UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
DEPARTMENT OF GEOMATIC ENGINEERING
LECTURER IN GEOMATIC ENGINEERING
FURTHER PARTICULARS
Closing date 24th January 2003
(See also http://www.ge.ucl.ac.uk/news/announce/lecturervacancy.html)
GENERAL
The Department of Geomatic Engineering seeks a committed, dynamic and
self-motivated person to appoint to a newly created lectureship. The
department will consider applications from anyone with suitable
expertise, but expects to appoint someone with a PhD in geomatic
engineering (or a closely related field) who is able to contribute
significantly to the delivery of its new undergraduate programme that
will begin in October 2003. Additionally the new lecturer will be
expected to carry out masters-level teaching, internationally
competitive research and a number of the usual general administrative
duties that need to be shared amongst academic staff in a university
department.
GEOMATIC ENGINEERING
The Department of Geomatic Engineering (http://www.ge.ucl.ac.uk/) at UCL
was formerly known as the Department of Photogrammetry and Surveying and
is one of six departments in the Faculty of Engineering. It was formed
in 1961. Prior to that time, a strong interest in surveying had existed
within the Department of Civil and Municipal Engineering and the United
Kingdom's first established Chair of Photogrammetry and Surveying was
founded in the College in 1947. Formal graduate degree programmes and
research in surveying and in photogrammetry flourished from that date.
In October 1997 to reflect the shift of the department's interests
towards the newer technologies such as the Global Positioning System
(GPS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing, the
Department was renamed the Department of Geomatic Engineering. The
department currently has eight academic staff, eight externally funded
research fellows, six support staff and about sixty students (MSc and PhD).
The work of the department has traditionally been primarily postgraduate
in nature: the main activities being the conducting of research and the
running of taught postgraduate diploma/MSc courses. At the moment the
department offers, or plays a significant part in the delivery of, five
such courses.
7 Geographic Information Systems
7 Surveying
7 Hydrographic Surveying
7 Photogrammetry with Remote Sensing
7 Remote Sensing
Some service teaching, largely undergraduate, and mainly for the
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is also carried out.
The research interests of the department can be broadly categorised
under the following headings.
o Remote sensing for global monitoring and mapping
o Industrial metrology and close range photogrammetry
o GPS, geodesy and navigation
o Photogrammetry, cartography and digital mapping
o Geographical Information Science
Further details of the department's research activity can be found in
http://www.ge.ucl.ac.uk/research/index.html.
In October 2003 a new undergraduate programme, with the title BEng/MEng
in GeoSpatial and Environmental Information Management will be launched,
see http://www.ge.ucl.ac.uk/courses/BEngMEng/prospectus2003.html. The
launch of this programme is expected to lead to a significant expansion
of the department over the next four years, this advertisement relating
to the first of four new academic and three new support posts.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
University College London (UCL) is the oldest and largest of the various
Colleges and Institutes that make up the University of London. Situated
in the Bloomsbury area of London, UCL has over 11,000 undergraduate and
over 6,000 postgraduate students with more than 3,600 academic staff in
72 departments - all dedicated to research and teaching of the highest
standards.
The campus is close to a range of facilities, including the British
Museum and the British Library, and has excellent access to the London
Underground and British Rail networks.
For a detailed profile of teaching and research at UCL, and its history
and facilities see http://www.ucl.ac.uk/profile/index.html.
SALARY SCALES AND FOR MORE INFORMATION
The appointment will be made at an appropriate point on the Lecturer A/B
scale: #22191 - #33679 plus #2134 London Allowance and will be for a
four-year period in the first instance. For more information about the
department and/or an informal discussion about the post please contact
Professor Paul Cross directly. Formal applications in the form of a CV,
names and addresses of three referees, and a covering letter, should be
sent to:
Professor P A Cross
Head of Department of Geomatic Engineering
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7679 7028
Facsimile: +44 (0) 20 7380 0453
Email: [log in to unmask]
It is anticipated that interviews will take place in February 2003 and
that the successful candidate will take up the appointment as soon as
possible, but not later than 1 September 2003.
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Jeremy Morley | Dept. Geomatic Engineering,
Lecturer- Geographic Info Systems | University College London
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+44 (20) 7679 2083 Tel (Direct) | LONDON WC1E 6BT
+44 (20) 7380 0453 Fax (Dept) | United Kingdom
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