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Newcastle University

Research Studentship in Multivariate Statistical Process Control

 

An EPSRC Industrial Case Project between the School of Mathematics & Statstics and CPACT in the School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials at the University of Newcastle, and BP Refining Technology. 

 

Supervisors: Dr. J Q Shi (School of Maths & Stats), Professor A. J Morris (CPACT, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials), Dr. Z Rawi (BP Refining Technology)

 

Applications are invited from UK or EU candidates for a 3.5-year studentship concerning the research and development of novel dynamic statistical based methodologies and algorithms for the dynamic multivariate statistical process control of complex chemical engineering systems.  The student will be able to spend time working with bp at their R&D and production sites. Further information about the project can be obtained from

http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/j.q.shi/grant/epsrc-case

 

Full tuition fees and research expenses will be covered, and for eligible candidates a stipend starting at £15,300 p.a. (including £3,000 provided by BP) will be available.    EPSRC eligibility conditions apply; see details from http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/PostgraduateTraining/IndustrialCASE/FrequentlyAskedQuestions.htm

 

Applicants should have a good Bachelors or Masters degree in statistics, mathematics, electrical or chemical engineering or a subject with good statistics/mathematical content.  The closing date for applications is 1st November 2007 with a starting date before 1 January 2008 being anticipated.

 

The student will be supervised by Dr. J Q Shi and  Professor A. J Morris with Dr. Z Rawi from BP Refining Technology. The student will be expected to spend some time at BP sites.  The University of Newcastle has a strong tradition of applied methodological research in statistics and the statistics section was rated 5A in RAE2001. The School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials was also rated 5 in the RAE2001 with CPACT being rated 5*. Further information about the Statistics Group can be obtained from http://www.mas.ncl.ac.uk/math and further information about the Chemical engineering and Advanced Materials can be found from http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ceam/ and about CPACT from http://www.cpact.com

 

To apply, please obtain an application form from http://www.mas.ncl.ac.uk/math/postgrad

 

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr. J. Q. Shi (j.q.shi@ncl.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)191 222 7315) or Professor A. J. Morris (julian.morris@ncl.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0) 191 222 7342).