Saturday, May 9, 2009

10 PhD positions at Tyndall Institute, Ireland

Postgraduate Research Opportunites
Tyndall currently offers postgraduate research opportunites in the following areas

Job Title Department
(Ref. No. SOB - 02) PhD: Harmonic Mode Locking in Multiwavelength Fabry-Perot Lasers PTG
(Ref. No. DC - 01G) PhD: Optical Signal Processing using Semiconductor Devices PSG
(Ref. No. BOF - 13) PhD: Localisation Technologies for Wireless Sensor Network Systems (NEMBES) MAI
(Ref. No. KR - 05) PhD: Nano-Composite Materials for SiC Metallization MAI
(Ref. No. FP - 05) PhD: High Speed Photonic Device Integration IPG
(Ref. No. AM - 02) PhD: APD's and Circuits IPG
(Ref. No. POB - 02) PhD: Advanced Photonic Packaging IPG
(Ref. No. JG - 08) Research Studentship in Simulation of Molecular Nanowires ETG
(Ref. No. JG - 12) PhD: Simulation of Electron Transport at Carbon/Metal Interfaces ETG
(Ref. No. JG - 13) M.Sc: Calculation of Lifetimes of Electronic Excited States in Molecules ETG
(Ref. No. MP - 07 1.2.2) PhD: Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy Studies of High-K Gate Structures AMSG
(Ref. No. MP - 07 1.1.1) PhD: In-situ Spectroscopic Reaction Monitoring and Modelling Studies of Atomic Layer Deposition Processes AMSG

http://www.tyndall.ie/careers/postgraduate.html

Beasiswa TPL Dep.Perindustrian Deadline 20 Mei 2009

Berdasarkan Peraturan Menteri Perindustrian R.I. Nomor 19/M-IND/PER/2/2007 tentang Penyelenggaraan Program Beasiswa Tenaga Penyuluh Lapangan Industri Kecil dan Menengah, bahwa dalam rangka mempercepat pertumbuhan Industri Kecil dan Menengah di Propinsi dan Kabupaten/Kota perlu mempersiapkan Tenaga penyuluh Lapangan Industri Kecil dan Menengah (IKM) melalui Program Beasiswa pada Unit Pendidikan di Lingkungan Departemen Perindustrian.

Sehubungan dengan hal tersebut Departemen Perindustrian akan memberikan kesempatan kepada siswa-siswi berprestasi tingkat Sekolah Menengah Tingkat Atas (SMA/MA/SMK) yang tidak mampu pada Pemerintah Propinsi dan Kabupaten/Kota diprioritaskan untuk daerah tertinggal, daerah terpencil, daerah perbatasan, Pasca bencana, Pasca konflik, dan daerah pemekaran, untuk disekolahkan pada Unit Pendidikan di Lingkungan Departemen Perindustrian dengan Program Beasiswa Calon Tenaga Penyuluh Lapangan (TPL) IKM setara dengan Program D-3, dengan spesialisasi sebagai berikut :

- Teknologi Pembuatan Kain
- Teknologi Pengendalian Mutu Industri
- Teknologi Bahan Kulit, Karet & Plastik Teknologi Pengolahan
- Teknologi Pengolahan Kulit
- Pengelolaan Lingkungan Industri
- Kewirausahaan (enterpreunership)
- Pengolahan Industri Pangan
- Teknologi Pangan
- Teknologi Pengolahan Atsiri dan Produk Hilir CPO

Sr Research Association-GIS@OSU

University Title: Research Associate 2-Social
Working Title : Sr Research Assoc-GIS/Graphic
Department : Law Academic-Inst Study of Race & Ethnicity
Location : Columbus
Requisition No : 344225

Summary of Duties
Serves as senior Geographic Information Systems, Demographics and Graphic
Design Specialist to the senior researcher managing the GIS/Housing and
Regional Equity section of the Institute. Conducts and directs GIS,
quantitative and spatial research as on a wide variety of topics affecting
racial and ethnic marginalized communities, such as segregation,
concentrated poverty, regionalism, housing, crime, health and education.
Assists in research for variety of racial and ethnic issues, manages and
supervises three to four GIS research staff members to complete research
projects, manages Kirwan Institute's Geographic Information Systems data and
software resources, works as liaison to outside organizations requiring
research assistance on behalf of the Institute, manages requests for
GIS/mapping assistance from outside organizations, performs other duties as
assigned.

