澳洲PhD(高分子),奖学金 每年AUD$24,000

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1.Top-up of an APA or MGS scholarship to $24000
An ARC Discovery grant-funded top-up scholarship is available for up to 3½ years to work on a PhD project entitled "Enhanced processibility and properties of thermoplastics and their composites by use of thermosetting plasticizers" and supervised by A/Prof Wayne D Cook, SPME, Monash University. This project lies in the Australian Government classification of a "National Research Priority for Frontier Technologies for Building and Transforming Australian Industries".
Many thermoplastics are highly viscous which can become a significant problem in processing, particularly if used with nano-fillers or fibres. The processes of rotomoulding, composite fabrication, powder coatings, injection moulding and extrusion are all used for thermoset and thermoplastic polymer production. Each technique is critically dependent on the changes in flow (rheology) occurring during processing and in many cases this imposes limits on the processibility and properties of the moulding. In this project, we will investigate the effect of addition of reactive plasticizers (thermosets) on the rheology, structure development, processibility and final properties of thermoplastics and their nano-composites and laminates.
This project is in association with the Laboratoire des Matériaux Macromoléculaires at INSA-Lyon, France and the Laboratoire de Transformation et Vieillissement des Polymeres at ENSAM-Paris, France and it is anticipated that the successful applicant will spend some time working in those laboratories. There is a possibility that the PhD will be awarded from both Monash and INSA as part of Monash's Co-tutelle PhD program.
Applicants with either an APA or Monash Graduate Scholarship should apply in writing, including CV to:
A/Prof W. D. Cook
Department of Materials Engineering
PO Box 69M,
Monash University 3800
Victoria, Australia
Email: wayne.cook@eng.monash.edu.au
Phone (+61) (03) 99054926 (office)/4911 (General office)
Fax (+61) + (03) 99054940

2.Top-up of an APA or MGS scholarship to $24000
An ARC Discovery grant-funded top-up scholarship is available for up to 3½ years to work on a PhD project entitled "Nanostructured materials by controlled photopolymerization" and supervised by A/Prof Wayne, Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University. This project lies in the Australian Government classification of a "National Research Priority for Frontier Technologies for Building and Transforming Australian Industries".
Photo-polymerization is an important and flexible means of converting a crosslinkable monomer into a solid on demand and has applications ranging from lens production, printing, microlithography, stereolithography and composite curing. This project aims at developing the technology of producing multi-phase structures of controllable morphology by selective and independent dual photo-polymerization of blends of crosslinkable monomers at controlled rates, thus tailoring the morphology of photocured IPNs from the nanoscale to the micron size. These morphologies may have applications in toughening polymers with minimum loss in strength and optical transparency, abrasion resistant coatings, tissue engineering (where the phases have differing biodegradability), in microfluidics, and microelectro-mechanical systems (where sub-micron channels/domains are required) or in membrane separation. Experimental methods to be utilized in the project include photopolymerization kinetics by DSC and FTIR/NIR, photo-rheollogy, DMTA, electron microscopy and X-ray/neutron scattering techniques, mechanical properties and solvent absorption/permeation.
Applicants with either an APA or Monash Graduate Scholarship should apply in writing, including CV to:
A/Prof W. D. Cook
Department of Materials Engineering
PO Box 69M
Monash University 3800
Victoria Australia
Email: wayne.cook@eng.monash.edu.au
Phone (+61) (03) 99054926 (office)/4911 (General office)
Fax (+61) + (03) 99054940