X-Received: by 10.182.128.101 with SMTP id nn5mr20250414obb.31.1446492465044; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 11:27:45 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.50.77.70 with SMTP id q6mr240098igw.4.1446492465024; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 11:27:45 -0800 (PST) Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.glorb.com!i2no2632514igv.0!news-out.google.com!z4ni44189ign.0!nntp.google.com!i2no1775417igv.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: sci.image.processing Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 11:27:44 -0800 (PST) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2a02:c7d:14a2:3300:9c2b:57f5:90a9:e265; posting-account=VUPUKgoAAAAWSx0RLw_kX1oq4No0mTi2 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2a02:c7d:14a2:3300:9c2b:57f5:90a9:e265 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <968ac96d-9c62-4ca4-8bfb-e5dcbb00c108@googlegroups.com> Subject: EPSRC I-CASE PhD Studentship (Image Analysis) - BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON From: Hongying Meng Injection-Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 19:27:45 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: csiph.com sci.image.processing:4056 A fully funded full-time EPSRC Industry CASE PhD Studentship on "Image anal= ysis for complex data in Non Destructive Testing (NDT)" is now available at= Brunel University London, UK. This project follows on from a major European collaborative project focusse= d on whole life rail axle assessment and Improvement. It is based at the NS= IRC in TWI, Cambridge. Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques are a wide group of analysis techn= iques used in science and industry to evaluate the properties of a material= , component or system without causing damage. TWI has been at the forefront= of the research, development and application of many advanced and conventi= onal NDT technologies for more than 40 years (http://www.twi-global.com/cap= abilities/integrity-management/non-destructive-testing/). This PhD project will develop image analysis techniques for rail axle inspe= ction. Rail axles suffer from high cycle fatigue during operation and also = corrosion due to the environment, which modifies the fatigue properties. In= order to identify when the cracking process is beginning a microscope imag= e of the axle surface has been used. The project will require the student to take images (existing) from real ax= les which contain a mixture of corrosion and cracks and try to develop an i= mage analysis technique to automate the identification of cracks within the= corrosion. The student can also develop image analysis in other areas of N= TD (e.g. digital image correlation) You will be based at the NSIRC in TWI, Cambridge which currently has over 4= 0 PhD students currently and many more about to join. The NSIRC is a state-= of-the-art postgraduate engineering facility offering PhD and MSc programme= s in structural integrity. The project will be supervised by Dr Hongying Me= ng from Brunel University London. You will be working in a collaborative an= d stimulating environment, strengthened by the collaboration between academ= ic and industrial partners. A primary benefit of the working environment at= the NSIRC is the exceptional industrial links with many of the projects fu= nded by industrial partners. This provides you with opportunities to gain v= aluable experience and contacts by working with technical industry experts. * Further information on Electronic and Computer Engineering at Brunel: htt= p://www.brunel.ac.uk/cedps/electronic-computer-engineering * Further information on the NSIRC: http://www.nsirc.co.uk/ Location: National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC) Cambridge, = UK Funding for: UK and EU students Funding amount: Fees plus =A320000 per year Deadline: 30th Nov 2015 (TBC) If you are interested in this position, please send your CV to Dr Hongying = Meng ( hongying.meng@brunel.ac.uk) as soon as possible and he will contact = you for the detailed information on the application process.