PhD Studentships in Railway Safety Risk Research, The University of Birmingham

UK. This 3 years fully funded studentships is available for a research project within the Departement of Civil Engineering. The research will investigate current railway safety risk assessment techniques, develop safety and risk models to facilitate railway safety analysis using fuzzy reasoning and analytical hierarchy process (AHP) methods, develop advanced procedures of rail design and maintenance to minimise risks, determine the accuracy of the safety analysis methodology and determine if there are significant benefits to be gained.

A software railway safety predication tool will be developed in this research. Therefore, potential candidates with a minimum 2:1 class in Engineering / Computer Science disciplines and good computer programming and software development skills (Visual C/C++) are strongly encouraged to apply.

This research is being supported by London Underground Ltd, Tube Lines Ltd and Metronet SSL and the student will spend some time at the company for safety risk data and information collection as part of the research. The study is under the supervision of Dr Min An and Professor Chris Baker.

The studentships is open to UK and overseas students and includes tuition fees plus £9,000 (tax free) maintenance paid per year for three years. The studentships are available from 1st August 2006. The successful candidate will work in a team with other students and research fellows from Birmingham and elsewhere.

You may download the application forms from our web site. Application deadline: 14 July 2006.

Applicants should send a full CV with two referees’ names and contact addresses to:
Dr Min An
Department of Civil Engineering
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Or by email to: M.An@bham.ac.uk