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Helping Youth Through Educational Scholarships (“HYTES”)

• Provides educational scholarships to youth in developing countries to advance and grow themselves, contribute to their community and benefit society.

Room to Grow Girls’ Scholarship

• In the Challenge Grant Model we select regions in which we want to operate, areas where we have built schools or established libraries and thus know the local authorities. Each applicant and her family complete a simple written application and have a personal interview.

FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

Australian Development Scholarship Program (ADS)

• The Africa ADS program provides academic scholarships to undertake There website is designed to be a useful tool for you to find out more information about the scholarships eligibility criteria, country specific details, the institutions at which the scholarships can be undertaken, information about Australia and the regions where the institutions are located as well as details on the forum (chat room) and alumni to connect with past and present awardees. Master Degrees and Postgraduate Diplomas
• Priority sectors: Health (including child and maternal health, HIV / AIDS and public sector management aspects of the sector), Environment (including water and sanitation), Education, Agriculture and Governance
• Number of scholarships available for 2009 intake : 10

Canon Collins Trust

• provides scholarships to students who wish to pursue a postgraduate degree (mainly Master’s degrees of one or two years) in either the United Kingdom or South Africa.

Higher Education Master in Africa Programme (HEMA)

• A research based master programme focusing on the changing functions, policies, and operations of Higher Education, with a special emphasis on higher education in the developing world. Through the eyes of various disciplinary perspectives, the programme provides students with a solid basis for analysing and critically assessing change processes at all relevant levels in higher education.

FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

Beit Trust

• offers annually a small number of Scholarships for postgraduate studies or research to graduates. The duration of the Scholarships is normally for up to three years at the discretion of Trustees. Scholarships are taken up at a University in the United Kingdom, Ireland or South Africa, for study in a subject of the individual’s choice appropriate to the needs of the beneficial area. In addition, a small number of one-year taught Masters degrees are offered at the University of Leeds, known as the Beit Chevening Leeds Scholarship and similar awards, known as the Beit Chevening Reading Scholarship, are also offered at the University of Reading.

PhD Candidates in Marine Machinery Controls Operations 2011

The maritime offshore cluster operates globally and is highly innovative and adaptive. Every new ship is more or less a prototype designed for unique advanced operations. Environmental demands, subsea operations at several thousand meters depth, rough climate challenges and the installation of wind turbines are examples of operations that continuously demands new solutions. The close cooperation between Aalesund University College (AAUC), the companies in the region and NTNU/MARINTEK in Trondheim, provide the access to innovative and challenging laboratory facilities, where main focus is on applied research activities. In this academic and industrial environment you will find numerous interesting and challenging research objectives. Aalesund University College can offer PhD Candidate positions in the following fields:

• Environmental friendly (green) shipping (11-05ITN)

Existing propulsion machinery must be optimized and new novel systems must be developed to meet future requirements. The main objective of this research is to adapt advanced energy and environmental technology from other fields, to be applied onboard maritime installations.

• Machinery systems – modeling, simulation and optimization (11-10ITN)

Machinery systems onboard advanced off-shore vessels have become more and more complex and integrated, increasing the need for tools and methods to analyze and optimize. The main objective of this research is to develop knowledge, methods and tools for effective modeling and analysis.

• Human factors – man/machine interactions (11-09ITN)

As machines get more complex, operations more demanding, and need for risk reduction, we need to study and develop better and safer man/machine interaction. The main objective of this research is to develop knowledge and methods to be used in effective design of operator interfaces such as ship bridge design.

• Ship behavior under real operational loads and conditions (11-08ITN)

Ship behavior under normal conditions, are well studied. However, the interaction between vessel and external factors such as sub-sea equipment under demanding operations requires new research approach. The main objective of this research is to develop knowledge and methods to analyze ship behavior including external loads and conditions.

• Remote control and monitoring of maritime operations (11-07ITN)
The cost and availability of cheap and advanced instrumentation, microprocessors and data transfer solutions has opened for new possibilities for remote monitoring and control of systems in operation. The main objective of this research is to develop knowledge and methods to design effective remote operated condition monitoring systems including intelligent analysis for effective evaluation, and how to apply this technology to make extended laboratory facilities.

• Complex marine operations management (11-06ITN)

Ships and machines for demanding marine operations are getting more and more complex. Integrated control systems and interacting crews challenges safety. Planning and executing high risk operations challenge a safe and effective management. The objective of this research is to develop knowledge and methods for effective and safe management of complex high risk operations off-shore.
All these research fields are linked together in the overall research programs at AAUC, and will be part of a research team. The research may be both theoretical and experimental, and in close cooperation with local industry partners, NTNU/MARINTEK in Trondheim, and relevant international universities/research centers. The common goal for the vacant positions is to build up research activity over a period of 5 years. The PhD candidates will be part of the Research Centre for Marine Operations in Virtual Environment (MOVE) at AAUC.

