Undergraduate Summer Internships 2023
Exciting https://www.faraday.ac.uk/fuse-internships-2023/ paid internship opportunities for summer 2023.
Studying a STEM degree? Wondering what career to pursue? Interested in finding out more about the battery sector? Keen to spend time with a dynamic community of pioneering battery researchers seeking to find solutions to support a fully electric future?
The Faraday Institution is offering a total of 55 internships, for undergraduate students to spend 8-weeks working on battery related projects.
Project 1 : Battery Scale Up Facility for Capability Demonstration and Prototyping
Project description: to follow
Supervisor: Professor John Irvine
University: St Andrews
Location: In person
Start date: The internship is a full-time role for 8 weeks. June – September 2022.
Eligibility:
- Be registered full-time undergraduate student from a UK university.
- Undertake the internship within the years of their undergraduate study (i.e., not in final year or during a subsequent Masters’ programme).
- Not have been a FUSE intern in a previous year
Funding: A salary of £10.90/ hour across the UK or £11.95 / hour in London will be provided. This will be determined by the working address of the appointee, not the university’s location. The funding is provided by the Faraday Institution.
Additional activities: During the FUSE internship you will be able to attend Faraday Institution cohort events which will focus on a variety of topics to further develop your understanding of career opportunities in battery sector. At the end of the programme, you will be invited to to share a poster about your work and prizes will be awarded.
Application: In order to apply for a Faraday Undergraduate Summer Experience (FUSE) 2023 internship, you need to email a copy of your CV with covering letter to [email protected]
Project 2: Prussian Blue cathodes for sodium-ion and potassium-ion batteries
Project description:
Prussian blue analogues (PBAs), with general formula NaxM[M’(CN)6]1-y.zG (where M and M’ are transition metals most commonly Mn, Fe or Ni; y is the number of [M’(CN)6]n- vacancies; and G is a neutral guest such as H2O), are highly porous positive electrode materials for sodium or potassium-ion batteries. As PBAs are composed of abundant elements and can be produced at a low cost, they provide an excellent price to performance ratio.
PBA Materials will be synthesised by a number of different routes to tune both the numbers of vacancies and water content with the aim of optimising electrochemical performance.
Supervisor: Dr Rob Armstrong and Dr Julia Payne
University: St Andrews
Location: In person
Start date: The internship is a full-time role for 8 weeks. June – September 2022. Start date by arrangement.
Eligibility:
- Be registered full-time undergraduate student from a UK university.
- Undertake the internship within the years of their undergraduate study (i.e., not in final year or during a subsequent Masters’ programme).
- Not have been a FUSE intern in a previous year
Funding: A salary of £10.90/ hour across the UK or £11.95 / hour in London will be provided. This will be determined by the working address of the appointee, not the university’s location. The funding is provided by the Faraday Institution.
Additional activities: During the FUSE internship you will be able to attend Faraday Institution cohort events which will focus on a variety of topics to further develop your understanding of career opportunities in battery sector. At the end of the programme, you will be invited to to share a poster about your work and prizes will be awarded.
Application: In order to apply for a Faraday Undergraduate Summer Experience (FUSE) 2023 internship, you need to send your CV with a covering letter to Dr Rob Armstrong [email protected] and Dr Julia Payne [email protected].
Diversity
The Faraday Institution is committed to creating a dynamic and diverse pool of talent for the fields of battery technology and energy storage.
The University of St Andrews is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all, which is further demonstrated through its working on the LGBT and Race Equality Charter Marks in addition to the Athena Swan award recognising advancement of gender equality. We particularly welcome applications from traditionally under- represented groups of the community.