Additional Information
Required Qualifications Master's Degree in City & Regional Planning,
Geography or Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or an equivalent
combination of education and experience. Considerable experience in
demographic data analysis. Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite software;
knowledge of spatial analysis and GIS software; knowledge of graphics
software and website maintenance; knowledge of Adobe InDesign and ArcGIS.

Desired Qualifications
A demonstrated commitment to and familiarity with racial and ethnic issues.

Target Salary $45,000 - $53,000 Annually

Job Category
Research
Job Appointment (FTE%) 100%
Full/Part Time Full Time
Temporary or Regular Regular
Posting Start Date 03-27-2009
Posting End Date 04-05-2009
Does this position accept online applications? Yes
Faculty Application Instructions

go here to start your application:
https://www.jobsatosu.com/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1240848535593
or
https://www.jobsatosu.com/

If you have an application on file it will be used for this position.

If you need to make changes to your application, please do so before
applying for this position.

Chinese Subgroup & Phonology: PhD Student, University of Kansas, USA

Institution/Organization: University of Kansas
Department: Linguistics
Web Address: http://www.linguistics.ku.edu/

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Phonetics; Phonology


Chinese Subgroup

Description:

Research Assistantship in Tonal Phonology of Chinese

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Kansas invites applications
for a MA/PhD level Research Assistant beginning August 2009 on the tonal
phonology of Chinese.

The patterns of tone sandhi in Chinese dialects can be extremely intricate, and
many mysteries remain unsolved as to how speakers internalize these patterns.
The RA will participate in a project funded by the US National Science
Foundation that investigates the productivity of tone sandhi patterns in various
Chinese dialects using the wug test paradigm. The goals are to understand the
factors that influence the productivity of sandhi patterns--articulatory
constraints, perceptual distinctiveness, lexical frequencies, and phonological
opacity of the patterns are some potential candidates--and to formally model
these factors in phonological grammar. The RA is expected to fully participate
in all aspects of the project, including literature review, experimental design,
data collection and analyses, and presentation of the results at conferences and
in manuscripts.

The RA position is contingent upon being admitted to the MA or PhD program in
Linguistics at the University of Kansas. The position provides a monthly stipend
of $1,440 including the summer and full waiver of tuition and fees for two
years. There will also be opportunities for other teaching and research
assistantships and fellowships for the remaining years of the successful
applicant's graduate studies.

The applicant should have a strong background in phonology, phonetics, and
native or near-native abilities in one or more Chinese dialects. Familiarity
with Wu dialects of Chinese such as Shanghai is particularly welcome.

Interested parties should email Dr. Jie Zhang by May 20, 2009 for detailed
information on how to apply for the position and for graduate studies in
Linguistics at KU. Please summarize your relevant experience and research
interests in your initial email.

Application Deadline: 01-Oct-2009

Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Dr. Jie Zhang
Department of Linguistics, University of Kansas
1541 Lilac Lane, Blake Hall, Rm. 427
Lawrence KS 66044
USA

Contact Information:
Dr. Jie Zhang
zhang@ku.edu

English & 1 Phd Position in Semantics: PhD Student, UiL OTS, Netherlands

Institution/Organization: UiL OTS
Department: Faculty of Humanities
Web Address: http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: Semantics

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS is now offering
1 PhD position in semantics (1,0 fte)

Programme.
The PhD position is part of a five-year research programme funded by The
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The programme,
supervised by Dr. Rick Nouwen, investigates gradability in natural language. The
main goal of the project is to broaden the perspective on gradability by
investigating degree phenomena that lack the use of specialised degree
vocabulary. Rather than focusing on prototypical degree phenomena, like those
involving adjectives and degree morphology (tall-er), this project turns to more
outlandish cases of gradability, including for instance degree-modified nouns (a
big fan) or determiners (quite some), as well as to modifiers which have both
degree and non-degree applications (amazingly). The rationale behind turning to
this larger data set is that it provides insight into the general (syntactic,
semantic and pragmatic) mechanisms that govern the capacity of speakers to
qualify their statements.

