Final of application: 2010-12-13
Number of reference: K-2010-0528
PhD position in Polymer Technology
KTH School of Chemical Science and Engineering seeks a PhD student in Polymer Technology
KTH is the largest technical university in Sweden. Education and research cover a broad spectrum within natural sciences and engineering, as well as architecture, industrial engineering and management, urban planning, work science and environmental engineering. KTH has 13 344 full-time equivalent students of whom 6 955 at Bachelor (first) level and 5 545 at Master (second) level. In addition 1 314 full-time equivalent students at doctoral studies (third) level and 3 900 employees.
The School of Chemical Science and Engineering includes the areas Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Fibre and Polymer technology. It encompasses both fundamental and applied chemical sciences and seeks sustainable development through scientific excellence. Many research activities are interdisciplinary across the borders from chemistry to materials science, environmental science, biochemistry, biology and medicine. The School offers a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Science and Engineering, Higher Education Diploma in Chemical Engineering and three international Master programs Chemical Engineering for Energy and the Environment, Macromolecular Materials and Molecular Science and Engineering. We cooperate also with the Master programs Energy and Environment, Materials design, and Biotechnology.
Qualifications
The candidate will in cooperation with several senior researchers and Ph.D. students participate in an interdisciplinary experimental research project that targets the design, synthesis, and investigation of new functional polymer systems for both large-scale commodity applications and highly specialized tissue engineering applications. This particular position will focus on materials for tissue engineering applications. The use of degradable biomedical materials has changed medical science during the past decades. As the need to reconstruct tissues or organs increases, so does the requisites to improve the ways by which this is accomplished. In addition, the demands on the materials constituting these systems are specific to each application and hence, a vast array of different biodegradable materials with varying material characteristics has to be made available to satisfy these short-term demands. In this project, systems generated by novel approaches utilizing all levels of order will be investigated and developed.
Requirements: A suitable background for this position is a Master of Science in chemical engineering, specialized in polymer chemistry with preferred knowledge in organic chemistry. Of merit, but not a requirement, is knowledge in polymer synthesis, preferably living polymerization and degradation characterization. Candidates must be strongly motivated for doctoral studies, possess good levels of cooperative and communicative skills to be able to interact with researchers in the same and related fields, the ability to work independently and to perform critical analysis.
Employment
Form of employment: Time-limited
Start date: According to agreement
Application procedure
Application should be sent in hard copy to:
Inga Persson
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology
Teknikringen 56-58
100 44 Stockholm
Sweden
Application shall include the following documents:
1.Curriculum vitae including full contact information to two reference persons
2.Transcripts from university/university college
3.Personal letter describing yourself, your background, and a brief description of why the applicant wishes to become a doctoral student
4.Copy of abstract from the diploma work (or a description and expected finishing date) and publications (when applicable)
Contact(s)
Professor Ann-Christine Albertsson
Phone: +46 8 790 82 74
aila@polymer.kth.se
Dr. Karin Odelius
Phone: +46 8 790 80 76
odelius@polymer.kth.se
30 Nov 2010
[ Sweden Scholarship ]: PhD scholarship in Soil and Rock Mechanics at KTH, Sweden
Deadline for application 2010-12-08
Dept. Civil and Architectural Engineering is looking for PhD student in Soil and Rock Mechanics
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment is looking for a PhD student to the Department of Soil and Rock Mechanics.
Place of work
KTH is the largest technical university in Sweden. Education and research cover a broad spectrum within natural sciences and engineering, as well as architecture, industrial engineering and management, urban planning, work science and environmental engineering. KTH has 13.344 full-time equivalent students of whom 6.955 at Bachelor (first) level and 5.545 at Master (second) level. In addition 1.314 full-time equivalent students at doctoral studies (third) level and 3.900 employees.
The School of Architecture and built environment focuses on future of our societies, on how our cities, buildings and infrastructure should be designed. We study growth, technology and environment, as well as ethical considerations and risks. Our curriculum and our research are based on several academic disciplines: engineering and the technical sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences.
