Scholarship


Dear GSDI contacts:

We ask that you please publicize the availability of full grants including travel and housing (ERASMUS MUNDUS program) for students outside Europe wishing to attend the 18-month international

MASTER IN GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES

Universities of Münster (Germany), Jaume I (Spain), Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)

http://www.masterge otech.info/

Fundamental Requisites: Bachelor Degree equivalent in fields related to earth science, environmental studies, land management, etc. (Master is not aimed at techies, but rather to provide technical skills to other professionals. ) Also: proven HIGH level of English language ability (student must be able to work in English, not only read English).

Deadline for student applications: 15 JANUARY 2008. (Please read carefully the application details: original copies of key documents requested.)

cheers,

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Michael Gould

Centro de Visualización Interactiva www.cevi.uji. es
Dept. Information Systems (LSI), Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castellón, Spain
email: gould (at) lsi.uji.es // email2: mgould (at) opengeospatial. org
research group www.geoinfo. uji.es // personal www.mgould.com
AGILE www.agile-online. org
Vespucci Summer Institute www.vespucci. org
Erasmus Mundus: Master in Geospatial Technologies www.mastergeotech. info

In the Transportation Research Institute of Hasselt University, the following positions (m/f) are available for the SBO project “A Model-Based Approach for Evaluating the Safety and Environmental Effects of Traffic Policy Measures”

2 PhD students (2×2 years)
(mandates BEDR/2007/023- 024)

Job description

Mandate BEDR/2007/023: The main objective of this research is to study the impact of policy measures in the field of mobility on traffic safety. For this, we will examine the effects of mobility measures with regard to changes in travel behaviour.

Mandate BEDR/2007/024: For this research project, a new model needs to be development which assigns traffic to the underlying network, using information obtained by the activity based transportation model.

Profile
The candidate is highly interested in quantitative research techniques.

Diploma
Master of Business Engineering and Computer Science, Master Information Sciences, Master in Engineering Sciences, Master in Mathematics or equal.

Starting date
01.01.2008

Further information
Content job responsibilities:
Prof. dr. Geert Wets, + 32 11 26 91 58, geert.wets@uhasselt .be
Prof. dr. Tom Brijs, + 32 11 26 91 55, tom.brijs@uhasselt. be
Content terms of employment and selection procedure:
Jef Vanvoorden, 011-26 80 80, jef.vanvoorden@ uhasselt. be
Application
Applicants must use the official application forms
which are available at the Rectoraat of Hasselt University, Campus Diepenbeek, Agoralaan – building D, B-3590 Diepenbeek (Belgium), phone +32 – 11 – 26 80 03
or which can be downloaded here pfd-file / Word format.
The completed application forms must reach the above mentioned address no later than Wednesday, December 5th , 2007.
Application by e-mail will only be taken into consideration when sent to the following address: jobs@uhasselt. be.

Politecnico di Torino, Italy
PhD Scholarships

Public competitive examinations are announced for admission to the three-year Research Doctorate Programs of the Politecnico of Torino, for the 22nd Cycle. The competitive examinations will award a total of 279 positions and 190 scholarships.

Information:
http://didattica. polito.it/ scudo/bandi. html

Call for application:
http://didattica. polito.it/ scudo/docs/ Bandodiconcorso2 2cicloInglese. doc

Logo UKMLaboratory of Soil Dynamics and Applied Geotechnical Engineering, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Malaysia.

 

Job rank: Research Assistant (RA) in the field of Geotechnical Engineering and Software Engineering

Required Language(s): English (eng); and/or Malaysia (malay)  

Description:

Laboratory of Soil Dynamics and Applied Geotechnical Engineering at the National University of Malaysia whishes to admit, for a period of 18 months, a research assistant in the field of geotechnical engineering and software engineering under research grant from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia No. 01-01-02-SF0338.  The monthly salary of RA is amount of RM 1,215.00.

Job description:

For Geotechnical Engineering Position
The candidate should: a) hold a degree in Civil Engineering (Geotechnics), Geological Engineering (Geophysics) or Seismological Engineering; b) have experience in the site investigation works and/or geophysical testing and signal processing ; c) have strong dedication, be strongly committed to team work and can work under research schedule; d) have strong interesting in soil dynamics, field seismic testing, nondestructive testing of spectral analysis of surface waves and field testing of SPT, CPT etc.) .

For Software Engineering Position
The candidate should: a) hold a degree in Electrical Engineering (signal processing) with has capability in computer language program or Software/Information Technology with capability in signal processing; b) have experience in the computer programming and signal processing ; c) have strong dedication, be strongly committed to team work and can work under research schedule; d) have strong backgorund in computer programming of Matlab; and have capability for computer language of C, Basic or Fortran. e) interesting in signal processing. 

The successful candidate will join the laboratory of soil dynamics and applied geotechnical engineering which is currently composed by 2 professors, 2 senior lecturers and 1 Ph.D. candidate. 

The successful candidate will share research facilities that include all the equipment available in the experimental laboratory (computers, field equipments, data analysis and model simulation software).  The candidate is directly asked to applied the Master of Science by Research program in the National University of Malaysia according to the field of candidate. The Candidate for Geotechnical Engineering will apply to Civil & Structural Department and The Candidate for Software Engineering will apply to Electrical Engineering Department.

Applicants should send a letter of intention and complete CV  to the application address listed below. Email can also be used for application submission.

Application Deadline: 30-Aug-2007

Mailing Address for Applications:
Sri Atmaja P. Rosyidi (Research coordinator) 
The National University of Malaysia
Laboratory of Soil Dynamics and Applied Geotechnical Engineering
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia 
Email Address for Applications: atmaja_sri@hotmail.com ; atmaja_sri@umy.ac.id

Contact Information:
Sri Atmaja P.Rosyidi 
Email: atmaja_sri@hotmail.com