[UK]PhD SCHOLARSHIP - University of Glasglow
Legislation is increasingly being imposed on river engineering and management practice in the UK; e.g. EC Water Framework Directive & Controlled Activities (Scotland) Regulation. Successful implementation requires detailed understanding of the interaction between flow and sediment transfer within river systems.
This is where your PhD research is so important; you will use the 14×1.8m flume in our hydraulics research laboratory to physically model the effect of flood history on sediment entrainment and transport. Such research is of immediate importance in predicting the sensitivity of sediment transport to changing flow patterns resulting from climate change, river regulation and catchment modification. Data will be used to improve the sediment transport models essential for engineers and scientists whose responsibility it is to plan and manage river maintenance, regulation, restoration and re-alignment.
The Water & Environment Research Group & Laboratory facilities
Some of the flume facilities in the hydraulics lab
The Water and Environment Research Group offers a stimulating research environment. A purpose built hydraulics laboratory contains a range of experimental equipment:
- 3 flumes: 14×1.8m; 13×0.9m; 12×0.3m
- Computerised flow control
- Sediment transport measuring devices
- 2D and 3D ADVs for flow measurements
- Flow visualisation kit … etc
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Flow visualisation around a bridge pier
This research also has active collaboration with the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, HR Wallingford and the University of Illinois.
Scholarship Information
This PhD is fully funded by the EPSRC.
The Department of Civil Engineering is welcoming scholarship applications to conduct 3 years full-time research leading to a PhD; the start date must be between April and September 2007. The award is for £12,300 per annum with all tuition fees paid by the grant. This award is only open to applicants from European Union (EU) countries.
APPLICATIONS MAY BE SUBMITTED TO:
Dr. Heather Haynes
haynes@civil.gla.ac.uk
Website: http://www.civil.gla.ac.uk/
DEADLINE 9th February 2007
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