Research Associate Post: Neural Net Fault Diagnosis

[Amanda Sharkey]

Research Associate: On-line Neural Net Fault Diagnosis for Diesel Engines. 

A Post Doctoral research fellow is required for a period of up to 3
years to join the Neural Computing Group in the Department of Computer
Science, University of Sheffield, UK.  This EPSRC-funded post is
available from November 1st 1996, or as soon as possible thereafter.
Salary in the range 14,317-16,628 pounds (UK).

This project will involve the collection of fault diagnosis data from
a diesel engine, using measures of in-cylinder pressure, engine
vibration and noise emission.  These data will be used to train a
neural net system for fault diagnosis, and will form the basis for the
development of a general set of principles for increasing the
reliability of a neural net system.

The postholder will be required to induce a variety of faults in a
real diesel engine (assisted by a technician also employed for the
project), to collect data corresponding to those faults using a
variety of sensors, and to train neural nets to perform fault
diagnosis.  Knowledge and practical experience of real diesel engines
is essential, as are computational skills.  Familiarity with neural
computing techniques would be preferred.

Further details are available:
http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/research/groups/nn/engine.html

Direct email inquiries and/or CVs to Dr Amanda Sharkey: amanda at dcs.shef.ac.uk