Research Assistant/Associate in Digital Twinning for Buildings and Districts

We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.

Salary
Research Assistant: £32,546 to £34,132  per annum.
Research Associate: £35,116 to £37,174 per annum.

The Role
We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Research Assistant / Associate to contribute to our research efforts in the development and application of digital twin technologies for buildings and city districts.

You will play a key role in the development and implementation of digital twins in the built environment using novel approaches for efficient and sustainable data use. In particular, you will contribute to the development and demonstration of building and urban digital twins through federated and distributed data management approaches such as dataspaces.

You will be part of an EC Horizon Europe co-funded project (WILSON: https://wilson-project.eu/) working with leading partners from across the EU on developing effective and efficient approaches for dealing with decentralised heterogeneous environments for data sharing and reuse across various domains. You will also contribute to the development of a predictive maintenance tool to train asset degradation models using asset data from a building portfolio.

You will also play a key role in helping the project team test the research outcomes in the WILSON living lab and large-scale pilots, including the local Newcastle Helix (https://www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/helix/).

Working under the WILSON project, you will have the unique opportunity to participate in a multidisciplinary environment, collaborating closely with 15 partners including Universities, SMEs and industry, from across 10 European countries. You will work alongside another Wilson Research Associate and be part of the Newcastle University's Digital Innovation in Construction & Engineering Lab (NU-DICE Lab: https://research.ncl.ac.uk/kassem/).

This full-time position (37 hours per week) is available immediately on a fixed-term basis for up to 32 months.

To apply, please complete an online application and upload a plain text copy of your CV and covering letter only. In your covering letter, you should evidence how you meet or exceed the essential and desirable requirements for the role. Please note, any other ‘Additional Document' you upload may not be received by the reviewing panel.

For more information or informal enquiries, please contact Prof Mohamad Kassem (Mohamad.kassem@newcastle.ac.uk) or Dr Xiang Xie (Xiang.xie@newcastle.ac.uk).

For further details on the Faculty of Science, Agriculture & Engineering please visit our web page here.

Qualifications

• MSc (Research Assistant level) in Computer Science, Data Science, Civil Engineering, Architectural Engineering, or related fields.
• PhD (Research Associate level) in same disciplines as above.

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