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School of Engineering – Discovery Postgraduate Research Award (2 available)

Application of EPS (Expandable Polystyrene) Geofoam and Deep Cement Mixed Columns for Protection of Existing Foundations During Urban Construction

Applications Close 10 February 2010

The School of Engineering is seeking two highly qualified and motivated doctoral candidates to undertake an Australian Research Council funded project.
 
The project aims to investigate novel protective measures for damage mitigation during construction activities in urban environments. The project has two strands. The first strand will look at the use of intercepting walls with composite deep cement mixed (DCM) column and EPS geofoam configurations to reduce ground movements due to nearby construction activities. The second strand will look at the use of EPS geofoam as a fill material in protective trenches to dampen the vibrations generated by construction activities. Robust analysis methods will be developed to compute the influence of construction side effects on existing foundations and the degree of protection provided by the protective measures. The project involves extensive numerical analysis and computer programming.
 
Criteria

  • Excellent Bachelor Honours degree or equivalent qualifications and experience
  • Demonstrated excellence in Geotechnical Engineering subjects
  • Good communication and presentation skills
  • Highly motivated and eager to succeed
  • High level of proficiency in English
  • Knowledge of finite element software (eg PLAXIS, ABAQUS) for solving geotechnical engineering problems
  • Computer programming skills in C and MATLAB
  • Domestic and international applicants are encouraged to apply

Scholarship

  • Competitive tax-free, index-linked stipend of $26,669 per annum
  • Funded place in the degree (tuition fees will not be charged)

How to Apply

Applicants should submit an Application Form (PDF, 358Kb) and CV by the due date.

Contacts

Applicants are encouraged to contact an academic advisor to discuss the project prior to submitting an application: Dr Samanthika Liyanapathirana: s.liyanapathirana@uws.edu.au, +61 2 4736 0653 OR Assoc Prof Chin Leo, c.leo@uws.edu.au, +61 2 4736 0058

Enrolment and scholarship enquiries

Ms Tracy Mills
Email: t.mills@uws.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 4736 0966

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School of Engineering Discovery Postgraduate Research Awards (2 available)

Human Response to Wind-Excited Building Vibration

Applications close 28 February 2010

The School of Engineering is seeking two excellent candidates to commence Australian Research Council funded doctoral projects in 2010.

About the projects

Tall buildings are prone to wind-induced vibration, causing discomfort to occupants and degradation of work performance. This research is multi-disciplinary, bringing together inputs from engineering, physiology and psychology, and aiming to identify the factors affecting motion sickness and understand the significance of compensatory behaviour on human comfort and work performance in wind-excited tall buildings. The research will be based on experimental manipulation of the effects of low-frequency planar vibration on people in a motion simulator, general population surveys on prior experience of and reaction to building motion, and a field survey of occupants in wind-excited buildings. The successful candidates may have the opportunity to participate in research components of the project in Hong Kong and New Zealand.

Criteria

Applicants should:

  • Hold a Bachelor Honours degree (First Class or Second Class Honours Upper Division) in engineering, psychology, human physiology or a related discipline, or equivalent qualifications and/or work/research experience.
  • Be highly motivated to undertake multi-disciplinary research.
  • Possess excellent communication skills.
  • International applicants must demonstrate a high level of English proficiency. Please refer to the following webpage regarding English language requirements.

What does the scholarship provide?

  • Each scholarship will provide an index-linked, tax-free stipend of $26,669 per annum for up to 3 years. A higher valued stipend of up to $31,669 per annum may be awarded to exceptionally qualified applicants.
  • Successful applicants will be awarded a funded place in the degree.

Need more information?

Contact an academic advisor to discuss the project in more detail:

Contact the Research Scholarships Development Officer for information about enrolment and scholarships at UWS: Ms Tracy Mills: t.mills@uws.edu.au, +61 2 4736 0966

How to apply

Applicants should submit the Application Form (PDF, 469Kb), together with a covering letter and CV, including the contact information of 3 referees.

