X-Message-Number: 9827 Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 11:13:52 -0400 From: Rafi Haftka <> Subject: Fw: Phd student wanted for cryopreservation of biological tissue research > From: richard wan <> > CRYOPRESERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUE RESEARCH > > Applications are invited for a PhD. graduate student position in the area > of Biomechanical/Biomedical Engineering at the University of Calgary. > Graduate students at the MSc level may also be considered. > > The specific area of research is the investigation of Ice Structure and the > Osmotic Environment in Tissues during Freezing. The applicant must be > strongly committed to research and have solid background in any one of the > following: Continuum Mechanics, Physics of Phase Change, Heat and Mass > Transfer, Cryogenics, Thermodynamics, Multiphase Porous Media, Chemical > Engineering and Numerical Modelling techniques such as Finite Elements. > > Funding of approximately $15, 000 CAN is available from a Whitaker > Foundation Research grant. This may also be supplemented by income from > extra duties such as teaching and research assistants. > > The research group concept at the University of Calgary is unique in that > it involves a multidisciplinary association of researchers. Individuals > with backgrounds in Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical), Basic > Science (Molecular Biology, Development of Cell Biology, Biochemistry and > Biophysics), Orthopeadic Surgery, Rheumatology, Kinesiology and Sports > Medicine all work together. > > For consideration, please submit full C.V. with the names and phone numbers > of three references, as well as one-page statement of research interests > and goals. > > > Contact either one of us: > > Richard G. Wan, Ph.D, P.Eng > Associate Professor > Department of Civil Engineering > University of Calgary > 2500 University Drive, NW > Calgary, Alberta > Canada T2N 1N4 > Phone: (403) 220-5504 > (403) 282-7026 > e-mail: > > or > > Ken Muldrew, Ph.D > Assistant Professor > Department of Physiology & Biophysics/Surgery > University of Calgary > 3330 Hospital Drive, NW > Calgary, Alberta > Canada T2N 4N1 > Phone: (403) 220-5976 > (403) 270-0617 > e-mail: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Raphael(Rafi) T. Haftka < > University of Florida Phone: (352)-392-9595 Department of Aerospace Engineering, Fax: (352)-392-7303 Mechanics and Engineering Science http://www.aero.ufl.edu/~haftka/ Gainesville, FL 32611-6250 (beware, a lot of graphics!) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check the web page of the International Society of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO) at http://www.aero.ufl.edu/~issmo/ for details about the MicroAV competition! Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=9827