Department of Mechanical Engineering
As part of a research project: “New Sol-Gel coatings to improve casting quality” the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark invite applications for a position as Ph.D. student.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering has a staff of about 220 persons and covers research and education in the areas of Materials Science and Engineering, Process Technology, Process modeling, Structural engineering, Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics.
The project is funded by the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation. It is a joint research project between the Department of Mechanical Engineering at DTU and the Materials Division, Sol-Gel group at the Technological Institute in co-operation with several industrial partners in Scandinavia. These groups have a good, long standing co-operation and have a good research environment with several Ph.D.’s and Post Doc.’s and considerable industrial contacts.
The project is experimentally based with the main objective to develop and test new surface coatings for moulds and cores used to produce complex, high integrity castings.
The work will involve manufacture of coatings, test of the coatings in the laboratory and analysis of thermal and mechanical properties of the coatings when they are in contact with liquid metals.
Candidates should have a Master's degree in engineering or a similar degree equivalent to the Master's degree in engineering for the PhD.
The scholarships for the PhD degree are subject to academic approval, and the candidate will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes of DTU. Information about the general requirements for enrolment and the general planning of the scholarship studies is included in the general rules of DTU, which may be obtained by application to the PhD programme office at tel: +45 45 25 11 76 or +45 45 25 11 77.
The salary and conditions of employment are according to the current rules for Postdoctoral and PhD students. Further information is available at www.dtu.dk.
Further information may be obtained from Associate Professor Niels Skat Tiedje, tel.: +45 45 25 47 19. E-mail: nt@ipl.dtu.dk.
All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, religion or ethnic background are requested to apply.
The application with enclosures in triplicate hard copy must be received no later than May 30, 2008 at 12.00 noon and sent to:
Associate Professor Niels Skat TiedjeAtt.: Anette Kaltoft, room 018
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Technical University of Denmark
Building 425
DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Denmark