School of Natural Sciences - Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry)

Investigation of the Structure and Molecular Interactions of the Tear Film

This scholarship remains unfilled. The University is accepting applications at any time.

The School of Natural Sciences is seeking a highly motivated doctoral candidate to undertake an Australian Research Council funded project. In partnership with Alcon Inc, a large American ophthalmic product company, the project aims to investigate the structure and molecular interactions in the tear film. The successful candidate will be involved in developing and synthesising new polymers, and testing new products in vivo and in vitro. These studies will lead to a better understanding of the normal tear film and the development of new polymers that enhance the stability of the tear film.

The project will be supervised by Assoc. Prof Thomas Millar (UWS), Prof John Bartlett (UWS), and Dr Howard Ketelson (USA). The candidate will interact with the University of New South Wales, ANSTO, and McMaster University in Canada.  The project will be based at the University's Parramatta campus, and the candidate will spend some time each year in the USA working with Alcon scientists.     
 
The School of Natural Sciences provides postgraduate candidates with:

  • Financial support for equipment, professional requirements etc.
  • Dedicated postgraduate rooms including, computer, phone etc.
  • Support to attend conferences.

Criteria

  • Excellent Bachelor Honours degree in biology or physical chemistry or related area (or equivalent qualifications and experience).
  • An interest in macromolecule interactions and surface chemistry.
  • Motivation, diligence and eagerness to succeed.

Scholarship

  • Very competitive tax-free stipend of $36,669 per annum for up to 3 years.
  • Funded place in the doctoral program.

How to Apply

Applicants should submit an application form (PDF, 350Kb) and CV by the due date.

Contacts

Applicants are encouraged to contact Assoc. Prof Thomas Millar to discuss their research interests prior to submitting an application: t.millar@uws.edu.au, +61 2 9685 9901.

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The Civionics Research Centre - Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry)

A Vision Controlled Autonomous Multi-Robot Welding System

This scholarship remains unfilled. The University is accepting applications at any time.

The Civionics Research Centre in partnership with Lincoln Electric (Australia) is seeking an excellent doctoral candidate to undertake an Australian Research Council funded project in the area of autonomous welding. International and domestic candidates are encouraged to apply.
 
A stereo vision based multi-robotic welding system will be developed in this project. The system is capable of automatically generating welding paths based on the visual and computer-aided-design (CAD) information of work pieces. The developed technology is able to perform online welding quality control and online seam tracking using visual feedbacks. Multi-robot cooperation will allow such systems for larger component welding applications. This system will significantly reduce the setup time for robotic welding and make it more attractive to the Australian low-to-medium volume production environment. This project will also generate technologies that can be exported to the international market.
 
Criteria

The successful applicant should:

  • Demonstrate excellent academic performance in the areas of robotics, mechatronics or relevant field. Applicants should have demonstrated research experience in the above field and hold a qualification that is equivalent to an Australian Bachelor Honours degree.
  • Have solid computer programming skills in C/C++ and MATLAB. Programming skills in CAD is highly desirable
  • Preferably have some knowledge of the welding process
  • Have good knowledge of control theory. Knowledge of image processing is desirable
  • Be highly motivated to undertake further study and research in areas of artificial intelligence and computer vision
  • Demonstrate a high level of proficiency in the English language. International applicants should refer to the UWS website for information about the English Language requirements.
     

Scholarship

  • Tax-free stipend of $30,669 per annum and a funded place in the doctoral program

Commencement date

  • No later than 31st March 2010 (negotiable)

How to apply

  • Applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Gu Fang to discuss the project prior to submitting an application
  • Applicants should submit an Application Form (PDF, 366Kb) by the due date

Contacts

  • Contact Dr Gu Fang to discuss the project in more detail: g.fang@uws.edu.au, +61 2 4736 0316
  • Contact the Research Scholarships Development Officer to discuss enrolment and scholarships: Ms Tracy Mills: t.mills@uws.edu.au; +61 2 4736 0966

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Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy – Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry)

Police Leadership in the 21st Century

This scholarship remains unfilled. The University is accepting applications at any time.

The Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy (CCPP) invites applications from highly motivated graduates to undertake doctoral research in 2010. The Centre brings political and social thought to bear on important challenges of our time - rethinking public value, ethics and the public sector and the contemporary practice of public service delivery.

Police Leadership in the 21st Century is an Australian Research Council funded Linkage project. Police leadership occurs in a context of both formal institutional and informal power relationships. Good leadership at every level is critical to the development and maintenance of ethical, innovative and forward-looking organizations. The broad aim of this project is to examine contemporary leadership and to design a best practice model of leadership as modern police organisations confront the policing challenges of the 21st century.

A strength of this project is its national and international perspective involving New South Wales Police, Western Australia Police, New Zealand Police and the Scottish Police Services. In this project the Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy collaborates with the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the Australia National University, with Griffith University and with the University of Otago.

The successful candidate will undertake a project of their own design that relates to the broad project aim above.

What does the scholarship provide?

  • Competitive tax-free stipend of $30,000 per annum for 3 years.
  • Funding for project costs and conference attendance is also available.
  • The successful candidate will be awarded a funded place in the degree.

Criteria

  • Bachelor Honours degree (Class 1 or 2.1) in a relevant area, or equivalent qualifications and/or experience.
  • Demonstrated interest in the role of leadership in large public organizations.
  • Fieldwork experience and previous work with public sector organisations would be an advantage.

Need more information?

How to apply:

  • Applicants should submit the Application Form (PDF, 253Kb), a CV and a short research proposal relevant to the examination of police leadership.

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Family and Community Health Research Group (FaCH) – Priority Postgraduate Research Award 

Crime: Health and Social Effects on University Students

Applications close 9 April 2010

The Family and Community Health (FaCH) Research Group, College of Health and Science is seeking an excellent candidate to undertake a funded doctoral project commencing in early 2010.
 
About the project

The aim of the study is to develop a theoretical perspective on the effects of crime events and fear of crime on the health and social well being of university students via both qualitative and quantitative data on the crime experience.
 
Criteria

The successful applicant should:

  • hold a Bachelor Honours degree Class I or II, or equivalent qualifications and/or experience (eg Masters degree with a significant research component) in a relevant discipline including nursing, psychology, medicine, criminology, public health or other health-related areas.
  • be interested in issues relating to the health and well-being of university students.
  • have an understanding of the research process including relevant methods of data collection.
  • demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.

What does the scholarship provide?

  • Tax-free, Index-linked stipend of $30,427 per annum for up to 3 years.
  • Research Training Scheme funded place in the degree.

Need more information?

How to apply

  • Applicants should submit the Application Form (PDF, 469Kb) and a CV by the closing date 9 December 2010. 

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Clinical Sciences Postgraduate Research Award

Sleep Disordered Breathing in Pregnancy

Applications close 28 February 2010

The Clinical Sciences Research Group (CSRG) is seeking an excellent candidate to undertake a funded doctoral project commencing in 2010.

About the project

The aim of the study is to investigate sleep disordered breathing in pregnancy including maternal and fetal outcomes.

The successful candidate will undertake the project at the extensive School of Medicine facilities on the Campbelltown campus.

Criteria

The successful applicant should:

  • hold a Bachelor Honours degree Class I or II, or equivalent qualifications and/or experience (eg Masters degree with research component) in a relevant discipline including midwifery or sleep medicine.
  • be interested in issues relating to the health and well-being of mothers and babies.
  • have an understanding of the research process including relevant methods of data collection.
  • demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • have had recent experience in clinical trial implementation.

What does the scholarship provide?

  • Tax-free, Index-linked stipend of $32,500 per annum for up to 3 years.
  • Research Training Scheme funded place in the degree.

