Good afternoon,
At first sight this may be of slightly marginal interest to this community, but then it's about fluid-rock interaction and really cool science! With generous support from Radioactive Waste Management Ltd. we are offering a fully funded CASE NERC DTP PhD Studentship on
*Imaging thermo-hydraulic effects in engineered barriers for radwaste repositories*
This experimental project will investigate the processes associated with fluid infiltration into a bentonite barrier around a heat-producing (dummy) waste canister using simultaneous neutron- and x-ray tomography. Technologically this is an absolute cutting-edge project in partnership with Laboratoir 3SR in Grenoble, and we are confident that the combination of these imaging techniques will yield some significant insights into the coupling of processes affecting the performance of a clay barrier. The thesis will be supervised by myself, Simon Harley and Ian Butler in Edinburgh as well as collaborators in Grenoble.
Detailed information can be found here: https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=86357
If you have good students who are keen to be trained in all aspects of 4-d imaging of fluid-rock interaction and would be interested in joining our growing team in Edinburgh please encourage them to apply and/or contact me for more information.
Please note that - unfortunately - this scholarship scheme is open only to UK- or EU-citizens who reside in the UK.
Best regards,
Florian Fusseis
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