PhD Scholarship in Engineering

University of Wollongong

New South Wales, Australia

Info website:http://www.uow.edu.au/research/rsc/prospective/UOW095594.html

CRC Rail PhD scholarship in Infrastructure Engineering

CRC Rail Schol in Infra Eng

Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering

Predicting Remaining Service Potential of Bridges

One PhD scholarship in Structural/Infrastructure Engineering (with a focus on Asset Management) is available. The candidate should have a Masters or First Class honours degree in Civil Engineering. This PhD research project will consider the interrelationship between maintenance regimes and particularly inspection quality, local and operational conditions, original design and likely mechanisms of failure to establish a failure-risk profile as a function of age given information on the existing age and condition of the bridge. Central to the risk analysis will be the establishment of consequences based in part on the availability of alternate load paths.

3 year scholarship at $30,000 pa.

Application close 11 March 2011.

For more details or to apply please contact:

A/Prof. Richard Dwight on 61- 2 - 42213183 emailrichard_dwight@uow.edu.au or Dr. Lip Teh,lteh@uow.edu.au