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The role

The Faculty of Engineering has two large dynamic and static testing facilities: The Earthquake Laboratory is located in Queen’s Building, and the UKCRIC National Facility for Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction (SoFSI) (opened in January 2022 at Langford). Both Laboratories conduct large scale, cutting edge engineering experiments. Applications are invited for a part time post (open to negotiation) supporting ongoing theoretical and experimental earthquake engineering activities active in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Bristol.

What will you be doing?

The post holder will contribute to the Horizon Europe (Innovate UK managed) EU project ERIES (www.eries.eu) which requires disseminating results from four (4) completed experimental projects that will run by offering Transnational Access to third parties in three Installations of the SoFSI/EQUALS Research Infrastructure

The ERIES activity will involve building instrumented physical models or geostructures to be tested in the three Installations as well as generation of test documentation, calibration of instrumentation, uploading of experimental data on electronic databases, and publishing to conferences and peer-reviewed journals. From time to time, the post holder may also be required to support other experimental and analytical research projects, including preparation of research bids, within the Earthquake & Geotechnical Engineering (EGE) Research Group, with particular focus on the new SoFSI facility (https://sofsi.bristol.ac.uk). For further information about the role profiles please see Section 3 below or see http://www.bristol.ac.uk/hr/grading/academic/role-profiles/.

You should apply if

You have:

• Expert knowledge of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering with emphasis on Earthquake Engineering - including relevant effects for critical infrastructure such as sliding and toppling of rigid bodies, soil-structure interaction for piles and retaining walls, pipelines, bridge engineering etc
• Previous experience in large scale testing and relevant publications
• Experience in preparing research reports and papers, including papers in respected journals or equivalent
• Proven competence in the use of relevant Finite Element software such as PLAXIS, SAP2000, ETABS, LS-DYNA, MIDAS, ABAQUS, Opensees etc.

It would be also desirable to have:

• Evidence of significant previous experience of independent research or transferrable skills gained in a comparable environment
• Expert knowledge in geographically distributed Pseudo-dynamic Hybrid Testing
• Experience in Structural Health Monitoring, Signal Processing and System Identification
• Expert knowledge in probabilistic multi-hazard risk assessment including earthquake, wind, wave and/or floor loading
• Track record of some presentations at conferences and publications in respected journals or equivalent, including handling of submissions as leading and/or corresponding author.

Additional information

For informal queries please contact Prof. Anastasios Sextos ([email protected]).

To find out more about what it's like to work in the Faculty of Engineering, and how the Faculty supports people to achieve their potential, please see our staff blog:

https://engineeringincludesme.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/

Available documents

• CAME background information (CIVE).pdf
• ACAD106631 - Job Description (I).pdf