PhD scholarship in Polymers and functional interfaces

 

A 3-year PhD scholarship in experimental studies of polyelectrolyte-based functional coatings and hydrogel systems is available at the Department of Chemistry. The project will be under supervision of Professor Esben Thormann and the position is available from February 15th, 2023, or as soon as possible thereafter. The project is fully funded by DTU through a partnership programme meaning that part of this project should be carried out at KTH in Stockholm (Sweden).

Responsibilities and qualifications
The PhD project will focus on specific ion effects in polyelectrolytes systems and how ion-pairing can affect structure and functionality of polyelectrolyte materials. E.g., changes in chemical structure of charged monomers, different polymer architectures and different types of counterions can be used to tune material properties of coating and hydrogels. In this project we will primarily focus on the understanding of ion mobility and anti-freezing properties of such systems. The project will contain a part focusing on synthesis of polymer materials, a part focusing on the physicochemical characterization of these polymer systems and finally a part focusing on studies of material functionality.

You must have a two-year master's degree (120 ECTS points) or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to a two-year master's degree in physical chemistry, polymer chemistry, soft matter or equivalent. Candidates who have experience with synthesis of polyelectrolytes, surface grafting techniques and/or characterization techniques like EIS, AFM, QCM-D and ellipsometry will be preferred. You should further be highly motivated, able to work independently and should be confident in both written and spoken English. As the project is a part of DTU’s partnership programme, any candidate should be prepared to work at KTH in Stockholm for a 3-6 months period of the project. You should strive towards scientific excellence, be ambitious and hard working. Only applicants with great talent, who seeks to be among the brightest in their field, will be considered.

Approval and Enrolment
The scholarship for the PhD degree is subject to academic approval, and the candidate will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes at DTU. For information about our enrolment requirements and the general planning of the PhD study programme, please see DTU's rules for the PhD education.

We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.

Salary and appointment terms

The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union. The period of employment is 3 years.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Further information
Further information may be obtained from Esben Thormann, tel.: +45 53828118, email: esth@kemi.dtu.dk

You can read more about the Group of Polymers and Functional Interfaces at www.kemi.dtu.dk/EsbenThormann

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark. Furthermore, you have the option of joining our monthly free seminar “PhD relocation to Denmark and startup “Zoom” seminar” for all questions regarding the practical matters of moving to Denmark and working as a PhD at DTU.

Application
Please submit your online application no later than 1 December 2022 (Danish time). Interested candidates are encouraged to send their application as early as possible as the applications will be evaluated continuously as they come in.

Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply online", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• A letter motivating the application (cover letter)
• Curriculum vitae
• Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma (in English) including official description of grading scale

You may apply prior to ob­tai­ning your master's degree but cannot begin before having received it.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

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Postdoc in Materials Science and Engineering

 

Are you intrigued by materials failure and seek an opportunity to resolve the microstructural reasons in quest for a potential cure? Fatigue during cyclic loading is overwhelmingly the dominant reason for materials deterioration. Repeated loading and unloading changes the internal microstructure and bring about local stresses in metallic materials. These internal stresses superimpose with external loads in a synergistic manner causing an accelerated microstructural evolution, initiation of fatigue cracks and ultimately failure. Recent experimental findings reveal that the maximum of the internal stress shows a phase shift and does not coincide with the maximum external load but occur later – strongly urging for reconsideration of their impact on cyclic deformation. The collaborative research project aims towards gaining insight in this phase shift, its origin, and consequences for the microstructural deterioration during fatigue. The post doc position offers participation in beam times and an outplacement for three months at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Responsibilities and qualifications
Your focus will be on characterizing the microstructural evolution in an aluminum alloy during cycling loading in tension and compression. Additional to laboratory experiments, you will perform x-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation applying high-resolution reciprocal space mapping in-situ while cyclic loading. Based on the data, you will quantify the microstructure and the development of internal stresses during individual tension compression cycles shedding light on the mechanical stress state and its evolution during load cycles causing fatigue in the alloy.

Your tasks will include:

• Mechanical testing (mainly cyclic deformation)
• Microstructural characterization by electron microscopy (mainly EBSD)
• Participation at synchrotron beam time (PETRA or APS)
• Analysis of x-ray diffraction data to extract information on microstructure and stresses
• Simulation of the mechanical behavior and microstructural evolution

You should have a solid background in material science and mechanical engineering, in particular materials characterization and mechanics of solids.

As a formal qualification, you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent).

We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union.

The period of employment is 2 years. Starting date is 1 February 2023 or shortly thereafter. The position is a full-time position.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Further information
Further information may be obtained from Prof. Wolfgang Pantleon, DTU Construct, E-mail: pawo@dtu.dk, Tel. +45 4525 2315.

