Erasmus Mundus: Master Scholarships in Fire Safety Engineering (IMFSE) IMFSE 2011

The “International Master of Science in Fire Safety Engineering (IMFSE)”, is a two-year educational programme in the Erasmus Mundus framework. This master course is commonly organized by:

• Ghent University, Belgium (coordinator)
• Lund University, Sweden
• The University of Edinburgh, UK

The main objective is creating an educational programme that provides the required knowledge for a professional fire safety engineer in a Performance Based Design environment. Besides interuniversity cooperation, student mobility in Europe is one of the main points of interest of the overall programme. The mobility structure, with possible change in study location after each semester, gives the students the opportunity to gain from the strengths and expertise of each of the three universities.

PhD Studentship in Modelling the Effect of The Chemical Matrix-CNT Interactions on The Composite Electrical Properties, Portugal

Marie Curie Initial Training Network CONTACT(FP7-PEOPLE-ITN-2008-238363) for the tailored supply-chain development of CNT-filled composites with improved mechanical and electrical properties.

Recruiting organisation

I3N – Institute for Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication, University of Minho, Portugal

Subproject title

Modelling the effect of the chemical matrix-CNT interactions on the composite electrical properties

Postdoc and PhD Positions in Research on The Rate of Aging, Germany

Up to two post-doctoral and four PhD students will be recruited with backgrounds in biology, demography, mathematics, statistics or theoretical reliability engineering, to start research on the Rate of Aging in January 2011 or later in 2011.

Applications should be addressed to the Director, Prof. James W. Vaupel. All material should be e-mailed to: appl-b-project@demogr.mpg.de

Applications will be assessed when they are received but final decisions may not be made until late 2010 or early 2011.

The Max Planck Society wishes to increase the share of women in areas where they are underrepresented, and strongly encourages women to apply. The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more handicapped individuals and especially encourages them to apply.

International Student Research Fellowships, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA

HHMI’s new fellowship program supports outstanding international predoctoral students studying in the United States who are ineligible for fellowships or training grants through U.S. federal agencies.

HHMI will award three-year fellowships to international students to support years three, four, and five of a Ph.D. program. Eligible fields include biology, chemistry, physics, math, computer science, even plant biology—as well as interdisciplinary research.

HHMI expects to fund up to 40 fellowships for the 2011-2012 academic year. Each fellow will receive an annual stipend of $30,000, plus an educational allowance.

PhD Position: Novel Antifouling Coatings Based on Enzymes, Technical University of Denmark

Joint Ph.D. project between The Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (www.kt.dtu.dk) and Hempel A/S (www.Hempel.com).

Background and aim:
Growth of marine organisms on the hull of ships (fouling) is a major problem resulting in increased fuel consumption, reduced speed and increased docking times and maintenance cost. The fouling is usually controlled by painting the underwater parts of ships with antifouling coatings. The best performing solution for antifouling paint is based on TriButylTin, but has effectively been banned and replaced by other solutions. Most of the present, tin-free and solvent-based coating systems rely on the action of Cu2O and organic biocides. Although this is considered friendlier to the environment there is a need to develop better solutions. In this project we will attempt to develop new types of antifouling coatings based on enzymes.