Project ref: RS/14/12 Closing Date: 18/05/2015
School Forensic & Investigative Studies
Centre
Proposed Director of Studies
Contact Details
Programme (e.g MPhil/PhD)
Centre for Fire Chemistry and Toxicity
Prof Richard Hull trhull@uclan.ac.uk
PhD (via MPhil)
Duration of Studentship
Hours (Full or Part Time)
3 years
Full Time (36 per week)
Tuition Fees
Maintenance Grant
Other Allowances (for non UCLan studentships)
Any Entry Requirements
(e.g. 2:1 classification/restricted to UK residences only)
Any Special Requirements (e.g. driving licence)
Start Date
-
Tuition fees paid at Home/EU rate
£13 863 (2014/15 rates subject to increase from 1 Oct
2015)
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree in a related subject preferably 1 st class honours (or equivalent qualifications)
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1 July 2015
Project Title
Fire Hazards of Commercial Products
Project Description
An exciting opportunity exists to investigate the toxicity of products from burning materials. Fire toxicity increases exponentially with fire growth – a small fire produces a low yield of toxic products, but as it grows it becomes oxygen depleted, produces 10-50 times greater yield of the major toxicants carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide, as well as hydrocarbon irritants and minor toxicants. The work will use the steady state tube furnace, ISO 19700 and on-line analytical instrumentation, including gas phase FTIR. Data from large scale fires will be correlated with these controlled bench-scale tests.
The project is led by the world experts in the field, Prof T Richard Hull and Dr Anna Stec, editors of Fire Toxicity,
(Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, UK), based at UCLan.
Informal academic related enquiries should be made to Prof Richard Hull trhull@uclan.ac.uk
or Dr Anna A Stec, aastec@uclan.ac.uk
. For further information about our fire research visit http://www.uclan.ac.uk/research/explore/groups/centre_for_fire_and_hazard_science.php
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Studentship Ref Number
RS/14/12
Project Title:
Closing Date:
Fire Hazards of Commercial Products
Forensic & Investigative Studies
18/05/2015
School:
Contact:
Attributes
Education/Qualifications
Experience
Skills/Abilities
Prof Richard Hull email trhull@uclan.ac.uk
or Dr Anna Stec email aastec@uclan.ac.uk
Essential
Minimum 2:1 UK
Bachelors qualification in
Chemistry, Physics or
Engineering, or equivalent (including nonqualification experience)
Desirable
First class honours or
Masters degree or equivalent involving the areas listed
Measured By
CV / Application
Experience of research in analytical test methods or equivalent laboratory studies
Excellent written and spoken English
Ability to work to deadlines
Ability to publish research papers in English
Academic writing
Organisational skills
Experience of carrying out theoretical and/or laboratory studies
Practical skills in construction and setting up instrumentation
High level of selfmotivation and confidence
Experience of setting up small scale test methods, fire experiments, collecting analytical data on-line in real time
Experience in analytical test methods and collecting data from GCMS, HPLC, HPIC
Working in teams
Good communication and presentation skills
Willingness to promote and enhance research profile of the UCLan research group
CV / Application
Interview and CV/
Application
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