The Centre invites applications from well-qualified graduates to undertake research leading to a PhD in the area of computational science, specifically applied to molecular simulation. The successful applicants should have a strong background in science, or engineering. Topics currently studied include the investigation of three-body interactions in pure fluids, the role of three-body interactions on vapour-liquid and liquid-liquid equilibria in binary mixtures, simulation of membrane equilibria, simulation of flexible hard-sphere chains and ionic systems, high pressure liquid-liquid phase equilibria, liquid-state equations of state, molecular motors, computational biomolecular modelling, computational drug design and novel molecular structural identification, inter- and intra molecular forces, experimental electron momentum spectroscopic interpretation and simulation, potential energy surfaces and quantum chemistry, the development of new algorithms for simulating simple and complex fluids far from equilibrium, microscopic chaos, computational nanofluidics, molecular rheology, transport properties of bulk and nano- confined fluids, and the relationship between microscopic dynamics and irreversible thermodynamics.
International students should apply for both an International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) and a Swinburne University Postgraduate Research Award (SUPRA). Permanent residents of Australia may apply for an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA). Both SUPRA and APA scholarships will receive additional top-up funding to a level of $20000 per annum that is tax free. Outstanding international and local candidates may also apply for the Swinburne Chancellor’s Research Scholarship (CRS).
Details of available scholarships and application forms may be found at the following web site: http://www.research.swinburne.edu.au/higher-degrees/scholarships/.
In addition, generous funding is also available for both local and overseas conference travel. Please note that international students need to sit their IELTS test before the close of applications.
Interested applicants should first contact one of the following CMS staff to obtain specific details and discuss possible research projects:
Professor Richard Sadus (rsadus@swin.edu.au):
three-body interactions; membrane equilibria; flexible hard-sphere chains and ionic systems; high pressure liquid-liquid phase equilibria; liquid-state equations of state; molecular motors.
Professor Billy Todd (btodd@swin.edu.au):
statistical mechanics; nonequilibrium molecular dynamics; computational nanofluidics; microscopic chaos; molecular rheology; transport properties of fluids; irreversible thermodynamics.
Professor Feng Wang (fwang@swin.edu.au):
computational biomolecular modelling; computational drug design and novel molecular structural identification; inter- and intra molecular forces, experimental electron momentum spectroscopic interpretation and simulation; potential energy surfaces and quantum chemistry.
