The Diabetes Australia Research Trust Millennium Award Scholarship for Women

All Scholarship for Women applications are reviewed by five independent assessors. Only one application in an Award category will be considered from each researcher.
Type 1 Millennium Award is made available for research into Type 1 Diabetes including priority areas- Modulation of the immune system;Beta cell replacement / islet transplantation;Genetic engineering / gene therapy;Hypoglycemia; and Complications (Retinopathy, Neuropathy, Nephropathy).
Type 2 Underworks Millennium Award is made available for research into Type 2 Diabetes including the priority areas -Insulin secretion and action; Insulin resistance; and Complications (Retinopathy, Neuropathy, Nephropathy).
Millennium Awards will be awarded for two year periods. Except in cases where other provision is made, each award will be paid in equal half-yearly instalments, and will expire at the end of 24 months from the date specified in the letter announcing the award. All Scholarship for Women funds which are unexpended at the end of the award period, or for which orders have not been placed, will revert to the Diabetes Australia Research Trust.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 29 April 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

PhD Scholarship for Women

A PhD Scholarship for Women in the field of visual Neuroethology is from the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand).Scholarship for Women Candidates will participate in a new project on the extraordinary visual sense jumping spiders. This project, set to begin in July 2011, will be carried out in collaboration with Dr. Ximena Nelson, Professor Robert Jackson & Assoc. David O'Carroll (University of Adelaide, Australia).

Scholarship for Women Applicants must have a Master of Science, BA, with distinction first class or equivalent in a relevant discipline. Applicants with experience in dealing with invertebrates in optics, neurophysiology and behavior are especially welcome. The breakdown of the price of $ 25,000 (NZ $) per year. Tenure is 3.0 years full-time, subject to satisfactory progress.

For further information contact Ximena Nelson (ximena.nelson@canterbury.ac.nz).

PhD Scholarships for Women from Renault

Renault offers CIFRE entitled "Study of electrical insulation systems used in motor vehicles Electrical taking into account their specific environment, to ensure the desired life of the electric motor for future generation. A Company sponsored PhD Program in Renault, France is available in the DELTA department. The thesis CIFRE is sponsored by Renault.

The current level of tension and its probable increase in the near future, the use of devices power electronics and the specific constraints they generate (as a voltage, steep edges, high frequencies, etc..), not to mention the operating conditions specific to the application (profiles mission thermal cycles, vibratory stress, etc) make the study of Electrical Insulation System (SIE) motors for electric vehicles (VE) a new field of investigation. Indeed, to ensure the duration Life sought, it is vital to understand the mechanisms of degradation of the dielectric insulation of cables, motor winding and power components.

Among the risks, we must consider include:

• Breakdown between turns (same phase or different phases) and turns-frame;
• Failure of impedance of distribution lines accompanied by a sharp surge in response to reflections of Electromagnetic wave;
• Non-negligible parasitic capacitances and forehead steep causing a power surge at the entrance of the winding and intense use of the electrical insulation;
• Inhomogeneous distribution of tension in the coil.

Problem:
The whole question is at what level of exposure to risk of failure is the application. By this I mean, the voltage level is it - given a few peculiar "Inverter - can trigger mechanisms of insulation breakdown, discharge partial (DP) and corona discharge? The answer to that question the whole strategy of choice and design of electrical systems that will be used. As part of this work, we try to answer this question. She will consider innovative methods of detecting these phenomena, developed in a different context (aerospace, defense, rail) and seem particularly interesting (radio frequency detection). After studies at the Laboratory, will seek to deploy detection methods on an engine test bench consists of a Renault engine and its electronic
power.

Diploma: Engineer and / or bac + 5 Master 2 researchFrancis Fresent
UET Electro-Physics / DELTA
Renault S.A.S. - TCR RUC T62
1 avenue du Golf
78288 Guyancourt
francois.fresnet@renault.com