Job assignment
The aim of the research is to develop methods for calculation of the probability of failure for concrete dams founded on rock. The work will mainly focus on how different types of model uncertainties should be considered in the calculations, partly due to the calculation-model itself and partly due to performed investigations, in order to be able to calculate the probability of failure correct.
Qualifications
The applicant should have a master degree in civil engineering or a corresponding degree. The applicant should also have well developed analytical skills in order to formulate and solve problems independently. Good social competence and a positive attitude are qualities which are considered important. Good skills in writing and speaking English are required.
Employment
Form of employment: Position as Phd Student
Start date: To be agreed
Application
Applications via e-mail are to be sent to: registrator.byv@abe.kth.se
(enclose your CV as attachment in the e-mail application)
Please refer to the reference number A-2010-0860 in your application
Contact(s)
Stefan Larsson, professor
Phone: + 46 8-790 60 16
Stefan Larsson
Fredrik Johansson, researcher
Phone: + 46 8-790 79 91
stefan.larsson@byv.kth.se
Link: http://www.kth.se/om/work-at-kth/vacancies/dept-civil-and-architectural-engineering-is-looking-for-phd-student-in-soil-and-rock-mechanics-1.70988?l=en_UK
Dept. Civil and Architectural Engineering is looking for PhD student in Soil and Rock Mechanics
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment is looking for a PhD student to the Department of Soil and Rock Mechanics.
Place of work
KTH is the largest technical university in Sweden. Education and research cover a broad spectrum within natural sciences and engineering, as well as architecture, industrial engineering and management, urban planning, work science and environmental engineering. KTH has 13.344 full-time equivalent students of whom 6.955 at Bachelor (first) level and 5.545 at Master (second) level. In addition 1.314 full-time equivalent students at doctoral studies (third) level and 3.900 employees.
The School of Architecture and built environment focuses on future of our societies, on how our cities, buildings and infrastructure should be designed. We study growth, technology and environment, as well as ethical considerations and risks. Our curriculum and our research are based on several academic disciplines: engineering and the technical sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences.
Job assignment
The aim of the research is to develop methods for calculation of the probability of failure for concrete dams founded on rock. The work will mainly focus on how different types of model uncertainties should be considered in the calculations, partly due to the calculation-model itself and partly due to performed investigations, in order to be able to calculate the probability of failure correct.
Qualifications
The applicant should have a master degree in civil engineering or a corresponding degree. The applicant should also have well developed analytical skills in order to formulate and solve problems independently. Good social competence and a positive attitude are qualities which are considered important. Good skills in writing and speaking English are required.
Employment
Form of employment: Position as Phd Student
Start date: To be agreed
Application
Applications via e-mail are to be sent to: registrator.byv@abe.kth.se
(enclose your CV as attachment in the e-mail application)
Please refer to the reference number A-2010-0860 in your application
Contact(s)
Stefan Larsson, professor
Phone: + 46 8-790 60 16
Stefan Larsson
Fredrik Johansson, researcher
Phone: + 46 8-790 79 91
stefan.larsson@byv.kth.se
Link: http://www.kth.se/om/work-at-kth/vacancies/dept-civil-and-architectural-engineering-is-looking-for-phd-student-in-soil-and-rock-mechanics-1.70988?l=en_UK
25 Nov 2010
[Sweden Scholarship]: PhD Scholarship in Programming language-based security
Reference number 2010/292
Application deadline 2011-01-12
The department provides a strong, international, and dynamic research environment with about 75 faculty and 75 PhD students. For more information, see www.chalmers.se/cse/EN/ .
Knowledge of Swedish is not a prerequisite for application. English is our working language for research. Both Swedish and English are used in undergraduate courses. Half of our researchers and PhD students are native Swedes; the rest come from more than 30 different countries.
Job description
The PhD students will join a world-leading team of researchers on programming language-based security. Language-based security facilitates specifying and enforcing security policies at the level of programming languages early in the software design and construction phase. The focus of the advertised positions is on the following directions of work:
- To design rich security policies for confidentiality and integrity, as demanded by practical applications (such as web applications).
- To develop practical enforcement mechanisms for these policies in expressive programming languages (such as web languages). These enforcement mechanisms may combine static (for example, type system-based) and dynamic (for example, execution monitoring-based) techniques.
