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Post-Doctoral Research Associates – Ensemble Prediction of Inundation Risk and Uncertainty arising from Scour (EPIRUS), University of Plymouth, UK
Applications are invited for a position of Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Plymouth. The objective of the project is to develop an ensemble modelling framework of overtopping and scour of UK coastal defences in the context of climate change and the growing role of extreme events and to improve the capacity for predicting coastal flood risk due to extreme events. This fellowship is available as part of the prestigious Flood Risk from Extreme Events (FREE) Programme funded by the Natural Environmental Research Council (http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/programmes/free/).
The successful candidates will be expected to develop an integrated process model to predict beach morphology, wave overtopping and scour in front of coastal structure during extreme events and validate the model with recent laboratory and field measurements. Existing models already available within the group include state of the art RANS and SPH codes. The work undertaken at Plymouth is being led by Dr Qingping Zou and Professor Dominic Reeve and forms part of a larger project effort involving the University of Bristol, University of Liverpool and Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory.
The successful candidate will be a member of the Coastal Engineering Research Group in the School of Engineering and will be affiliated with the Centre for Coastal Dynamics and Engineering (C-CoDE), which is the largest group of coastal researchers in the UK (http://www.research.plymouth.ac.uk/c-code/).
Applicants should have a PhD in coastal engineering/oceanography, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), applied mathematics, physics, engineering, or other closely related field. Experience of scientific programming in FORTRAN and/or MATLAB is essential. Knowledge of hydrodynamics, coastal dynamics/engineering, morphodynamics and sediment transport would be an advantage. Experience with numerical modelling, parallel computing and Linux platform is also desirable. All applicants should make clear in their application which position they wish to be considered for and why they feel their skills and experience make them particularly qualified for this position.
While it is anticipated that the position will be filled at Grade 6 (salary range £25134-£27466 per annum), exceptional candidates may be considered for appointment at Grade 7 ((salary range £28289-£32796 per annum). This post is available from 01 April 2008 or as soon as possible thereafter and until 30 April 2010. Further particulars and an application form are available from Human Resources, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, UK (www.plymouth.ac.uk/vacancies, email: jobs@plymouth.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)1752 588225). Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Qingping Zou on +44 (0)1752 233698 or email qingping.zou@plymouth.ac.uk.
CLOSING DATE: 12 NOON Monday, 25 February 2008
INTERVIEW DATE: Between 01 March and 06 March 2008
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Dr. Qingping Zou
Senior Lecturer in Coastal Dynamics and Engineering
School of Engineering, Reynolds Building
University of Plymouth
Drake Circus
Plymouth PL4 8AA
UK
tele: +44 (0)1752-233698
Fax: +44 (0)1752-232638
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Courtesy: [Coastal_list]
Applications are invited for a position of Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Plymouth. The objective of the project is to develop an ensemble modelling framework of overtopping and scour of UK coastal defences in the context of climate change and the growing role of extreme events and to improve the capacity for predicting coastal flood risk due to extreme events. This fellowship is available as part of the prestigious Flood Risk from Extreme Events (FREE) Programme funded by the Natural Environmental Research Council (http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/programmes/free/).
The successful candidates will be expected to develop an integrated process model to predict beach morphology, wave overtopping and scour in front of coastal structure during extreme events and validate the model with recent laboratory and field measurements. Existing models already available within the group include state of the art RANS and SPH codes. The work undertaken at Plymouth is being led by Dr Qingping Zou and Professor Dominic Reeve and forms part of a larger project effort involving the University of Bristol, University of Liverpool and Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory.
The successful candidate will be a member of the Coastal Engineering Research Group in the School of Engineering and will be affiliated with the Centre for Coastal Dynamics and Engineering (C-CoDE), which is the largest group of coastal researchers in the UK (http://www.research.plymouth.ac.uk/c-code/).
Applicants should have a PhD in coastal engineering/oceanography, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), applied mathematics, physics, engineering, or other closely related field. Experience of scientific programming in FORTRAN and/or MATLAB is essential. Knowledge of hydrodynamics, coastal dynamics/engineering, morphodynamics and sediment transport would be an advantage. Experience with numerical modelling, parallel computing and Linux platform is also desirable. All applicants should make clear in their application which position they wish to be considered for and why they feel their skills and experience make them particularly qualified for this position.
While it is anticipated that the position will be filled at Grade 6 (salary range £25134-£27466 per annum), exceptional candidates may be considered for appointment at Grade 7 ((salary range £28289-£32796 per annum). This post is available from 01 April 2008 or as soon as possible thereafter and until 30 April 2010. Further particulars and an application form are available from Human Resources, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, UK (www.plymouth.ac.uk/vacancies, email: jobs@plymouth.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)1752 588225). Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Qingping Zou on +44 (0)1752 233698 or email qingping.zou@plymouth.ac.uk.
CLOSING DATE: 12 NOON Monday, 25 February 2008
INTERVIEW DATE: Between 01 March and 06 March 2008
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Dr. Qingping Zou
Senior Lecturer in Coastal Dynamics and Engineering
School of Engineering, Reynolds Building
University of Plymouth
Drake Circus
Plymouth PL4 8AA
UK
tele: +44 (0)1752-233698
Fax: +44 (0)1752-232638
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Courtesy: [Coastal_list]