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Thursday, June 24, 2010

PhD Studentship: Water Pollution and Decontamination, Glasgow Caledonian University

Overview

Applications are invited for a PhD research Studentship within the School of the Built & Natural Environment. The studentship is for a period of three years, subject to satisfactory progress and provides payment of tuition fees at the UK/EU rate (£3,450 pa) plus an annual stipend of £14,275. Overseas applicants will be expected to fund a fee differential between UK/EU applicants which is currently £6,100. The successful candidates are expected to undertake up to 6 hours of academic support activity per week, which can include teaching, demonstrating or administration. The studentship is expected to begin from September/October 2010.

This PhD studentship is funded, and will be supervised by staff within the School of the Built & Natural Environment. The studentship offers an exciting and unique opportunity to work with an internationally-renowned research team which has strong links with leading research centres and global corporations. The school, at RAE 2008, attained an excellent grading where 84% of the work submitted was of international standing of which 14% was world-leading, indicating a vibrant intellectual community. The remainder was of nationally recognised quality. The research outputs of the school have been disseminated widely through a considerable network of international collaborations and connections in every area of interest.

Research Project: Optimisation of ferrate production in water treatment

Background:

Water scarcity and pollution are two increasingly serious problems we are facing. It is an important technological challenge to remove toxic contaminants from aquatic environments efficiently at affordable costs. The ferrate technology has been researched and developed recently for water and wastewater treatment, which could match the above stated requirement to remove heavy metals, extra nutrients, pathogens, pesticides, and other emerging pollutants from water and waste water.


Objectives:

•To optimise operating conditions of ferrate(VI) synthesis electrochemically, a tool of statistic analysis and design will be developed and used to achieve this task.
•To assess the water treatment performance with ferrate(VI). The most interesting performance to be looked at is the removal efficiency of suspended solids (turbidity), natural and synthetic organic pollutants, THMFP, algae in comparison with that by aluminium/ferric coagulants, as well as the impact of ferrate(VI) on the overall performance of the subsequent treatment units, e.g., filtration, adsorption and final disinfection.
•To assess the potential effect of ferrate(VI) as a pretreatment unit integrating into the RO system in the desalination process.
•To comprehensively assess the technical and economic performance of electrochemically generated ferrate(VI) for water treatment.
The qualification requirement of the potential candidates

To achieve the above objectives, suitable candidates should be undergraduates with upper second class or above from relevant engineering and science disciplines; have relevant experience in the research areas of adsorption, coagulation and oxidation; and have skills to perform statistical analysis and design.

How to Apply:

Application Materials and Deadline:
Applicants should submit each of the following documents by e-mail to Diane Dickie D.Dickie@gcal.ac.uk

1.An official Glasgow Caledonian University application form found at http://www.gcu.ac.uk/graduatecentre/students/forms.html. (Please clearly state the title of the studentship you are applying for on your completed application form)
2.Letter of interest.
3.CV/Resume.
4.A writing sample (e.g. a recent journal publication or a chapter from your undergraduate dissertation/masters thesis).
5.Names and contact information of two references (professional and/or academic). Please note these references will be taken up.

Deadline for applications is 5 July 2010. Applications received after this date will not be accepted.


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