- To support the above with case studies in web-application security.
In pursuing these goals, there are possibilities for collaboration with our high-profile academic and industrial partners.
PhD student positions are limited to five years and will then normally include 20 per cent departmental work, mostly teaching duties. Salary for the position is as specified in Chalmers' general agreement for PhD student positions. The positions are intended to start in spring or fall 2011.
Required qualifications
Applicants for a PhD position must have a degree in Computing Science or in a related subject with a strong Computing Science component. They must also have a strong, documented interest in doing research. The ideal candidate for the project will have strong background in both programming languages and security. You may even apply if you have not yet completed your degree, but expect to do so before the position starts.
In addition to the submission items specified below you MUST include letters of recommendation: we typically get a large number of applications, and it is simply not feasible for us to request individual letters! Please, include the recommendation letters as a part of the application pdf file. No need for copies of degrees and certificates to be attested, if submitting the application electronically. Finally it is essential that the application includes all relevant work such as theses and articles that you have authored or co-authored.
Application procedure
The application shall be written in English and include the following items:
- An application of a maximum of one A4 page containing your specific qualifications for the position
- Attested copies of education certificates, including grade reports and other documents
- Curriculum Vitae
- Letters of recommendation and name of reference persons (optional)
The application shall be sent electronically as pdf or zipped documents. Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form.
If any material is not available electronically or cannot be transferred to pdf format, the material can be sent as a hard copy to Registrar. The applicants name and the reference number (2010/292) must be written on the first page of the application.
Address:
Registrar
Chalmers University of Technology
SE-412 96 Göteborg
Sweden
Further information
Research level:
Professor David Sands
E-mail: dave@chalmers.se
Tel: +46 31 772 1059
Professor Andrei Sabelfeld
E-mail: andrei@chalmers.se
Tel: +46 31 772 1018
Department level:
Assoc Professor Jan Jonsson, Vice Head of Department
E-mail: janjo@chalmers.se
Tel: +46 31 772 5220
Union representatives
- SACO: Jan Lindér
- ST: Marie Wenander
- SEKO: Johan Persson
All reachable via Chalmers exchange: +46 31 772 10 00
Link: http://www.chalmers.se/cse/EN/news/vacancies/positions/phd-student-positions-in
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[Sweden Scholarship]: PhD scholarship in SuMo BIOMATERIALS at Chalmers University of Technology
Reference number 2010/281
Application deadline 2011-01-07
SuMo Biomaterials performs research with the aim to develop smart functionalities, with emphasis of flow in materials with starting point from the needs of our member companies. Our approach is highly interdisciplinary with scientists from chemistry, physics and mathematics. Scientist from companies, university and institute work together in a research environment founded on mutual respect between fundamental and applied science as well as business demands.
SuMo Biomaterials is funded by VINNOVA and our member companies and hosted by Chalmers University of Technology and is integrated into Chalmers' strategy for sustainable development. SuMo Biomaterials is one of the excellence centers within Chalmers' Area of Advance - Materials Science. SuMo Biomaterials has the vision to satisfy industrial needs through excellence in science.
Job description
SuMo Biomaterials aim to achieve predictability with respect to designing materials with specific flow profiles. We are organized in four research modules that interact in a unique way. The Diffusion & flow module focuses on experimental characterization of flow on various length and time-scales. The Material structure module focuses on static and dynamic microstructure characterization at several scales. The focus in the Mathematical & computer modelling module is to model both microstructures and flow. In the Material design module we construct materials with structures varying from nano to micrometers with the goal to achieve synergies in flow properties.
Together the four modules aim towards an innovative way of working that will result in both scientific excellence and innovations.
As a SuMo collaborator you should have an interest in interdisciplinary ways of working. In practice this means that experimentalists and theoreticians work closely together towards our goals. We are currently seeking post-docs and PhD students in several projects and spread among the four modules in the program.
Read more about our ways of working at our homepage: http://chalmers.se/chem/sumo-en
The employment is 4 years and 3 months, whereof about 5% is devoted to teaching or other duties at the Division. The remaining time is for research activities within the PhD project as well as for graduate courses.
