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Current Scholarship Vacancies at UOW

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Faculty of Engineering

Materials Engineering: Processing of Liquid Steel

Applications are invited for a 3 year PhD scholarship in the Faculty of Engineering at UoW. The research project will address the effects of melt composition on the morphology of steel inclusions, a topic of critical interest to industry. The scholarship provides a stipend of $30,000 pa. Additional support for payment of student fees for international students is also available.

Applicants must have an Honours 1 or 2(1) degree in materials engineering, metallurgy, chemical engineering or equivalent degree and meet normal UoW postgraduate entry requirements. Experience with high temperature experimentation and optical and electron microscopy are desirable. The candidate will be selected based on their academic strength and research potential.

For further information, please contact Dr. Brian Monaghan at monaghan@uow.edu.au

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Faculty of Commerce

No Scholarships available at this stage

 

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Faculty of Informatics

Centre for Pure Mathematics

Applications are invited for up to three full-time PhD scholarships in the Centre for Pure Mathematics to undertake research on operator algebras associated to graphs. Candidates already holding APA or University of Wollongong UPA awards are also invited to apply and will be considered for a scholarship top-up.

The successful applicant or applicants will study with Dr Aidan Sims under the auspices of an Australian Research Council research grant, and will be part of an active and exciting research centre. The centre consists of eighteen academic mathematicians and five current research students, and over the course of the last eighteen months has hosted more than fifteen research visits from distinguished researchers from around the world.

The research projects will be in the area of functional analysis, requiring background knowledge of the basics of linear operators on Hilbert space. The projects will investigate the structure of algebras of operators generated by partial isometries. It is closely linked with the work on graph C*-algebras and their analogues which has been pioneered by mathematicians at Wollongong and has won the group international recognition.

A scholarship includes a tax-free stipend that is currently worth a minimum of $20,427 per year for three years. Depending on the research experience and background of the successful applicants the value of the scholarships may be increased. Successful applicants currently holding an APA or a University of Wollongong UPA will receive additional funding of approximately $15,000 per year for three years. There may be opportunities for travel to work with international collaborators and to present at major international conferences.

This scholarship is open to Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents and New Zealand citizens and international applicants. Applicants should have an Honours 1 degree in mathematics, or an equivalent qualification, by the end of 2008, strong research potential, and be able to commence by the end of June 2009. Applications, including a curriculum vitae, academic transcript and contact details of two or more referees should be sent to Dr Aidan Sims, School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522. 

Closing date: Friday January 30, 2009. Australian and New Zealand citizens and Australian permanent residents should also include proof of citizenship or permanent residency.

Enquiries about the project or the Centre are welcome. For more information, please contact Dr Aidan Sims, ph (+61) 2 42215003, or email asims@uow.edu.au

 

Centre for Statistical and Survey Methodology

Applications are invited for a full-time PhD scholarship in the Centre for Statistical and Survey Methodology to undertake research on the role of households, neighbourhoods and networks in social statistics. The scholarship is funded by a grant under the Linkage International Social Sciences Collaboration between the Australian Research Council and the UK Economic and Social Research Council. The successful applicant will work in a vibrant and growing research centre, which comprises 14 academic statisticians, including four professors and 20 PhD students.

This project will determine the importance of accounting for households, spatial proximity and social networks in the design, estimation and analysis of social statistics. It will create new methods to appropriately incorporate households and other groups and networks in the analysis of social survey data. The implications for the design of social surveys will be determined.

The project involves Professors David Steel and Ray Chambers, Dr Robert Clark, at the University of Wollongong and Dr Mark Tranmer and Dr Mark Elliot of the Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester.

The student involved in the project will develop skills in the development and implementation of innovative statistical methodology, extensive use of simulations, and analysis of real data.

The scholarship includes a tax-free stipend that is currently worth a minimum of $26,669 per year for three years. Depending on the research experience and background of the successful applicant the value of the scholarship may be increased. There may be opportunities for overseas travel to collaborate with researchers at the University of Manchester in UK.

This scholarship is open to Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents and New Zealand citizens and international applicants. Applicants should have an Honours 1 or 2(1) degree in Statistics, or an equivalent qualification, by the end of 2008, strong research potential and be able to commence by the end of February 2009. Applications, including a curriculum vitae, academic transcript and contact details of two or more referees should be sent to Prof David Steel, Centre for Statistical and Survey Methodology, School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522. Closing date: Friday November 28, 2008. Australian and New Zealand citizens and Australian permanent residents should also include proof of citizenship or permanent residency.

Enquiries about the project or the Centre are welcome. For more information, please contact Professor David Steel, ph (61) 2 42213823, emaildsteel@uow.edu.au.

School of Computer Science and Software Engineering and
School of Information Systems and Techology

ARC PhD scholarships in ontology-based reuse

Two PhD scholarships (worth approximately AUD $20,000 per annum tax-free), funded by an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, are available at the University of Wollongong, at the Decision Systems Lab Research Centre at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, and The Centre of Information System and Technology Research at the School of Information Systems and Technology.

The ARC-funded project seeks to define ontology-based agent oriented development methodologies. The appointees will be supervised by Professor Aditya Ghose and Dr. Ghassan Beydoun respectively, and will have co-supervision arrangements with the other chief investigators on the ARC project – Professors Graham Low (UNSW) and Brian Henderson-Sellers (UTS).

