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Internship Job Posting Form
Section A: Host University
University Name University of Leeds
City Leeds Country UK Primary Contact Name International Office (First and Last)
Joanie Carlyle
Primary E-mail [email protected]
Position Title / Office Work Placement Project Officer, University of Leeds
Section B: Internship Information
Internship Title Urban ecology
Department/Faculty School of Earth and Environment
City Leeds
Supervising Professor Martin Dallimer
Supervisor’s Email [email protected]
Length of internship (must be a minimum of 12 weeks)
3 months
Start date 1st June
End date 31st August
Hours (per week) 35
Project Description
As cities continue to expand, urban ecosystems increasingly have to be managed for
the benefit of both people and biodiversity. However, cities are evolving rapidly,
often as a result of technological innovation alongside societal change.
Understanding how urban ecosystems will change in response to technological
innovation is a novel and exciting field. To tackle this research area, you will join a
small team to help in the collection of field based biodiversity survey data, or
contribute to collating and synthesising existing research evidence relevant to the
impacts of automation and ‘smart cities’ on the natural environment. This could
include the impacts of urbanisation and pollution on ecosystems, habitats and
species, or conceptualising how robotics, automation and technology may act as
emerging threats to the natural world.
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Position Description
You will be working under the supervision of Dr Martin Dallimer, and in support of
the research being carried out by Dr Mark Goddard. During summer 2018 Mark will
be conducting some preliminary field-based research in greenspaces in and around
the City of Leeds. This will include, for example, biodiversity monitoring and
vegetation structure measurements. In addition, Mark will be carrying out reviews
and expert opinion elicitation regarding how automation might impact the natural
world. You will be assisting Mark in carrying out these two pieces of work.
Duties/Responsibilities
Depending on the needs of the project and the skills of the successful intern, duties
will include some or all of the following:
Assisting with ecological field surveys, such as monitoring biodiversity or
habitat quality or measuring vegetation characteristics and structure.
Collating evidence and data from the published literature
Collecting data from experts in the fields of robotics, automation and ‘smart
cities’ regarding environmental impacts of emerging technologies
Qualifications (including specific skills, areas of study, language competencies)
A background in ecology, biodiversity or environmental sciences,
possiblincluding environmental social sciences
Experience in carrying out field work
Ability to read and understand complex datasets and statistical analyses, as
published in the scientific literature
Numerate, with some experience of statistics
Good interpersonal skills
Self-motivation and independence
Additional Information (please include any additional information / instructions for applicants)
The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships (QES) is managed through a unique partnership of Universities Canada, the Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF), Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) and Canadian universities. This program is
made possible with financial support from the Government of Canada, provincial governments and the private sector.
Internship Job Posting Form
Section A: Host University
University Name University of Leeds
City Leeds Country UK Primary Contact Name International Office (First and Last)
Joanie Carlyle
Primary E-mail [email protected]
Position Title / Office Work Placement Project Officer, University of Leeds
Section B: Internship Information
Internship Title Bio-inspired electrodeposition methods for the development of self-cleaning, erosion-corrosion resistant surfaces
Department/Faculty
School of Mechanical Engineering
City Leeds
Supervising Professor Dr Richard Barker
Supervisor’s Email [email protected]
Length of internship (must be a minimum of 12 weeks)
12 weeks
Start date flexible
End date flexible Hours (per week)
35
Project Description
Electrodeposition has been considered as a promising technique to construct large area super-hydrophobic surfaces in light of its simplicity, easy control, low-cost and suitability for practical applications. This project focuses on using this technology in conjunction with our knowledge of nature to engineer adhesive coatings for erosion and corrosion protection. In particular, the work will focus on the fabrication of coatings inspired by the marine mussel. This mussel is able to attach to virtually any substrate through the secretion of the Mytilus edulis foot protein-5 (Mefp-5). Using the knowledge of this adhesive protein, composite coatings will be developed for carbon steel surfaces. These coatings will then be assessed in their ability to provide protection to aggressive oil and gas environments to understand their limits of operation through the application of autoclaves and flow cell systems. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques will also be employed to investigate the morphology and the chemical composition of the coatings.
Position Description
The role will involve collaborating with current PhD and post-docs within the institute of functional surfaces in mechanical engineering. Students will be trained to use a variety of different analytical techniques during the course of the project and will have the opportunity to work in state-of-the-art corrosion research labs with acoustic emission sensors. The research group currently consists of 11 PhD student and 4 post docs in the area of corrosion and material degradation, providing a wealth of expertise and advice in the lab for summer interns.
Duties/Responsibilities
Development and calibration of acoustic emission system
Devising appropriate experiments and methodologies to establish links between particle size and acoustic emission responses
Development of a non-intrusive technique to accurately determine large particle sizes
Writing a report of the results with a view to publication
Qualifications (including specific skills, areas of study, language competencies)
The student should ideally have a Mechanical or Chemical Engineering background. The student must be competent in the English language.
