Overview
Willis, one of the world’s largest insurance and reinsurance brokers, has developed the Willis Research Network (www.willisresearchnetwork.com), the world’s largest collaboration between insurance and academia undertaking research to evaluate the frequency, severity and impact of extreme events and develop private and public sector risk financing to share the costs of these events across populations. In collaboration with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and with various other scientific institutions world-wide, it strives to develop a common framework to derive suitable vulnerability functions for cargoes and for cargo containers at port holding areas which are subject to natural hazards such as earthquakes, extreme winds and flood. It also aims to develop a process to quantify risk to marine portfolios, primarily marine cargo and port facilities, from natural and man-made catastrophes, and to develop a marine risk catastrophe modelling platform.
In this context, Willis offers a Willis Research Fellow Position in Marine Cargo Vulnerability at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
our Tasks
The fundamental purpose of the research is to evaluate the effect of natural catastrophes on marine cargo. The research will investigate the structural vulnerability of containers and of warehouses and consequent effects on various cargo types – coordinating with the parallel NTU/WRN project into exposure, and with the various marine cargo (and other) research and development initiatives which are on-going within the WRN and within Willis. The initial peril to be investigated is earthquake, with flood, typhoon and others to follow.
The Willis Research Fellow will need to contribute to the design of the project, to research the history of cargo vulnerability, to carry out the actual structural engineering investigation, to write and present analytical reports, research and industry papers and conference presentations, working in conjunction with WRN and Willis partners and others in collaborative and multidisciplinary research projects.
Your Profile
• Your task will be to identify and evaluate vulnerability of specific cargo containing structures to the forces sustained due to various natural catastrophe determined by hazard analysis and catastrophe risk modeling, and will require some experience with damage and loss analysis. Development of appropriate vulnerability functions to estimate losses of critical cargo containing structures and cargos, due to natural hazards such as earthquake, extreme winds, floods, etc.
• You are interested in working in a large, international, multidisciplinary group of Willis experts, Willis brokers and WRN researchers, and you have the ability to perform research that results in obtaining high quality and reliable data for damage analysis.
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills. You are highly motivated and research oriented with initiative, enjoy working in an interdisciplinary and multinational team, able to work independently and assist junior researchers.
• You have a PhD in a relevant discipline from a leading University. Strong publication record and experience in industry R&D projects will definitely be an added advantage.
• You will work at the Campus of the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The position will be available from 21 March 2011, initially for three years.
How to Apply
Please send a PDF file containing above project reference, a letter of application, CV and names of 2 referees, by 21 February 2011, via email to Associate Professor Chiew Sing-Ping, cspchiew@ntu.edu.sg or Associate Professor Robert Tiong, clktiong@ntu.edu.sg, who will be available for further inquiries.
Note
The ‘personal particulars form’ can be downloaded from the following link:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/ohr/Career/SubmitApplications/Pages/Research.aspx
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
Willis, one of the world’s largest insurance and reinsurance brokers, has developed the Willis Research Network (www.willisresearchnetwork.com), the world’s largest collaboration between insurance and academia undertaking research to evaluate the frequency, severity and impact of extreme events and develop private and public sector risk financing to share the costs of these events across populations. In collaboration with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and with various other scientific institutions world-wide, it strives to develop a common framework to derive suitable vulnerability functions for cargoes and for cargo containers at port holding areas which are subject to natural hazards such as earthquakes, extreme winds and flood. It also aims to develop a process to quantify risk to marine portfolios, primarily marine cargo and port facilities, from natural and man-made catastrophes, and to develop a marine risk catastrophe modelling platform.
In this context, Willis offers a Willis Research Fellow Position in Marine Cargo Vulnerability at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
our Tasks
The fundamental purpose of the research is to evaluate the effect of natural catastrophes on marine cargo. The research will investigate the structural vulnerability of containers and of warehouses and consequent effects on various cargo types – coordinating with the parallel NTU/WRN project into exposure, and with the various marine cargo (and other) research and development initiatives which are on-going within the WRN and within Willis. The initial peril to be investigated is earthquake, with flood, typhoon and others to follow.
The Willis Research Fellow will need to contribute to the design of the project, to research the history of cargo vulnerability, to carry out the actual structural engineering investigation, to write and present analytical reports, research and industry papers and conference presentations, working in conjunction with WRN and Willis partners and others in collaborative and multidisciplinary research projects.
Your Profile
• Your task will be to identify and evaluate vulnerability of specific cargo containing structures to the forces sustained due to various natural catastrophe determined by hazard analysis and catastrophe risk modeling, and will require some experience with damage and loss analysis. Development of appropriate vulnerability functions to estimate losses of critical cargo containing structures and cargos, due to natural hazards such as earthquake, extreme winds, floods, etc.
• You are interested in working in a large, international, multidisciplinary group of Willis experts, Willis brokers and WRN researchers, and you have the ability to perform research that results in obtaining high quality and reliable data for damage analysis.
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills. You are highly motivated and research oriented with initiative, enjoy working in an interdisciplinary and multinational team, able to work independently and assist junior researchers.
• You have a PhD in a relevant discipline from a leading University. Strong publication record and experience in industry R&D projects will definitely be an added advantage.
• You will work at the Campus of the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The position will be available from 21 March 2011, initially for three years.
How to Apply
Please send a PDF file containing above project reference, a letter of application, CV and names of 2 referees, by 21 February 2011, via email to Associate Professor Chiew Sing-Ping, cspchiew@ntu.edu.sg or Associate Professor Robert Tiong, clktiong@ntu.edu.sg, who will be available for further inquiries.
Note
The ‘personal particulars form’ can be downloaded from the following link:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/ohr/Career/SubmitApplications/Pages/Research.aspx
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
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