FES PhD Scholarship at Sydney Australia in 1997

[A/prof Glen Davis]

Below is that second announcement for a 3-year PhD scholarship investigating
FES exercise in paraplegia teneable at the University of Sydney, Australia.=
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Please contact Associate Professor Glen Davis if you are interested. My
E-Mail address is in the signature lines at the end of this document.

Thank You
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Rehabilitation Research Centre
The University of Sydney
Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry)
3-Year Ph.D. Scholarship

An new Ph.D. student is sought to undertake research into exercise
rehabilitation
following spinal cord injury using FES of lower-limb muscles. This project=
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collaboration wiith an indistry partner (Multi-Tems P/L, Sydney, Australia) =
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develop a new prototype FES exercise device for patent and international=20
distribution. The successful candidate will receive an Australian=
Postgraduate=20
Award (Industry) for up to three years of full-time doctoral research.=20

Essential Criteria: The successful applicant must have an undergraduate=
degree
in biomedical engineering, medicine, physiotherapy, human physiology or=20
biochemistry, human movement studies, electrical engineering, mechanical=20
engineering, or a similar field. The applicant must also have a=
research-based=20
honours degree, masters degree (by research) or equivalent research
experience to=20
be eligible for doctoral studies within the Faculty of Health Sciences. The
applicant
must have good communication skills. Finally, the applicant must be an
Australian=20
citizen or permanent resident of Australia who is able to undertake Ph.D.
candidacy
in the first or second semester of 1997.=20

Desirable Criteria: Previous work experience and a solid background in=
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conditioning as rehabilitation for individuals with disease or disability is
an asset.=20
Previous experience with analogue/digital data acquisition and computer
language=20
programming in one or more of C/C++, Delphi=AE, Visual Basic=AE, Labview=AE,=
Fortran,
or another low-level programming language would aid the successful applicant=
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undertaking this project.=20

Period of Scholarship: The Ph.D. scholarship is for 3 years with the
possibility of a=20
further offer of up to 1 year subject to need and the availability of
funding. The scholarship
is tenable from Semester 1, 1997 but must be undertaken no later than
Semester II, 1997.

Enquiries and Further Information: Associate Professor Glen M Davis,
Director of the=20
Rehabilitation Research Centre ( (+61 2) 9351-9200, Fax (+61 2) 9351-9977 or=
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E-mail G.Davis@cchs.usyd.edu.au. A mission statement about the=
Rehabilitation=20
Research Centre outlining its broad research and educational objectives can=
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browsed at http://www.cchs.usyd.edu.au/Academic/RRC/.

Value of Scholarship: The APAI award is $20,180 (tax-free) in 1997. The
scholarship=20
is value-indexed for 1998 and 1999. There are generous allowances for
relocation=20
expenses from within Australia oroverseas for the successful applicant and
dependents.

Closing Date: February 15, 1997
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Associate Professor Glen M Davis
Rehabilitation Research Centre
The University of Sydney
Telephone: +61 2 9351 9466
Fax: +61 2 9351 9977