PhD fee-waiving studentships in Electrical, Electronic Engineering and Medical Engineering for Overseas and UK/EU students

Staffordshire University - Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Technology

A number of fee-waiving studentships are available to undertake PhD within the Research Centre for Energy Efficient Systems. The studentships will cover only the tuition fees and are tenable for three years. Candidates for the following projects are sought.

Project 1: Clinical Assessment and Rehabilitation using a Cost Effective 3D Motion Tracker system

Aim: Investigate the use of 3D motion trackers such as Kinect, Move etc as cost effective 3D measurement systems suitable for clinical use.

Applicant: Self motivated, experience in areas such as computer programming, 3D motion tracking and patient monitoring.

Project 2: Development of a Monitoring System and Procedure to Quantify Patient Physical Function and Injury.

Aim: Investigate the use of sensing and measurement systems and patient monitoring systems to yield quantitative clinical data.

Applicant: Self motivated, experience in areas such as data acquisition, mechanical principles, measurement systems and patient monitoring.

Project 3: Simulation of high power thyristors.

Aim: Evaluate the current thyristor models for the accurate prediction of voltage and current transients applied to high power converters for power transmission applications.

Applicant: Experience in modelling, simulation and power electronics.

Project 4: Investigation into Enabling Technologies for the Digital Industrial Design.

Aim: Investigate how new design technologies, such as CAD, haptic modelling and rapid prototyping can influence the work of industrial designers and in particular the interface between industrial and engineering design.

Applicant: Strong ability in the use of IT based design technologies and the ability to communicate with both creative and technical designers.

Project 5 : Energy storage Systems for DC traction.

Aim: Investigate energy delivery and storage systems using super-capacitors and Li-on batteries for transport systems.

Applicant: Experience of Control systems, power electronics, microprocessors and Matlab/Simulink. It is expected that a significant amount of work will be carried out in France for which travel and living expenses will be paid.

Eligibility:

Applicants should possess at least an upper-second class degree at bachelor's level, or equivalent qualification in engineering or a related discipline including physics. A Masters degree, at a merit or higher grade, will be an added advantage. IELTS or TOFEL grade at an appropriate level that meets UKBA requirement is required for international applicants.

Beasiswa S3, Beasiswa PhD

How to apply:

Please send an email by clicking 'Apply Online' below. The subject field of your email must be "PhD Studentships in CEES". The email must include (i) a curriculum vitae which should include contact details of two referees (one of the referees should be your current/last supervisor); (ii) copies of transcripts of results, and (if applicable) official statement(s) of results for English language proficiency test(s) such as IELTS, TOEFL; (iii) an application cover letter. The cover letter should include a summary of your reasons for wishing to undertake PhD studies in the specific project that you are interested in.

The application closing date is 14^th May 2012

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Water Engineering and Management - Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand membuka peluang untuk PhD dalam water engineering dengan schema beasiswa dari Pemerintah Indonesia-DIKTI pada Agustus semester 2012.

informasi lebih lanjut bisa kontak:

Dr. Mukand S Babel
msbabel@ait.asia
WEM-AIT Coordinator

website: www.ait.asia

A number of fully funded Ph.D. positions are available at the Center for Data-intensive Systems (Daisy),
Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark.
The positions are available from August 1, 2012, or as soon as possible thereafter.

The positions are related to the TotalFlex smart grid project sponsored by Energinet.dk
The aim of the project is to develop IT technologies that help accomodate larger fractions of renewable energy into the
energy production by building an integrated solution for managing flexible energy consumption,
so-called "demand response."
The vision of TotalFlex is to develop a cost-effective, market-based system that utilizes total
flexibility in energy demand and production, taking balance and grid constraints into account.
The approach is based on the flex-offer concept pioneered by the EU FP7 project Mirabel http://www.mirabel-project.eu
Flex-offers express an intent to use energy in a flexible way, e.g., for operating a dishwasher, a consumer
could issue the flex-offer "I need 1KWh over 1.5 hours between 10PM and 7AM and I will pay
0.30DKK/KWh for it."

Applications are invited on the following research topics:

A) Flexibility detection and prediction: It is possible to automatically and precisely
detect and predict energy consumption, production, and flexibility at the device level and use
the predictions to automatically generate (potential) flex-offers. This can be realized by applying
data mining and machine learning techniques to the data, coupled with taking the concrete use
context and the historical behaviour of the users into account. The prediction of flexibilities is an
interesting general research problem.

B) Data aggregation and analysis: It is possible to efficiently aggregate
and analyse large amounts of complex energy-related data such as flex-offers over multiple
domain-related perspectives (dimensions) to benefit all energy market actors simultaneously.
This can be realized by building a multidimensional data warehouse for capturing and querying
the data and developing new techniques for aggregating over complex dimensions structures. In
particular, aggregating over complex spatial structures with associated physical constraints
(network grid) is an interesting research challenge.

