Deadline: 30 November 2007
Open to: Applicants should have a First or Second Class UK Honours degree, or equivalent in physics, materials science or laser processing
Announcement follows:
The last decade has seen a huge increase in the need for high power lasers for precision welding and over the next two decades there will be an increasing requirement for long distance pipelines, with an investment of £billions per year.
Cranfield University’s Welding Engineering Research Centre has recently been awarded a substantial grant, which, together with a major industrial grant, has allowed the Centre to set up a high power laser laboratory. The laboratory is equipped with two state-of-the-art high power 6kW fibre-delivered lasers and a high-tech robot system to provide laser welding head manipulation.
The project has a high level of industry support, reflecting the increasing significance of the use of these high power lasers, which now make welding of complex and thick structures possible. For the first time it is also possible to consider the practical use of high power lasers in field applications.
The Welding Engineering Research Centre is the largest academic group in the United Kingdom dedicated to welding and welding automation with a portfolio of research programmes currently totalling in excess of £1million from an international group of clients. Facilities include a fully equipped welding laboratory with state-of-the art equipment for arc welding process development, welding metallurgy, and welding process automation.
Entry requirements
Applicants should have a First or Second Class UK Honours degree, or equivalent, in a relevant discipline such as physics, materials science or laser processing. A range of backgrounds are suitable for this project, including metallurgy, mechanical engineering, physics, electronics, control systems and software development.
Funding
This studentship will provide a bursary of up to £17,000 p.a. for three years dependent upon qualifications, experience and project plus tuition fees at the UK/EU rate only. Details of overseas student fees are available online.
Additional information on http://www.cranfield.ac.uk
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