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Monday, June 16, 2008

Portugal: Postgraduate Scholarships in Finite Element Modelling

The Instituto Superior Técnico, TU Lisbon announces two research positions in the framework of research project Development of Hybrid-Trefftz Finite Element Modelling, under contract PTDC/ECM/70781/2006 funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia and FEDER through Programa POCI 2010:

The duration of the grant is 36 months, subject to annual renewal, starting on October 1, 2008, and can be extended for an additional period of six months. The contract provisions are those set by the funding agency, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (http://www.fct.mctes.pt/pt/apoios/formacao/ambitoprojectos) and by the internal regulations of the host institution, Instituto Superior Técnico.

Candidates will join one of the following research tasks of the supporting project (http://www.civil.ist.utl.pt/HybridTrefftz/): Poroelasto-plastic modelling of saturated soils; Thermomechanic modelling of early age concrete; Cohesive fracture modelling of concrete; Parallel processing.

The research is supervised by Prof. J.A. Teixeira de Freitas.

Candidates must have a Master degree (or equivalent). They will be selected according to their experience and skills in: structural mechanics; finite element modelling; C or C++ programming; parallel processing algorithms. Effective communication skills, in both written and spoken Portuguese or English, are essential.

The value of the grant (Bolsa para Mestre) is that set by the funding agency, under the contract provisions and regulations mentioned above.

The application should be sent to the project leader (freitas@civil.ist.utl.pt) and include a pdf file with the following information: cover letter describing research interests; curriculum vitae; short description of qualifications and experience; names and email-addresses of at least two scientists willing to provide supporting references. Official documentation on the academic qualifications will be requested to the selected candidate.

Period of the competition: May 26 - June 30, 2008.

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