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CH: EPFL, Lausanne

This position has been filled
A postgraduate student will work for 3 years on reduced averaged continuum mechanical models under the supervision of Prof. T.S. Ratiu. The student will initially work on the transfer of averaging ideas from the $\alpha$-Euler model in fluid dynamics to various equations arising in nonlinear elasticity, including models for shape memory alloys. (S)he will then investigate the existence and stability of REs and the effects of dissipation on these. The application of geometric integrator techniques for numerical simulations of these models will also be considered. The student will be co-supervised by Derks (UK2), who in particular will help with the work on REs, and additional elasticity theory support will be provided by Kruse and Scheurle (D) and numerical support by Reich (UK2).
Contact: Tudor Ratiu
This is part of Section 4 of the MASIE project, click here for a description.

F1: INLN, Nice

This position has been filled
A postgraduate student will work for 3 years on systems of point vortices in the plane, supervised by Drs. J. Montaldi and P. Chossat. Roberts (UK1) will be his/her co-supervisor. Emphasis will be placed on a systematic treatment of the effects of the non-compact group of Euclidean symmetries. The student will establish the existence of heteroclinic cycles and associated dynamics in such systems and study drift associated with these. Very recent work shows that the point-vortex model embeds in the $\alpha$-Euler equations as an invariant submanifold. Properties of this embedding will be studied with the assistance of Ratiu (CH). Other support will be provided by Scheurle (D) and Derks (UK2).
Contact: James Montaldi
This is part of Section 4 of the MASIE project.

F2: Université du Littoral, Dunkerque

This position has been filled
A postgraduate student will work for 3 years on classical and quantum models of qualitative features in atomic and molecular systems. (S)he will be based at the Université du Littoral and supervised by Prof. B. Zhilinskii, assisted by Dr. D. Sadovskii. The student will be required to combine the construction of effective molecular models with their formal mathematical analysis making use of the global topological and symmetry analysis of dynamical systems, symplectic geometry and integrable models. The mathematical part of the programme will be co-supervised by Cushman (NL). Further support will be provided by Roberts (UK1).
Further details.
Contact: Boris Zhilinskii
This is part of Section 3 of the MASIE project.

P: Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon

This position has been filled
A student will work on affine rigid body models at IST for 36 months under the supervision of Prof. W. Oliva and Dr. E. Sousa Dias. The student will initially be working on the stability and bifurcation of the set of REs and RPOs for 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 Roberts (UK1) and Montaldi (F1) with additional support from Fassò (I).
Contact: Esmeralda Sousa Dias
Advertisement. This is part of Section 4 of the MASIE project.

UK3: University of Nottingham or Leicester

This position has been filled
Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD studentship, to be held at the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Nottingham in the UK. As part of the EU network MASIE (Mechanics and Symmetry in Europe), the student will work with Gregor Tanner and Ben Leimkuhler. The research area is classical and quantum 3-body Coulomb problems, and will involve both theoretical and numerical work. The position is available from September 2001. The applicant should be a non-UK citizen of the European Union or of an Associated State. For further details or to apply contact
Gregor Tanner or Ben Leimkuhler
This is part of Section 2 of the MASIE project.

James Montaldi