Job details
- Closing date: May 2, 2025
- Job title: Summer Student
- Contact: info@metamaterials.network
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The UK Metamaterials Network will be funding Summer Student Projects in the field of metamaterials in UK Universities in 2026.
Project list
1. Space-time metamaterials with programmable synthetic motion
Imperial College London
Supervisor names:
- PGR/ECR: T V Raziman
- ECR/Academic: Riccardo Sapienza
Point of contact: Sorina Damsa, Email address: s.damsa@imperial.ac.uk
2. Mechanically Modulated Reflect-Arrays for Vibration Monitoring of Aircraft Engines
University of Sheffield
Supervisor names:
- PGR: Rachel Ball (rfball1@sheffield.ac.uk)
- Academic: Dr Stephen Henthorn
Point of contact: Rachel Ball, Email address: rfball1@sheffield.ac.uk
3. Origami-Inspired Metamaterials in Fluid Mechanics
Edinburgh Napier University
Supervisor names:
- ECR: Dr Ehsan Adeeb
- Academic: Dr Chennakesava Kadapa
Point of contact: Dr Ehsan Adeeb, Dr Chennakesava Kadapa, Email address: e.adeeb@napier.ac.uk, c.kadapa@napier.ac.uk
4. From Pop-Up Books to Smart Materials and Structures: Designing Programmable Origami and Kirigami Metamaterials
Supervisor names:
- ECR: Dr Chenying Liu, Junior Research Fellow, Christ Church, Oxford
- Academic: Dr Chenying Liu & Prof Zhong You
Point of contact: Dr Chenying Liu
Email address: chenying.liu@chch.ox.ac.uk
Details
Length of the project: 8 weeks (between July & September – flexible start date to be agreed with lead academic)
Payment:
The student will be paid £15.07 per hour (including holiday pay) and are expected to work up to 36.5 per week. There will be a consumables budget of up to £300 to support each project as required. No further funds are provided to support relocation.
Reporting requirements:
1. Each project will conclude with a 1 page report written by the undergraduate student (with support from the ECR/PhD student if required and signed off by the academic lead).
2. The lead academic will be asked to summarise the key project information, data and findings in a short article (which may include a short PowerPoint presentation) which will then be uploaded to the UKMMN’s website.
Apply: Metamaterials Summer Studentships 2026
If you are interested in multiple projects, please submit a response for each of them to explain your interests, what you would bring to the table, and what you hope to learn.
Eligibility: all applicants must be based in the UK, and have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the summer studentship.
Application deadline: 2nd May 2026
Interviews/outcomes: Interviews with the project leads will take place in May/June, and places will be confirmed shortly after the interview.
Points of Contact
- Project-specifics: You may wish to discuss the project informally with the respective project leads before applying, using the contact details listed above.
- Application process: contact info@metamaterials.network