Required qualifications
We welcome applicants with an interest in interdisciplinary ways of working in the four modules mentioned above. You have a degree in chemistry, physics, materials science or other relevant areas. The knowledge of the Swedish language is desirable but not a must, whereas a good level of spoken and written English is required.
Application procedure
The application shall be written in English and include the following items:
- An application of a maximum of one A4 page containing your specific qualifications for the position
- Attested copies of education certificates, including grade reports and other documents
- Curriculum Vitae
- Letters of recommendation and name of reference persons (optional)
The application shall be sent electronically as pdf or zipped documents. Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form.
If any material is not available electronically or cannot be transferred to pdf format, the material can be sent as a hard copy to Registrar. The applicants name and the reference number (2010/281) must be written on the first page of the application.
Address:
Registrar
Chalmers University of Technology
SE-412 96 Göteborg
Sweden
Further information
If you are interested in this position and need more information please contact Professor Magnus Nydén (mnyden@chalmers.se).
For further information about the research activities in our Areas of Advance at Chalmers look at www.chalmers.se, and learn more about SuMO at www.chalmers.se/chem/sumo-en
Union representatives
- SACO: Jan Lindér
- ST: Marie Wenander
- SEKO: Johan Persson
All reachable via Chalmers exchange: +46 31 772 10 00
Link: http://www.chalmers.se/chem/EN/news/vacancies/positions/phd-student-positions-in8194
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[Sweden Scholarship]: PhD scholarship in Applied Chemistry
PhD student position in Applied Chemistry: new electrolytic materials for batteries and fuel cells
Reference number 2010/278
Application deadline 2011-01-07
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering conducts research in the fields of pure chemistry, biological engineering, applied chemistry and chemical engineering. The department is also the host for several large excellence centra such as SuMo, SUPRA, HTC, KCK, and the Chalmers part of WWSC.
The Applied Surface Chemistry group belongs to the Division of Applied Chemistry and has a leading research position in areas such as heterogeneous catalysis, nanomaterials, NMR diffusometry, surfactants and microemulsions. The research activities have the scope to develop new materials for a variety of applications, for instance in medical implants, marine paints, or fuel cells. The collaboration with industries is consequently very strong. The whole group consists of more than 50 employees, of which about 35 are PhD students. The international and interdisciplinary environment makes the Applied Surface Chemistry group a stimulating and dynamic place to work in.
Job description
The aim with this project is to contribute to the development of a cleaner and sustainable society by finding alternative ways to supply energy. Our goal is to improve the existing technologies for energy conversion devices, like Li-ion batteries or fuel cells, by developing alternative electrolytic materials to those conventionally used. The basic approach is to combine a solid matrix (for instance an oxide network) with a liquid phase (for instance an ionic liquid), and obtain a so-called gel. A key issue is to understand how structural modifications, on both the solid and the liquid phase, may affect the properties of the resulting material.
Different sol-gel synthesis routes will be investigated and the materials will mainly be characterized by NMR spectroscopy at the Swedish NMR center in Gothenburg. However, complementary techniques like rheology and infrared spectroscopy will also be employed. The project is experimental in its nature, even though the student should also be interested in modeling experimental data and achieving a physical understanding of the results.
The employment is for a period of 4 years and 3 months, whereof about ~ 5% is devoted to teaching or other duties at the Division. The remaining time is for research activities within the PhD project as well as for graduate courses. As a Chalmers employee the monthly salary will be set according to current salary agreements.
Required qualifications
The applicant to this position should have a Master degree in physical chemistry, applied chemistry, materials science or another relevant area. The student must be a highly motivated and self-driving person, should have a genuine interest in facing and solving scientific problems, and is supposed to have strong collaboration skills. Since the project is at the borderline between chemistry and physics, it is important that the student appreciates working in the lab as well as with theoretical tools. The knowledge of the Swedish language is desirable but not a must, whereas a good level of spoken and written English is required. The selected PhD student can start as soon as possible.
