Fully Funded Phd - Novel solutions for recovery of Additive Manufacturing Waste in Motorsport

In collaboration with the Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team, we are offering a unique PhD opportunity to investigate how additive manufacturing waste streams can be recovered to retain original mechanical and material properties. This is an interdisciplinary project involving aspects of material science, chemistry, manufacturing, and life cycle assessment that feeds into the organisation’s sustainability strategy.

What you’ll do:

• Scope and categorise additive manufacturing waste in F1 motorsport to inform target waste streams with recycling potential.
• Develop solutions for AM waste as an alternative feedstock using chemical depolymerisation or other approaches.
• Explore opportunities to re-use material as an additive or filler product for other processes.
• Investigate sustainability implications and wider impact of developed processes.
• Develop a sustainability playbook for motorsport.
• Gain hands-on experience with state-of-the-art technologies, including stereolithography (SLA) printing at Aston Martin Aramco Formula One and Manchester Met’s PrintCity.
• Collaborate with experts in additive manufacturing, material science, sustainability and data science, producing impactful research publications while advancing knowledge at the intersection of engineering, sustainability and motorsport.

This project is highly relevant for candidates with a passion for material science, chemistry/chemical engineering innovation, advanced manufacturing and motorsport. If you are up for the challenge and want to join our team, apply now!

Project aims and objectives

The aim of this project is to develop an effective, sustainable solution for the recovery of waste material from additive manufacturing in motorsport applications. The objectives are:

1. Identify the waste streams and prioritise which should be targeted to ensure the maximum impact.
2. Develop a novel approach to recycling the material to enable the use of additively manufactured waste as an alternative feedstock.
3. Gain a deep understanding of the sensitivities, reliability and robustness of the novel solution.
4. Complete a Life Cycle Assessment related to the work.
5. Create a sustainability playbook for the recycling of waste streams in motorsport.