Subject: Studentships at Centre for Doctoral Training Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage and Archaeology
Studentships (3 positions) Centre for Doctoral Training Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage and Archaeology The Centre for Doctoral Training Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage and Archaeology at UCL, University of Oxford and University of Brighton is delighted to be offering three new doctoral studentships to start in 2014/2015: "Extracting epidemiological data from collections" The project addresses the slowly accumulating material change on heritage objects caused by environmental agents of deterioration (specifically temperature and humidity). The hypothesis is that functions of material change can be derived from historic climate data and object documentation obtained over long periods of time, but that greater precision and lower uncertainty could be obtained by gathering real time data captured at higher frequency including photography, potentially acquired through crowd-sourcing. This exceptionally exciting project is supported by the Getty Conservation Institute and is in collaboration with English Heritage. Academic supervisor: Professor May Cassar, UCL Centre for Sustainable Heritage "Spectrally dependent light sensitivity of modern materials" Modern materials narrate the story of the 20th century. The project will look into the light sensitivity of modern art and heritage materials, specifically into how the photodegradation of modern materials is spectrally dependent. A photodegradation chamber with a spectrally adjustable light source will be constructed and used to understand how the spectral distribution of illuminants can be adjusted to improve the appearance of degraded objects to museum visitors. The challenging and exciting doctoral project has been developed in collaboration with Philips Research and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Academic supervisor: Dr Katherine Curran, UCL Centre for Sustainable Heritage "Collection Surveys as Part of Library Document Supply Chain" The project will look at how memory institutions could gather data about the 'health' of their collections using the recent developments in near infrared spectroscopy. The premise of this project is that if in a library the surveying step is integrated in the document supply chain i.e. from repository to reader, significant amounts of data could be collected at minimal cost and thus readily available for the purpose of preservation management. This project has been developed in collaboration with Lichtblau e.K., The Bodleian Library and the Library of Congress. Academic supervisor: Professor Matija Strlic, UCL Centre for Sustainable Heritage The positions are open until filled. For more information on the projects, partners and supervisors, please visit <URL:http://www.seaha-cdt.ac.uk/opportunities/> The UK EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage and Archaeology (SEAHA) is an 8-year initiative (2014-2022) to establish an infrastructure to meet challenges set by the heritage sector, industry and government. Working with heritage and industry partners, SEAHA students will create, innovate or use sensors, instrumentation, imaging, digital and creative technologies to improve our understanding of heritage, to develop science and engineering capabilities and to benefit the economy. For more information on SEAHA, please visit: <URL:http://www.seaha-cdt.ac.uk> Any enquiries should be emailed to Selina McCarthy SEAHA Centre Manager (Temporary) Bartlett School of Graduate Studies University College London Central House 14 Upper Woburn Place London WC1H 0NN +44 203 1085947ext 55947 manager<-a t->seaha-cdt< . >ac< . >uk *** Conservation DistList Instance 28:9 Distributed: Saturday, August 2, 2014 Message Id: cdl-28-9-015 ***Received on Monday, 28 July, 2014