Studentships at Centre for Doctoral Training Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage and Archaeology and University of Brighton

Doctoral studentships
Centre for Doctoral Training Science and Engineering in Arts,
    Heritage and Archaeology at UCL, University of Oxford, and
    University of Brighton

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 four exceptionally exciting
doctoral studentship:

Comparison of painting lining methods for historic house
environments

    An excellent opportunity for a student wishing to develop skills
    in a range of mechanical and spectroscopic techniques, including
    digital image correlation, dynamic mechanical analysis, nuclear
    magnetic resonance and near infrared spectroscopy.  This project
    will be jointly supervised by UCL Department of History of Art,
    UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage, EH Collections
    Conservation Team and LaVision UK Ltd.  Primary academic
    supervisor: Dr Emma Richardson, UCL Department of History of
    Art.

Spectrally dependent light sensitivity of modern materials

    This is an exciting project for candidates looking to build
    knowledge and skills in material and polymer science,
    illumination technologies, radiometry, photometry and
    colorimetry, as well as the conduct of colour appearance
    experiments with groups of observers and statistical analysis of
    experimental data.  This project will be jointly supervised by
    the UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage, department of Civil,
    Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at UCL, Philips Research
    and the V&A.  Primary academic supervisor: Dr Katherine Curran,
    UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage.

Extracting epidemiological data from collections

    This is an exceptionally exciting project for candidates looking
    to explore the potential of state-of-the-art digitisation, data
    capture and analysis, modelling and computational image analysis
    methods.  This project will be jointly supervised by the UCL
    Institute for Sustainable Heritage, department of Civil,
    Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at UCL, The Getty
    Conservation Institute and English Heritage.  Primary academic
    supervisor: Professor May Cassar, UCL Institute for Sustainable
    Heritage.

Strain modelling in historical tapestries

    This studentship will investigate cutting edge real-time in-situ
    tri-axial strain monitoring sensors to provide data to inform
    analytical modelling of tapestries using Finite Elements and
    explicit mathematical formulations together with modern Dynamic
    Equilibrium methods used in fabric simulations.  The project
    will be jointly supervised by the UCL Department of Civil,
    Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, UCL Institute for
    Sustainable Heritage, Historic Royal Palaces and IBM T.J. Watson
    Research Center.

    Primary academic supervisor: Dr Lorenzo Rodolfo, UCL Department
    of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering.

Application Deadlines: 1 March 2015.

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
    UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage
    University College London
    Central House
    selina.mccarthy<-at->ucl<.>ac<.>uk


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