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PhD Scholarships: Interactive Modelling and Visualisation of Urban Design Scenarios, Singapore
October 6, 2010
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Job Description: The Singapore ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability (SEC), a joint effort between ETH Zurich and the Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF), will launch the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) as its first research programme in Singapore in September 2010. The FCL programme will undertake cutting-edge research in disciplines ranging from material science, engineering and environmental technologies to communications technology and architecture. The FCL aims to research and develop solutions and guidelines directed towards the sustainable development of buildings, districts and regions.
Your task will be to identify and evaluate existing methods and to advance the state-of-the-art of interactive modelling and visualisation techniques of urban scenarios. In particular, you will focus on the design and implementation of methods involving large dynamic datasets, and solve questions how to interact with them, for instance in terms of new touch-based or gestural user interfaces.
You are interested in working in a large research project and you have the ability to perform
research that results in concrete tools and instruments applicable in real-world and industry-relevant scenarios. You are a highly motivated candidate with initiative and enjoy working in an interdisciplinary and multinational team. A diploma or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Architecture or a related field is expected. Experience in programming, human-computer interaction, computer graphics, or visualisation is a plus.
Application deadline: October 31, 2010
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PhD Studentship, Friction Joining for Low Energy Transport Applications, UK
October 6, 2010
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October 2, 2010Candidates should have background in Engineering, Manufacturing or Engineering Materials
Job Description: The transport industry continuously seeks design and manufacturing solutions that enable lower fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. This includes hybrid structures involving different material classes (steel, titanium, aluminium and magnesium) and different material forms (rolled sheet, castings, and laminates). This project will focus on novel friction joining technologies for dissimilar material systems (friction stir, friction stir spot, and ultrasonic welding). It is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, EPSRC, and is in collaboration with Manchester University Materials Science Centre.
The research in Cambridge will focus on development of process models for metal flow and heat flow in friction processing, using finite element analysis and computational fluid dynamics. Key challenges are:
- to develop and model a simple test rig to determine the material deformation response at the high temperatures and strain-rates characteristic of friction stir processing;
- to develop computationally efficient process models to optimise tool designs and welding conditions in dissimilar alloy joints;
- to develop a new process model for ultrasonic spot welding.
The Manchester group will be responsible for making the instrumented test welds on their in-house friction stir and ultrasonic welding machines, and for the detailed characterisation and modelling of microstructure evolution and interface reactions. Both groups will undertake mechanical testing of a range of joint geometries and material combinations. The project will involve close collaboration with a current PhD student in Cambridge, and frequent visits to the project partners in the University of Manchester.
Funding Source:
Standard EPSRC studentship (PhD or MPhil) including tuition fees for UK/EU students only (current tax-free maintenance stipend: £13,290 per year). Fully self-funded applicants of appropriate academic standing from outside the EU may be considered.
Application deadline: 31 October 2010
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100 and still COUNTING IISc
July 25, 2010
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In its centenary year, the Indian Institute of Science is processing admissions to the 100th batch
Prashanth G N | TNN
Bangalore: From modest beginnings in 1910, the Indian Institute of Science is currently admitting 800 students in its hundredth batch, a telling statement on the longevity of India’s best-known research institution.
These students have been selected for the MS and PhD programmes. Celebrations will happen just before classes begin, part of which would be a violin concert by Kanyakumari and 25 others. “We want to have a homely and memorable welcome. We felt a classical violin concert would be the right way,” said students.
IISc now has 2,500 students. The intake is being enhanced every year to have a larger student/research scholar body for both MS and PhD.
24 students in first batch B V Subbarayappa, author of ‘In Pursuit of Excellence: A History of the Indian Institute of Science’, says the institute opened its doors in July 1911 with 24 students. “Contrary to doubts expressed by Lord Curzon, over 500 applications were received. Of these, 34 were considered to be qualified for admission, though only 24 joined. In March 1912, there were 10 students in electrical technology, seven in organic chemistry, four in applied chemistry and three in general chemistry,” he says.
First research project The British chemist Morris Travers was the first director between 1909 and 1914. Travers and his research students conducted the first research projects on boron compounds and lead cyanite, followed by research on the amount of radium in the rocks at Kolar Gold Fields. Travers was also instrumental in setting up a liquid air plant. Subbarayappa points out: “Among the organic chemistry students in the first three years, D D Kanga and G B Kolhatkar made a distinct impression. Prof J J Sudborough was very pleased with them.”
Much before classes began, Krishna Raja Wodeyar Bahadur, the Maharaja of Mysore, laid the cornerstone of the central building in February 1911. Dorab Tata acknowledged this fulsomely: “But for the liberal help which your Highness gave us, and the advice and cooperation, in the first place of the great statesman, Sir Seshadri Iyer, and then of his successors in the high office of the Dewan of Mysore, the institute could hardly have been launched on its career.”
Then and Now In 1911, there were four departments — electrical technology, organic chemistry, applied chemistry and general chemistry and Gilbert Fowler, J J Sudborough and H E Watson were some eminent scientists then. Now, IISc has 43 departments/ centres under six divisions.
The institute has initiated inter-disciplinary PhD programmes in Mathematical Sciences, Chemical Biology, Earth System Science, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and Nanoengineering for Integrated Systems. “These are intended to blur the traditional boundaries between disciplines, thereby promoting cross-disciplinary research,” a faculty member said.
