Postdoctoral Position in Differential Geometry @ Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium- Subject: Mathematics – Geometry

Description: The successful candidate will carry out research related to the central interests of the group: Käher geometry, geometric analysis, symplectic topology, contact topology, deformation quantisation and symplectic symmetric spaces. There are no teaching requirements for the post.
Requirements: Applicants should send the following documents in an email to Valérie Baijot (vbaijot@ulb.ac.be) with the title “application postdoc differential geometry”
1. Curriculum vitae, including a full list of publications.
2. Overview of research accomplished (max 2 pages).
3. Short research proposal (max 2 pages).
4. Contact details of two academic referees.
Deadline: 28 February 2011
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Postdoc Fellowships(Two) in Automated Damage Localization Systems for Civil Engineering Structures @ Université Libre de Bruxelles(ULB),Belgium- Subject: Mechanical or Civil engineering

Description:. This project deals with the next level of SHM which is damage localization and focuses on the problem of cracking in prestressed concrete. The challenge is to design a data-based damage localization system based on output-only ambient vibrations. The main ingredients of the proposed method are: (i) the use of very large strain sensor networks, (ii) the development of automated and efficient data processing methods based on local spatial filters or several layers of spatio-temporal filters, and (iii) alarm triggering techniques based on unsupervised learning methods. The major innovation in this project is the use of advanced computational techniques for the creation of a large data set of virtual campaigns which are used for the design and optimization of the SHM system. In addition to these virtual campaigns, experimental developments are also foreseen, with a specific emphasis on the evaluation of different techniques for dynamic strain measurements.
Requirements: The candidates should hold a PhD in Mechanical or Civil engineering and should not have been working previously in Belgium. For the first position, experience in numerical modeling preferably in the field of non-linear mechanics or vibrations is necessary. For the second position, experience in experimental vibration testing and instrumentation is required.
Deadline: January 1st 2011
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