PhD student in Applied Physics within SOFTWEAR Doctoral Network (No. 1)

Linköping University

Hereby advertises a position as PhD student in Applied Physics within SOFTWEAR Doctoral Network (PhD student 1 – Yarn and fabric actuators).

Duties
The PhD student will develop new soft ionic Electro-Active Polymer actuators and actuator configurations and fabrication thereof based on textile technologies. The PhD student will develop yarn-based linear actuators that can operate in air, at low potentials (<2V), and that can be integrated in fabrics using weaving or knitting. Using advanced textile fabrication the PhD student will develop new yarn- and fabric-actuators. The yarn actuators will be made by coating ionic Electro-Active Polymers, especially conjugated polymers on commercial yarns or made from conjugated polymers only. The yarn actuators will be integrated in fabrics and individually addressed using integrated conducting yarns creating fabric-actuators with complex motion and embedded morphological computing.

As a doctoral student, you devote most of your time to doctoral studies and the research projects of which you are part. Your work may also include teaching or other departmental duties, up to a maximum of 20% of full-time.

Qualifications
You have graduated at Master’s level in (organic) chemistry, mechanical engineering, material science, (applied) physics, engineering biology, biophysics, or related fields with a minimum of 240 credits, at least 60 of which must be in advanced courses. Alternatively, you have gained essentially corresponding knowledge in another way.

Experience in smart textiles, textile engineering, wearables, soft actuators, electroactive polymers, linear actuators, or electrochemistry is meritorious.

You are passionate about science and engineering and have a strong interest in interdisciplinary research. You enjoy teamwork with colleagues in a multicultural setting but are also able to work on your own. You should adept at thinking at a system level, be interested in applications and enjoy building and testing working devices. You should be highly motivated, taking initiative, problem solving, communicative, quality minded, flexible, and eager to learn. You can both write and speak English fluently. You must be willing to travel to secondment hosts and Training Schools.

Formal requirements from MSCA:
-        No previous doctoral degree.
-        Mobility Rule: researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary (i.e. Sweden) for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their date of recruitment.

Terms of employment
When taking up the post, you will be admitted to the program for doctoral studies. More information about the doctoral studies at each faculty is available at Doctoral studies at Linköping University

The employment has a duration of four years’ full-time equivalent. You will initially be employed for a period of one year. The employment will subsequently be renewed for periods of maximum duration two years, depending on your progress through the study plan. The employment may be extended up to a maximum of five years, based on the amount of teaching and departmental duties you have carried out. Further extensions can be granted in special circumstances.

Union representatives
Information about union representatives, see Help for applicants 

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