Research grant for Masters (1 vacancy) REFERENCE: BI/CITAB/UTAD/87/2015
It is available one research grant for masters, within the Research Unit CITAB – Centre for The Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (AGR-Norte-VilaReal-4033) from the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal, funded by national funds through FCT, under the following conditions: Scientific area: Engineering Admission prerequisites: MSc in Engineering or related areas. Preferred requirements: - Research experience in the areas of data and data communication, signal and instrumentation; - Previous participation in research projects in the areas in which the work plan is inserted; - Experience with Programming Languages and Matlab software; - Ability to work independently; - Participation as author or co-author of one or more publications in peer-reviewed international journals [original works already published or accepted for publication (DOI)]; - Dynamism, team spirit, high sense of responsibility, organization and method. - Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English and communication skills.
Work plan: Development and application of sensors networks for agro-forestry systems. The person hired will do experimental field work and will develop sensors networks for capturing signals of different kind, from very specific ones related to vineyards and grapes parameters estimation to image for support and preprocessing stages in harvesting processes. Legislation and regulations: Law N º. 40/2004, of August 18 (Status of Scientific Research Fellow); the current Research Grants Regulation from the Foundation for Science and Technology and Research Grant Regulation from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro - Order RT.36/2011, July 6, Mr. Rector, published in the Official Gazette by Order No. 9157/2011 (Series II) of 19 July. Workplace: