[DMANET] EU project NEMOH

To whom it may concern, my name is Antonella Longo, working at the
Istituto Nazionale di
Geofisica e Vulcanologia, in Pisa (Italy). My group is recruiting young
graduated students to
work on the development of a FSI numerical code.

The research contract is provided in the frame of an European Community
Project, called NEMOH (www.nemoh-itn.eu), that is coordinated
by our group in Pisa.

By request I can send the pdf of (i) the NEMOH brochure and (ii) the
project leaflet. Very briefly, NEMOH is a network of highly qualified
European fellowship positions, including 13 partners from
8 European countries. The focus is on quantitative volcanology,
including numerical modelling and simulation of fluid-structure
(magma-rock) interaction dynamics. The network will organize during next
4 years a number of activities including background and specialized
schools, short courses, blind test exercises, etc.
Other specialized courses are offered at the local level. The official
language is obviously English.
Any additional information is on the project website: www.nemoh-itn.eu

Regarding the net income of the successfully recruited student, this
will be in the range 2800 - 3000 euros per month (the gross salary is >
50,000 euros per year). The position we are offering is for a three-year
employment. A Ph.D position in Geophysics is also offered to interested
students (but not mandatory in the contract), subject to separate
evaluation (we've set up a specific agreement with the University for that).

The student will spend from 3 to 10 months (to be agreed upon with
him/her) out of three years at other institutions in Italy or abroad
(even at your institute, what would be great!)

Regarding the numerical code to be developed, this will represent an
extension of the GALES code that I have developed during last years.
GALES (GAlerkin LEast Squares) is based on the papers n.X by Shakib,
Hughes and Johan (CMAME, 1991) and Hauke and Hughes (CMAME, 1998).
It is solved in primitive pressure variables, with a Newton-Raphson
iteration. By request I will send the last two paper we have produced.
The first one is the code description that is press on Computer &
Fluids. The second one is an application in volcanic environments. A
series of classic benchmarks solved with GALES can be found at
http://www.pi.ingv.it/~longo/gales/gales.html.

The code developments to be performed should include fluid-structure
interaction, and make the code able to solve the coupled dynamics of
magma and country rocks in volcanic environments (besides being first
validated on classic benchmarks from the general literature). That would
allow us to directly relate geophysical signals measured at volcanoes
(ground displacements, seismicity, gravity changes, tilt variations,
etc.) to underground magma dynamics, providing us with a
state-of-the-art method to interpret pre-eruptive observations
and forecast volcanic hazards.

The skills needed for the code development are the knowledge of
numerical analysis,
C++ object oriented programming, MPI and meta programming template.

In case you need further information, do not hesitate to contact me.
Useless to say that we would highly appreciate a brilliant candidate
recommended from you.

Many thanks in advance for your kind attention.

Best regards,

Antonella Longo

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Antonella Longo
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
Sezione di Pisa
Via della Faggiola, 32 - 56126 Pisa - Italy
Tel. +39 050 8311939
fax: +39 050 8311942
http://www.pi.ingv.it/~longo


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