NUFFIELD DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH ENGINEER

ACADEMIC-RELATED RESEARCH STAFF GRADE 1A:

Salary: £18,265 - 27,339 pa

Applications are invited for a Biomedical Research Engineer commencing
in March 2003 for a period of 2 years. The successful applicant will
be responsible to Professor David Murray and will work under the direct
supervision of Senior Research Fellow (Engineering) in the Orthopaedic
Engineering Collaboration, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
The Botnar Research Centre, Oxford University Institute of
Musculoskeletal Sciences at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.

The person appointed will be required to undertake the following duties:

I. Further develop advanced 3D image based measurement methods for
joint replacements.
II. Develop 2D dynamic image based methods and modelling for the
human knee joint.
III. Model a variety of implants using Finite Element Analysis.

The post holder will be required to hold a doctorate in Engineering or
allied numerical discipline and to have significant research
proficiency. Strong computational and programming skills are required.
Experience in the fields of medical image processing, human joint
modelling and finite element analysis would be beneficial, but not
essential.

The post may involve making measurements on patients/human subjects in
conjunction with the appropriate clinical staff.

Applications, with four copies of a full curriculum vitae giving three
referees and details of previous research experience, should be sent to
the Administrator, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK
(E-mail: angela.truesdale@ndos.ox.ac.uk ; Fax: +44 (0)1865 227354).
Further particulars are available from barbara.marks@ndos.ox.ac.uk .

The closing date for applications is 21 February 2003.

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