Due to recent major investment, 5 PhD studentships are available in the Semiconductor Materials and Devices Group of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, which has unrivalled clean room laboratory facilities for crystal growth and device fabrication in the area of III-V semiconductors (http://www.shef.ac.uk/eee/research/smd). These studentships are expected to make a key contribution to maintaining the international competitiveness of the group’s research. The projects cover the following topics:
* Infra-Red Optical Sensors – design, fabrication and testing of novel low-noise high gain infra-red semiconductor detectors for environmental, medical and military sensing and imaging
* Epitaxy on Silicon Substrates – crystal growth studies of III-V semiconductor materials on silicon using Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) for applications in high speed successors to current CMOS
* III-V Semiconductor Devices and Materials on Silicon Substrates – design, fabrication and testing of advanced high speed devices on silicon substrates
* Selective Area Epitaxy – crystal growth studies for high performance novel device concepts using Metal Organic Vapour Phase Epitaxy (MOVPE)
* GaN-based HFETs for High Speed Applications – development of advanced high frequency transistors for applications in radar and future digital devices
Competitive studentships are available for both UK and overseas citizens. UK and EU citizens who have been in residence in the UK for 3 years or more will be eligible for full tuition fees and stipend support at the standard EPSRC rate. EU citizens will be eligible for full tuition fees only. Scholarships are available for the very best non-EU applicants.
Applicants should have a First Class or Upper Second Class Honours degree in Electronic Engineering or Physics or a related engineering or science subject, or have an appropriate MSc qualification. You should apply through the normal channels for PhD students in the Department (http://www.shef.ac.uk/postgraduate/online.html) and clearly state which of the above project titles you are interested in. Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Richard Hogg (r.hogg@shef.ac.uk).
Deadline for submission of applications: 30 July 2010
