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EPSRC I-CASE PhD Studentship (Image Analysis) - BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON

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A fully funded full-time EPSRC Industry CASE PhD Studentship on "Image analysis 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 focussed on whole life rail axle assessment and Improvement. It is based at the NSIRC in TWI, Cambridge.

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques are a wide group of analysis techniques 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 conventional NDT technologies for more than 40 years (http://www.twi-global.com/capabilities/integrity-management/non-destructive-testing/).

This PhD project will develop image analysis techniques for rail axle inspection. 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 image of the axle surface has been used.

The project will require the student to take images (existing) from real axles which contain a mixture of corrosion and cracks and try to develop an image analysis technique to automate the identification of cracks within the corrosion. The student can also develop image analysis in other areas of NTD (e.g. digital image correlation)

You will be based at the NSIRC in TWI, Cambridge which currently has over 40 PhD students currently and many more about to join. The NSIRC is a state-of-the-art postgraduate engineering facility offering PhD and MSc programmes in structural integrity. The project will be supervised by Dr Hongying Meng from Brunel University London. You will be working in a collaborative and stimulating environment, strengthened by the collaboration between academic and industrial partners. A primary benefit of the working environment at the NSIRC is the exceptional industrial links with many of the projects funded by industrial partners. This provides you with opportunities to gain valuable experience and contacts by working with technical industry experts.

* Further information on Electronic and Computer Engineering at Brunel: http://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 £20000 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.

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