The doctoral project will be based at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham. Over the course of this project you will have access to one of the most comprehensive Additive Manufacturing (3D-Printing) laboratory facilities. For more information, please see https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/3dprg/.

Project description:

Originating from material deposition processes used in prototyping, Additive Manufacturing (AM), which is also known as 3D Printing, is currently experiencing adoption in a broad range of manufacturing applications, including automotive, aerospace, industrial equipment, medical devices and consumer products. At this point, however, the true commercial promise of the technology is largely unclear as the operational and managerial aspects surrounding it are poorly understood.

To realise efficient AM manufacturing execution in a wide range of commercial settings, the production planning and machine setup up functions need to be addressed appropriately. Focusing on computational approaches and digital frameworks, this project will identify the elements needed to address the resulting capacity aggregation problem an integrated way. It will then investigate an implementation of this functionality, aiming to reconcile the concepts of Digital Manufacturing with Additive Manufacturing on a practical and theoretical level.

The project will be supervised by Dr Martin Baumers and Prof Chris Tuck.

Eligibility

• Due to funding restrictions, the position is only available for UK or EU candidates
• Candidates must possess or expect to obtain, a high 2:1 or 1^st class degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or other relevant discipline. Students with an Operations Management or Operations Research background are particularly encouraged to apply.
• Candidates will be available to start on the following date: 1^st October 2017.

How to apply

Please send a copy of your covering letter, CV and academic transcript to [email protected] . Please note applications without academic transcript will not be considered. Informal enquiries can be sent to Dr Martin Baumers, [email protected] .

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