Requirements:

Master degree or similar in:
• Mechanical engineering
• Marine technology / naval architecture / ocean engineering
• Cybernetics / control engineering / electronic engineering
• Nautical science
• Industrial design

Terms and conditions:

Each PhD candidate will be offered individual terms, related to background and competence. The normal period of appointment is 4 years with integrated teaching assistance of master and bachelor students.

For more information please contact:

Hans Petter Hildre, hh@hials.no , +47 95993659
Vilmar Æsøy, ve@hials.no , +47 91847089
Karl Henning Halse, kh@hials.no , +47 95227613

For more information also visit:

AAUC home page: http://www.hials.no/
MOVE: http://blog.hials.no/move/
NCE‐Maritime: http://www.ncemaritime.no/

http://www.hials.no/nor/media/filer/dokumenter/phd_candidates_marine_machinery_controls_operations

Peg Hutchison Opportunity Award for Women

The Peg Hutchison Award was made possible through a generous bequest by Peg, long time treasurer of NHWT.

This new award is to be granted for the first time in 2010 to women who are changing direction in their career, and intend working in a field where women are under-represented and/or is non-traditional for women.

Scholarship Application Deadline:
31 May 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application click here

Overseas Scholarships for Computer Science Postgraduate Programmes

Open to all new overseas applicants who have accepted a (un)conditional offer of a place on a full-time taught postgraduate programme in Computer Science or Information Technology for the academic year 2011-2012.

We are offering scholarships of £2,500 each (given as a non-cumulative reduction on the full overseas tuition fee payable).

Criteria used for awarding scholarships will include academic merit and financial circumstances.

The form should be word processed, typewritten or completed in black ink.

Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their applications as soon as the decisions have been made by the Scholarship Awards Panel around the end of June.

Scholarship Application Deadline:
31 May 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application click here

PhD in Sensitivity Analysis for Deterministic

the determination of control strategies for complex, dynamic systems, to optimise some measures of best performance. It has the potential for application to a wide range of fields, including aerospace, chemical processing, power systems control, transportation systems and resource economics. It is of special relevance today, because optimization provides a natural framework for determining control strategies, which are energy efficient and respect environmental constraints.Phd 2011 Latest Scholarships

The multi-partner initial training network SADCO aims at: Training young researchers and future scientific leaders in the field of control theory with emphasis on two major themes sensitivity of optimal strategies to changes in the optimal control problem specification, and deterministic controller design; Advancing the theory and developing new numerical methods; Conveying fundamental scientific contributions within European industrial sectors.

In order to reach these objectives, SADCO establishes a collaborative research and training network of 11 full partners from both the academic and industrial sectors, and gathers participants with expertises in complementary disciplines in mathematics and engineering. The network also offers a complete range of theoretical, practical and complementary training as well as scientific workshops. SADCO will work together with the young researchers to develop and implement effective training plans tailored to each individual requirements. Multi-disciplinary training based on the integrated scientific programme, secondments, regular meetings, active networking, will ensure the success of this projects.

The development of new ‘clean’ technologies in power, transportation and other domains is a major opportunity for EU industries. The research programme will help place EU universities in the forefront of Optimal Control, a field of mathematics that supports these technologies.

The training programme, based on institutions covering the principal areas of the field, will provide a new generation of young mathematicians with broad skills in Optimal Control, which are not readily acquired at one institution alone. They will be equipped to take forward research in Optimal Control at universities, or to work in related, emerging technological areas, of vital importance to society.

Open Position: http://itn-sadco.inria.fr/available-positions for Phd 2011 Latest Scholarships

PhD positions (Systems & Control)

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7.1 PhD: NTNU

The Department of Engineering Cybernetics has a vacancy for a 4-year PhD research fellowship within the automatic control program.
We are seeking candidates with a strong background in systems and control or applied mathematics for research on control and estimation for distributed-parameter systems. While the research topic is initially broad, a specific objective of the project is to develop state- and parameter estimation schemes for application within medical imaging based on ultrasound. Experience with medical imaging is therefore an advantage, but not required. The applicant should possess strong computing capabilities and communication skills in English.
The applicants are encouraged to contact Professor Ole Morten Aamo, email: aamo[AT]ntnu.no
Applications are to be submitted electronically through http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=70895
Preferably, we want the attachments in one file. Applications should be marked: IME 044-2010.
Application deadline: January 23rd, 2011.