We are inviting highly qualified candidates to apply for fully-funded Ph.D. scholarships in the fields of Acoustic Signal Processing for next-generation human-machine interface. A monthly stipend is included in this package. As a member of the STATINA team, you will conduct state-of-the art research leading to your Ph.D. degree. On top of your Ph.D. degree course work, you will be exposed to a wide variety of research topics particularly in the area of acoustic signal processing. You will be largely responsible for developing novel adaptive and non-adaptive algorithms for acoustic/speech enhancement as well as for the audio beam engine in STATINA. Your contribution into these research topics will enhance STATINA’s capability so as to satisfy its overall objective of being the next-generation human-machine interface.

Other research activities include participating in international conferences, research collaboration with overseas collaborators (Georgia Tech., Northern Illinois University) and local industries (SingHealth, MINDEF) and generating top-tier publications and research progress reports as required by the National Research Foundation in Singapore.

PhD Scholarships in Acoustic Signal Processing for Next-generation Human-machine Interface, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore … read more »

The French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs launched the Eiffel excellence scholarship programme in January 1999 to support French centres of higher education in their international outreach initiatives, in a context of mounting competition among developed countries to attract elite students from overseas. In 2005, the scheme was extended with the Eiffel Doctorate programme, addressing high-calibre PhD students.

For greater clarity, the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs is now introducing a single application procedure for its Eiffel Scholarship and Eiffel Doctorate Scholarship programmes.

The new Eiffel programme thus covers two types of course:

• Master’s postgraduate degree course
• Ten-month co-tutored or co-managed component (preferably second or third year) of PhD course

2009 / 2010 Eiffel Programme Scholarships for Master and PhD Students, France … read more »

The International Helmholtz Research School “Biophysics and Soft Matter” (BioSoft) offers positions for graduate students in Biology, Physics, or Chemistry (leading to a Ph.D. within 3 years) who will be employed at the Research Centre Juelich or at one of the cooperating universities in Koeln and Duesseldorf. The research school provides an intense training in Biophysics and Soft Matter, as well as soft skills. A comprehensive framework of experimental and theoretical tools that will enable Ph.D. students to gain deeper understanding into the structure, dynamics, and function of complex systems, in particular those related to living systems. (Find more information on our website: www.ihrs-biosoft.de)

The PhD project can be selected out of the following topics/methods:

• Complex Fluids
• Colloid and Polymer Physics
• Dynamics of Macromolecules
• Supramolecular and Amphiphilic Self-Assembly
• Flow Dynamics and Microfluidics
• Bioelectronics and Biomechanics
• Cell Biophysics
• Structural Biology
• Cellular Signaling Pathways
• Receptor-Ligand Interactions
• Artificial and Biological Membranes
• Single-Molecule Detection and Manipulation
• Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging
• Statistical Mechanics
• Computer Simulations
• NMR
• AFM
• micropipette aspiration, and many more.

PhD Scholarships in Biology, Physics, or Chemistry, the International Helmholtz Research School BioSoft, Germany … read more »

PhD position in Oklahoma State University nanoscience and engineering research group in Tulsa

Focus is on developing nanostructured materials for:
1) Thermoelectric energy conversion
2) Multiferroics

Both thin film and bulk synthesis methods are investigated.

Duties include:

• help to set up labs
• work on nano particle synthesis, and materials alloying
• measure their thermal and electrical properties
• optical characterizations
• device fabrication and testing

PhD Scholarhships in Nanomaterials: Science, Growth, and Characterization, Oklahoma State University, USA … read more »