Applications are invited for a PhD studentship within the NERC-ENVISION Doctoral\u00a0Training Partnership with a project entitled: “The influence of extreme events in the longterm\u00a0evolution of mixed gravel\/sand barrier beaches”. Barrier beaches are common\u00a0features along the coastline of England, and elsewhere in the world. These barrier\u00a0features are important for the geomorphology and equilibrium of the beach. They act, for\u00a0example, as routes for the transport of littoral sediments and as important boundaries\u00a0behind which lagoons form (i.e. Slapton sands, U.K.). They are also very important as\u00a0natural flood defences, protecting substantial areas from coastal inundation. Extreme\u00a0events can cause over-wash and breaching, affecting the general equilibrium of the\u00a0beach and the protected area. The role of these type of events in the long term evolution\u00a0of the beach is not yet clear. The research project will use analysis of existing and new\u00a0data on barrier beaches as well as numerical methods. The candidate will investigate the\u00a0behaviour of monitored beaches and he\/she will model their evolution during storms to\u00a0inform models that predict the evolution on longer time scales. The student should\u00a0possess a strong background in fluid mechanics and sediment transport. Knowledge of\u00a0numerical modelling, computer programming (e.g. Python, MATLAB), and familiarity with\u00a0geomorphology, coastal dynamics, and related numerical models are very welcome. The\u00a0student will join the Coastal Dynamics and Engineering research group at the University\u00a0of Nottingham, specialized in the theoretical and numerical study of coastal processes\u00a0and coastal defence design and performance. He\/she will also carry out part of the\u00a0research at the British Geological Survey in Keyworth where he\/she will be involved in\u00a0field measurements.<\/p>\n
Students should have, or expect to obtain, a first-class or good 2:1 honours degree, or a\u00a0distinction or high merit at MSc level (or international equivalent), in civil engineering,\u00a0geography, physics, mathematics or closely related disciplines.<\/p>\n
For informal enquiries regarding this studentship please contact Dr Riccardo Briganti\u00a0(email: Riccardo.briganti@nottingham.ac.uk<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Applications are invited for a PhD studentship within the NERC-ENVISION Doctoral\u00a0Training Partnership with a project entitled: “The influence of extreme events in the longterm\u00a0evolution of mixed gravel\/sand barrier beaches”. Barrier beaches are common\u00a0features along the coastline of England, and elsewhere in the world. These barrier\u00a0features are important for the geomorphology and equilibrium of the beach.… Read More »The influence of extreme events in the long-term evolution of mixed gravel\/sand barrier beaches<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":363,"featured_media":5868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[51],"tags":[44,14],"class_list":["post-5867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-51","tag-case","tag-nottingham"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/files\/2017\/10\/Riccardo-Briganti-Image-400x400px.jpg?fit=400%2C400","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8kFzn-1wD","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5869,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5867\/revisions\/5869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}