Research Associate in Vibro-Acoustic Sensing

Do you have experience in using applied mathematics to model an acoustic problem and analyse data? Do you enjoy working collaboratively? This role offers an exciting opportunity to apply your modelling and analytical skills in building and testing an acoustic monitoring tool to detect hidden defects in sewer pipes as a part of the EU multi-institutional project AI:LINERS. The work will be carried out in collaboration with Eindhoven University of Technology, KWB Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin, water utilities companies in Germany and Spain, and some other EU companies providing water infrastructure inspection tools. Working in well known internationally acoustic group at the University of Sheffield, you will embark on developing a remote acoustic sensing approach for defects invisible for classical imagery inspections (e.g. CCTV) in sewer pipes treated with CIPP lining. The mode matching technique will be key to facilitating the understanding of the effect of hidden defects on sound field in the pipes. During the project lifetime, there will be an opportunity to materialise this approach in the form of the acoustic sensing technology and test it in the UK national research facility ICAIR and underground assets of the EU water utility companies. The project is funded by Horizon Europe (HORIZON) and it will involve regular research visits to the project partners in Eindhoven, Berlin and Madrid. There will be an opportunity to make your research visible by publishing the results in peer-reviewed journals and participating in the international conferences as well as to expand your research and industry network across the EU.

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