Research Associate in Computational Mechanics
Imperial College London Department of Earth Science and Engineering
Job summary
The Rock Mechanics Research Group at Imperial College has an opening for a Research Associate or Research Assistant. The successful applicant(s) will contribute to the development of an existing advanced geomechanics simulator and will develop computational approaches for modelling fracture growth in heterogeneous rocks. The work will make use of the Imperial College Geomechanics Toolkit, a finite-element based library written in C++, and will...
Job listing information
- Reference ENG02099
- Date posted 25 April 2022
- Closing date 25 May 2022
Key information about the role
Job description
Job summary
The Rock Mechanics Research Group at Imperial College has an opening for a Research Associate or Research Assistant. The successful applicant(s) will contribute to the development of an existing advanced geomechanics simulator and will develop computational approaches for modelling fracture growth in heterogeneous rocks. The work will make use of the Imperial College Geomechanics Toolkit, a finite-element based library written in C++, and will be performed under the supervision of Dr. Adriana Paluszny and Prof. Robert Zimmerman.
Duties and responsibilities
The holder of this post is expected to utilise and/or develop/extend an in-house computational finite-element geomechanics code, to study the growth and coalescence of fractures in heterogeneous rock masses. The post-holder is expected to perform original research of international excellence, to write and publish papers in appropriate journals, to disseminate research findings at appropriate conferences and workshops, and to take part in Rock Mechanics Research Group meetings.
Essential requirements
The successful applicant should
- hold an MSc or PhD degree in a relevant area of Computational Mechanics, Computer Science, Computational Applied Science, Applied Maths, or the equivalent.
- They should have experience in programming, and in the use of numerical methods for continuum-scale modelling, ideally using finite elements.
Further information
This is a full time, fixed term contract for 12 months.
*Candidates who have not yet been officially awarded their PhD will be appointed as Research Assistant.
You can find out more about our employee benefits, including generous annual leave entitlements and our excellent professional development opportunities, at https://www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/benefits/
Should you require any further details on the role please contact: Professor Robert Zimmerman - r.w.zimmerman@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 necessary for developing new treatments and making medical advances. Imperial is committed to ensuring that, in cases where this research is deemed essential, 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.
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 identity, sex, or sexual orientation. We are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Disability Confident Leader and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
Closing date: 25th May 2022
To apply, visit www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs and search by the job reference ENG02099