PhD Research Studentship in Material and Manufacturing, University of Exeter

PhD Research Studentship in Material and Manufacturing, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Project Title: Formulation of Complex Material Structures for Tailored Mechanical Properties.

(Tax free stipend Rate £13, 500 plus UK/EU tuition fee)

The PhD research project will concentrate upon the development of the additive layer manufacturing (ALM) systems, processes and methodologies needed to deliver novel 3D structural or microstructural geometries which can exhibit exhibiting extreme or unusual mechanical properties such as high strength, low density, extreme damage tolerance. The emerging additive layer manufacturing technologies included selective laser sintering, selective laser melting, laser consolidation and electron beam melting will be investigated.

The project is jointly funded by UK Great West Research and EADS (Airbus UK). EADS is a global manufacturer of aerospace, spacecraft and defence products and a leading institute to develop/implement ALM technologies to produce innovative high value and high performance aerospace components. The EADS has supported over £ 600 K funding to several research projects and PhD studentships in the area of ALM in the University of Exeter. The EADS will also provide expertise, facilities, materials support to this PhD research project. The student will interact with researchers and PhD students in the research group as well as engineers in the EADS to develop advance material and manufacturing technologies.

The studentship covers UK/EU rate tuition fees (£3,500 pa) and provides a tax-free stipend for the three-year duration of the project starting at £13, 500 pa. It starts on October 2008.

Entry requirements include a good Bachelors Degree (minimum upper second class, 2:1 or 1st) or MSc or equivalent Degree in Engineering, Materials, Applied Science, Physics or a related subject.

For informal enquiries, please contact Dr. Liang Hao (l.hao@exeter.ac.uk) and Prof. Ken Evans (k.e.evans@exeter.ac.uk).

Applications will be assessed as received and all applicants should follow the University postgraduate admissions process (http://www.exeter.ac.uk/postgraduate/admissions/index.shtml).

The application deadline is 12 August 2008

PhD Studentships in Computer Vision, ETH Zurich

The new CALVIN research group at the Computer Vision Laboratory of ETH Zurich is looking for several PhD students.

There are three main topics:

• large-scale learning of thousands of object/scene/attribute categories and their mutual contextual relations from the Internet
• human pose estimation and action recognition in uncontrolled video, such as TV shows
• modeling the parallel between the structure of visual scenes and the structure of natural sentences to aid visual learning and automatic image annotation

Your profile:

• Masters degree (preferably in Computer Science; Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, and Physics are also accepted)
• Solid programming skills; the projects involve programming in Matlab and C++
• Solid mathematics knowledge (especially linear algebra and statistics)
• Creative and highly motivated
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Prior knowledge in the areas of computer vision, machine learning or data mining is a plus (ideally a master thesis in a related field)

Please send applications include:
a complete CV, graduation marks, topic of your master thesis, the name and email address of one reference (preferably your master thesis supervisor). If you already have reserch experience, please include a publication list and references.

For further questions, please contact: Prof. Vittorio Ferrari ( ferrari@vision.ee.ethz.ch )

PhD Positions in Logistics Engineering, Jacobs University Bremen

Two outstanding researchers are immediately sought to work as Ph.D. candidates at Jacobs University Bremen in the research group of Dr.-Ing. Katja Windt, Professor of Global Production Logistics in the School of Engineering and Science. The research group is part of the collaborative research center (Sonderforschungsbereich) “Autonomous Logistics”.

We are looking for two candidates.

Position 1
Candidates in the field of mechanical or electrical engineering (or even industrial engineering with a strong focus on engineering courses) with additional knowledge or a strong interest in production logistics will fit in this position. Your field of research will be related with the evaluation of technologies from a logistics perspective. In addition you will be required to build up the logistics lab at Jacobs University. You should be familiar or have the ability to get familiar with different logistics technologies that are used in the lab e.g. storage systems, identification technologies etc.

Position 2
Candidates with a master or diplom in physics with an additional knowledge in music theory are ideally suited for this Ph.D. position. You will be responsible for conducting logistics research by implementing interdisciplinary approaches. The ideal candidate will deal with the development of new production planning and control methods by the use of interdisciplinary approaches (music theory represents one example).

General qualifications
The ideal candidates should be enthusiastic, creative and interactive individuals who are focus driven and are interested in working in an international research team. Further qualifications candidates should demonstrate are to be able to work autonomously, to show self initiative and a high degree of ability to work under pressure.

We offer
This is an opportunity to work in a young research group. The research field of Logistics Engineering is vastly growing and offers job opportunities in different branches. Interesting tasks in research, university teaching and industrial consultancy will be offered as well as the chances to develop your professional and personal skills in an attractive and modern working environment.

Applicants who feel they possess the above qualifications and qualities are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications should include a single PDF attachment containing a cover letter which explains their logistics background (either interest or research done), copies of transcripts and degrees and the names and addresses of at least two referees. Please include your availability (earliest and latest possible starting dates).

Electronic submission to: s.manss@jacobs-university.de

The closing date for applications is 4th August 2008.

2009 Mexican Government Scholarships for Foreigners

Call for Mexican Government Scholarships for Foreigners 2009

Scholarship Description
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico has officially opened its Call of Scholarships to receive applications from Non-Mexican citizens interested in applying for any of the following types of activities for the calendar year 2009: Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree, medical Specialization; Research Fellowships; Post-doctoral Study; Visiting Professors; Specialization; Artistic Fellowships; Expert Conferences; Research on Mexican Studies; Research on the Mexican Revolution; Research on the Mexican Independence. Please refer to PDF for further details. Other information websites about Mexican educational institutions are: www.anuies.mx; www.conacyt.mx; and www.edumexico.org.

Availability
This scholarship is offered to an unspecified number of people. Open for applications until August 7, 2008.

Payment Information
The value of this scholarship is unspecified (total may vary). This award is to be used for research. This scholarship is paid unspecified.

Research Information
This scholarship is for any field of research.

Application Details
You can download a PDF with more information about about the scholarship here. Terms and conditions are subject to change.

Web Address: http://becas.sre.gob.mx