MSc/PhD Scholarship In Malaysia

MSc/PhD studentships (2 positions)

Applications are invited for two Msc/ PhD studentships at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus for the following project:

Project title: A novel low-cost multiplexing technique for optical communication systems

This research work focuses on the design and development of a novel multiplexing technique for high speed optical fiber communication systems over a single wavelength and WDM. In this technique, the multiplexing process occurs in electrical domain using only one modulator for any number of users which will reduce the cost significantly. Based on the preliminary results proposed multiplexing technique has smaller spectral width; therefore it is expected to leads towards better spectral efficiency and dispersion tolerance in comparison to existing techniques such as TDM and DQPSK. The proposed technique is able to support many users per Wavelength (WDM channel). Therefore, it is expected that the capacity of the WDM channels can be increased tremendously by using this technique. Therefore the work will be extended further to include the proposed technique over WDM system.

As far as the OSI 7-layer Reference Model is concerned, the research works essentially cover the physical layer.

The successful candidate will be expected to take up the studentship preferably from January 2012. The project is funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Malaysia.

For further details, please contact and send resume to the Principal Investigator of the project:

Dr Amin Malek Mohammadi

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The University of Nottingham
Amin.Malek@nottingham.edu.my   

PhD studentships (2 positions)

Applications are invited for two PhD studentships at the Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus for the following projects.

Project Title:  Computational study of the effect of green spaces on urban heat island

Synopsis of the Project: Trees are presently grown along roadside without regard to its contributions to air pollution.  Many of these trees being planted presently look weak and yellow.  Moreover, it is well known that trees and other vegetation contribute to the formation of ozone through emission of volatile phytochemicals.  The presence of tree canopies will also alter the wind flow and thus the urban microclimate in a street canyon.  Therefore we need a better understanding of what role and to what degree trees play in changing the quality of urban life, before we champion tree-planting in urban areas.

A combination of computational and field measurement techniques will be employed in the present study.  Field experiments are chosen as our primary tool to obtain scientific evidences of the large bio-diversity in different situation.  Computational modelling is then used as a prognostic model to explore the underlying physical phenomenon like wind flow and air pollutant dispersion characteristics in urban situation situations.  These obtained numerical results will be used to compare with existing urban configurations.

The successful candidate will be expected to take up the studentship preferably from September 2011. The project is funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Malaysia.

Project Title:  Dispersion and alignments of carbon nano-fibres 

Synopsis of the Project: In the manufacturing of fibre mats from recycled carbon fibres, the process involves procedures similar to conventional paper making when fibres are dispersed along a homogeneous fluid system.  However the difference between this process and conventional paper making is that the orientation and alignment of these cut fibres have significant effect in the overall strength of the mat.  This project intends to study the process computationally and investigate the various parameters involved.

The successful candidate will be expected to take up the studentship preferably from September 2011. The project is funded by the Cradle Investments, Technical Fibre Products and Boeing

Project Title:  Dispersion carbon nano-tubes in a convective system

Synopsis of the Project: This project intends to study mathematically the dispersion of carbon nanotubes in a convective system.  The main objective is to understand how the suspension of carbon nanotubes can alter the characteristics of the fluid and how this characteristics can be changed via hydrodynamics.

For further details, please contact and send resume to the Principal Investigator of the project:

Professor Andrew Chan

Professor of Fluid Mechanics
Department of Civil Engineering
The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus

E-mail:  andy.chan@nottingham.edu.my