Additional Information (please include any additional information / instructions for applicants)
Please contact Dr Barker by email for further information
The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships (QES) is managed through a unique partnership of Universities
Canada, the Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF), Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) and Canadian universities. This program is made possible with financial support from the Government of Canada, provincial governments and the private sector.
c/o University of Alberta International 3-600 Enterprise Square 10230 – Jasper Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4P6 Canada Telephone : 780.492.3600
www.goabroad.ualberta.ca/qes
Internship Job Posting Form
Section A: Host University
University Name University of Leeds
City Leeds Country UK Primary Contact Name International Office (First and Last)
Joanie Carlyle
Primary E-mail [email protected]
Position Title / Office Work Placement Project Officer, University of Leeds
Section B: Internship Information
Internship Title Development of enzyme-based hydrogen-oxygen fuel cells
Department/Faculty Faculty of Biological Sciences/The Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
City Leeds
Supervising Professor Lars J. C. Jeuken
Supervisor’s Email [email protected]
Length of internship (must be a minimum of 12 weeks)
12 – 20 weeks
Start date May 2018
End date August 2018
Hours (per week) Full time (37.5 hours)
Project Description
Fuel cells are a type of battery in which the electrical energy is stored in the forms of
a (transportable) fuel. The best-known example of this is the hydrogen fuel cell,
which forms the core of current-day technologies such as the hydrogen car. Current
hydrogen-oxygen fuel cells (HOFCs) rely on a rare and precious noble metal
catalyst, platinum, to catalyse the oxidation of hydrogen to hydrogen ions (protons).
Hydrogenases are a class of biocatalyst that perform the same reactions using cheap,
earth-abundant metals (nickel and iron) and have long been acknowledged as
promising biocatalysts for HOFCs, potentially reducing their production cost.
Position Description
This project is for a research technician to study the potential of commercial
exploitation of hydrogenase-based HOFCs. You will investigate if membrane-bound
hydrogenases could be used a biocatalyst in HOFCs. In this project, you will prepare
various cathode electrodes and compare their performance, modify and characterise
the cathode surface with membrane-bound hydrogenases and study their biocatalytic
activity using electrochemical methods.
Duties/Responsibilities
In this project, you will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the project in
the lab. You will communicate with the supervisor on a weekly basis to plan the
experimental strategy and discuss previous results. You will write a report to
summarise the main findings.
Qualifications (including specific skills, areas of study, language competencies)
This position is suitable for a 3rd
or 4rd undergraduate students in the area of
(bio)chemistry, biophysics, bioengineering or related disciplines. Understanding of
(membrane) enzymes or electrochemistry would be beneficial, but is not absolutely
required. The applicant has to be proficient in English.
Additional Information (please include any additional information / instructions for applicants)
The technologies related to this research project are described in the following
papers:
Heath, G.R., Li, M., Rong, H., Radu, V., Frielingsdorf, S., Lenz, O., Butt, J.N., Jeuken, L.J.C. (2017)
Multilayered lipid membrane stacks for biocatalysis using membrane enzymes. Adv. Funct. Mat., 27,
Art. No. 1606265. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201606265
Radu, V., Frielingsdorf, S., Evans, S.D., Lenz, O., Jeuken, L.J.C. (2014) Enhanced Oxygen-Tolerance
of the Full Heterotrimeric Membrane-Bound [NiFe]-Hydrogenase of Ralstonia eutropha, J. Am.
Chem. Soc., 136, 8512-8515. DOI: 10.1021/ja503138p Spotlight:DOI: 10.1021/ja5060466
The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships (QES) is managed through a unique partnership of Universities Canada, the Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF), Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) and Canadian universities. This program is
made possible with financial support from the Government of Canda, provincial governments and the private sector.
c/o University of Alberta International 3-600 Enterprise Square 10230 – Jasper Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4P6 Canada Telephone : 780.492.3600
www.goabroad.ualberta.ca/qes
Internship Job Posting Form
Section A: Host University
University Name University of Leeds
City Leeds
Country UK
Primary Contact Name International Office (First and Last)
Joanie Carlyle
Primary E-mail [email protected]
Position Title / Office Work Placement Project Officer, University of Leeds
Section B: Internship Information
Internship Title Valuing Trees on Harewood House estate for carbon storage and pollution mitigation
Department/Faculty School of Geography, Faculty of Environment
City Leeds
Supervising Professor Dr Julie Peacock and Dr Karen Bacon
Supervisor’s Email [email protected] and [email protected]
Length of internship (must be a minimum of 12 weeks)
12 weeks
Start date Late May/ early June 2018
End date August 2018
Hours (per week) 37
Project Description
As places of outstanding beauty and cultural significance, historic parks and gardens are
important to society today in providing a stimulating and healthy environment for outdoor
activities and social wellbeing. Many of the trees integral to these landscapes are of great
age and provide an important ecosystem of their own. Yet little has been done to calculate
the natural capital of the trees in these important sites. Harewood House estate in Leeds,
West Yorkshire is one such historic parkland, which would be the study site for this project.
