Postgraduate Studentship
Modelling Coronary Blood Flow Dynamics
Department of Mathematics
STUDENTSHIP covers fees (University and College) and maintenance.
Applications are invited for a postgraduate studentship, funded by the
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Global Research
Partnership [KAUST GRP], to work on “Modelling Coronary Blood Flow
Dynamics” under the supervision of Dr Nic Smith and Prof. Jon Chapman.
This DPhil studentship will start on 1 October 2009, is available to all
nationalities, covers maintenance and full overseas fees and will be
based in the newly established Oxford Centre for Collaborative Applied
Mathematics (OCCAM).
OCCAM has been established with substantial funding from the KAUST GRP.
The Centre, which is part of the Mathematical Institute, will be allied
to a global network of mathematicians. Aiming to meet the
ever-increasing global demand for quantitative understanding of complex
scientific phenomena, OCCAM has been built on the strength of four
pre-existing groups of applied and computational mathematicians working
in Oxford: the Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, the
Centre for Mathematical Biology, the Numerical Analysis Group and the
Computational Biology Group. It has a symbiotic relationship with other
scientific communities which have a need for problem-solving mathematics
both within the University of Oxford and beyond. Over the first five
years the centre will employ 40 new staff and students.
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PhD Studentships
University of Bath School of Management
Overseas PhD Studentships
Studentships to cover Overseas fees, stipend and £1,000 training support grant and are awarded for three years.
And
Excellent PhD Studentships
Studentships to cover home/EU fees, stipend and £1,000 training support grant and are awarded for three years.
Applicants are expected to be seeking to pursue careers as professional research scholars and to exhibit excellent potential to succeed as international academics.
Applicants are strongly advised to approach suitable potential supervisors at the School of Management before applying.
To apply please follow this web link: http://www.bath. ac.uk/prospectus /postgrad/ docs/appnform- 2007.doc
Closing Date: 16th January 2009
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Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering PhD Research Studentships
Acoustics and Vibration
Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
www.lboro.ac. uk/departments/ tt/
Applications are invited for PhD research studentships within Loughborough University’s Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering for the 2008-2009 academic year. Studentships will be paid a tax-free stipend of at least £12,900 p.a. for 3 years, plus tuition fees at the UK/EU rate. For well-qualified overseas graduates studentships will cover the overseas fees. Applicants should be highly motivated and have (or expect to obtain) a minimum of an upper second-class honours degree or equivalent in the appropriate engineering discipline.
Loughborough University’s research has a strong industrial and commercial dimension that is at the forefront of many technological advances. Research studentships in the Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering are available in a number of key areas:
* Acoustics and Vibration
* Applied Aerodynamics
* Combustion and Energy Conversion
* Dynamics and Control
* Structures and Materials
* Risk and Reliability
Further details of research areas for each group can be found in our Research Guide which can be downloaded from the department’s website: http://www.lboro. ac.uk/department s/tt/research. html
Eligibility:
Candidates should hold, or expect to receive, a first or upper second degree in a relevant engineering or science subject. In addition applicants whose first language is not English English will require a language qualification, full details can be found at: http://lboro. ac.uk/admin/ ar/international /prospective/ englishlang/ pgr/index. htm
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University of Edinburgh
PhD Studentship
Metal-organic frameworks for hydrogen purification
School of Engineering and Electronics
Funding is available for a PhD studentship in the School of Engineering and Electronics, University of Edinburgh for a collaborative project with the School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews. Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) constitute one of the most exciting developments in recent nanoporous-material s science, with potential applications in many areas, including catalysis, gas separation and storage. The major advantage of MOFs over more traditional porous materials, such as zeolites, is the greater scope for tailoring these materials for specific applications due to their modular synthesis from corner units (generally metal ions or clusters) and linker units (organic molecules able to bridge the metal corners).
The project
Hydrogen is a potential future automotive fuel as well as an important industrial feedstock. For fuel-cell applications, as well as in many industrial processes, high purity is required. The hydrogen required can be produced either by generating it from steam reforming or methanol cracking processes or by recovering it from hydrogen-rich process streams by adsorbing the impurities using pressure swing adsorption. Such streams are readily available in refineries and petrochemical plants and are sometimes burnt as a waste stream. The scope of this project is to design new adsorbents for hydrogen purification using computational and experimental methods.
The studentship
The studentship is available immediately for a period of 4 years. The studentships provide a tax-free EPSRC stipend (currently £12,600 per annum), plus university fees at the Home / EU rate. Additional funding might be available to cover the overseas fees for highly qualified non-EU citizens.
For this project, collaboration between the chemical engineers at the University of Edinburgh and the chemists at the University of St Andrews is a very important element and the successful candidates will spend significant periods of time at the partner institutions, learning about material synthesis and characterisation. The ability to be a team player and to work in close collaboration with a team of chemical engineers and chemists is therefore essential.
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University of Glamorgan
Research Studentship
Networked Control Systems
Faculty of Advanced Technology
The Faculty of Advanced Technology invites applications for 1 full-time research studentship leading to the award of PhD in the areas of:
Networked Control Systems
from applicants with good honours degrees in Engineering/ Maths or other related numerate subjects.
