Advertisement for Junior Research Fellow (JRF); Project Number: STC-EE-20120092.

Project: Model based subsurface tomographic soil characterization

Sponsor: ISRO

Requirements: M.E/M.Tech/M.Sc/B.E/B.Tech with demonstratable capability/inclination in a subset of the following:

(a) Computational electromagnetics

(b) Numerical methods (especially for PDEs and Linear Algebra)

(c) Signal processing

Academically inclined candidates with a research potential and interest in the above areas will be preferred.

Project Brief: Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is a commonly used modality to "see" below the subsurface of the earth using microwaves in the mega and giga-hertz range. GPR tomographic imaging is the science of obtaining the electromagnetic parameters characterizing a medium from scattered field data measured by a GPR. The present project aims at the development of novel schemes to reconstruct the unknown electrical properties of soil in a nonlinear GPR tomography setting.

Emoluments: Rs 18000-2000-20000 per month (consolidated).

Duration: Project is for 2 years starting 25 July 2012; initial appointment will be for at most 1 year.

Enquiries: Any enquiries about the above post may please be sent to Dr Naren Naik (nnaik@iitk.ac.in).

Applications for the above post may please be submitted by both e-mail and hard copy to Dr Naren Naik at the above address. Importantly, in addition to basic academic details of the candidate, the application must contain a statement reflecting compatibility of the candidate with the project requirements stated above (in particular with respect to any subset of the 3 areas of expertise listed above).

Last date of submitting applications: 20 September 2012.

Principal Investigator: Dr Naren Naik (nnaik@iitk.ac.in)
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Kanpur - 208016.