PHD STUDENT POSITION at the Institute for Mathematical Methods in Medicine and Data-Based Modeling

The (part-time, 30hrs per week, for a duration of 3 years, starting as soon as possible) position is partly funded by the Linz Institute of Technology SeedMedPlus 2022 call as part of the project Next Generation Veno-Venous ECMO Via Flow Optimization, led by Prof. Dr. Luca Gerardo-Giorda from the Institute for Mathematical Methods in Medicine and Data-Based Modeling (M3DM) and by Prof. Dr. Jens Meier from the Department of Anaestesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (AICM) of the Kepler University Klinikum.

The PhD student will join M3DM and collaborate with AICM and the Mathematical Methods in Medicine and Life Sciences Group at RICAM, the Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW). The goal of the project is the development of patient specific simulations to optimize the efficacy of Extra- Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), a well-established procedure used in Intensive Care Units (ICU) to treat patients with either pulmonary or circulatory failure.

Our offer:

• Close mentorship: the student will receive mentorship from both principal investigators, who foster healthy mentor-mentee relationships.
• The opportunity to work in an international and lively research environment, collaborate with experts in the field and medical doctors.
• A working time of 30h/week and a corresponding annual gross salary of € 34.411,72 according to the salary scheme of the Johannes Kepler University (JKU).
• German language is not required for the job, and we highly welcome international applications. Linz offers a lively and diverse atmosphere and Vienna is a little over 1h by train.

Your profile:

• Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science or similar.
• Experience with C++ and Python programming languages.
• A keen interest in medical applications.
• Proficiency in English.
• Strong background in Finite Element Method (desirable).

Scientific inquiries about the position can be directed to Prof. Dr. Luca Gerardo-Giorda (luca.gerardo-giorda@jku.at).

Applications containing a scientific CV, a short research statement, and references for possible recommendation letters should be sent via email to cornelia.strasser@jku.at indicating in the subject “PhD position application: ECMO”. The position will be open until adequately filled.

The Johannes Kepler University pursues a non-discriminatory employment policy and values equal opportunities, as well as diversity. Individuals from underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply.

Project description: 

There is a wealth of Industrial applications which require the use of computer models to understand the nature and behaviour of shock waves in solids caused by intense short-duration disturbances, such as sudden contact-impact loading and/or when a material is exposed to fast temperature changes. For instance, the mechanisms of material failure under a ballistic-shock are crucial in the design of 3D printed elastomer multi-materials, which are of interest to UKAWE.

Current shock-physics simulation codes, which largely rely on industry-optimised Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)-based methods, are capable of handling shocks across the entire domain of CFD applications. However, the success of this methodological approach has not been replicated in other fields of science, such as large strain solid dynamics, and its coupling with other physics and with novel materials.

Building upon very recent work made by the supervisory team, this project will investigate a new computational framework using a novel Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) formalism written in the form of a system of first-order conservation laws. The resulting conservation-type ALE formulation, which displays striking similarities to that used by the CFD community, has inspired the investigators to adopt conventional CFD algorithms in the novel context of Computational Solid Dynamics. One key contribution of this work is that the physical deformation gradient can be obtained via its multiplicative decomposition into two auxiliary deformation gradient tensors, both computed via additional first-order conservation laws. Crucially, the new ALE conservative formulation will be shown to degenerate into Lagrangian and Eulerian mixed based systems of conservation laws. A Finite Volume/Discontinuous Galerkin/Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics algorithm with Riemann based upwinding stabilisation will be used for the spatial discretisation, exploiting in-house software.

The recruited PhD candidate will become a member of an active research group working on the development and application of cutting edge computational techniques for large strain solid dynamics, dynamic fracture/contact  and computational multi-physics.

Closing date: 24 July 2023

Further information: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships/research/civil-engineering-ukawe-su-phd-multimaterial-2022-rs380.php

One 3-year funded PhD position is available at the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Loughborough University (UK) to work under the supervision of Dr Marco Discacciati, in collaboration with Dr Matteo Giacomini at the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE, Spain).

The PhD project “Computational modelling of water filtration systems” will focus on the development of a new computational framework combining domain decomposition techniques and proper generalised decomposition.

The successful candidate will join Loughborough University and work in close collaboration with the Laboratori de Calcul Numeric at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya and CIMNE.

Deadline for application: 30 June 2023

Starting date: October 2023

Full details:

https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/computational-modelling-of-water-filtration-system/

Applicants are sought for a postdoc position focusing to work on hydrogen embrittlement modelling. The postdoc will be based at Imperial College London and supervised by Dr Emilio Martínez-Pañeda. Salary: £43,093 – £50,834. The PDRA will have access to state-of-the-art HPC facilities and will also have the opportunity to (co-)supervise PhD and MSc Theses.

Deadline: May 23, 2023.

For more details and submission of applications check:

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/description/ENG02592/research-associate-hydrogen-embrittlement-modelling

Applicants are sought for a postdoc position focusing to work on hydrogen embrittlement modelling. The postdoc will be based at Imperial College London and supervised by Dr Emilio Martínez-Pañeda. Salary: £43,093 – £50,834. The PDRA will have access to state-of-the-art HPC facilities and will also have the opportunity to (co-)supervise PhD and MSc Theses. Deadline: February 9, 2023. For more details and submission of applications check:
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/description/ENG02456/research-associate-hydrogen-embrittlement-modelling

Applicants are sought for an (initially) 2-year post focusing on the use of finite element multi-physics methods for simulating the chemo-mechanical behaviour of solid-state batteries. The postdoc will be co-supervised by Dr Emilio Martínez-Pañeda (Mechanics of Materials) and by Prof Greg Offer and Dr Monica Marinescu from Imperial’s Battery group. Salary: £43,093 – £50,834. The PDRA will have access to state-of-the-art HPC facilities and will also have the opportunity to (co-)supervise PhD and MSc Theses. Interested applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible, as reviewing of applications will start immediately. For more details see:

https://www.empaneda.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PostdocPostinLiIonbattery.pdf