Overview
The School of Engineering Sciences (SCI) at KTH hereby announces one PhD position in Solid Mechanics with specialization in Paper mechanics.
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. There are circa 13,300 full-year undergraduate students, 1,500 postgraduate students and 3,900 employees.
BiMaC Innovation is a VINNOVA VINNExcellence Centre concerted multidisciplinary research program aimed to develop new innovative demonstrators in a sustainable scenario. The Centre is focused on a number of essential, but hitherto unresolved problems, which for a long time have challenged the Swedish Forest Industry in the development of new products. The aim of the achieved innovations is to secure and increase the competitiveness of the Swedish Forest Industry in an international perspective. The focus is on using material mechanics, fibre and surface modification technology, and material technology to create new products.
Research Project
The aim of the proposed project is to substantially increase the understanding of deformation and damage mechanisms in paper. This will be achieved by a combination of careful micromechanical modelling and detailed experimental studies. We plan to close a feedback loop of modelling and simulation with input from experimental studies with the goal to provide a tool that can be used to understand different deformation and damage mechanisms in paper. The technological use of the project is to enable optimization of paper properties and maximise fibre utilization. Within the proposed project the objectives are:
•To develop a representative volume element model for finite element simulations of paper materials. The model will incorporate fibre and bond properties as well as friction between fibres.
•To utilize microscopy and X-ray tomography to detect and quantify inhomogeneous deformation mechanisms on the micro-scale.
•To establish relations between deformation and damage mechanisms and stress-strain curves for paper materials.
Qualifications
Applicants should have a solid background in solid mechanics with an interest in material science (corresponding to master level). Documented interest in research like activities (e.g. demonstrated in the form of excellent master thesis work) is of large importance.
Applicants must be strongly motivated for doctoral studies, possess the ability to work independently and perform critical analysis as well as possessing good levels of cooperative and communicative abilities. An ambition and ability to improve the competence in fibre technology will be regarded as an advantage, since the project will be performed in a multidisciplinary research centre.
To address its varied work, KTH aims to employ a diversity of talent and thus welcomes applicants who will add to the variety of the University, especially as concerns its gender structure.
Employment
This is a five-year, time-limited position and normally includes 20 % departmental duties, usually teaching. The salary follows the guidelines provided by KTH.
Application
The application should contain a letter in which the applicant describes himself/herself and his/her qualifications and interests. In addition, a curriculum vitae (CV) and copies of relevant grades should be enclosed. Students that are close to finishing a master level education are also welcome to apply.
Application deadline: May 31, 2010
Employers reference number: S-2010-0359.
Applications via email to:
evalb@kth.se
Write reference number in the email subject. (CV, etc should be sent as an attachment preferably pdf-files.)
Alternatively applications can be sent to:
KTH, Solid Mechanics
att. Eva Lundmark Berg
Osquars Backe 1, SE-100 44 Stockholm
Sweden
Contact(s)
Mikael Nygårds, Assistant Professor
Phone: +46 8 790 76 30
nygards@kth.se
Sören Östlund, Professor and Head of the Solid Mechanics Department
Phone: +46 8 790 75 42
soren@kth.se
Union representative
Rikard Lingström, SACO
Phone: +46 8 790 82 92
rlm@kth.se
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this position
The School of Engineering Sciences (SCI) at KTH hereby announces one PhD position in Solid Mechanics with specialization in Paper mechanics.
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. There are circa 13,300 full-year undergraduate students, 1,500 postgraduate students and 3,900 employees.
BiMaC Innovation is a VINNOVA VINNExcellence Centre concerted multidisciplinary research program aimed to develop new innovative demonstrators in a sustainable scenario. The Centre is focused on a number of essential, but hitherto unresolved problems, which for a long time have challenged the Swedish Forest Industry in the development of new products. The aim of the achieved innovations is to secure and increase the competitiveness of the Swedish Forest Industry in an international perspective. The focus is on using material mechanics, fibre and surface modification technology, and material technology to create new products.
Research Project
The aim of the proposed project is to substantially increase the understanding of deformation and damage mechanisms in paper. This will be achieved by a combination of careful micromechanical modelling and detailed experimental studies. We plan to close a feedback loop of modelling and simulation with input from experimental studies with the goal to provide a tool that can be used to understand different deformation and damage mechanisms in paper. The technological use of the project is to enable optimization of paper properties and maximise fibre utilization. Within the proposed project the objectives are:
•To develop a representative volume element model for finite element simulations of paper materials. The model will incorporate fibre and bond properties as well as friction between fibres.
•To utilize microscopy and X-ray tomography to detect and quantify inhomogeneous deformation mechanisms on the micro-scale.
•To establish relations between deformation and damage mechanisms and stress-strain curves for paper materials.
Qualifications
Applicants should have a solid background in solid mechanics with an interest in material science (corresponding to master level). Documented interest in research like activities (e.g. demonstrated in the form of excellent master thesis work) is of large importance.
Applicants must be strongly motivated for doctoral studies, possess the ability to work independently and perform critical analysis as well as possessing good levels of cooperative and communicative abilities. An ambition and ability to improve the competence in fibre technology will be regarded as an advantage, since the project will be performed in a multidisciplinary research centre.
To address its varied work, KTH aims to employ a diversity of talent and thus welcomes applicants who will add to the variety of the University, especially as concerns its gender structure.
Employment
This is a five-year, time-limited position and normally includes 20 % departmental duties, usually teaching. The salary follows the guidelines provided by KTH.
Application
The application should contain a letter in which the applicant describes himself/herself and his/her qualifications and interests. In addition, a curriculum vitae (CV) and copies of relevant grades should be enclosed. Students that are close to finishing a master level education are also welcome to apply.
Application deadline: May 31, 2010
Employers reference number: S-2010-0359.
Applications via email to:
evalb@kth.se
Write reference number in the email subject. (CV, etc should be sent as an attachment preferably pdf-files.)
Alternatively applications can be sent to:
KTH, Solid Mechanics
att. Eva Lundmark Berg
Osquars Backe 1, SE-100 44 Stockholm
Sweden
Contact(s)
Mikael Nygårds, Assistant Professor
Phone: +46 8 790 76 30
nygards@kth.se
Sören Östlund, Professor and Head of the Solid Mechanics Department
Phone: +46 8 790 75 42
soren@kth.se
Union representative
Rikard Lingström, SACO
Phone: +46 8 790 82 92
rlm@kth.se
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this position
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