PhD Research Studentship Available
Computational Glaciology
Glaciology Group and Department of Engineering
Swansea University
Application Deadline: Saturday, 30 June 2007, or until position is
filled.
For further information, please go to:
http://geography.swan.ac.uk/glaciology/computer.htm
or contact:
Tavi Murray
E-mail: t.murray [at] swansea.ac.uk
The Glaciology Group and Department of Engineering at Swansea University
invite applications for a fully funded, four-year PhD studentship in
computational glaciology. The Glaciology Group is interested in glacier
dynamics and glacier flow instabilities and in the innovative use of
geophysical techniques in glaciology. The Department of Engineering
undertakes research in computational methods and pioneered the
development of finite element techniques.
The successful candidate will spend the first year studying
computational modeling at the Civil and Computational Engineering Centre
with a research project jointly supervised by the Glaciology Group. The
student may study glaciology and attend a course based in the Arctic.
The successful candidate will spend the remaining three years of the
studentship developing a research project of mutual interest to both
departments. Possible topics include modeling the response of valley
glaciers to climatic change, ice-shelf/ice-stream interactions, and
radar or seismic propagation in polythermal ice masses.
The Glaciology Group consists of five permanent academic staff, two
NERC-funded postdoctoral fellows, and around six postgraduate students.
The group has active research programs in Svalbard, Greenland, and
Antarctica and interests in nearly all glaciated landscapes on Earth.
The group has facilities for computer modeling, including specialized
software and a Linux-based laboratory and runs an active seminar series
in glaciology and polar science. There is a strong possibility of
glaciological fieldwork associated with this PhD position.
The ideal candidate for the position will have a background in a
quantitative science, such as geosciences, geophysics, mathematics,
physics, or engineering and should have a strong interest in glaciated
regions. The position is primarily aimed at UK or EU students.
For further information and application instructions, please contact:
Tavi Murray
E-mail: t.murray [at] swansea.ac.uk