Tuesday 29 October 2013

2014 School of Engineering of PhD Studentship in UK

School of Engineering of Warwick University is offering PhD studentship for UK/EU applicants. This project will focus on the development of methodologies for SHM (i.e. structural identification and damage detection) that account for environmental variations. Applicants should have a good background in scientific computing and a first or upper second class degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline. Studentships will pay an annual stipend at the standard rate (currently £13,726) and tuition fees at the Home/EU rate for three years. Application deadline is 1st December 2013. 
About Scholarship: Much of infrastructures such as roads, railways, bridges and utilities have been built up over the last two centuries. Hence investment in “the skeleton” that supports our economy is needed and overdue. Structural health monitoring (SHM) has the potential to improve maintenance (i.e. save money) through early detection and replacement avoidance. However, the bottleneck is data interpretation. This task is even more difficult in the presence of environmental effects such as variations in wind, humidity and temperature. 
Study: This project will focus on the development of methodologies for SHM (i.e. structural identification and damage detection) that account for environmental variations. A detailed study will be conducted on relationships between environmental variations and structural behavior. The project will involve finite element modeling of civil structures and advanced computing methods such as genetic algorithm, artificial neural network and support vector regression.
Course Level: This scholarship is available for pursuing PhD level at Warwick University in UK. Scholarship by: School of Engineering of Warwick University, UK. Location: UK 
Eligibility: The Scholarship will pay an annual stipend at the standard rate (currently £13,726) and tuition fees at the Home/EU rate for three years. Candidates should have a good background in scientific computing and a first or upper second class degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline. Experience in FE modeling and experimental research would be advantageous. 
Scholarship Open for: The students of UK/EU ( Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia (Slovak Republic), Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Vatican City)
can apply for this scholarship. 

Duration: Three years
Value: The Scholarship will pay an annual stipend at the standard rate (currently £13,726) and tuition fees at the Home/EU rate for three years. 
Apply: online
Deadline: 1st December 2013
Further Information: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/study/pg/degree/pgr/project/il

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