You can read more about the Department for Civil and Mechanical Engineering at www.construct.dtu.dk

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark. 

Application procedure
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 4 December 2022 (Danish time). Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply online", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• CV
• Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD – in English)
• List of publications
• Link to electronic version of PhD thesis (not entire text)

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

DTU Civil and Mechanical Engineering develops and utilizes science and technical knowledge for the benefit of society and the sustainable development. We undertake research, education, innovation, and scientific advice of the highest quality within building design and processes, building construction and safety, building energy and installation, solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, materials technology, manufacturing engineering, engineering design and thermal energy systems.

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DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,400 students and 5,800 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.

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PhD scholarship in Efficient Numerical Modeling of Hearing Aids as Worn by Patients

 

We are offering a 3-year PhD position at the Centre for Acoustic-Mechanical Microsystems (CAMM) for the “Efficient numerical modeling of hearing aids as worn by patients”. As this project is inherently multidisciplinary, you will have the unique opportunity of acquiring and applying knowledge on fields like advanced numerical modelling techniques, challenging acoustic measurements on human subjects, improvement of model efficiency and numerical optimization, among others. You will work in contact with Danish hearing aid companies that are global technological leaders in their field, and you will develop your ideas within a lively university environment with other PhD projects that are related to yours.

CAMM, which is attached to both the DTU Electro and DTU Construct departments, has a solid background on sensors, transducers, modelling, fabrication and materials, to which you can contribute. You will have access to world-class facilities and experienced, internationally recognized staff. You will also be connected to the Acoustic Technology group at DTU Electro, which has a decades-long history of top-level research and education in different fields of Acoustics.

Project background and goals
Hearing Aids (HAs) are extremely compact and specialized devices with many engineering challenges. They need to accommodate several transducers, power supply, signal processing and connectivity, all within drastically limited space and reduced power. Additionally, the HA needs to be adapted to every individual hearing-impaired patient and function in direct contact with the ear.

Hearing aid companies therefore have a strong research component and continuously improve their products by means of measurements and advanced simulation. Standardized measurement tests of the HA acoustic and mechanical performance do not usually include a human subject wearing the HA. Instead, for repeatability reasons, fixed setups are used. On the other hand, numerical simulation of full setups (HA worn by a patient) can become cumbersome because of computer burden and lack of reliable information on acoustic and mechanical properties of human tissues.

In this project you will be tackling the aforementioned difficulties. This will include:

• Characterization of acoustical and mechanical properties of human tissues around the HA, including:
  • Acoustic impedances of the skin covering ear canal, pinna, head, hair, head and torso and their influence on the HA performance,
  • Mechanical properties and geometry of the interior of the ear canal and the transmission path inside the head, i.e. biomechanics of human hearing.
  • Variability among individuals of the mentioned items, including inverse methods e.g. Bayesian inversion.
• Regarding the numerical models, it is expected that coupling a HA, already a very complex device, and the patient it is fitted on will result in very large models. This will mean:
  • Studying and applying Model Order Reduction (MOR) techniques or equivalent.
  • Combine modeling techniques such as the Boundary Element Method (BEM) and the Finite Element Method (FEM) in an optimal way, as well as simplification to analogous equivalents of less relevant subsystems.
  • Utilization of High Performance Computing (HPC) platforms (including Graphical Processing Units (GPUs)) in combination with domain decomposition approaches.  

The outcome of the project will be the creation of new and improved models of HAs that take into account their actual use on patients, allowing deeper understanding of the underlying coupled physics and better adapted HA designs.

Your activities during the PhD project will include:

• Following courses on topics related with your project, either at DTU or other institutions,
• Contributing to teaching and supervision tasks at DTU,
• Attending international conferences where you will present your work,
• Publication of your research results in scientific, peer reviewed journals.

Your required qualifications and skills are:

• A master level education in the fields of either acoustics, mechanics, physics or equivalent,
• Excellent command of English both spoken and written,
• Knowledge on acoustical/mechanical measurements and design of experiments,
• Knowledge of numerical simulation tools.

You must have a two-year master's degree (120 ECTS points) or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to a two-year master's degree.

Approval and Enrolment
The scholarship for the PhD degree is subject to academic approval, and the candidate will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes at DTU. For information about our enrolment requirements and the general planning of the PhD study programme, please see DTU's rules for the PhD education. 

Assessment
The assessment of the applications will be made by Associate Professor Vicente Cutanda Henriquez and Associate Professor Niels Aage.

We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.

Salary and appointment terms
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union. The period of employment is 3 years.

Starting date according to mutual agreement. The position is a full-time position.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Further information
Further information may be obtained from Associate Professor Vicente Cutanda Henriquez (vcuhe@dtu.dk) and Associate Professor Niels Aage (naage@dtu.dk)

You can read more about the Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering (DTU Electro) at electro.dtu.dk/ and about the Center for Acoustic-Mechanical Microsystems at www.camm.elektro.dtu.dk.