Applicants must have a master degree in computer science or a closely related field, with very good grades.
They are expected to have good knowledge of databases (preferably multidimensional databases), data warehousing, and/or data mining,
as well as strong implementation skills. Good communication skills in English, oral as well as written, are essential.

More information about Daisy can be found at http://daisy.aau.dk/.

For further information about the technical aspects, please contact:
Professor Torben Bach Pedersen (tbp AT cs DOT aau DOTdk)

Please follow the online application procedure (link given below) carefully, applications via email are NOT considered.

Link to online application: http://tinyurl.com/7ff2l97

Applicants must submit the following material through the online application system:
1) Full CV
2) Diplomas and grade transcripts for both bachelor and master studies.
3) A 2-3 page proposal for the Ph.D. study plan, aimed SPECIFICALLY at one of the topics A or B.
The proposal should have the following sections: Background and Motivation, Proposed Research,
Expected Results, Time Schedule, and References.
4) Documentation of English proficiency, i.e., scores for TOEFL or similar tests.
5) Other material, e.g., copies of a few relevant publications (if applicable).

--- General info regarding Ph.D. studies at AAU
Danish universities offer very high Ph.D. salaries (and good social benefits) that compare very well with the rest of the world.
The monthly pre-tax salary at AAU is approximately DKK 26,000, plus DKK 2,600 pension contribution. In order to broaden their research horizons, Ph.D. candidates at
AAU are also financially supported for a one-semester academic visit to international universities/institutions.
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Faculty of Humanities
Doctoral research fellowship

Up to 20 Ph.D. positions are announced at the Faculty of Humanities. The positions announced are open to all disciplines at the Faculty.

The Faculty has approximately 130 Ph.D. students divided into seven departments and one center:
•Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History
•Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages
•Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas
•Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages
•Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies
•Department of Media and Communication
•Department of Musicology
•Centre for Ibsen Studies

The advertised positions are open for all research fields at the Faculty of Humanities. In the actual processing of the applications, however, strategic considerations may be applied in the selection process, such as imminent need for recruitment within certain disciplines or subjects. Applicants who have recently graduated with excellent results may also be given preference.

The person who is appointed will be enrolled in the Faculty's organised researcher training. The academic study will terminate in a doctoral thesis which will be defended at the Faculty, leading to a Ph.D.-degree. The successful candidate is expected to contribute into a research group or network, and for a professional development in the environment.

The appointment is for a duration of 3 years. Any previous employment as a research fellow or appointment to another position will in whole or in part be deducted from the appointment time.

Qualifications and personal skills
In assessing the applications, special emphasis will be placed on the quality of the project description and on the assumed academic and personal ability on the part of the candidates to complete the dissertation within the given time frame. The short-listed candidates may be called for an interview at the University of Oslo.

Qualifications
A Master degree or equivalent in an area relevant to the topic of the doctoral dissertation. The masters degree or equivalent has to be achieved by the time of application.

We offer:

•Pay grade 48-55 (NOK 383 900 – 433 400 per year), depending on qualifications
•Academically stimulating working environment
•Good pension benefits under the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund scheme
•Good welfare benefits

Submissions

Applicants must submit the following attachments with the electronic application:

•letter of application
•list of publications
•Curriculum Vitae including grades
•project description, including a detailed progress plan for the project (maximum 5 pages, see Guidelines for project descriptions)
Applications that do not meet these requirements will not be considered.

Educational certificates, master theses and the like are not to be submitted with the application, but applicants may be asked to submit such information or works later.

See also Guidelines for pertaining to the applisation asessment prosess for doctoral research fellowships and About the doctoral degree/Ph.D. at The faculty of Humanities.

Admission to the Ph.D. programme requires that faculty has the necessary supervision capacity.

The faculty has one Ph.D. programme with seven Ph.D. fields. The applicant must choose which field to be associated with. Selection of field determines which Ph.D. committee will consider the application.

The University of Oslo has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results a.o.

The University of Oslo aims to achieve a balanced gender composition in the workforce and to recruit people with ethnic minority backgrounds.

http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/416842/61723?iso=gb

Public Competition Announcement for PhD courses - 26th cycle

Published in the "Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Trentino Alto-Adige" no. 24/IV, 21/06/2010.
Published in the "Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubbli­ca Italiana, IV Serie Speciale Concorsi ed Esami", no. 53 del 06/07/2010.

Admission to the public competition
Deadline: 18th October, 2010

Application form for the Ph.D programme in "General Pedagogy, Social Pedagogy and General Education"
Application form for the Ph.D programme "Computer Science"
Application form for the Ph.D programme in "Management of Mountain Environment"

For more information about the content of the Ph.D programme, please visit the faculties' websites:

PhD in General Pedagogy, Social Pedagogy and General Education
PhD in Computer Science
PhD in Management of Mountain Environment

http://www.unibz.it/en/public/research/phd/prospectivePhdstudents.html