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Europe - Edmund Mach Foundation PhD Studentship in Ecological Modelling

Studentship for ecological modelling, leading to a PhD in European universities (Cod. 017_PDP_ECME)

The Edmund Mach Foundation (FEM) was established in 2007 jointly by the Autonomous Province of Trento and the Agricultural Institute at San Michele all’Adige (IASMA). FEM will carry forward and expand the mission of IASMA (established in 1874) of sustaining Trentino’s land-based economy through experimentation, education and technological transfer (advisory service). Additionally, the FEM is now establishing a Research and Innovation Centre that aims at playing an international leading role in research and innovation in three main research areas:

A1) Genomics and Molecular Breeding of Fruit Crops.
A2) Food Quality and Natural Products Biotechnologies.
A3) Biodiversity and Biocomplexity of Alpine and Mountain Ecosystems.

The Foundation carries out research project funded by the Province of Trento like the ENRIVOCHANGE project (Global change and sustainable management of agriculture in highly developed mountain environment). The graduated student will work on cataloguing and development of ecological models for the main pathogen and parasites and quality of crops. In particular collecting existing models and historical data and integration in the system called ENVIRO.

Continue Reading November 19th, 2008

United Kingdom - University of Leeds PhD Studentship in Application of Computational Modelling in Chemistry, Biology and Industry

PhD EPSRC Funded Project Studentship
Computational Modelling With Applications In Chemistry, Biology And Industry
School of Chemistry & School of Mechanical Engineering

UK/EU/International (please indicate) UK/EU

Number of Awards: 1

Supervisor Name: Dr Annette Taylor, School of Chemistry in collaboration with Dr Mark Wilson in Mechanical Engineering

Value: The stipend will be at the standard EPSRC rate (currently £12,940 pa), and the studentship is open to any UK or EU nationals possessing/expecting a good degree in a physical science, engineering, computing or mathematics.

Application deadline: 31/12/08

Continue Reading November 6th, 2008

Portugal - Technical University of Lisbon Postgraduate Scholarships in Hybrid-Trefftz Finite Element Modelling

The Instituto Superior Técnico, TU Lisbon announces two research positions in the framework of research project Development of Hybrid-Trefftz Finite Element Modelling, under contract PTDC/ECM/70781/2006 funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia and FEDER through Programa POCI 2010:

The duration of the grant is 36 months, subject to annual renewal, starting on October 1, 2008, and can be extended for an additional period of six months. The contract provisions are those set by the funding agency, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (www.fct.mctes.pt/pt/apoios/formacao/ambitoprojectos) and by the internal regulations of the host institution, Instituto Superior Técnico.

Continue Reading June 4th, 2008

United Kingdom - Heriot-Watt University PhD Studentship in Design and Justification of Intelligent Well and Field Applications

The Intelligent Well systems Technology group is looking for one or more PhD students to work in the area of modelling and evaluation of advanced downhole hardware used in hydrocarbon production. The studentship is available to UK/EU/Overseas candidates. It includes fees and an appropriate stipend. The Institute is committed to equality of opportunity.

The successful candidate will be involved in development of methodologies for the:

1. Design,
2. Control using real-time, downhole data,
3. Optimisation and
4. Economic justification of intelligent wells.

These will be done through assessing the value added by this technology to different real reservoir and well cases. The group is funded by a number of Upstream Oil Industry operating and service companies. They evaluate the progress of the work via regular meetings held in Edinburgh at four monthly intervals.

Continue Reading January 30th, 2008

New Zealand - NIWA Post Doctoral Fellowship in Catchment Modelling - Water Quality

Post Doctoral Fellow - Catchment Modelling - Water Quality, Hamilton

NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd) is a leading environmental research institute and a key provider of atmospheric, freshwater and marine research in New Zealand.

This is an exciting opportunity to undertake research on a two year Post-doctoral grant on the modelling of diffuse pollution from catchments. You will join an active team of researchers in this area, within a multi-disciplinary work environment. Your work will involve development and testing of new models and applying existing models, to complement our existing catchment modelling of nutrients, microbes and sediments. The Post-Doc provides funding for research projects, and in addition provides the opportunity to contribute to NIWA research programmes and high-level consulting activities.

Continue Reading January 12th, 2008

Australia - Swinburne University of Technology PhD Scholarship in Wave Modelling

PhD Scholarship co-sponsored by Swinburne University of Technology and Woodside Energy Ltd
Wave Modelling within Extreme Tropical Cyclones
Physical Oceanography

Victoria, Australia

BACKGROUND:
Swinburne University of Technology (SUT) and Woodside Energy Ltd (WEL) are seeking a suitably qualified student to undertake post-graduate study to develop a wave forecast model suitable for extreme tropical cyclone conditions.

About Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne University of Technology is a large multi-sectoral and multi-campus institution with a stated mission to be a pre-eminent entrepreneurial university from the Asia-Pacific, thriving on new ideas and knowledge and exploiting its intersectoral heritage to create value for its stakeholders.

The Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences is host to most of the engineering activities at Swinburne as well as key programs in aviation and photonics. The Coastal Engineering and Physical Oceanography group of the Faculty specialises in research of deep-water and finite-depth wave dynamics, spectral modelling of wind-generated waves, wave breaking and dissipation, air-sea interaction, wave-bottom interaction and turbulence.

About Woodside Energy Ltd
Woodside Energy Ltd. (WEL) is Australia’s largest offshore oil and gas producer and operator of the North West Shelf project. Over a period of 20 years, WEL has been conducting and sponsoring applied and fundamental oceanographic research. The issue of enhancing understanding of extreme tropical cyclones, and in particular improving the wave forecast under such conditions, is among the current priorities of the research sponsored by the company.

PROJECT ABSTRACT:
Accurate wind wave models are essential for all elements of extreme air-sea interaction, including loads on structures, upper-ocean mixing and bottom boundary layer formation. At present, physics of such models is mostly based on theory and experiments applicable to moderate wind/wave situations, which physics is then extrapolated to extreme conditions. Since air-sea interaction at such tropical cyclones is known to be different, the models manifest inconsistent results. This is a major concern for engineering design applications. The project is intended to produce, parameterise, implement and test new energy source/.sink functions for the wave forecast models, based on direct measurements in the extreme tropical cyclones and on recent theoretical advances in this field.

Continue Reading January 2nd, 2008

Portugal - New University of Lisbon Postdoctoral Fellowship in CFD Modelling of Open-Channel Flows

The New University of Lisbon and CEHIDRO – IST, TULisbon invite scientists and engineers to apply for a Post-Doc fellowship to work in CFD modelling of open-channel flows. The position is within the Fluvial Hydraulics and Morphodynamics research group of CEHIDRO research unit. The Post-Doc will work with Joao Leal, Rui Ferreira and Mario Franca, at FCT - New University of Lisbon, Portugal.

The successful candidate will work within the framework of two research projects financed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, and will be responsible for CFD modelling of turbulence in open-channel flows, namely in compound channels and gravel bedded rivers. A high degree of independence is required.

Applicants should have obtained a PhD degree in a related area during the five years preceding the application date, or must be able to complete such a degree before starting the appointment. There are no restrictions for foreign applicants. Primary criteria used in the selection of participants are the applicant´s scientific capability and potential, especially as indicated by originality and independence, and the match between the applicant´s interests and the research project. Applicants should have good written and oral English skills, experience in CFD and analysis of turbulent flows, and should be able to work autonomously.

The position is for 18 months, corresponding to 27,000 € (free of taxes), and the candidate should be ready to start immediately.

Continue Reading December 20th, 2007

Belgium - Ghent University PhD Student in Computational Modeling of Auxin Dynamics during Lateral Root Initiation

The research group Plant Systems Modeling of the Department Plant Systems Biology at the VIB in Ghent, Belgium, has an opening for a

Research Assistant / Ph. D student (f/m)
Computational modeling of auxin dynamics during lateral root initiation

The department plant systems biology of the VIB has an opening for an ambitious and energetic research assistant in the new research group Plant Systems Modeling, that focuses on computational modeling of plant development biology. Systems biology is a relatively new approach in biology, that shifts focus from individual molecules, genes and cells to their dynamic interplay: how do molecules, genes and cells form a working mechanism, behaving in a predictable way? A crucial pilar in this approach at the interface of biology, physics and computer science, is computational modeling. Modeling the biological system in a computer simulation gives us insights into developmental mechanisms, and helps us identify the gaps in our understanding of the biological system. These insights suggest new experiments, which our experimental collaborators test in the wet-lab.

Continue Reading December 16th, 2007

Germany - University of Bonn PhD Position in Numerical Modeling of Atmospheric Chemical Process

Research field:
Numerical modeling of atmospheric chemical processes

Position:
A PhD position is available at the Meteorological Institute of the University of Bonn.
Together with another Postdoc student, the applicant will work within a common research project of the Meteorological Institutes of the Universities of Bonn and Mainz and the Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry in Mainz.

Contract:
The research is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). It is limited to a three year period with a salary TVL 13/2.

Proposed research of the project:
Numerical modeling of chemical processes in the atmosphere is essential to increase our understanding of atmospheric composition and its changes induced by human activity. In recent years, global-scale atmospheric models have been developed that calculate the concentration and processing of atmospheric trace constituents. However, for key problems, auch as local air quality and long-range transport from local sources, the development of high-resolution models is essential.

Continue Reading November 25th, 2007

Germany - University of Stuttgart Postdoc Position in Simulation of Large Systems

For the research project “numerical methods for the accurate and efficient simulation of multiphase-multicomponent reactive flow in the capillary fringe” as part of a newly established DFG research group (Forschergruppe) we seek a person with a recent Ph.D. in physics, mathematics or computer science with a strong interdisciplinary interest in modelling and simulation.

In this project improved models for reactive multiphase flows in the capillary fringe region shall be developed together with a numerical simulator and subsequent application to the experiments carried out in the research group. The candidate will join the group “Simulation of Large Systems” at the Institute for Parallel and Distributed Systems at Stuttgart University. The position is availably for up to three years on the level of TV-L 13.

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September 1st, 2007