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark. Furthermore, you have the option of joining our monthly free seminar “PhD relocation to Denmark and startup “Zoom” seminar” for all questions regarding the practical matters of moving to Denmark and working as a PhD at DTU.

Application procedure
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 4 December 2022 (Danish time). Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply online", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• A letter motivating the application (cover letter)
• Curriculum vitae
• Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma (in English) including official description of grading scale

You may apply prior to ob­tai­ning your master's degree but cannot begin before having received it.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

DTU Electro is the result of a recent merger of the former departments DTU Elektro and DTU Photonics. Its research is, among other things, used in the healthcare sector for diagnostics, treatment and improving the quality of life. Research topics are the development of more sustainable energy systems, safer autonomous systems and a faster, greener and more secure internet.

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,400 students and 5,800 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.

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Postdoc in Algorithms: Dynamic Graphs and Computational Geometry

 

We invite applications for a postdoc in algorithms with a focus on dynamic graphs and computational geometry. The postdoc takes place at the AlgoLoG section, DTU Compute; a section devoted to the study of theoretical computer science and graph theory.

Responsibilities and tasks
You will engage in the pursuit of new, efficient algorithms for dynamic graphs, and for computational geometric problems. You will work in collaboration with the postdoc adviser, associate professor Eva Rotenberg, who has a background in discrete algorithms, broadly, and graph algorithms, specifically. Together, we will study and discuss different hypotheses, problems, and ideas concerning (1) dynamic graph algorithms, that is, algorithms for graphs that undergo changes or updates, and (2) planar and graph-related computational geometry.

In dynamic graphs, to handle changes to the graph, an efficient dynamic graph algorithm maintains a data structure containing partial answers to a specific type of query, in a way that allows the right partial answers to be updated when the graph is changed, and the right partial answers to be combined when a query is asked. The fun challenge in this field is to find just the right partial answers to maintain, while letting the algorithm for answering queries do some of the work of putting the answer together, and often, the road to efficient algorithms goes via new graph theoretic insights.

The postdoc is financed by the Independent Research Fund Denmark grant "Dynamic Network Analysis", and the Carlsberg Foundation Young Researcher Fellowship: “Graph Algorithms with Geometric Applications”.

Scientific environment
Your colleagues in the AlgoLoG section are scholars of graph algorithms, computational geometry, combinatorial pattern matching, graph theory, combinatorics, approximation algorithms, differential privacy, logic, and algorithm engineering; we are currently 11 faculty, 11 PhD-students, and 3 other postdocs.

We aim to provide a scientifically stimulating environment and hope you will engage in scientific discussions and collaborations with the researchers around you.

Potential collaborators include the 3-4 PhD students on Eva Rotenberg’s projects: "Efficient Recomputations for Changeful Problems" (Villum Young Investigator) and “Graph Algorithms with Geometric Applications” (Carlsberg Foundation), and postdoc Ivor van der Hoog who works on “Algorithms for Real-Life Graphs” (EuroTech).

The grant finances participation in conferences, meetings and workshops when relevant.

Qualifications
You should have a PhD degree or equivalent by the time of employment. We expect you to have publications at relevant venues, e.g. STOC, FOCS, SODA, SOCG, ICALP, PODC, ESA, STACS. 

You have either already made contributions to the field of dynamic graphs, dynamic algorithms, computational geometry, graph algorithms, or have shown remarkable versatility within discrete algorithms.

We offer
The research is based at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in the Copenhagen area. DTU’s values are to produce excellent research in a people-friendly environment. As a university and as a group we treasure diversity including and going beyond the gender aspect, and we offer a caring and supportive work culture.

DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union.

The position is full-time and the period of employment is 2 years beginning 1 February 2023, or as soon as possible thereafter.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here. 

Further information
In case of any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us. Further information may be obtained from: Eva Rotenberg, erot@dtu.dk. 

You can read more about DTU Compute at www.compute.dtu.dk/english.  

Application procedure
Please submit your online application no later than 16 December 2022 (Danish time). Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply online", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Cover letter
• Research statement (brief)
• CV
• Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD – in English)
• List of publications

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion, or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

DTU Compute
DTU Compute is a unique and internationally recognized academic department with 385 employees and 11 research sections spanning the science disciplines mathematics, statistics, computer science, and engineering. We conduct research, teaching and innovation of high international standard – producing new knowledge and technology-based solutions to societal challenges. We have a long-term involvement in applied and interdisciplinary research, big data and data science, artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), smart and secure societies, smart manufacturing, and life science. At DTU Compute we believe in a diverse workplace with a flexible work-life balance. 

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,400 students and 5,800 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.

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