IST POSTGRADUATE POSITION

POSTGRADUATE POSITION

Departamento de Matemática
Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)
Lisboa, Portugal

Applications are invited for this 36 month European Commission funded post, which is part of the Research Training Network "Mechanics and Symmetry in Europe" (MASIE). The post holder is expected to take the position by February 2001.

The student will work on geometric aspects of the dynamics of affine rigid bodies models at IST under the supervision of Prof. Waldyr Oliva and Dr. E. Sousa Dias. Initially the work will focus on the stability and bifurcations of relative equilibria and relative periodic orbits of holonomic and non-holonomic affine rigid body models. Applications to particular models from astrophysics, elasticity and fluid dynamics will also be explored. The project will be co-supervised by Dr. M. Roberts (Warwick, UK) and Dr. J. Montaldi (Nice, FR), and forms part of Section 4 of the MASIE project.

The research program suggests that the student should have some familiarity with geometric aspects of the theory of Hamiltonian systems with symmetries and its applications. Preference will be given to those who have a Master degree in an area related to the research project.

Eligible students must satisfy the following criteria:

Aged 35 or under at start of contract (allowances can be made for childcare or compulsory military service); Nationals or long-term residents (at least 5 years) of a member state^* or an associated state of the EU^**; Candidates must not be Portuguese nationals nor may they have carried out their normal activities in Portugal for more than 12 of the preceding 24 months.
Must hold a degree obtained from a university or equivalent institution of higher education which qualifies him/her to embark on a doctoral degree.

Applicants should send a curriculum vitae and two letters of reference to the address bellow. Closing date for applications is 18 December 2000.

Informal professional enquiries are welcome and may be made to Dr. Esmeralda Sousa Dias by email. Further details about MASIE can be found at the web address below.

Contact person:

Dr. M. Esmeralda Sousa Dias
Dep. Matemática
Instituto Superior Técnico
Av. Rovisco Pais
1049 001 Lisboa
Portugal

e-mail: edias@math.ist.utl.pt

Tel: (351) 21 841 7114
Fax: (351) 21 841 7598

Please quote IST-MASIE-POS and supply your postal address and where you saw the advertisement. Closing date for applications is 8 December 2000.

MASIE webpage: http://www.inln.cnrs.fr/~montaldi/MASIE

* EU Member states: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
** EU Associated sates: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.