Post-Doctoral Research Vacancies

Post-Doctoral Research Vacancies

The development of structure in coarse-grained river bed sediments: the key to predicting near-bed flow hydraulics and sediment flux.

  

Two, 36-month postdoctoral research positions within the Geography Departments at the Universities of Leicester and Loughborough, UK are available with a start date of 1st January 2011. The salary and application closing date for both posts are £27,319-£28,139 pa and 05 October 2010 respectively.  Formal information including detailed job descriptions and conditions of employment are available on respective University and Department web sites.

The project is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) of the UK and is held jointly between Dr Mark Powell and Dr Nick Tate (Department of Geography, University of Leicester), Dr Stephen Rice and Prof Ian Reid (Department of Geography, Loughborough University) and Dr Jo Wood (Department of Information Science, City University). It aims to understand the development of small-scale bed structures and bedforms in coarse-grained alluvial rivers and the implications for near-bed flows and bed load flux.

RA, Department of Geography, Loughborough University (job reference GY/13784)

This Research Associate will be responsible for a programme of laboratory flume experiments designed to quantify the inter-relationships between bed-surface grain size and structure, near-bed flow regime, initial motion conditions and sediment transport rate under contrasting flow and sediment supply regimes. The ideal candidate will have a background in process-based fluvial geomorphology or sedimentology and/or open channel hydraulic engineering.  S/he will be expected to work with the Leicester RA (responsible for the characterisation of the bed surfaces) to integrate the data on the near-bed flow field and sediment movement with the analyses of bed surface maturation. Please contact Dr. Stephen Rice (s.rice@lboro.ac.uk) or Dr. Mark Powell (dmp6@le.ac.uk) for more information.  Further particulars and application forms are available at http://www.loughborough.ac.uk/ job reference GY/13784). 

RA, Department of Geography, University of Leicester (job reference SEN00102) This Research Associate will develop the analytical tools and associated algorithms required to characterise and visualise the surface grain size and structure of the experimental beds. The tools will be applied to high resolution digital elevation models of the surfaces obtained using a precision laboratory laser scanner. The ideal candidate will have a background in DEM characterisation and analysis, terrain modelling and/or numerical modelling of fluvial systems together with relevant computer programming skills. S/he will be expected to collaborate with the Loughborough RA (in charge of the experimental programme) to integrate the analyses of bed surface maturation with the data on the near-bed flow field and sediment movement. Please contact Dr. Mark Powell (dmp6@le.ac.uk) or Dr. Nick Tate (njt9@le.ac.uk) for more information.   

Further particulars and application procedures are available at http://www.le.ac.uk/jobs (job reference SEN00102).