PhD student position in acoustic signal processing

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering works with every aspect of construction in the community – houses to live in, roads to travel on, and water to drink – from planning to maintenance, taking into account the environment, energy and economics.
Analysis and problem-solving focus on the ways in which technology, humans and nature interact in society.

The Department has around 170 employees, divided between seven research divisions and an administrative team, and is based at the Johanneberg Campus.

When it comes to research and education, our Department is at the forefront, and through our work, we contribute to a sustainable built environment.

 

 

The research activities of the Division of Applied Acoustics at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering have traditionally been devoted to structure-borne sound in buildings and vehicles, noise control engineering, architectural acoustics, and electroacoustics. During the recent years the research profile of the division has expanded. Today, tyre/road and wheel/rail noise, active control of sound and vibration, outdoor sound propagation, and audio technology are key research areas.

Information about the project
You will join the Division of Applied Acoustics as part of the consortium of the project Levitate, which otherwise consists of Glasgow University, University of Sussex, Aarhus University, and Ultrahaptics Ltd., and which is funded by the European Commission in the excellence programme Future and Emerging Technologies (FET Open). The project Levitate will create, prototype and evaluate a radically new human-computer interaction paradigm that empowers the unadorned user to reach into a new kind of display composed of levitating matter. The underlying technology uses high-intensity ultrasound produced by a transducer array to levitate particles and create haptic feedback as well as audible sound. This tangible display will allow users to see, feel, manipulate, and hear three-dimensional objects in space in a walk-up-and-use manner without any user instrumentation.

Major responsibilities
Your primary responsibilities will be carrying out your research as well as supporting the teaching at the division. The research to be carried out will mainly be oriented towards the needs of the Levitate project. The main aspects are beamforming, sound field synthesis, and modelling of nonlinearities that occur in high-intensity ultrasound. The project will also require experimental work. There will be room for research that is independent of the project. The teaching load will be 20 % of the working time. You will be employed at Chalmers, and you will receive a salary according to current salary agreements.

Position summary
Full-time temporary employment. The position is limited to a maximum of five years.

Qualifications
The successful candidate for this position has the following qualifications:

- MSc degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science or related field corresponding to at least 240 higher education credits with a strong focus on acoustics and/or signal processing
- Strong skills in Matlab and/or Python (the candidate will be working in Python)
- Strong signal processig skills
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and a strong willingness to collaborate with a (remote) team are a must. You will be interacting closely with the project partners.
- Good language skills in English are required. Knowledge of the Swedish language is desired but not a requirement.

Chalmers continuously strives to be an attractive employer. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Application procedure
The application should be marked with Ref 20160412 and written in English.
Application deadline: November 30, 2016

For questions, please contact:
Jens Ahrens, Associate Professor
Division of Applied Acoustics
jens.ahrens@chalmers.se, +46 (0)31 772 2210

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