Using the iTrees software this project will develop at good baseline value of the trees at
Harewood House in terms of their structural, carbon storage, and flood and pollution
mitigation value. This project will extend a pilot project started in summer 2017 at
Harewood House, which valued the trees in two small areas of the estate. The aim will be
to build up a more detailed data set for the trees at Harewood House and potentially
extend the work to include woody shrubs.
Understanding the potential of an ecosystem to store carbon is important for climate
mitigation planning. By providing organisations with detailed information on their trees
ability to store carbon it will allow them to plan for maintaining and increasing their
organisations contributions to carbon storage.
The i-Trees software was developed by the US national forest association to analyse urban
and rural forests. In the UK there have been many projects focusing on the value of urban
trees, but considering the unique ecosystems of historic parkland, often found on the edge
of urban conurbations, has been neglected. The value of a tree the i-tree software
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Position Description
This applied project will involve an intensive field campaign, followed by data analysis and production of a final report with recommendations for Harewood’s tree management policy. The project would give the student the opportunity to plan and implement a field campaign and develop a range of research skills and experience working with a non-academic research partner. There may also be an opportunity to be involved in outreach relating to the project findings.
Duties/Responsibilities
The student will be responsible for developing project aims and objectives in negotiation with representatives from the Harewood House Trust and project supervisors. They would undertake an extensive literature review, lead the field campaign (with support from supervisors and Harewood Estate Managers), analyse data and produce a final report.
Qualifications (including specific skills, areas of study, language competencies)
· An understanding of plant ecology/environmental sciences/physical geography or related subject area is required. · Good data analysis skills are required. · Good oral and written communication skills are needed. · Previous experience of fieldwork is beneficial but not essential, as training will be provided in a range of plant ecological techniques, including tree identification and taking tree measurements.
Additional Information (please include any additional information / instructions for applicants)
Further information on the Harewood House estate can be found at: http://harewood.org/explore/gardens-and-grounds/
The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships (QES) is managed through a unique partnership of Universities Canada, the Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF), Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) and Canadian
universities. This program is made possible with financial support from the Government of Canda, provincial governments and the private sector.
c/o University of Alberta International 3-600 Enterprise Square 10230 – Jasper Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4P6 Canada Telephone : 780.492.3600
www.goabroad.ualberta.ca/qes
Internship Job Posting Form
Section A: Host University
University Name University of Leeds
City Leeds Country UK Primary Contact Name International Office (First and Last)
Joanie Carlyle
Primary E-mail [email protected]
Position Title / Office Work Placement Project Officer, University of Leeds
Section B: Internship Information
Internship Title Exploring the properties and applications of plant biopolymers as eco-friendly raw
materials
Department/Faculty Biological sciences
City Leeds
Supervising Professor Dr. Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso
Supervisor’s Email [email protected]
Length of internship (must be a minimum of 12 weeks)
16 weeks
Start date 15/5/2018
End date 31/08/2018
Hours (per week) 40
Project Description
Plant cell walls are the source of raw materials for manufacturing high-value
products for the food and pulp/paper industry. Cell wall components are also
important in healthcare as bio-composites for tissue engineering, drug production
and diagnostics. Many of these applications emerged from investigating the
properties of cell wall polymers in biological systems. We recently described that
callose (a plant cell wall polymer) increases cellulose elasticity while maintaining or
increasing cellulose plasticity (properties similar to those of a plasticizer). Here, we
will investigate if these properties could be used for the design of new natural,
biodegradable and recyclable substitute of synthetic plastic.
Position Description
The student will be integrated in a project driven by 2 postdoctoral researchers
studying the properties of cell wall biopolymers. The work will involve
- Grow and collect plant tissues
- Perform cell wall extractions
- Determine callose/cellulose concentration
- To assist the postdoctoral measurements of cellulose crystallinity and
determine correlations with cell wall mechanical properties.
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Duties/Responsibilities
- To assist research and contribute to outputs and the design of the experiments
- To evaluate methods and techniques used and results obtained by other
researchers and to relate such evaluations to their own work
- To participate in lab meetings and seminars and present research output
where appropriate
Qualifications (including specific skills, areas of study, language competencies)
- attention to detail
- responsibility and ability to work to deadlines
- good theoretical knowledge in plant cell wall/ biopolymers research
- Interest in learning about and working with plants
Additional Information (please include any additional information / instructions for applicants)
The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships (QES) is managed through a unique partnership of Universities Canada, the Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF), Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) and Canadian universities. This program is
made possible with financial support from the Government of Canda, provincial governments and the private sector.