[Korea] 2009 Scholarships for International Students, Smart Structures Lab, Chonbuk National University

Looking for Prospective Graduate Students

We are building a research team of graduate students or post-doctorate for our laboratory. Our projects are related to the application of laser ultrasound technologies and fiber-optics sensors technologies to the non-destructive test and evaluation (NDT&E), and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of important engineering structures, such as wind turbine, space launch vehicle, nuclear power plant, and aircraft. All the projects are application based with supports from the industries or government and have great potential to be commercialized. If you are highly motivated, we want to invite you to join our research team.

Basic Requirements:

• Mechanical / Aeronautics / Aerospace / E&E / Mechatronics engineering background
• Good English language proficiency.

Financial Supports:

• Research assistantship will be provided. Starting pay is 900,000 Korean Won for PhD or 600,000 Korean Won for master. Salary for post-doc is between 1,500,000 and 2,000,000 Korean Won.
• Annual increment of 50,000 ~ 100,000 Korean Won.
• Incentive bonus for publication.
• Tuition fee discount depending on the grade of the coursework for each semester. Previous records show that an average student could get 40% discount from the total tuition fee.

Application Semester: Fall 2009

For more information:

• Department homepage: http://aerospace.chonbuk.ac.kr
• Chonbuk National University: http://en.chonbuk.ac.kr

Send your enquiries to:
upi.smart.structures.lab@gmail.com (laser ultrasound group)
fos.smart.structures.lab@gmail.com (fiber-optics sensor group)
Prof. Jung-Ryul, LEE
Smart Structures Laboratory
Chonbuk National University, South Korea.