PhD Studentship in Environmental or Health and Safety Economics

PhD Studentship
Environmental or Health and Safety Economics Institute of Agri-Food and Land Use

School of Biological Sciences (3 years)

Supervisors: Professor George Hutchinson, Dr. Claire Cockerill and Dr Danny Campbell.

Background: The Institute of Agri-Food and Land Use has a team of 5 Environmental Economists who specialize in environmental and health valuation economics. Another area of our expertise is in the application of economic experiments to issues of environmental, health and safety policy. As a research group we have published widely in these disciplines in journals such as The Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Land Economics, Economic Letters and Environmental and Resource Economics. We are partners in the UK Combined Research Councils Centre of Excellence in Public Health Research and the Institute for a Sustainable World at Queens University.

Project: We are interested in developing PhD proposals with candidates in the above areas especially proposals investigating the externalities of energy production and consumption, improved methods for valuing child health improvement and on coalition formation in international negotiations on greenhouse gas reductions.

Requirements: Candidates for this position will possess at least a 2(i) degree in Economics or a related discipline. Good verbal and written language skills and competence in the use of standard statistical software are essential.

Closing date: 17 June, 2008

The position is available for 3 years from September 2008. The successful applicant will receive a basis studentship of £12,940 (to cover maintenance expenses) and approved tuition fees will be paid. Interested applicants should apply through the link.

For informal discussions contact Dr Alberto Longo (a.longo[ at ]qub.ac.uk)

PhD Studentships in Faculty of Health, University of East Anglia

The Faculty of Health are currently offering three PhD studentships:

1. Measures of effect size in clinical trials. Primary Supervisor Dr Lee Shepstone. Funded by the Medical Research Council.
2. How metal ions lead to failure in metal-on-metal hip replacement. Primary Supervisor Dr Simon Donell. Funded by Action Arthritis.
3. One studentship in the area of preventative medicine jointly funded with The Institute of Food Research. A number of exciting projects are available for this studentship in the areas of biomedical, diet and health, or psychology and mental health research, further details can be found at www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/foh/PGR

Students will register during the 2008/09 academic year for a three year full-time MPhil/PhD degree. Funding includes UK/EU tuition fees, maintenance expenses of £12,940 and some appropriate training costs.

For further information on all three studentships and an application pack please visit our website www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/foh/PGR.

The deadline for applications is 29 July 2008.

Expected interview dates: 1) 28 August, 2) 22 August, 3) 21 August 2008.

PhD Scholarship in Fuel Cell Process Design, Max-Planck-Institute

Max Planck / Fraunhofer Joint Research Initiative PROBIO

The Department of Physical and Chemical Process Engineering (Prof. Dr.-Ing. K. Sundmacher, www.mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de/research/groups/pcp/) at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Magdeburg, Germany, is inviting applications for

PhD or Postdoc Position (TVöD E13, former BAT IIa): Modelling and optimisation of biomass-fed fuel cell systems

within the joint research initiative PROBIO of the Max Planck Institute together with two departments of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. The project is designed to develop an efficient technology for converting solid biomass into gases which after multi-step cleaning can be transformed into electricity and high-valued heat using fuel cells.

A special focus of our research activities is on model-based process synthesis. The project includes the completion of an already existing library of short-cut models for unit operations, the development of a suitable process superstructure, and its optimisation with numerical MINLP methods. Further tasks in this project are the system optimisation with respect to partial load behaviour, varying power demand and robustness against variation of biomass composition. The candidate will work in an inter­disciplinary research team and will be advised by experienced senior scientists.

Suitable PhD candidates hold a Diploma degree (Dipl.-Ing.) or a Msater degree (M.Sc.) or a Doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing. / PhD.) in chemical engineering or process engineering. Marks should be clearly above the average. Good knowledge of process modelling and of simulation using numerical tools (e.g. Matlab) is required. Additional knowledge of process optimisation tools is highly welcome. Good communication and team skills are indispensable.

Applications should include a cover letter outlining your specific interest in the described project and your skills, your CV, and all academic certificates. Applications should be addressed to: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Administration, Sandtorstr. 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.

The MPI seeks to increase the proportion of employed women in those areas where they are underrepresented and explicitly encourages women to apply for this position. The Max Planck Society also seeks to employ more severely disabled persons. Applications from severely disabled persons are explicitly encouraged.

Enquiries or applications can be send by

e-mail to: Dr.-Ing. P. Heidebrecht, E-mail: heidebrecht@mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de, phone: +49-391-6110-285, fax: +49-391-6110-353.

Italy: Master in Communication and Network Engineering, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

Two-year International Master in Communication and Networking Engineering (IMCNE), starting November 2008.

10 positions are reserved to Indian students with a Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics, Telecommunications or any other equivalent title in the disciplines relating to the Information and Communication Technologies. Of these, 5 will be financially supported by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna through a dedicated scholarship.

10 positions are reserved to Tunisian students with a Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics, Telecommunications or any other equivalent title in the disciplines relating to the Information and Communication Technologies. Of these, 5 will be financially supported by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna through a dedicated scholarship

10 destined to students of any other nationality with a Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics, Telecommunications or any other equivalent title in the disciplines
relating to the Information and Communication Technologies.

Application must be submitted on-line no later than June 30th 2008

More details are available at http://imcne.sssup.it