PhD Scholarship
Operations Research - Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane

DESCRIPTION:
A PhD scholarship is available for Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents, or New Zealand citizens, to support full-time research on a negotiable topic, in association with a CRC-ORE-funded project on "Advanced Scheduling Methodologies for Ore Mining Industry" under CRC-ORE for Optimising Resource Extraction Resource Valuation Program. International candidates are welcome to apply, but will be liable for tuition fees, unless a waiver can be obtained (on a competitive basis).

ELIGIBILITY:
Candidates with a first class or upper second class honours degree, or equivalent, in operations research, mathematics, statistics, mining engineering or related disciplines are encouraged to apply. This research project will provide excellent research training to the PhD student to investigate the scheduling theory, constraint programming, constructive algorithms and meta-heuristic optimisation algorithms for mine planning and scheduling problems.

AMOUNT AWARDED:
Scholarships comprise a stipend of up to $25,000 per annum, tax-free, for up to three years, subject to satisfactory progress.

APPLICATION GUIDE:
Further information of the projects, eligibility, selection criteria and method of application can be obtained from Professor Erhan Kozan, who will be supervising the research projects. Please contact him in advance of the closing date.

RELATED INFORMATION:
QUT: http://www.qut.edu.au
QUT Maths: http://www.scitech.qut.edu.au/about/disciplines/mathsci
QUT International PhD applicants: http://www.international.qut.edu.au/
CRC-ORE: http://www.crc-ore.org.au/

CONTACT:
Tel: +61 7 3138 1029 or Email: e.kozan@qut.edu.au.

CLOSING DATE:
20/11/2011