KTP Associate in Next Generation Ultrasonic Sensors for Particulates

Essential criteria

• A PhD in Acoustics, Sound Scattering, or equivalent research experience. Candidates close to completing a PhD will be considered. (assessed at: application and interview)
• Knowledge in mathematical modelling and physics of waves. (assessed at: application and interview)
• Knowledge of numerical methods for solving scattering problems and inverse problems (assessed at: application and interview)
• Proficiency in scientific programming languages, Julia or Python (assessed at: application and interview)
• Experience in ultrasound instrumentation (assessed at: application and interview)
• A strong track record of publishing research in established journals (assessed at: application)
• Good team working skills
• Excellent communication skills and track record of delivering talks to a high standard (assessed at: interview)
• Experience in multiple scattering problems and statistics is desirable.​

• Lead the development of mathematical models for the propagation of ultrasound waves in particulate materials
• Design and help instrument sensors based on these models to measure particle properties, such as the particle size distribution.
• Balancing experimental needs, such as bandwidth requirements, with mathematical restrictions, and restrictions from use in plants.
• Data manipulation, signal processing, and software development to integrate new theoretical tools to develop new sensing products to be used in plants.
• Lead the project and plan own workload
• Publishing scientific papers.
• Presenting work and results to both the KTP supervision team and at scientific meetings.
• Ultimately deliver a prototype ultrasonic sensor to work in processing plants,