[ad_1] Contract type: With an anticipated start date of 8th January 2024 and a fixed end date of 7th January 2025. Are you intereste
[ad_1]
Contract type: With an anticipated start date of 8th January 2024 and a fixed end date of 7th January 2025.
Are you interested in working for a world class University? We have an exciting opportunity in the University of Sheffield’s Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, in the Sheffield Biomedical Robotics Laboratory for someone with a passion for the fields of soft robotics, and medical and surgical robotics and a keen interest to see these technologies translate to the clinic.
The post provides a rare opportunity to contribute to research and development of transformative surgical techniques for the repair and reconstruction of soft tissues. This project unifies three lines of research: robotics, soft functional materials and mechanical-driven therapy.
The researcher will contribute with publications, developing preclinical-proof device in collaboration with stakeholders, assist the surgical team with the engineering aspects of the device preclinical testing and lead preliminary activities for the device commercialisation. This post is funded by MRC, with co-investigators from Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield Royal Hallamshire Hospital, and our industrial partners. This project is part of an academically led commercial opportunity with the vision to develop a cure for Short Bowel Syndrome. The team is part of and supported by the Insigneo Institute, an organisation driving innovative research at the interface of healthcare, engineering, and science to transform the future of healthcare technology and is supported by a dedicated Commercialisation Manager.
The candidate for the post should hold a PhD (or be close to completion) in any relevant area of robotics, soft robotics, medical robotics (or have equivalent experience) and should have a strong knowledge of experimental implementation of soft-matter fabrication or/and control and be interested in taking a technical lead in the translation of the technology. The Research Associate will join an internationally renowned research group in biomedical robotics, and will contribute to the reputation of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering Department as the leading department in systems and control.
The Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE) is a world-leading research department, as evidenced by the results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) exercise. We are proud to have come 8th in the REF 2021 in terms of the quality of our research. 96 percent of our research is rated in the highest two categories in the REF 2021, meaning it is classed as world-leading or internationally excellent.
The principal investigator and line manager for this role is Dr. Dana Damian. Her research has received international awards, e.g., Best Paper Award in Medical Robotics at ICRA 2020, and extensive media coverage, including Forbes, The Economist, New Scientist, The Telegraph, USA Today, National Geographic. More information about the lab:
Website: sites.google.com/site/danadamian
Youtube: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk5c3UK4_AtgCLdj1CsKsDcB1tSnUJJeU
We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.
[ad_2]
Source link
COMMENTS