Science jobs from Tyndall National Institute: job description
Science Foundation Ireland has recently made a major award of a Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) Grant to a group of researchers based at the Tyndall National Institute and University College Cork, Dublin City University and Queen’s University Belfast together with industrial partners Intel Ireland and Seagate Technologies. This SRC is entitled ‘FORME’- for Functional Oxides and Related Materials for Electronics. The specific aims of this Cluster are to study a range of processes associated with the development of next-generation CMOS devices and also to work towards device architectures that go far beyond CMOS technology. The team concerned represents a mixture of Materials Chemists, Physicists and industrial partners with activities spanning materials synthesis and characterisation, advanced thin layer growth, surface science studies and the optical, electrical and magnetic characterisation of a wide range of oxides and related materials.
Following this award the FORME SRC wishes to announce a major postgraduate student recruitment opportunity, through which up to 14 postgraduate students will be appointed across partner laboratories in Cork and Dublin. The specific projects/supervisors and institutions concerned are listed below.
Applications are encouraged from suitably qualified individuals possessing a first class or upper second class Honours degrees (or equivalent), in Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Electrical/Electronic Engineering or closely related disciplines.
Studentship Number: PhD 1.2.2
Title: Inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy studies of high-k/gate structures
Job Description:
• Perform research in the area noted above, under the guidance of the FORME-nominated supervisor
• Work as part of a closely-knit research team, sharing resources and experimental facilities with other research personnel
• Acquire specific skills in sample preparation and characterisation
• Learn how to work safely, and adopt these practices as required by Tyndall and the associated partner institutions in FORME
• Work within the ISO guidelines as required by Tyndall (NB the other institutions involved may have other guidelines that must be adopted)
• Acquire specific ‘transferable skills’ in terms of time management, reporting, keeping of formal laboratory notebooks and communication of results
• Present findings at a variety of national and international meetings including both closed and open seminars, workshops and conferences
• Prepare and defend reports and other materials designed to be effective metrics of progress, as required by Tyndall and its partner institutions where appropriate
• Attend training courses and lectures as required by the supervisor and achieve appropriate standards in the assessments associated with these.
• Prepare a thesis of the standard required for the award of the degree of PhD as laid down in the code of practice for PhD students specified by Tyndall/UCC and its associated partner organisations
• At the end of the period of study, attend a defence of thesis examination and satisfy the examiners in terms of the procedures laid down for such examinations by UCC/Tyndall and its associated partner institutions.
For further information, please contact Professor Martyn Pemble at martyn.pemble@tyndall.ie.
To apply, please submit a CV to careers@tyndall.ie quoting the reference number.
- Employer:
- Tyndall National Institute
- Website:
- http://www.tyndall.ie
- Location:
- Cork, Ireland
- Expires:
- May 02, 2009
