2023 Placements

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Applications for 2023 Year in Industry placements are now closed. Applications for 2024 Year in Industry placements will open in September 2023

Please note that all applications for the placements below need to be completed electronically within our e-recruitment platform. If you have a disability which means that you cannot complete the application within the e-recruitment platform or require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please email diamond.students@diamond.ac.uk and include ‘Reasonable Adjustments’ in the title of your email.

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Technical Placements

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Design, Analysis, Modelling and Testing of a Ultra Stable Optics Motion Platform - Mechatronics-Mechanical (23005Y)

The stability and accuracy of X-ray optics stages directly define the Synchrotron X-ray microscope tomography & ptychography resolution... Applications are now closed

Design, Analysis, Modelling and Testing of a Ultra Stable Optics Motion Platform - Mechatronics-Controls (23006Y)

The stability and accuracy of X-ray optics stages directly define the Synchrotron X-ray microscope tomography & ptychography resolution... Applications are now closed

Design, development and test of multi-channel temperature controller to correct local magnetic gap of in-vacuum undulator (23007Y)

The aim of project is to design, develop and test of multi-channel heater temperature controller to correct local magnetic gap of in-vacuum undulator. An undulator creates... Applications are now closed

A feasibility study of passive cooling technology for X-ray optics for Diamond-II (23008Y)

The aim of the project is for the candidate to explore the feasibility of using passive and non-vibratory cooling systems to stabilise X-ray optical components operating at room-temperature even... Applications are now closed

Physical Science Placements

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Improving the accuracy of photon flux simulations for soft x-ray beamlines (23002Y)

Plane-grating monochromators (PGMs) are used at beamlines worldwide to provide monochromatic photon beams in the soft x-ray range. These PGMs consist of.. Applications are now closed

Developing new materials for the next generation of electric car batteries (23001Y)

Are you interested in working in a large collaborative team towards advancing the understanding of the next-generation energy storage systems?.. Applications are now closed

Social Media and Digital Content Creator (23014Y)

Help to drive Diamond's digital presence, championing our #WorldChangingScience with the latest social media strategies. In this role, you will work within our Communications team to produce content for social media and the website, including photography, videography and online copywriting.... Applications are now closed

Software Placements

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Visualization and metric extraction from multi-dataset tomography (23009Y)

There are many types of tomography and imaging experiments conducted at Diamond, ranging from the standard imaging of a single sample to far more complex setups ..... Applications are now closed

Simulation and deep learning classification of ring artifacts in tomographic data (23010Y)

Tomography is an imaging technique that can be used to produce a 3D reconstruction of an object and It has many applications, ranging from CT scans..... Applications are now closed

Automation of scanning diffraction calibration and data acquisition on the electron microscope using machine learning (23011Y)

ePSIC is a national facility for electron microscopy based at Diamond Light Source, specialising in the development of cutting-edge imaging techniques..... Applications are now closed

Bioimaging and nanoimaging pipelines for InfraRed data analysis in QUASAR (23012Y)

Quasar is a Python-based, cross-platform data processing suite for analysis of InfraRed (IR) datasets. It is based on Orange, an open-source machine learning ..... Applications are now closed

Life Science Placements

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Hiding in plain sight: Sialic acid utilisation by S. pneumoniae (23003Y)

The human innate immune response is capable of fighting off a barrage of attacks from various bacterial pathogens but some have the ability to disguise themselves as 'human' cells.. Applications are now closed

Use of x-ray tomography to improve long wavelength crystallography (23004Y)

Beamline I23 at Diamond Light Source is a unique synchrotron instrument dedicated to long-wavelength macromolecular crystallography experiments... Applications are now closed

Optimisation and automation of microcrystallisation methods for serial crystallography (23013Y)

Time-resolved serial crystallography is a rapidly 23013Y developing area of research and a new tool for understanding dynamic molecular mechanisms in biology and medicine by making not just structure but also function visible... Applications are now closed

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2023 Placements

Applications are now closed

Technical Placements

Design, Analysis, Modelling and Testing of a Ultra Stable Optics Motion Platform - Mechatronics-Mechanical (23005Y)

Design, Analysis, Modelling and Testing of a Ultra Stable Optics Motion Platform - Mechatronics-Controls (23006Y)

Design, development and test of multi-channel temperature controller to correct local magnetic gap of in-vacuum undulator (23007Y)

A feasibility study of passive cooling technology for X-ray optics for Diamond-II (23008Y)

Physical Science Placements

Improving the accuracy of photon flux simulations for soft x-ray beamlines (23002Y)

Developing new materials for the next generation of electric car batteries (23001Y)

Social Media and Digital Content Creator (23014Y)

Software Placements

Visualization and metric extraction from multi-dataset tomography (23009Y)

Simulation and deep learning classification of ring artifacts in tomographic data (23010Y)

Automation of scanning diffraction calibration and data acquisition on the electron microscope using machine learning (23011Y)

Bioimaging and nanoimaging pipelines for InfraRed data analysis in QUASAR (23012Y)

Life Science Placements

Hiding in plain sight: Sialic acid utilisation by S. pneumoniae (23003Y)

Use of x-ray tomography to improve long wavelength crystallography (23004Y)

Optimisation and automation of microcrystallisation methods for serial crystallography (23013Y)