Need more information?

  • Contact Professor Annemarie Hennessy to discuss the project in more detail: an.hennessy@uws.edu.au; +61 2 9853 4673
  • Contact the Research Scholarships Development Officer to discuss scholarships and enrolments at UWS: Ms Tracy Mills, t.mills@uws.edu.au; +61 2 4736 0966

How to apply

Applicants should submit the Application Form (PDF, 469Kb) and a CV by the closing date 28 February 2010.

The Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies Doctoral Scholarships (2 available)

Applications close 28 February 2010

The Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies (SCMS) has been established at UWS under the umbrella of the National Centre of Excellent for Islamic Studies.

The research focus of the Centre will include:

  • how Muslim culture and communities evolve over time
  • how to encourage greater intercultural harmony within Australia
  • the future of multicultural Australia and the place of Muslim Australians within it
  • conducting comparative studies on international Muslim communities in cosmopolitan cultures

About the projects

The Centre is currently seeking two excellent doctoral candidates to undertake research projects in one of the following areas:

  • religion and multiculturalism
  • Muslim communities and youth cultures
  • consumerism and religion
  • public religions and secularization

Criteria

  • background in the social sciences or humanities
  • Bachelor Honours degree (Class I or II), or equivalent qualifications and/or experience (eg coursework masters degree with a significant research component)
  • preference will be given to applicants with an interest in the sociology and/or anthropology of religion with special reference to Islam
  • domestic and international applicants are encouraged to apply

What does the scholarship provide?

  • tax-free stipend of $37,500 per annum
  • the successful applicant will be awarded a funded place in the degree
  • relocation allowance if applicable

Need more information?

How to apply

Applicants should submit the Application Form (PDF, 469Kb), research proposal and a CV by the closing date 28 February 2010.

The Health Services and Outcomes Scholarships (2 available)

Innovative Analytic Techniques to Address Health Priorities

Applications close 28 February 2010

The Health Services and Outcomes Research Group invites applications from highly motivated graduates to undertake a doctoral project in 2010.

The Group conducts world class population-based research on health services and the factors that determine their use, costs and outcomes. It has a specific focus on using large, linked data sets and cohort studies, and on applying innovative analytic techniques (including multi-level modelling and data mining). The Group addresses health priorities including chronic disease, obesity, mental health, Aboriginal health, early life and ageing. It works in close collaboration with policymakers and with national and international research leaders in the fields of health record linkage, cohort studies and biostatistics.

The Group is primarily located in the School of Medicine but has members in the School of Computing and Mathematics. The successful applicant will be based at the UWS Campbelltown campus (5 minutes walk from Macarthur Station), where a purpose built state-of-the art medical education and research facility is available.

Scholarships are available for two projects. The first scholarship will be awarded to a candidate whose proposed project best aligns with the research interests of the Group (as broadly outlined above). The second scholarship will be awarded to a candidate whose proposed project has a specific emphasis on using linked data for research to evaluate and improve health services for mothers, babies and children and will be part of an NHMRC project.

Criteria

  • the scholarships are open to graduates from a variety of backgrounds including medicine, nursing and allied health fields, public health psychology, science, mathematics, statistics and computer science
  • Bachelor Honours degree (Class I or II), or equivalent qualifications and/or experience (eg coursework masters degree with a significant research component)

What does the scholarship provide?

  • tax-free stipend of $32,500 per annum
  • domestic applicants will be awarded a funded place in the degree. International applicants will be charged tuition fees
  • support is available for conference attendance and fieldwork costs (both in Australia and overseas)

Need more information?

Applicants are encouraged to contact an academic advisor prior to applying:

Contact the Research Scholarships Development Officer to discuss enrolments and scholarships at UWS: Ms Tracy Mills; t.mills@uws.edu.au; +61 2 4736 0966

How to apply

Applicants should submit the Application Form (PDF, 469Kb), a short research proposal (500 words) and CV by the closing date.

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