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An opportunity has arisen for a Research Associate to work on an EPSRC funded project entitled “Hybrid lightweight structural systems for low-cost housing (HYLIGHTS)” bringing together academic partners from three universities and a number of industrial partners. This research project is a collaboration between Imperial College London, the University of Aberdeen and the University of Sheffield. It will involve large scale physical testing,...

Reference ENG02346
Date posted 26 October 2022
Closing date 23 November 2022

Location South Kensington Campus - On site only

Position type Full time, fixed term
Salary £43,093 – £50,834 plus benefits

Department Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Category Researcher / Non Clinical Researcher

Job description

Job summary

This research project is a collaboration between Imperial College London, the University of Aberdeen and the University of Sheffield. It will involve large scale physical testing, numerical simulations and the development of design rules for cold-formed steel structural systems.

This is a fixed term appointment from February 2023 until August 2025.

Duties and responsibilities

This post will carry out research programmes to investigate the behaviour and design of hybrid steel structures with stainless steel connection elements. The project will involve physical testing in the Structures Laboratory, finite element modelling using the software ABAQUS, the creation of analytical models and the establishment of statistically verified structural design rules, suitable for use in practice.

Essential requirements

Hold, or be near completion of, a PhD in Structural Engineering or a closely related field, or equivalent research, industrial or commercial experience, as well as an excellent honours degree and ideally MSc in Civil/Structural Engineering

Practical experience within a research environment and / or publication in relevant and refereed journals

Knowledge of stainless-steel structures

Ability to conduct a detailed review of recent literature

Willingness to work as part of a team and to be open-minded and cooperative

Further information

This is a fixed term appointment from February 2023 until August 2025 and you will be based at South Kensington Campus.

Candidates who have not yet been officially awarded their PhD will be appointed as a Research Assistant within the salary range £38,194 - £41,388 per annum.

For informal enquiries about the post please contact Professor Leroy Gardner at leroy.gardner@imperial.ac.uk.

Further information is available in the job description.

Any queries regarding the application process should be addressed to Briony Webb at b.webb@imperial.ac.uk.

The College is a proud signatory to the San-Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions, we evaluate applicants on the quality of their work, not the journal impact factor where it is published. For more information, see https://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/about-imperial-research/research-evaluation/

The College believes that the use of animals in research is vital to improve human and animal health and welfare. Animals may only be used in research programmes where their use is shown to be vital for developing new treatments and making medical advances. Imperial is committed to ensuring that, in cases where this research is deemed crucial, all animals in the College’s care are treated with full respect, and that all staff involved with this work show due consideration at every level. http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/about-imperial-research/research-integrity/animal-research/

Documents

Job Description Research Associate ENG02346.pdf

About Imperial College London

Imperial College London is the UK’s only university focussed entirely on science, engineering, medicine and business and we are consistently rated in the top 10 universities in the world.

You will find our main London campus in South Kensington, with our hospital campuses located nearby in West and North London. We also have Silwood Park in Berkshire and state-of-the-art facilities in development at our major new campus in White City.

We work in a multidisciplinary and diverse community for education, research, translation and commercialisation, harnessing science and innovation to tackle the big global challenges our complex world faces.

It’s our mission to achieve enduring excellence in all that we do for the benefit of society – and we are looking for the most talented people to help us get there.

Additional information

Please note that job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, and the post-holder may be required to undertake other duties, which are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.

Imperial College is committed to equality of opportunity and to eliminating discrimination. All employees are expected to follow the Imperial Values & Behaviours framework. Our values are:

Respect
Collaboration
Excellence
Integrity
Innovation

In addition to the above, employees are required to observe and comply with all College policies and regulations.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Disability Confident Leader and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

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