Application procedure
The application shall be written in English and include the following items:
- An application of a maximum of one A4 page containing your specific qualifications for the position
- Attested copies of education certificates, including grade reports and other documents
- Curriculum Vitae
- Letters of recommendation and name of reference persons (optional)
The application shall be sent electronically as pdf or zipped documents. Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form.
If any material is not available electronically or cannot be transferred to pdf format, the material can be sent as a hard copy to Registrar. The applicants name and the reference number (2010/278) must be written on the first page of the application.
Address:
Registrar
Chalmers University of Technology
SE-412 96 Göteborg
Sweden
Further information
If you are interested in this position and need more information please contact Dr. Anna Martinelli (anna.martinelli@chalmers.se, 031-772 3002) or Professor Magnus Nydén (mnyden@chalmers.se).
For further information about the research activities at our department look at www.chalmers.se/chem. On the web you can also learn more about ionic liquids and fuel cells technologies.
Union representatives
- SACO: Jan Lindér
- ST: Marie Wenander
- SEKO: Johan Persson
All reachable via Chalmers exchange: +46 31 772 10 00
Link: http://www.chalmers.se/chem/EN/news/vacancies/positions/phd-student-position-in4030
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[Sweden Scholarship]: PhD scholarship in wind turbine structural dynamics at Chalmers University of Technology
Reference number 2010/272
Application deadline 2011-01-14
The Department of Applied Mechanics conducts research in the areas of vehicle design and mechanical engineering. The research is often carried out together with national and international academic and industrial partners, and it concerns both fundamental and applied problems. The research at the Division of Dynamics at the Department of Applied Mechanics is mostly directed towards various dynamic, vibration and wave propagation problems. Both fundamental and applied research is performed, and although the main thrust is towards modelling and numerical treatment, experimental activities also play an important role.
The division of Dynamics has a large teaching involvement giving basic courses in mechanics and strength of materials and advanced courses in mechanics, FEM, structural dynamics, and optimization of dynamical systems.
Job description
The Division of Dynamics at the Department of Applied Mechanics is seeking a new PhD student to start in the spring of 2011. The research will be conducted within the project described below.
PhD project: Validation of Wind Turbine Structural Dynamics Models
In the analysis and simulation based optimization of wind turbines, it is crucial that the models that are used give a sufficiently accurate representation of real world characteristics. The reason for this is obvious. Since optimization relies on evaluation of gradients of objectives and constraints with respect to a set of design parameters, or ranking within a set of designs based on realizations of such parameters, it is of major concern that results are accurate enough for gradient evaluations.
The structural responses from transient and non-linear events are strongly dependent on the structural dynamics system characteristics. As turbines are progressively made larger, more slender and more flexible, the requirements of the dynamic characterization of turbine models increase.
One purpose of the research conducted within the newly established Swedish Wind Power Technology Center at Chalmers University of Technology is to better enable the design via simulation at system level. For reliable system simulations, it is important that the physics of the underlying subsystems are properly modelled and proved to be so by experimental validation. This project focuses on the structural dynamics modelling of the most critical and complex structure of a wind turbine, the blade.
When adding rotation and aerodynamics on a turbine the blade interacts with the air and deflects. Gravity and inertia loading contributes to a complex dynamic system with coupling to the rest of the structure. Structural and aerodynamic damping is different in different directions. Shear and torsional properties are increasingly more important to consider and understand the longer and more slender the blade gets. How advanced blade models can be incorporated into an efficient simulation environment is part of the scope in this project.
Required qualifications
A suitable background is a Master of Science (Swedish: civilingenjör) in mechanical engineering, engineering physics or civil engineering with emphasis on applied and computational mechanics. A strong interest in modeling, simulation and experimental validation of models is required.
Knowledge of the Swedish language is desirable but not a requirement. However, all PhD Students are expected to be able to teach in Swedish as well as in English after two years of employment. Those who do not have Swedish as their mother tongue are offered courses in the Swedish language.
Application procedure
The application shall be written in English and include the following items:
- An application of a maximum of one A4 page containing your specific qualifications for the position
- Attested copies of education certificates, including grade reports and other documents
- Curriculum Vitae
- Letters of recommendation and name of reference persons (optional)
The application shall be sent electronically as pdf or zipped documents. Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form.
