Open Doctoral Student Positions in the EU project MIMESIS
MIMESIS – Mathematics
and Materials Science for Steel Production and Manufacturing is a European Industrial Doctorate (EID) project in the programme Innovative Training Networks (ITN) and part
of Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions within the Horizon 2020 programme.
Driven by the five partners EFD Induction in Norway;
SSAB, Outokumpu, and the University of Oulu, in Finland; and Weierstrass
Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS, Germany), eight doctoral
thesis projects will be jointly carried out, providing a unique
interdisciplinary and inter-sectorial training opportunity. The research is
focussed on three major topics - induction heating, phase transformations in
steel alloys, and gas stirring in a steelmaking ladle.
A successful treatment of the projects
requires an understanding of the behaviour of the materials from a materials
science and phase transformations perspective. Improved and optimized process
control necessitates quantitative mathematical modelling, simulation and
optimization of the complex thermal cycles and thermal gradients experienced by
the processed material.
Accordingly, the doctoral degree programme
offers tailored industrial on-site training, customized courses in physical
modelling and testing of steels as well as numerical simulation of induction
heating and fluid flow phenomena combined with scientific research on the
interface of materials science and applied mathematics. It will provide the
early stage researchers with excellent qualifications to pursue a career in
academia or industry.
We are looking
for 8 post-graduate researchers (Early Stage Researchers - ESR), specialized in
Applied Mathematics, Materials Science, or similar. In EID
projects a close cooperation with industry is mandatory, and hence a stay of 18
months with the industrial partners is expected and prescribed.
The positions are
offered for 3 years for the following individual research projects:
ESR1: Modelling, simulation
and optimization of HF-welding.
Host institution: EFD. Scientific partner: WIAS.
ESR2: Simulation and optimization of single- and
multi-frequency induction hardening of helical and bevel gears.
Host institution: WIAS.
Industrial partner: EFD.
ESR 3: Novel gradient wear
materials.
Host institution: University
of Oulu. Industrial partner: EFD.
ESR 4: Sensitisation during
stainless steel production.
Host institution: University
of Oulu. Industrial partner: Outokumpu.
ESR 5: Computational fluid dynamics
modelling of ladle treatments.
Host institution: University
of Oulu. Industrial partner: Outokumpu.
ESR 6: Optimal control of
ladle stirring.
Host institution: WIAS.
Industrial partner: SSAB.
ESR 7: Modelling, simulation and optimization of
inductive pre- and postheating for thermal cutting of steel plates.
Host institution: WIAS.
Industrial partner: SSAB.
ESR 8: Modelling martensite
formation and austenite retention.
Host institution: SSAB.
Scientific partner: University of Oulu.
Requirements
Potential candidates have a master degree in
applied mathematics or materials science or related fields as relevant for the
chosen position.
Preferred qualifications for candidates include
excellent grades, research talent (as proven by the master thesis), affinity
with mathematical modelling and simulation in engineering applications, and
personal ambition.
Candidates are expected to have and prove an
excellent command of English, together with good academic writing and
presentation skills.
According to the regulations for mobility within
the Marie Skłodowska Curie programme, at
the time of recruitment by the host organisation, researchers must not have
resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country
of their host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior
to the reference date.
Terms and conditions
The doctoral student will be employed with full
social security coverage by the host institution and s/he will have all
benefits provided for in the Marie Skłodowska Curie ITN fellowships regulations,
including a highly competitive remuneration, living allowances and mobility
expenses. As an Early Stage Researcher
the applicants will register for a doctoral degree in Mathematics either at
Technische Universität Berlin or Freie Universität Berlin (projects 1, 2, 6,
7), while researchers in projects 3, 4, 5, 8 will enrol in a doctoral program
in Advanced Materials at the University of Oulu.
Application
Applications should be sent before 5 October
2015 to jobs@wias-berlin.de, with subject ‘MIMESIS’. Applicants should indicate two individual
research projects in order of preference (1st and 2nd
choice). They should include a detailed CV, a motivation letter, a list of MSc
courses and grades, a copy of the master thesis, and a list of publications, if
applicable. For residents outside the EEA, a TOEFL English language test may be
required. For more information about the vacancies, please check www.wias-berlin.de/projects/MIMESIS/ or contact the MIMESIS coordinator Prof. Dietmar Hömberg (dietmar.hoemberg@wias-berlin.de).