PhD Position in Computer Aided Design

PhD Position in Computer Aided Design related to Global Simulation Driven Product Development

Division of Computer Aided Design, Luleå University of Technology

Subject Area
In Computer Aided Design research is conducted in the field of global simulation-driven product development.

Post-graduate education in Computer Aided Design aims to give the student a broad knowledge of the subject combined with cutting-edge competence in an area of special interest. Examples of such areas are product development methodology, simulation-driven product development modelling, simulation of manufacturing processes and dynamical systems. Furthermore, the area of distributed collaborative engineering is also of great importance in the research of Computer Aided Design.

Applications are principally related to the development of new products, services and methods where the projects are conducted together with industrial companies.


Research Environment

The research will be conducted at the division of Computer Aided Design and partly in the context of the Faste Laboratory, a VINNOVA Excellence Centre at Luleå University of Technology (LTU). Our research environment is characterised by an open climate where national and international partners from industry collaborate. We are continuously improving our working environment to be attractive for female, male, Swedish and international researchers. We are convinced that an environment where all employees are active on equal conditions will lead to better results. To that end, our research environment has recently been redesigned and rebuilt to new specifications and it is now inviting, airy and full of light where opportunities for collaboration are improved.

Below, the division of Computer Aided Design presents one new research project and invites interested to submit applications for PhD position.

This project are conducted within the VINNOVA Excellence Centre the Faste Laboratory at LTU.


Product Knowledge Management in CAE, Ref.no 345-09

The purpose of this research project is to develop new methods and utilize existing commercial CAE-tools to retain and reuse knowledge and information (i.e. design rationale) from earlier and ongoing product development projects. By utilizing these methods and tools rework will be prevented, knowledge will be increased and the level of abstraction decreased in the start-up phase of new projects. The work will focus on rule based models that will be tightly linked with FEM-simulations and optimisation to gather information and be able to reuse knowledge from earlier projects or versions.

Qualifications

The PhD candidate should have 240 credits of which 60 credits on an advanced level within Mechanical engineering, Applied physics, Civil engineering or equivalent. The candidates should also be good in written and oral communication in Swedish or in English. Knowledge of the Swedish language can also be of importance since part of the work will be carried out in close co-operation with industry.


For further information see link below to Universitys homepage
http://www.ltu.se/omltu/ledigajobb/d21832/d21835/1.45074