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Job reference
18/106669
Date posted
16/07/2018
Application closing date
21/08/2018
Salary
£32,548 - £38,833 per annum (potential to progress to £42,418 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution
Job category/type
Research
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Research Fellow
Job description
Outstanding applicant is sought for the post of Postdoctoral Research Associate, to be employed by the School of Built and Natural Enviroment, Queen's University Belfast, who will carry out high-quality laboratory-based research. The task is to investigate novel composite barrier systems that use the subsurface soil in a sustainable way to provide enhanced
water holding capacity and act as a barrier to water ingress and egress, while supporting vegetation growth. The post is funded by a Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council grant (EP/R005834/1) "Climate Adaptation Control Technologies for Urban Spaces (CACTUS)", which is a collaborative project led by Durham University, with University of Cardiff, University of Dundee, Imperial College London, Queen's University Belfast and Newcastle University. The project as a whole aims to develop climate adaptation composite barriers to protect our infrastructure in urban spaces (towns and cities), by combining water holding layers and a capillary barrier. Such barriers can provide resilient solutions to protect geo-infrastructure from more intense precipitation events and more extremes of wetting and drying that are expected to result from climate change. The technologies proposed are intended to protect geo-infrastructure such as shallow foundations, retaining walls and buried utilities.
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Job title
Research Fellow
Job reference
18/106669
Date posted
16/07/2018
Application closing date
21/08/2018
Salary
£32,548 - £38,833 per annum (potential to progress to £42,418 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution
Job category/type
Research
Attachments
Blank
Job description
Outstanding applicant is sought for the post of Postdoctoral Research Associate, to be employed by the School of Built and Natural Enviroment, Queen's University Belfast, who will carry out high-quality laboratory-based research. The task is to investigate novel composite barrier systems that use the subsurface soil in a sustainable way to provide enhanced
water holding capacity and act as a barrier to water ingress and egress, while supporting vegetation growth. The post is funded by a Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council grant (EP/R005834/1) "Climate Adaptation Control Technologies for Urban Spaces (CACTUS)", which is a collaborative project led by Durham University, with University of Cardiff, University of Dundee, Imperial College London, Queen's University Belfast and Newcastle University. The project as a whole aims to develop climate adaptation composite barriers to protect our infrastructure in urban spaces (towns and cities), by combining water holding layers and a capillary barrier. Such barriers can provide resilient solutions to protect geo-infrastructure from more intense precipitation events and more extremes of wetting and drying that are expected to result from climate change. The technologies proposed are intended to protect geo-infrastructure such as shallow foundations, retaining walls and buried utilities.
Candidate Information
About the School
Further information for international applicants