Mather welcomes PhD posts at SAMS

UHI MILLENIUM INSTITUTE ANNOUNCE 
NEW DOCTORAL OPPORTUNITIES

The announcement of six new PhD positions between SAMS at Oban and ERI
in Thurso all related to research into developments in the harnessing of
marine energy and its effect of the environment have been welcomed by
Argyll & Bute MSP Jim Mather. 

Jim Mather said - 

"It is always good to learn of additional employment opportunities
arising in the Highlands and Islands.

" I very much welcome this announcement from the SuperGen Marine Energy
Research Consortium indicating that the UHI Millennium Institute, "the
emergent university of the Highlands and Islands," has secured funding
from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and the European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF)to finance six new PhD positions covering six
projects, three at the Scottish Association of Marine Science (SAMS) at
Dunstaffnage, Oban and three at the Environmental Research Institute
(ERI) at the North Highland College in Thurso. All these projects are
related to research into the effects of harnessing renewable energy from
the marine environment."

The designated projects, three from each organisation, will be from;

At SAMS, Oban
* Impacts of marine renewable energy structures on the
invasion of biofouling non-native species
* The impacts of offshore power production : mitigation
through habitat provision
* Close range interactions between marine vertebrates and
tidal stream turbines
* Offshore renewable energy structures as artificial
islands: implications for dispersal, population connectivity and
biogeography of coastal species

At the ERI, Thurso
* An integrated modelling framework for EIA of large-scale
arrays
* Radar as a tool for investigating Wave-Current
Interaction at marine Energy Sites
* Ecological impacts associated with renewable energy
devices in extreme marine environments
* Tidal Energy and matching of Supply and Demand over the
UK Grid
* Examining strategies for maximising use of Marine Energy
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Fuller information is available at www.sams.ac.uk  and at www.eri.ac.uk 
JIM MATHER MSP    jim.mather.msp@scottish.parliament.uk