Post-doc in computational wear modelling of hip and knee implants (Uni Essex, UK)

[Bernard]

Hi all, I am currently recruiting a post-doctoral senior research officer to work on a funded project looking at the effects of various physical exercises on the hip and knee implant wear after a joint replacement. The job link will go live approximately next week (online link to apply will be posted here when available), but I thought it best to advertise early, for interested applicants to prepare. Interested applicants should email me first (Bernard Liew, bl19622@essex.ac.uk). Any queries, do contact me.

Job details: Full-time, fixed-term for 22 months (1 August 2025 to 31 May 2027). Salary: GBP37,099 to 40,521 per annum. Based onsite (no remote) at the University of Essex, Colchester Campus.

Relevant Qualifications & Skills

• Relevant doctoral level degree (PhD) in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, civil engineering, biotribology or related disciplines; or be within 6 months of completing a PhD in these disciplines [Essential]
• Experience in hip/knee implant mesh generation and validation, including contact refinement and convergence analysis for accurate wear prediction [Essential]
• Experience in Finite Element Analysis (preferably in ANSYS; alternative in Abaqus) to develop 3D friction contact models of the hip/knee with physiological boundary conditions under transient or dynamic loading using ANSYS APDL [Essential]
• Experience in Finite Element wear modelling of the hip/knee (preferably in ANSYS; alternative in Abaqus) using Archard’s wear law with custom mesh update routines
• Ability to read/modify/debug codes; and create subroutines in preferably FORTRAN, Matlab, or Python [Essential]
• Write/edit/debug codes in Matlab/Python for working with Finite Element software (preferably in ANSYS; alternative in Abaqus) [Essential]
• Experience and Knowledge in elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication modelling [Essential]
• Experience and knowledge of integrating joint angles and contact forces from musculoskeletal models (preferably in Anybody software) into numerical joint wear models [Desirable]
• Experience in dynamic modelling of hip/knee implant mechanics using ANSYS LS-DYNA [Desirable]
• Knowledge of human motion capture data collection methods (e.g. inverse kinematics, inverse dynamics, time normalization) [Desirable]

All candidates must submit as part of their application the following separate documents:

1. Updated CV, with an updated list of your research outputs (e.g., articles, conferences)
2. Concise narrative evidence of how you meet the Relevant Qualifications & Skills
3. Two peer-reviewed or pre-print articles related to joint implant wear published within the past 5 years.