Deadline: 1 Feb. 2013
Salary and appointment termsThe salary and appointment terms are consistent with the current rules for PhD degree students. The period of employment is 3 years.
Further information
The Department of Wind Energy in the Technical University of Denmark (situated at Risø campus near Roskilde) is seeking a PhD student for the Materials Science and Advanced Characterization Section (MAC).
You will be part of our international team carrying out research in structural characterization and modelling of metallic materials. Our research is function oriented in the sense that we direct the research towards issues that are relevant for industrial development and applications. We work on projects with light and strong metals, nanometals, graded structures and structural characterization, using x-rays and electron microscopy. Please look at www.vindenergi.dtu.dk for more details on our work.
Job descriptionThe PhD project is within the framework of the Danish-Chinese Center for Nanometals, which is funded by the Danish National Research Foundation. The work in the Center focuses on processing, characterizing and modelling of nanometals with a view towards practical application of this interesting new group of metals. Partners in the Center, besides DTU WIND, are the Institute of Metals Research in Shenyang, Tsinghua University in Beijing and Chongqing University.
The Center has to perform research on a high international level, and the work is carried out in teams with both Danish and Chinese participants. In total 5-6 PhD students will work in the Center, among which two will be hired in Denmark. There will be an exchange programme, and the Danish PhD students have to spend in total 3 months in China working with the relevant partner(s).
The objective of the PhD project is to explore and quantify effects of local structural variations on the migration of recrystallization boundaries in metals. Modern techniques including synchrotron x-rays and advanced electron microscopes have recently revealed the importance of structural variations on the migration of interior boundaries during annealing, which is of utmost importance for the thermal stability of the nanometals. With the aim of developing new models for boundary migration that take the local aspects into account, this project will include detailed microstructural characterization, using both electron microscopy and synchrotron x-rays, development of image processing procedures to quantify local boundary curvatures, thermomechanical processing of metals and nanometals as well as model development.
Qualifications
You will be part of our international team carrying out research in structural characterization and modelling of metallic materials. Our research is function oriented in the sense that we direct the research towards issues that are relevant for industrial development and applications. We work on projects with light and strong metals, nanometals, graded structures and structural characterization, using x-rays and electron microscopy. Please look at www.vindenergi.dtu.dk for more details on our work.
Job descriptionThe PhD project is within the framework of the Danish-Chinese Center for Nanometals, which is funded by the Danish National Research Foundation. The work in the Center focuses on processing, characterizing and modelling of nanometals with a view towards practical application of this interesting new group of metals. Partners in the Center, besides DTU WIND, are the Institute of Metals Research in Shenyang, Tsinghua University in Beijing and Chongqing University.
The Center has to perform research on a high international level, and the work is carried out in teams with both Danish and Chinese participants. In total 5-6 PhD students will work in the Center, among which two will be hired in Denmark. There will be an exchange programme, and the Danish PhD students have to spend in total 3 months in China working with the relevant partner(s).
The objective of the PhD project is to explore and quantify effects of local structural variations on the migration of recrystallization boundaries in metals. Modern techniques including synchrotron x-rays and advanced electron microscopes have recently revealed the importance of structural variations on the migration of interior boundaries during annealing, which is of utmost importance for the thermal stability of the nanometals. With the aim of developing new models for boundary migration that take the local aspects into account, this project will include detailed microstructural characterization, using both electron microscopy and synchrotron x-rays, development of image processing procedures to quantify local boundary curvatures, thermomechanical processing of metals and nanometals as well as model development.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Materials Science, Image Processing or Physics, or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to the master’s degree
- Knowledge about metals and/or image processing and/or advanced experimental characterization techniques
- Ability to work in a project team and take responsibility for own research goals
- Fluent in English
Salary and appointment termsThe salary and appointment terms are consistent with the current rules for PhD degree students. The period of employment is 3 years.
Further information
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