Job description

The current opening is for:

The role of scales in a broader view on gradability (vacancy number 68853;
preferable starting date September 1st 2009):

This project focuses on the role of scales in gradable expressions. It is known
that the scale structure involved in the semantics of adjectives determines the
ways in which they are degree-modifiable. This project investigates cases of
degree modification of which the underlying structures are unknown (like
degree-modified nouns, determiners, etc.) and seeks to develop a comprehensive
theory of scalar aspects of degree.

A full description of the project is available at:
http://www.let.uu.nl/~Rick.Nouwen/personal/vidi.html

Goal
The PhD project involves training in research and completion of a PhD
dissertation. As part of her/his training, the PhD student will take courses
offered by the National Graduate School in Linguistics (LOT).

Required qualifications
We are looking for an ambitious student who is willing and able to work in a
closely collaborating team. The candidate must have an MA degree in hand by the
starting date.

Information
For further information, please contact the project supervisor at the UiL OTS,
Dr. Rick Nouwen (see contact information below), or the
UiL-OTS PhD coordinator Dr. Maaike Schoorlemmer, telephone +31-30-2536183,
e-mail M.Schoorlemmer at uu.nl.

How to apply?
Applications should include:
- a letter of motivation
- a curriculum vitae including contact and personal details
- transcripts of academic results
- an MA thesis or (if the thesis is not available yet) some alternative piece of
written work
- the contact details of two referees (names, affiliations and phone numbers or
e-mail addresses).
- preferably: two reference letters

E-mail applications in pdf or doc format should be sent to Humanitiesjobs@uu.nl,
and should specify the applicant's name and the vacancy number (68853) in the
topic as well as the message text. Please also include a list of attachments in
the message, and specify your name in the filename and text of each attachment.
E-mail applications have our preference.

Hard copy applications (or partial applications) should be sent to the Personnel
Department, attn. Ms Marlies Kluver (see mailing address below)

Application Deadline: 07-Oct-2009

Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Ms M. Kluver
Kromme Nieuwegracht 46
Utrecht Utrecht 3512 HJ
Netherlands

Contact Information:
Dr Rick Nouwen
R.W.F.Nouwen@uu.nl
telephone +31-30-2538313

Bangor U. 125th Anniversary Research Scholarships: PhD Student, Bangor University

Institution/Organization: Bangor University
Department: Linguistics and English Language
Web Address: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/linguistics/

Level: PhD

Duties: Research

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics


Description:

The 125th Anniversary Research Scholarships at Bangor University

To celebrate its 125th anniversary, Bangor University is launching a five year
programme of postgraduate expansion. This starts in 2009-10 when around £5m is
invested in up to 125 research studentships and bursaries, with further
expansion and more opportunities to apply for in the future.

In light of this, the School of Linguistics and English Language at Bangor
University welcomes notes of interest from potential PhD students in areas
relevant to our current research, including but not limited to:

Bilingualism (e.g. for phonetics/phonology of code-switching, prosodic
influences on perception of foreign accent, corpus-based research, code-switching).
Contact: Prof. Ineke Mennen (i.mennen@bangor.ac.uk) and/or Prof. Margaret
Deuchar (m.deuchar@bangor.ac.uk).

Phonetics and phonology (e.g. laboratory phonology, phonetic variation,
articulatory settings, phonetics in interaction, speech prosody and intonation,
in particular Welsh phonology and Welsh intonation).
Contact: Prof Ineke Mennen (i.mennen@bangor.ac.uk) and/or Dr Paul Carter
(p.carter@bangor.ac.uk).

Language and cognition (e.g relationship between language and cognition,
cognitive linguistics, forensic linguistics, experimental psycholinguistics, and
linguistic relativity).
Contact: Prof. Vyv Evans (v.evans@bangor.ac.uk) and/or Dr June Luchjenbroers
(junel@bangor.ac.uk).

Language and Society (e.g. applied linguistics, TEFL, sociolinguistics,
varieties of English, language variation, dialectology).
Contact: Prof Eddie Williams (eddie.williams@bangor.ac.uk) and/or Mr Jakob
Leimgruber (jakob.leimgruber@bangor.ac.uk).

For more information on the 125th Anniversary Scholarships and how to register
your interest please visit http://www.bangor.ac.uk/scholarships/.

Application Deadline: 01-Jun-2009

Web Address for Applications: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/scholarships/

Contact Information:
Prof Ineke Mennen
i.mennen@bangor.ac.uk
Phone:+44 (0)1248 388702