An MTech programme in Climate Science has also been introduced. A new Centre for Earth Sciences has been set up, apart from two centres in Neuroscience and Climate Change. A major programme for modernizing laboratories is under way, catalyzed by a special grant provided by the central government in 2006.
THE ROAD AHEAD
The institute is the oldest and the best post-graduate research centre in India, comparable to the Weizmann Institute in Israel which has only P-G students. It provides extraordinary freedom to faculty members, irrespective of their rank and given many people the opportunity to shine. Several good scientists have studied and worked here. I feel the institute should take up subjects closely related to the pressing problems of mankind, such as energy, water, climate and environment. The institute could offer major rewards for those who come up with good solutions. Perhaps the institute could plan a new inter-disciplinary under-graduate programme in which students come after Class 12 and take up studies in diverse areas which eventually help them to work at the cutting edge of science and engineering.
— C N R Rao | CHAIRMAN, SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO PM
There have been very few institutions of such a long standing which have maintained a great tradition of academic freedom, basic research of high standard, a serene environment permitting scholarly pursuits, besides being an integral part of the country’s effort to evolve into a knowledge society. IISc belongs to this unique category.
I feel that it’s the most appropriate place to start an MD/ PhD programme to improve the quality of medical research. A tie-up with an appropriate medical institution would be needed. In addition to its involvement in defence, space, power and water sectors, IISc should start a department of energy studies and a centre for research on alternative medicine.
Competent and qualified people in industry should have adjunct faculty positions at the institute. Sabbaticals of faculty in industry within the country should be encouraged.
— G Padmanabhan | FORMER DIRECTOR OF IISC
These students have been selected for the MS and PhD programmes. Celebrations will happen just before classes begin, part of which would be a violin concert by Kanyakumari and 25 others. “We want to have a homely and memorable welcome. We felt a classical violin concert would be the right way,” said students.
IISc now has 2,500 students. The intake is being enhanced every year to have a larger student/research scholar body for both MS and PhD.
24 students in first batch B V Subbarayappa, author of ‘In Pursuit of Excellence: A History of the Indian Institute of Science’, says the institute opened its doors in July 1911 with 24 students. “Contrary to doubts expressed by Lord Curzon, over 500 applications were received. Of these, 34 were considered to be qualified for admission, though only 24 joined. In March 1912, there were 10 students in electrical technology, seven in organic chemistry, four in applied chemistry and three in general chemistry,” he says.
First research project The British chemist Morris Travers was the first director between 1909 and 1914. Travers and his research students conducted the first research projects on boron compounds and lead cyanite, followed by research on the amount of radium in the rocks at Kolar Gold Fields. Travers was also instrumental in setting up a liquid air plant. Subbarayappa points out: “Among the organic chemistry students in the first three years, D D Kanga and G B Kolhatkar made a distinct impression. Prof J J Sudborough was very pleased with them.”
Much before classes began, Krishna Raja Wodeyar Bahadur, the Maharaja of Mysore, laid the cornerstone of the central building in February 1911. Dorab Tata acknowledged this fulsomely: “But for the liberal help which your Highness gave us, and the advice and cooperation, in the first place of the great statesman, Sir Seshadri Iyer, and then of his successors in the high office of the Dewan of Mysore, the institute could hardly have been launched on its career.”
Then and Now In 1911, there were four departments — electrical technology, organic chemistry, applied chemistry and general chemistry and Gilbert Fowler, J J Sudborough and H E Watson were some eminent scientists then. Now, IISc has 43 departments/ centres under six divisions.
The institute has initiated inter-disciplinary PhD programmes in Mathematical Sciences, Chemical Biology, Earth System Science, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and Nanoengineering for Integrated Systems. “These are intended to blur the traditional boundaries between disciplines, thereby promoting cross-disciplinary research,” a faculty member said.
An MTech programme in Climate Science has also been introduced. A new Centre for Earth Sciences has been set up, apart from two centres in Neuroscience and Climate Change. A major programme for modernizing laboratories is under way, catalyzed by a special grant provided by the central government in 2006.
THE ROAD AHEAD
The institute is the oldest and the best post-graduate research centre in India, comparable to the Weizmann Institute in Israel which has only P-G students. It provides extraordinary freedom to faculty members, irrespective of their rank and given many people the opportunity to shine. Several good scientists have studied and worked here. I feel the institute should take up subjects closely related to the pressing problems of mankind, such as energy, water, climate and environment. The institute could offer major rewards for those who come up with good solutions. Perhaps the institute could plan a new inter-disciplinary under-graduate programme in which students come after Class 12 and take up studies in diverse areas which eventually help them to work at the cutting edge of science and engineering.
— C N R Rao | CHAIRMAN, SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO PM
There have been very few institutions of such a long standing which have maintained a great tradition of academic freedom, basic research of high standard, a serene environment permitting scholarly pursuits, besides being an integral part of the country’s effort to evolve into a knowledge society. IISc belongs to this unique category.
I feel that it’s the most appropriate place to start an MD/ PhD programme to improve the quality of medical research. A tie-up with an appropriate medical institution would be needed. In addition to its involvement in defence, space, power and water sectors, IISc should start a department of energy studies and a centre for research on alternative medicine.
Competent and qualified people in industry should have adjunct faculty positions at the institute. Sabbaticals of faculty in industry within the country should be encouraged.
— G Padmanabhan | FORMER DIRECTOR OF IISC
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