Postdoctoral position in Material and Computational Mechanics

The Department of Applied Mechanics is one of the leading environments within Vehicle and Mechanical Engineering research. The six different research divisions conduct world-leading research, usually in close collaboration with national and international industries. Research topics encompass both fundamental and applied research questions. Our goal is to contribute to the development of safe and environmentally friendly products for a sustainable society.

The Department of Applied Mechanics offers a wide range of courses in the undergraduate programmes, in addition to two international Masters programmes in Automotive Engineering and Applied Mechanics. Courses are available within the four graduate schools: Machine and Vehicle Systems, Solid and Structural Mechanics, Thermo and Fluid Dynamic and Internal Combustion Engine Technology. In addition Applied Mechanics provides international continuation courses.

The department has approximately 170 employees.Information about the research/the project
You are invited to apply for a post-doc position placed at the division of Material and Computational Mechanics. The activities of the division are focused on the mechanical modeling of structures, components and processes along with the involved materials, thereby providing mechanics-based solutions and virtual solution tools to our engineering challenges. The research issues are canalized via our main research areas: Material mechanics, process modelling and simulation and railway mechanics. We have an established high profile research on the modeling and computation of polycrystalline materials. You are expected to take part in this development including fullfilling further goals on outreach activities of the research.

The research area concerns the prediction the deformation and strength properties of polycrystalline (multiphase) materials using multiscale modeling. You are expected to develop generic modeling issues for cemented carbides, which will serve as “model materials” as well as having significant industrial relevance and interest. Particular focus will be placed on interface modeling, whereby the interfacial cohesive model must be able to predict both sliding and separation (fracture). Calibration of the bulk and interface models will be carried out using computational results from atomic scale modeling, which are obtained via the close collaboration with our partner group Materials apasnd Surface Theory at the Department of Applied Physics at Chalmers. Subsequent computational homogenization will then be adopted to obtain macroscale strains and stresses and, hence, the engineering constitutive properties. 

The details of the departmental research activities may be found at http://www.chalmers.se/am and http://www.chalmers.se/am/EN/research/divisions/material-computational.  

Major responsibilities
Focus of the work is research oriented. You are expected to place and to further develop your research in the context of modeling polycrystalline materials. In this development, an important part of the position is to take part in and to further develop outreach activities of the research, in particular, to our industrial partners.

Contribution to the teaching activities at the department is also expected on undergraduate and master's levels as well as supervising master's and/or PhD students to a certain extent. The position is meritorious for future research duties within academia as well as industry/the public sector.

Your major responsibility as postdoc is to perform your own research in a research group. The position also includes teaching on undergraduate and master's levels as well as supervising master's and/or PhD students to a certain extent. Another important aspect involves collaboration within academia and with society at large. The position is meritorious for future research duties within academia as well as industry/the public sector.

Position summary
Full-time temporary employment. The position is limited to a maximum of two years (1+1).

Qualifications
To qualify for the position of postdoc, you must have a PhD in a relevant field. Your degree should generally not be older than three years. Hence, to apply you should have your PhD exam, or at least having it finalized within a near time horizon. You are expected to be somewhat accustomed to teaching, and to demonstrate good potential within research and education.

The position requires sound verbal and written communication skills in English. Chalmers offers Swedish courses.

Application deadline: 2014-03-02

For questions, please contact:

Professor Magnus Ekh
E-mail: magnus.ekh@chalmers.se

Professor Ragnar Larsson
E-mail: ragnar.larsson@chalmers.se

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