Roberto Rocca Ph.D. Fellowships Any Country

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For exceptional university graduates from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Mexico, Romania and Venezuela, the Roberto Rocca Education Program offers fellowships to help fund studies towards the Ph.D. degree in specific fields of study that include Materials Science, Mechanical, and Petroleum Engineering (see Eligibility requirements), at a university of the student's choosing outside his or her home country.

Each year the Program awards around 12 to 15 new Fellowships. Fellows are selected by the Program's Scientific Committee comprising senior managers of the sponsoring companies.

Fellowships are awarded for a period of two years and may be used for tuition, fees and living expenses. The award amount will depend on the candidate’s financial need but in general Fellowships do not cover all expenses and candidates are encouraged to seek complementary sources of funding. At the discretion of the Roberto Rocca Education Program, fellowships may be renewed for up to an additional two years.

The two-month application period for the Roberto Rocca Fellowships begins in mid-October of each year.

Disciplines and specific fields of study supported through the Fellowships include:

Metallurgy

- Steel: production processes and innovative products
- Physical Metallurgy of Steels and High Alloy Materials
- Innovative Heat treatment and Processing
- Rolling Technology of Flat Products/Hot and Cold Deformation
- Physical Metallurgy of Welding
- Extractive Metallurgy

Materials Science Engineering

- Technology of Surface Modification
- Composites
- Coatings for steel products
- Nano-structured materials
- Ceramic materials
- Refractory materials

Mechanical Engineering

- Computational mechanics
- Fracture mechanics and Structural reliability
- Machinability and Advanced Manufacturing Technology
- Tribology
- Control systems
- Metalforming
- Alternative energies
- Robotics

Petroleum Engineering

- Fluid flows analysis
- Pipeline technology
- Well completion and control
- Reservoir simulation
- Enhanced oil recovery processes
- Well logging
- Non-conventional oil production
- Secondary recovery
- String design
- Extreme service conditions (HT/HP)

Fellows are required to make a moral commitment to contribute to the economic and industrial development of their country of origin.