If any material is not available electronically or cannot be transferred to pdf format, the material can be sent as a hard copy to Registrar. The applicants name and the reference number (2010/272) must be written on the first page of the application.
Address:
Registrar
Chalmers University of Technology
SE-412 96 Göteborg
Sweden
Further information
Thomas Abrahamsson
Phone: +46-31-7721506
E-mail: thomas.abrahamsson@chalmers.se
Union representatives
- SACO: Jan Lindér
- ST: Marie Wenander
- SEKO: Johan Persson
All reachable via Chalmers exchange: +46 31 772 10 00
Source: http://www.chalmers.se/am/EN/news-summary/vacancies/positions/phd-student-in-wind
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[Sweden Scholarship]: PhD scholarship in Structural Dynamics at Chalmers University of Technology
Reference number 2010/264
Application deadline 2011-01-14
The Department of Applied Mechanics conducts research in the areas of vehicle design and mechanical engineering. The research is often carried out together with national and international academic and industrial partners, and it concerns both fundamental and applied problems. The research at the Division of Dynamics at the Department of Applied Mechanics is directed towards various dynamic, vibration and wave propagation problems, also with coupling to other physical phenomena such as wear or piezoelectricity. Both fundamental and applied research is performed, and although the main thrust is towards modelling and numerical treatment, experimental activities also play an important role.
The division of Dynamics has a large teaching involvement giving basic courses in mechanics and strength of materials and advanced courses in mechanics, FEM, structural dynamics, and optimization of dynamical systems.
Job description
The Division of Dynamics at the Department of Applied Mechanics is seeking a new PhD student to start in the spring of 2011. The research will be conducted within the project described below.
PhD project: Nonlinear Computational Models for Aircraft Structural Dynamics
For aircraft flutter simulation, numerical stress evaluation and dynamic response prediction it is crucial that the used computational models represent the real structural behavior well. This can not always be achieved by the use of linear computational models that are the standard of today.
When results from laboratory vibration tests or from real flight mission tests are compared to their associated computational results, discrepancies are unavoidable. In this project we strive at decreasing such discrepancies. There are reasons to believe that many differences are due to nonlinear phenomena such as damping, dry friction, backlash, load dependent contact geometry and fuel tank sloshing.
The purpose of this project is to investigate methods that can be used to localize the causes of the discrepancies between test and computational results. This will be done by use of computational model updating methodology. Further, the project aims at increasing the knowledge of the nonlinear phenomena that are most significant for the aircraft dynamics and thereby necessary to include in the computational models. The project has a strong coupling to vibrational tests. These tests need to be informative with respect to model parameters. Studies of test procedures is a natural part of the project and test improvements may be found necessary for the characterization of nonlinear behavior.
Required qualifications
A suitable background is a Master of Science (Swedish: civilingenjör) in mechanical engineering, engineering physics or civil engineering with emphasis on applied and computational mechanics. A strong interest in modeling, simulation and experimental validation of models is required.
Knowledge of the Swedish language is desirable but not a requirement. However, all PhD Students are expected to be able to teach in Swedish as well as in English after two years of employment. Those who do not have Swedish as their mother tongue are offered courses in the Swedish language.
Application procedure
The application shall be written in English and include the following items:
- An application of a maximum of one A4 page containing your specific qualifications for the position
- Attested copies of education certificates, including grade reports and other documents
- Curriculum Vitae
- Letters of recommendation and name of reference persons (optional)
The application shall be sent electronically as pdf or zipped documents. Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form.
If any material is not available electronically or cannot be transferred to pdf format, the material can be sent as a hard copy to Registrar. The applicants name and the reference number (2010/264) must be written on the first page of the application.
Address:
Registrar
Chalmers University of Technology
SE-412 96 Göteborg
Sweden
Further information
Prof. Thomas Abrahamsson
Phone: +46-31-7721506
E-mail: thomas.abrahamsson@chalmers.se
Union representatives
- SACO: Jan Lindér
- ST: Marie Wenander
- SEKO: Johan Persson
All reachable via Chalmers exchange: +46 31 772 10 00
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