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This position is for a Research Associate to work on a large EPSRC-funded project “Zero Peak Energy Building Design for India (ZED-i)”, with the potential to make a lasting impact on the lives of millions of people. The project’s vision is to decouple building energy use from economic growth in developing countries through a new science of Zero Peak Energy Building Design for warm climates, with India as a case study. The key objective, therefore, is to provide ‘thermal stress free' living conditions whilst minimising mean and peak demand.

This post is to generate synthetic average and extreme current and future weather files covering the entire land surface of this country. These will then be used to investigate building designs produced by other team members. A preliminary method for the generation of average weather files using data from the UK Met Office has been devised, but will require further work to assimilate multi-ensemble data using probabilistic methods. The core task will however involve the definition and creation of an extreme weather file type for India using the UKMO data, and their subsequent production. In addition, the post holder will create an online portal to provide these files on-demand using the high-performance computing (HPC) facility at Bath.

The successful candidate will have a first degree and doctorate in science, mathematics or engineering, have good knowledge of computer programming. Knowledge of statistical and mathematical analysis techniques and database creation and maintenance will be highly advantageous, as would above average paper output for their career stage. In addition to the core scientific tasks listed above, the applicant will also be required to support work on other aspects of the project, as directed by the investigators, and undertake a series of impact related activities, which may require periodic travel outside the UK. We are therefore looking for enthusiastic and committed individuals with strong people skills to work in a multi-disciplinary team consisting of building physicists, architects, computer scientists, weather scientists, psychologists and others.

You will join the EDEn (Energy and Design of Environments) research group within the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, but work closely with other co-investigators, including those in the developing country. For more information on EDEn, see http://www.bath.ac.uk/ace/eden.

This post is full-time basis (36.5hrs per week) and is being offered on a fixed term contract basis with an anticipated expiry date of 30 November 2020.

For an informal discussion about the position please contact Dr Sukumar Natarajan ([email protected]) or Prof. David Coley ([email protected])

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