POST-DOCTORAL POSITION: EMATs (Electro-Magneto-Acoustics Transducers) DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF RAILS

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description We are seeking a highly motivated postdoc with proven research abilities to take up a position on the development of EMATs solutions. You will participate in an applied research project funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR) within a consortium framework composed of the GeoEND Laboratory (Gustave Eiffel University, Nantes Campus), I2M (Bordeaux University) and SNCF-Réseau, dealing with the safety of rail infrastructure. Your work will take place in the WorkPackage3 dedicated to “EMATs development towards non-contact imaging” where you will undertake the development of EMATs solutions in view of their implementation for the non-destructive evaluation of a rail structure, (note that the [WP2] “Piezoelectric demonstrator for 2D contact topological imaging” and the [WP4] “3D modeling of damaged rails and digital twin for waveguide imaging” are the other main constitutive project WPs). Of concern in the WP3 is the detection of buried defects in rail parts (i.e. head, web, foot) with EMATs located at the rail head. Surface defects will not be considered in this work. A special attention will be paid to bulk wave EMATs (guided-wave EMATs might also be considered if any guided wave mode solutions possibly emerge from the WP4 work in progress). In this frame, your goal will be to develop, build and test shear-wave EMATs. To do so, experimental research will be performed at a lab