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Research Fellow

Queen's University Belfast - Engineering and Technology

Location: Belfast
Salary: £41,519 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Temporary
Placed On: 28th July 2025
Closes: 11th August 2025
Job Ref: 25/112738

For the vision and impact of Population based structural health monitoring (PBSHM) to be fully realised for bridges, an understanding of the range of responses that can be expected from ‘similar’ bridges is an important step.

The successful candidate will support this research by working with field measured bridge data, both historic and recent, to understand the range of responses that can reasonably be expected from similar bridges. They will also work with a population of laboratory scale bridges in a controlled laboratory environment to examine the feasibility of applying transfer learning to a population of similar bridges.

About the person:

  • To be shortlisted for interview, candidates must demonstrate that the meet the essential criteria, which includes Normally have or be about to obtain a relevant PhD. in Civil Engineering.
  • Specific, relevant research experience in population-based SHM of bridges to include:
    • Proven track record of working with infrastructure owners to organise field tests for bridges
    • Demonstrable experience of organising and carrying out field testing and instrumentation of bridges to determine static response
    • Demonstrable experience in processing bridge acceleration data to calculate displacement
    • Coding skills in Matlab/Python for processing/analysing data measured in the field
    • Experience with working with public bodies to get access to historic bridge data
    • Undertaking analyses, critical evaluation and interpretations of historic bridge data, (both static and dynamic data) Expertise in finite element modelling of bridges
    • Designing laboratory scale bridge structures, where design includes finite element modelling of the bridge and preparing fabrication drawings
    • Designing instrumentation layout for modal testing of laboratory scale bridges on a shake table
    • Experience of testing laboratory scale bridges in an environmental chamber
    • Working effectively as part of a research team in the development and promotion of the research theme.
    • Publication record commensurate with stage of career.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information document on our website.



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