The chosen applicant will be registered normally for MPhil, progressing to PhD as soon as possible after the first year, and completing their PhD after 3 years of research working on projects:
Modelling and control of wireless networked nonlinear systems
Successful candidates will, subject to a satisfactory annual review, be paid a maintenance bursary of £10,000 per annum, and have their research course fees paid by the faculty (£3,300) per annum. In the case of overseas students, they will have their fees paid by the faculty (£10,230) and receive a bursary of £5,645 per annum. In addition, the faculty has a policy of engaging research students as part time lecturers/demonstra tors where possible.
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PhD Studentships Department of Community Based Medicine
The Department of Community Based Medicine comprises the Academic Units of
Primary Health Care, Psychiatry, Community Child & Adolescent Health, and
Ethics in Medicine. http://bristol. ac.uk/cobm/
The Department of Community Based Medicine is eligible to apply for
studentships of three years duration from a variety of sources (MRC,
University of Bristol, DHPA) for UK, EU and overseas candidates. The level
of support offered depends on the type of studentship. Award of these
studentships is made by Faculty or University Selection Panels. Applications
are invited from graduates with good Honours or Masters degrees in relevant
disciplines (epidemiology/ sociology/ psychology/ statistics/ economics/
neuroscience/ pharmacology/ clinical medicine applied to
clinical/methodolog ical issues in priority research areas) for nomination
for PhD studentships tenable from October 2009.
Further details of funding schemes, including eligibility can be found here:
http://www.bris. ac.uk/studentfun ding/
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Oxford Brookes University and Université de Paris XII Val de Marne are interested in providing a new Postgraduate Certificate award in ‘Humanitarianism and Conflict’ which would be studied by Distance Learning. The new Postgraduate certificate aims to link applied practice with theory through sharing experience, discussion with key practitioners, critical reflections on experience and conceptual learning to practitioners from all parts of the world.
It will be based on the conceptual knowledge and experiences represented in the French and English humanitarian practices and understandings. The new award would be a dual award which would mean that the Postgraduate Certificate would be delivered jointly by both partners and that each student will receive an award from Oxford Brookes University and from Université de Paris XII Val de Marne. To take the programme you would need to have an active knowledge of either French or English and a passive knowledge of the other.
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PhD Scholarships Available
Applications are invited for PhD scholarships in mobile information sharing
research at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information at Nanyang
Technological University (Singapore). Successful candidates will have the
opportunity to work on a cutting-edge mobile interactive digital media
project that involves gameplay and information sharing. Potential areas of
research include:
* Mobile game design and development for information sharing
* User interface design and evaluation
* Modeling mobile information seeking
* Mobile data management
* Information retrieval and mining techniques
* Mobility and management of information systems
* Social, psychological and organizational impact studies
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International Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation,
Punishment (IMPRS-REMEP)
Call for Doctoral Research Position
The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in
Heidelberg offers in accordance with the conditions of the Max Planck Society for the
support of young researchers
a doctoral research position
within the area of international law
starting 1 February 2009
for the conferral of a doctorate degree in law (Dr. jur.).
These doctoral positions are granted in the context of the interdisciplinary programme of
the ‘Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation, Punishment (IMPRS-
REMEP)’. The research school aims to attract young researchers educated in law (in
particular international law).
The doctoral student will carry out his or her studies mainly in Heidelberg, will
participate in the training program offered by the IMPRS-REMEP and may use the
facilities and infrastructure of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and
International Law. The interdisciplinary curriculum further requires participation in
several joint seminars to be conducted together with the doctoral students who are
affiliated with the IMPRS-REMEP partner institutes in Halle/Saale, Freiburg and
Frankfurt/Main. During these seminars, all students shall achieve cross-disciplinary
knowledge in order to develop a common understanding of the overall research agenda
and to be able to mutually understand and discuss their doctoral theses from the
perspectives of all relevant disciplines. Working language of the training program and the
dissertation is English. According to local university regulations, German language skills
may be required in exceptional cases. The scientific supervision of the doctoral students
will be carried out by the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and
International Law. Cross-disciplinary dissertation projects may be co-supervised by a
member of the academic staff from a partner institute.
Candidates graduated in the disciplines of history of law, criminal law, criminology and
(social) anthropology are invited to apply according to the parallel calls of the partner
institutions (Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg
i.Br, in co-operation with the Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Max Planck Institute
for Social Anthropology in Halle/Saale, in co-operation with the Martin Luther
University Halle-Wittenberg, Max Planck Institute for European Legal History in
Frankfurt/Main) .
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Tax-free stipend of at least A$25,000 pa
In the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, under the supervision of Dr Peter Schreier, there is an opening for a PhD student in the broad areas of Statistical Signal Processing/Communications. This position is available immediately and carries a tax-free stipend of at least A$25,000 pa for three years, and a complete tuition fee waiver. Exceptional candidates may negotiate a higher stipend.
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