International Scholarships

The Optimization in Engineering Center OPTEC at K.U. Leuven (Belgium) invites highly motivated young interdisciplinary researchers with a solid background in numerical mathematics and computer science to apply for one of the following four PhD positions: I) Sequential Convex Programming Algorithms for Nonlinear Semidefinite Programming II) Large Scale and PDE Constrained Real-Time Optimization Algorithms III) … [More Info]

The Chair for Computational Analysis of Technical Systems in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the RWTH Aachen University seeks a 50% scientific co-worker (TV-L 13 salary scale). The position will support the German Science Foundation focus program SPP 1273 “Colloid Process Technology” project “CFD Modeling of Colloidal Aggregates”. The candidate is expected to conduct … [More Info]

Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award School of Mechanical Engineering Value of Award: Maintenance Stipend for a maximum period of 3 years (£12,940 for Session 2008/09), full overseas rate fees and a Research Training Support Grant Number Available: One Minimum Academic Requirements: A very good first degree (equivalent to a UK first class honours degree) from a … [More Info]

University of Dublin, Trinity College Postgraduate Studentships in Fluids and Heat Transfer Research Status: 3 years Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Salary: €16,000 – €18,000 per annum JOB SUMMARY Applications are invited for a number of Ph. D. and M.Sc. studentship in the School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin. These research positions are … [More Info]

An EPSRC-funded PhD Studentship is available in the Mechanics of Materials Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London in the general area of theoretical/computational solid mechanics. Funding comes in the form of an EPSRC award (DTA scheme), and as such there is much flexibility in the project scope. A few tentative possibilities are: … [More Info]

Optimization involves representation of a problem in terms of a vector of variables and maximization or minimization of one or more objective function(s) subject to a set of constraints. While efficient algorithms to identify the optimal solution exist for a number of important classes of problems (linear programming, quadratic programming etc), there is a host … [More Info]

A PhD studentship is now available within the Computational Engineering & Design Research Group, School of Engineering Sciences (SES), which will fully cover University tuition fees (at EU/UK level) and provide a tax-free bursary of £12,300 per year, rising annually in line with the UK Government (EPSRC) recommended rate, for a three-year duration. Further financial … [More Info]