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  • PhD position in Biomechanics in Bologna, Italy

    Dear BIOMCH-Lers,

    The PhD program in biomedical Engineering in Bologna is welcoming
    application from foreign students. The formal call will open soon
    (August): this is a preliminary announcement. If you are aware of
    suitable candidates, please forward this call to any person you think
    might be interested.

    Kind regards,

    Luca Cristofolini








    ***** PhD Student Position Available *****


    Dottorato di Ricerca in Bioingegneria (doctorate in Bioengineering):
    http://phd.deis.unibo.it/

    Coordinator: Prof. Angelo Cappello
    Biomechanics group: Prof. Aurelio Cappozzo, Prof. Luca Cristofolini,
    Prof. Ugo Della Croce, Ing. Lorenzo Chiari, Ing. Rita Stagni, Ing.
    Silvia Fantozzi

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    CONTACTS

    For administrative issues please refer to:
    Ufficio Dottorato di Ricerca
    via delle Belle Arti, 42
    40126 Bologna, Italy

    Office hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9.00 - 11.15
    Tuesday: 9.00 - 11.15 and 14.30 - 15.30
    Thursday: 14.30 - 15.30

    Phone: +39.051.2094620 or +39.051.2094615 or
    +39.051.2094624
    Fax: +39.051.2094649

    Email: mailto:udottricerca@unibo.it



    For scientific or academic issues please refer to:
    prof. Angelo Cappello mailto:acappello@deis.unibo.it
    prof. Luca Cristofolini mailto:luca.cristofolini@unibo.it

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    AVAILABLE POSITION

    One fully funded PhD student positions in 'BIOMECHANICS' is reserved
    to foreign candidates (both EU and non-EU).

    Salary: 13 638.47 Euro/year before tax
    (approximately 1000 Euro/month net: this is sufficient for a
    student to live in Bologna)
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    APPLICATIONS
    The final call is not published yet, so if interested you should make
    sure you do not miss the deadline. The call will presumably be .

    PhD program website:
    http://www.eng.unibo.it/PortaleEn/Research/Research+Doctorates/default.htm

    Call text (only in Italian): will be available in August 2008 from:
    http://www.unibo.it/Portale/Ricerca/Dottorati+di+ricerca/default.htm

    Deadline for applications: will be late September , 2008
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    APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

    Master degree: Candidates should have a Master or equivalent academic
    title either in Engineering, or Scientific disciplines. Candidates
    having a strong background in biomedicine and biomechanics will be
    preferred.

    Language skill : candidate should be fluent in spoken and written
    English. Knowledge of Italian is not necessary, although foreign PhD
    students are encouraged to learn Italian

    Other requirements: past research experience is not mandatory, but is welcome

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    EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

    Equal opportunity is given to all candidates, independent of their
    gender, nationality, etc.

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    SELECTION

    Foreign students: selection of the candidate will be based on CV and
    publications. CV and publications must be enclosed to the application.

    Timing: applications will be evaluated in November 2008

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    DURATION:

    Duration of the PhD course: 3 years

    Starting date of the PhD course: January , 2009
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    RESEARCH FIELD
    The Ph.D. programme in Bioengineering aims at training highly
    competent researchers with the potential to be leading scientists.
    One of the core groups within this PhD programme is specialized in
    Biomechanics. The students will be educated in a stimulating and
    multidisciplinary environment, both through high level courses and
    through a demanding, creative and original research work, which will
    involve the students in some major European-funded research
    programmes. Research projects will be carried on in very well
    equipped, state-of-the-art laboratories, in a highly collaborative
    environment. Supervision will be provided during personal and team
    work by full time senior staff.

    The PhD curriculum in biomechanics covers a variety of topics
    including Movement analysis, fixation of orthopaedic implants, and
    Knee biomechanics. The selected candidate will discuss with the
    Supervisors the specific research topic within this framework. The
    collaboration between the Electronic and the Mechanical Engineering
    Departments of the University of Bologna, the Rizzoli Orthopaedic
    Institutes, the University of Sassari, and the IUSM (Istituto
    Universitario di Scienze Motorie) will provide a total coverage, and
    an integrated multidisciplinary co-supervision.
    The students will investigate the biomechanics of healthy, diseased
    and operated joint from an engineering viewpoint. This will include a
    multi-scale approach.
    The accomplishments of the students will be assessed by the number of
    papers published in peer reviewed
    international journals and by the number of patents filed.

    At the end of the Ph.D. programme, students will possess solid
    scientific and engineering skills, the ability to conceive and carry
    out original research projects, and an autonomous entrepreneurship
    spirit.

    The students will be involved in international collaborations and
    will have the opportunity to work with international partners, also
    abroad.
    Contacts and collaborations with industry will be also part of the
    Ph.D. educational programme.

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    Prof. Luca Cristofolini, PhD
    DIEM, Engineering Faculty, University of Bologna
    Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136, Bologna, Italy
    Tel: +39-051-2093266, Fax: +39-051-2093412

    E-mail: luca.cristofolini@unibo.it
    http://diem1.ing.unibo.it/personale/cristofolini/cristofolini.htm
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