Università degli Studi di Trento
Call for a Scholarship n. 9
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dei Materiali e Tecnologie Industriali
1.
The Department of Materials Engineering and Industrial Technologies offers ONE research scholarship on the following research program. The duration of the fellowship is 4 months with a monthly allowance of € 1000,00 (administration taxes included).
Candidates will be selected by a local committee according to the guidelines outlined below.
Title of the research:
Nanostructured metal oxide and hybrid coatings of paper
for preservation against fungi and chemical and as flame retardant
Responsible for the activities: Prof. Klaus Müller
2.
Research program description:
Various sol-gel and hybrid formulations will be examined, providing a comprehensive understanding for the exploitation of such materials as protective coatings for papery materials. They will be deposited on the substrates by dip- or spray-coating methods. The specimens will be thoroughly characterised by IR, solid state NMR, Raman, XPS, SEM and other techniques, to explore both the structural features of the coatings and the adhesion/attachment onto the paper surface.
Selected coatings will be tested for the sustainability of the protective materials against fungi, moisture, acids or bases and fire. Possible correlations between the layer interdiffusion after thermal treatment, the antifungal and the fireproof activity will be explored.
3.
Eligibility Conditions:
The candidate must have a Master degree or Diploma degree in Chemistry or equivalent, practical experience as well as profound theoretical background in IR spectroscopy and/or other spectroscopic techniques for characterization of papery materials.
4.
Applications:
Deadline for applications submission: May 21th, 2009
Applications must be addressed to the Director of the Department of Materials Engineering and Industrial Technologies, University of Trento, via Mesiano 77, 38100 Trento, ITALY, by registered mail or by e-mail (), before May 21st, 2009.
Applications that will arrive after May 21st, 2009 will not be considered valid.
The applications must contain the following data/documents (see the application form):
-Candidate’s name, date and place of birth, citizenship, home address and, possible, telephone number;
-Academic degree (attach pdf files or send a copy)
-Curriculum Vitae and list of publications (attach pdf files if the application is sent by mail)
- optional: recommendations letters (attach pdf files if sent by e-mail) or further titles.
5. Liability
The Administration is not responsible for any inconveniences due to inaccurate indication of address by the candidate, or to late notice of changes of the same; nor for any problem not attributable to the Administration department, such as post delays or e-mail misfunction.
6. Candidate’s evaluation
The evaluation committee is designated by the Director of the department and is formed by 3 (three) of its members.
The Commission will rank the candidates according to their CV and previous experience.
The judgment on the merits of the Commission is unquestionable.
7. Further information
The scholarship in this announcement has duration of 4 months.
The scholarship will be paid in bi-monthly postponed rates on presentation of the appropriate forms (i.e., request for payment) by the scholarship holder and approval by the Research Responsible.
At the end of the research activity the scholarship recipient must present a detailed report of the developed activities.
The winner of the call (i.e., chosen candidate) will receive written notification of the awarded scholarship.
It is compulsory that the chosen candidate must submit, within 30 days from the date of receipt of such communication, the following documents.
a) acceptance of the scholarship;
b) appropriate form with the personal data for the payment of the scholarship;
c) copy of the diploma and other titles and accomplishments (if not already presented).
The fellow is required to fulfill the commitments established by the decree granting the scholarship, subjected to its revocation.
For the scholarship provided by this announcement, dispositions on tax relief under the Article 4 of the Law on August 13th, 1984, n. 476 are applicable
Trento, April 22th, 2009
The DIRECTOR
Prof. Alberto Molinari
BANDO DI CONCORSO PER L'ASSEGNAZIONE DI BORSA DI STUDIO PER L'ATTIVITA'
DI RICERCA FINANZIATE DA ENTI PUBBLICI E SOGGETTI PRIVATI
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dei Materiali e Tecnologie Industriali
APPLICATION
TO: Direttore Dipartimento di
Ing. dei Materiali e Tecnologie Industriali
Università degli Studi di Trento
Via Mesiano 77
38050 TRENTO
The undersigned______
born in ______(town,state/country) on ______
resident at ______(town,state/country)
Street ______Post Code: ______
address for communications (if different from above):
______
Telephone Number: ______
Email: ______
REQUESTS
to participate in the competition for the award of the scholarship funded by public entities and individuals on the Department of Materials Engineering and Industrial Technologies at the University of Trento.
Title of the research:
Nanostructured metal oxide and hybrid coatings of paper
for preservation against fungi and chemical and as flame retardant
Responsible for the activities: Prof. Klaus Müller
Declares under his own responsibility:
- to be citizen ______(specify);
- to have a PhD/Master Degree in ______achieved on ______at the University of ______
Attachments:
1.list of the publications and other titles;
2.curriculum vitae;
3. copy of the Academic Degree certificate;
4. ______
Date,
______