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Engineering: Research Fellow

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  • Vacancy Reference: 3015588
  • Department: Engineering
  • Job Title: Research Fellow
  • Job Function: Academic
  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Live Date: 10-Apr-2012
  • Expiry Date: 11-May-2012
  • Salary Scale: £30,122 - £35,938
  • Internal job: No. Anybody can apply for this position.
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Engineering: Research Fellow

Research Fellow in large scale interactive coupled 3D modelling for wave and tidal energy resource and environmental impact
The Large scale Interactive coupled 3D modelling for wave and tidal energy resource and environmental impact (TeraWatt) project is established under the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS), bringing together the universities of Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh, Strathclyde, Glasgow, Highlands and Islands and Marine Scotland Science. It is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The TeraWatt consortium is a unique interdisciplinary partnership with the pedigree necessary to understand wave and tidal energy resource prediction, the removal of hydrokinetic energy and the effects of energy extraction on the environment.
The role will primarily involve numerical modelling for wave and tidal energy resource for selected sites around Scottish waters. This project will increase our knowledge, confidence and understanding of coupled hydrodynamic models of wave and tidal systems. The research incorporates the physical impacts of marine renewable developments within these systems. Enhanced hydrodynamic models will examine various development scenarios based upon the PFOW (Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters) leasing round. These scenarios will provide a framework for examining the response of the underlying hydrodynamic system in the region to harvesting of wave and tidal energy. Close collaboration with research staff within the TeraWatt consortium will be essential to deliver high quality outputs and the overall framework.
You will be experienced in the use of the numerical wave models such as MIKE 21/3 suite and have a sound grounding in their application to wave and tidal modelling. You will currently hold, or have submitted, a PhD in an energy-related discipline.
Fixed Term: 30 months in the first instance