From psik-network-owner-at-dl.ac.uk Thu Nov 3 07:55:40 2005 Received: from mserv6.dl.ac.uk (mserv6.dl.ac.uk [148.79.80.137]) by physmail.rutgers.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jA3Ctdtx023884; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 07:55:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from dlmail1.dl.ac.uk (dlmail1.dl.ac.uk [148.79.162.230]) by mserv6.dl.ac.uk (8.12.10/8.12.8/[ref postmaster-at-dl.ac.uk]) with ESMTP id jA3ClnjB010622; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:47:56 GMT Received: from dlmail1.dl.ac.uk (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by dlmail1.dl.ac.uk (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id jA3Clna2014293; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:47:49 GMT Received: from localhost (mail-at-localhost) by dlmail1.dl.ac.uk (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) with SMTP id jA3Cllkb014291; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:47:47 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: dlmail1.dl.ac.uk: mail owned process doing -bs Received: by dlmail1.dl.ac.uk (bulk_mailer v1.13); Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:42:56 +0000 Received: from dlmail1.dl.ac.uk (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by dlmail1.dl.ac.uk (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id jA3Cgua2014010; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:42:56 GMT Received: (from majord-at-localhost) by dlmail1.dl.ac.uk (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id jA3CgusA014008; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:42:56 GMT Received: from mserv7.dl.ac.uk (mail.dl.ac.uk [148.79.80.138]) by dlmail1.dl.ac.uk (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id jA3Cfda2013989 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:41:39 GMT X-DL-MFrom: X-DL-Connect: Received: from exchange10.dl.ac.uk (exchange10.dl.ac.uk [148.79.163.40]) by mserv7.dl.ac.uk (8.12.10/8.12.8/[ref postmaster-at-dl.ac.uk]) with ESMTP id jA3CfbEh019078 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:41:38 GMT Importance: normal Received: from exchange02.dl.ac.uk ([148.79.80.19]) by exchange10.dl.ac.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.0); Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:41:37 +0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.326 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: FW: postdoc announcement Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 12:41:37 -0000 Message-ID: <77673C9ECE12AB4791B5AC0A7BF40C8FEFB434-at-exchange02.fed.cclrc.ac.uk> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: postdoc announcement thread-index: AcXgc0ZLh3kTNXxSQoOZahHr/fZ0KgAAH0RA From: "PSIK-coord" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Nov 2005 12:41:37.0638 (UTC) FILETIME=[EE743060:01C5E073] X-CCLRC-SPAM-report: -4.9 : BAYES_00 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.44 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.37 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by mserv7.dl.ac.uk id jA3CfbEh019078 Sender: owner-psik-network-at-dl.ac.uk X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on physmail.rutgers.edu X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64 X-Spam-Level: Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: -----Original Message----- From: owner-psik-coord-at-dl.ac.uk [mailto:owner-psik-coord-at-dl.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Emilio Artacho Sent: 03 November 2005 12:39 To: PSIK-coord Subject: postdoc announcement ------------------------------------------- University of Cambridge Post-Doctoral Research Position Minerals for encapsulation of high-level nuclear waste: simulating damage and durability A three-year position exists for a post-doctoral researcher to join our existing group working on ceramics for nuclear waste encapsulation on a new NERC-funded collaboration between the Departments of Earth Science at the University of Cambridge (Emilio Artacho, Martin Dove, Simon Redfern), and Materials Science at Imperial College (Robin Grimes). The aim of the project, entitled "Minerals for encapsulation of high-level nuclear waste: simulating damage and durability", is to use atomic scale computer simulation to build an understanding of the long-term durability of ceramic phases proposed for high-level nuclear waste encapsulation, with the goal of developing improved methods of high-level waste encapsulation. We envisage that the first part of the work will focus on developing methods to understand transport of ions in damaged material. This will involve investigating suitable simulation methodologies, developing appropriate interatomic potentials, running large-scale simulations to generate damaged material, and implementing the methodologies for studying diffusion. The project will involve running a variety of condensed matter simulation methods, including: 1) Very-large-scale computer simulations of radioactive decay processes within oxides, the choice being based on practical candidate materials. 2) Running simulations of diffusion of radioactive atoms through damaged materials to investigate long-term ability to contain these atoms in real storage materials. 3) Developing quantum mechanics methods to understand the role of energy lost through interactions with electrons. The researcher will be based in Cambridge but will be expected to visit Imperial College regularly, and will a) have a PhD (or about to receive a PhD) in condensed matter physics/ chemistry or materials science b) have experience in simulations of condensed phases, including some experience/interest in classical molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo methods, developments of model potentials, ab initio methods c) have experience of computing, including use of high-capability computers, programming, and scripting Salary in the range GBP 22,289 to GBP 24,352 Applicants should send CV and e-mails of 2 referees, as soon as possible to: Professor Simon Redfern (e-mail: satr-at-cam.ac.uk) Department of Earth Sciences Downing Street Cambridge CB2 3EQ UK -- Emilio Artacho Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK Tel. (+44/0) 1223 333480, Fax (+44/0) 1223 333450 emilio-at-esc.cam.ac.uk, http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/~emilio