Recruitment for Faculty positions at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela - 769008, Orissa

Highlights:

1. NIT, Rourkela invites applications from Indian nationals, possessing excellent academic background along with commitment to quality teaching and potential for carrying out relevant research, for faculty positions at the level of Professor, Assocaite Professor and Assistant Professor.
2. Qualification : Ph. D degree with 1st class (60%) or equivalent grade (6.5/10) at the B.Tech. / M.Sc. / M.A / MBA level in appropriate branch. (A through-out 1st class career is highly desirable)
3. Pay Scales : Professor - PB4 Rs.37400-67000  +  AGP Rs.10000 , Associat Professor : Rs.37400-67000 + AGP Rs.9000, Assistant Professor : PB-3 Rs.15600-39100 AGP Rs.6000/-, 7000/- or 8000/- depnding upon experience.
4. Applications are invited in the following Departments : 

PhD Vacancies in Fault Damage and Petrophysics in Carbonate Reservoirs

Highlights:

1. Carbonate hydrocarbon reservoirs are highly heterogeneous in their internal fabric and structure, mainly due to the variety of depositional and diagenetic processes that affect these rocks. This intrinsic heterogeneity presents major challenges when characterising the physical properties of a reservoir, either from reflection seismic or well log data. An additional factor in many regions is due to the effects of fractures; variations in fracture patterns around faults provide an extra source of heterogeneity in fractured carbonate reservoirs. This project will quantify the key petrophysical properties of faulted carbonate reservoirs, in particular the porosity and seismic velocities. This is a fully-funded Joint Industry Project with Total and BG Group as project partners, brokered by the Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF).
2. The students will be trained in: detailed field mapping and sampling of carbonate-hosted faults, with at least two European field sites; laboratory microstructural and microchemical analysis of carbonates, including optical and electron microscopy, image analysis, and the interpretation of stable isotope and fluid inclusion data; carbonate reservoir geology and petrophysics. Frequent meetings with the industry partners are integral to this project. Generic skills training will be provided through the University of Aberdeen SkillsForge. Upon completion, the students will be very well placed for a career in industry or academia.

Doctoral position in Climate, Water Resources, Ecosystems, and Energy at University of Copenhagen

Highlights:

1. Applications are invited for full-funded PhD scholarships within the following subject areas:
1. Assimilation of hydraulic head observations in distributed hydrological models
2. Stream hydrology
3. Parameterization of land surfaces using satellite remote sensing
4. Management and climate control of the water and energy budget in the Skjern basin
5. Temperature effects on microbial turnover of organic matter and release of greenhouse gases in the soil aggregate and plant rhizosphere
6. Impacts of sea-level changes and human activity in the coastal zone
7. Understanding the dynamics, potentials and limitations in future renewable energy production systems and climate change interactions
8. Why can't the reactivity of oxygenated hydrocarbons (biofuels) be predicted?

Faculty position at IIT Roorkee 2010

Highlights:

1.      IIT Roorkee invites applications for faculty positions at the levels of of Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor (on contract). The institute intends to fill up around 120 positions through this advertisement in following Departments/Centers: Architecture & Planning, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry Civil Engineering, Earth Sciences, Earthquake Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Computer Engineering, Humanities & Social Sciences, Hydrology, Management Studies, Mathematics, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Physics, Paper Technology (Saharanpur Campus), Water Resources Development & Management, Alternate Hydro Energy Centre, Centre of Nanotechnology.

2.      The reservation policy of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, GoI will be applicable. The details of specializations in various Departments/Centres and requirements in terms of qualification and experience etc. can be seen on our website www.iitr.ac.in or www.iitr. ernet.in.

3.      Interested candidates may apply on the prescribed application form which may be either downloaded from the website of the Institute or obtained from the Dy. Registrar (Admn.), Establishment (A) Section, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee- 247 667 by sending self addressed and stamped (Rs. 10/- or Rs. 27/- if required by registered post) envelope of size 10” x 4”. The completed application should reach the Deputy Registrar (Admn.), on or before June 30, 2010.

Doctoral position on wastewaters treatment/ environmental/ green chemistry

Highlights:

1. The presence of important concentrations of dyestuffs in wastewaters presents a great and dual problem to face: colour and chemicals (toxicity and/or mutagenicity). Dyestuffs are designed to resist the atmospheric conditions and, so, the classical and generalist biological aerobic plants are inadequate to treat them. During the last decade, several methods of colour removal and/or chemical decomposition from wastewaters containing dyestuffs, and particularly azo dyes, have been found effective and potentially applicable for scaling up.
   In particular, processes to treat wastewaters in reductive atmosphere in presence of microorganisms placed over active carbon (BAC, biological active carbon treatments) seem to be really indicated to be the new technological approach. The synergistic effect of bioreaction, adsorption and the action of AC as redox mediator has permitted to obtain, as preliminary results, very high conversions at very short times of reaction.
2. The objective of the proposed study is to go deeper in the use of this new technique for environmental purposes, try to overcome the technical limitations observed using membrane technologies and check the possibility to expand the use of BAC systems for non environmental purposes
3. Requirements: A master degree (or equivalent), ending before September 2010, is required with excellent academic records in chemical/environmental/process engineering, applied chemistry or closely related areas. Good knowledge of English is mandatory.