DMMMSA Università degli Studi
di Padova		 Università di Padova

TMR Network on

PHASE TRANSITIONS IN CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS

(Contract Number FMRX-CT98-0229)


Open-ended offer of doctoral and post-doctoral positions for European nationals in the period Sep 1, 1998 - Aug 31, 2002.

Eight teams, comprising leading mathematicians, mechanists and materials scientists from various European countries, are participating to a joint research effort to study phase transitions in crystalline solids and their applications to the design of new materials and devices. The teams belong to the following Institutions:

A number of doctoral and post-doctoral position are being offered, and will be offered during the years 1998-2002, as an essential part of the Network's activity. The desired scientific background of the candidates to the positions offered includes the following areas: nonlinear thermomechanics, statistical mechanics, PDEs and calculus of variations, group theory and crystallography, numerical methods for the solutions of PDE's, optimal control theory, experiments on shape-memory alloys, thin film preparation and some knowledge of electron microscopy with emphasis on the study of microstructures and phase transformations.


NOTICE: Applicants must be not more than 35 years of age (except for compulsory military service or child care), and must be nationals of the Member States of the European Community or of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Israel (and possibly Switzerland).

Please contact the Network Coordinator for detailed information:

Prof. Mario Pitteri

DMMMSA, Università di Padova
Via Belzoni, 7
35131 PADOVA
ITALIA

Tel +39-49-8275901, 5928, 5925
Fax +39-49-8275995
email pitteri@dmsa.unipd.it
email tmr@dmsa.unipd.it
Network web sites:
http://www.cordis.lu/improving/src/hp_rtm.htm
http://www.dmsa.unipd.it/tmr/