Applicants should contact either Prof. Ghose ( aditya@uow.edu.au ) from The School of Computer Science and Software Engineering or Dr. Beydoun from The School of Information Systems and Techology  ( beydoun@uow.edu.au ) for further information.

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Faculty of Law

No Scholarships available at this stage

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Faculty of Science

Institute for Conservation Biology and Law

The Institute has three top-up scholarships available to students who take up postgraduate scholarships in 2009 to work with academics within the institute.  Successful students will receive an additional $5000 each year for a maximum of 3.5 years.  The criteria for awarding scholarships will be based on;

1) the academic strength and research potential of the candidate and
2) research priorities within the institute.  

Students will be mentored within a large active institute and provided with opportunities to improve career skills and increase their breadth of understanding across all aspects of conservation biology. 

Research within ICBL is both fundamental and applied and covers areas within:

• Marine and Terrestrial Ecology,
• Evolutionary Biology,
• Ecophysiology,
• Conservation Ecology and Genetics,
• Wildlife Management
• Environmental Law and Policy. 

Research is focused on both plants and animals in environments ranging from the hot tropics to Antarctica.  Details of research interests of academics associated with the Institute can be found via the ICBL webpages. 

Applicants are advised to discuss their proposed research with potential supervisors prior to submitting an application for an APA or UPA scholarship.  Web pages detail the application process for Australian Citizens or Permanent residents  and for overseas students.  No extra application form is necessary as decisions will be based on documentation received when applying for a scholarship and entrance to the degree.

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Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences

School of Psychology

PhD Scholarship on Relating Physical Measurements to Three-dimensional Face Perception.

Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD scholarship in the field of three-dimensional (3D) face perception.  The scholarship is part of an ARC Discovery project DP0986898 “Face-space: linking three-dimensional shape and human perception across changing viewing conditions” awarded to Harold Hill (University of Wollongong), Peter Claes (University of Melbourne) and Alan Johnston (University College London) and commencing in 2009.  The scholarship will be held at the University of Wollongong with Harold Hill as the primary supervisor.

The successful applicant will be closely involved with the core project which aims to relate physical measures of 3D face shape to human perception of similarity.  Applicants should have experience of experimental psychology and statistics.  Knowledge of face perception, 3D shape perception, Matlab/R and three-dimensional computer graphics would all be advantages.  The scholarship is non taxable and worth AU $26,140 per annum.  Applicants from Australia and New Zealand pay no tuition fees and applicants from other countries can apply for a waiver.  There will be the opportunity to supplement this income through related research assistant work and tutorial teaching. 

Informal enquiries can be directed to harry@uow.edu.au

Formal application should include a full CV, contact details for two academic referees, and a brief description of research experience and interests.  Please send the application to:

Harold Hill, School of Psychology, University of Wollongong
Northfields Avenue, NSW 2522, Australia

Tel. +61 (0)2 4221 4073
Fax. +61 (0)2 4221 4163

School of Psychology

Title: Problem Gambling: Can subtle physiological reactions to wins and losses help identify the problem gambler?

Financial support during the PhD candidature: The project is part of a successful ARC-Industry grant and has funding for 3-years (2008-2010). The candidate will receive an Australian Postgraduate Award - Industry (APAI) for 3 years during the PhD candidature. 

Research Supervisors: Associate Prof. Craig Gonsalvez (Uni of Wollongong), Prof Alex Blasczynski (Sydney Uni), Dr. Adam Clarke (Uni of Wollongong)

Summary of project: The project meets an urgent need to determine whether the signature characteristic of problem gamblers can be found in their physiological response patterns to win and loss events in a gambling task. Problem gambling is a major health and social problem in Australia today. As many as 293,000 Australian adults suffer from problem gambling. The economic and psychological costs that cascade down from the individual to family and community are quite alarming. The vast majority of gamblers who seek help do so after serious adverse consequences have already occurred. Moreover, even after major problems eventuate, no more than 50% of problem gamblers express interest in treatment with less than 10% in treatment at any given time. For the above reasons, early identification of problem gambling is both essential and central to any initiative seeking to make a major impact on problem gambling. Arousal mechanisms are believed to be central to gambling behaviour, and the current study will comprehensively examine cortical (EEG and ERPs) and autonomic arousal changes to wins and losses in gamblers, in a way that has not been previously accomplished.

Commencement of project: November 2008.

Requirements: The successful candidate will have an excellent academic record, completed a Hons Degree in Psychology (I Division or high 2.1) preferably in psychophysiology, and will have basic knowledge of psychophysiological techniques.

Contact: Please contact Dr. Craig Gonsalvez for more information (email: craigg@uow.edu.au; Tel: 02-42213674)

 

School of Psychology

The School of Psychology at the University of Wollongong is offering PhD Scholarship packages valued at $25,000 per annum. Research in psychophysiology and neuroscience, perception and cognition, personality and social psychology, developmental psychology, and clinical psychology will be funded. A listing of the research outputs of the School can be found at http://www.uow.edu.au/health/psyc/

These scholarships will comprise a tax-free component of approximately $20,000 and a taxable allowance of up to $5,000 per annum for part-time undergraduate teaching in the School (about 4 hours per week during semester). They will be available to applicants with an Honours 1 or equivalent who meet the normal entry requirements of the University. 

For further information and details of the application process contact Professor Patrick Heaven, Head, School of Psychology, University of Wollongong (Email: pheaven@uow.edu.au telephone: (02) 4221 3742). Closing date is 9 November 2008.

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Faculty of Arts

Philosophy Program

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