Granta Design Assistant Professor in Mechanics and Materials
Academic Division: Mechanics, Materials and Design
Research group: Materials Engineering
Telephone: +44 1223 3 32794
Email: bl377@eng.cam.ac.uk
Research interests
Dr Liu's research interest includes data-driven mechanics; uncertainty quantification of materials; micro-mechanics of metals, composites and mechanical meta-materials as well as function space learning method.
Research opportunities
Fully funded PhD studentship for data-driven and physics informed learning of multi-scale mechanics
Liu's group is looking for highly motivated and talented PhD candidates to work on the exciting field of data-driven and physics-informed learning of multi scale mechanics. A fully funded PhD studentship is available which covers the university fees and in addition, a stipend of £14,830 per annum for 3 years, with no nationality restrictions.
We are looking for highly motivated and talented candidates with bachelor's or master's degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Civil and Material Engineering, or related fields. Applicants should have (or expect to obtain by the start date) at least a good 2.1 degree in Engineering, Applied Mathematics or Computer Science. A strong background in solid mechanics, applied mathematics or computer science is a plus.
To apply for this studentship, please send your CV to Dr Burigede Liu (BL377@cam.ac.uk). The review of the application will start immediately. To be given full consideration for admission in Fall 2022, please submit your application by February 1, 2022.
Biography
Burgiede Liu is Granta Design Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering at University of Cambridge in 2019. He was a postdoc in Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zruch (2019) and a postdoctoral fellow in Mechanical and Civil Engineering at California Institute of Technology (2019-2021).