Scholarships in UK(ScPhD Studentship in Computational Mechanics at Cardiff School of Engineering in UK, 2013/14)

Scholarship Provider: Cardiff School of Engineering in UK.
Scholarship can be taken at: UK
Deadline is 31st August 2013
Cardiff School of Engineering is offering a fully funded PhD studentship at Cardiff School of Engineering, within the College of Physical Sciences.
This award is open to all students without restrictions.
Applicants should hold or expect to gain a first class degree, or a good 2.1 and an appropriate Masters level qualification (or their equivalent).
Studentship covers the fees at the UK/EU rate and provides an annual stipend but overseas candidates need to cover the difference between UK and overseas fees.
The application deadline is 31st August 2013.

Study Subject(s): Studentship is provided in the field computational mechanics of offered by the Cardiff University in UK.
Course Level: This studentship is available for pursuing postgraduate taught degree level at Cardiff University in UK.

Eligibility: This award is open to all students, without restrictions.
-Candidates should hold or expect to gain a first class degree, or a good 2.1 and an appropriate Masters level qualification (or their equivalent).
-Applicants whose first language is not English will be required to demonstrate proficiency in the English language (IELTS 6.5 or equivalent).

Scholarship Open for International Students: UK/EU and international students can apply for this studentship.

Scholarship Description: cardiff university A fully funded PhD studentship is available at Cardiff School of Engineering, within the College of Physical Sciences. The aim of the project is to develop computational and physical models of skin for use in surgical training, and has the opportunity to work jointly with Inria, France. The successful candidate will join a team of over 20 researchers in computational mechanics and computer science and will work closely with a Welsh company manufacturing artificial skin for surgical training.
Project Description
Year 1: How effective is our surgical simulator to help surgeons train in needle insertion and cutting of the skin?
Objectives:
Develop a multi-layer model of the skin.
Simulate needle insertion and cutting.
Validate with phantoms produced by MBI.
Trials with surgeons to assess usefulness.
Year 2: Can a two-scale model of the skin be developed for interactive cutting simulation?
Objectives:
Develop a two-scale model of the skin.
Develop reduced order modelling techniques using Wales High Performance Computing Technology.
Coupled reduced order modelling with cutting.
Year 3: How effective is the two-scale surgical simulator to train surgeons in needle insertion? How can a two-scale model help devise new polymers for “false skin” to be used in phantoms?
Objectives:
Trials with surgeons to assess the role of the two-scale model of the response of the virtual skin.
Inform the development of new polymers based on the two-scale models.

Number of award(s): One studentship is offered.

Duration of award(s): Studentship will be offered for three years.

What does it cover?
The full award will cover the fees at the UK/EU rate and will provide an annual stipend (£13,726 p.a. in 2013/14, updated annually). Overseas candidates should note that they will need to cover the difference between UK and overseas fees.

Selection criteria: Not Known

Notification:  Not Known

How to Apply: In the first instance, candidates should send a CV and covering letter to Miss Julie Cleaver (CleaverJ-at-cardiff.ac.uk).
Please ensure that you quote the studentship reference SB-HPC-13 in the subject line of the email.

Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline is 31st August 2013.

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