Mechanical Engineering Scholarships: 22 PhD Positions in Mechanics (Magdeburg University, Germany)

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PhD Positions in Mechanical Engineering, Magdeburg University, Germany

We offer:

· a number of 3 year research scholarships and positions for doctoral students.

· interesting research work in interdisciplinary international teams

· special support for women with/without family responsibilities

Requirements:

· MSc degree in Mechanical/Materials Engineering or Applied mathematics

· Knowledge of German or English required

· Applications should include:

- a covering letter with a short statement of scientific experience and interests

- the curriculum vitae (CV),

- copies of grade sheets and degrees.

Please state specifically whether you are interested in one of the research topics given below (list of topics) and in case you are interested in research with one of the professors (see list of professors on our website) then explicitly state the name. If available, please include a certificate of belonging to the 10% best of class, copies of certificates of awards or prizes, list of publications,

or information on scientific project experience.

Contact:

Prof. Dr. G. Warnecke

Institut für Analysis und Numerik

Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

39106 Magdeburg, Germany

Tel. (+49) (0)391 67 18587

Fax: (+49) (0)391 67 18073

E-mail: gerald.warnecke@ovgu.de

List of topics

Prof. Bertram

·         Micro-modeling of twinning in high-manganese-alloys

· Investigation of grain refinement under severe plastic deformations

· Deformation behavior of high-strength eutectic copper-silver-alloys with lamellar microstructure

Prof. Altenbach

· Creep damage evolution under non-proportional loading

·         Creep ratcheting and creep-fatigue in eutectic aluminum alloys

Dr. Naumenko

· Inelastic behavior of advanced steels at elevated temperature

· Micro-macro analysis of anisotropic creep in a multi-pass weld

Prof. Tobiska

·         3d FEM on moving grids for the numerical simulation of incompressible flows with free

capillary surfaces

·         Finite element simulation of the coupled heat transfer of a droplet impinging on a hot surface

·         Redistribution of unstable fluid clusters in drying of agglomerates

·         Distribution of impinging  droplets in agglomerates

Prof. Tomas

·         Micromechanical modeling the compression and flow of ultrafine, cohesive and compressible

particle beds by Discrete Element Method

·         Simulation agglomeration and disintegration dynamics of ultrafine particles in wet environment

·         Simulation of generation (agglomeration) and permeation (flow-through) of ultrafine random

particle structures by combining DEM and CFD

Prof. Tsotsas

·         Mirco-scale description of wetting and drying for the Monte-Carlo simulation of spray fluidized

bed agglomeration

·         Consideration of structure formation in Monte-Carlo simulations of wet agglomeration in

fluidized beds

Prof. Tsotsas and Prof. Warnecke

·         Derivation of multidimensional agglomeration kernels from discrete simulation results

Jun.-Prof. Metzger

·         Pore-scale experiments and simulations of drying packed beds

·         Capillary forces during drying of random particle networks

·         Micro-scale parameterization of macroscopic hydromechanical drying models

Prof. Specht

·         FEM-Modeling of crack formation in DC-Casting of metals

·         Influence of local heat transfer on distortion in non-ferrous metal casting process