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11 PhD positions in the excellence & sustainability programme of the section Mechanics of Materials of TU/e

Eindhoven University of Technology · Eindhoven, Netherlands

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Opportunity
PhD position
Location
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Funding / pay
paid
Application source
AcademicTransfer

Project summary

  • Green Steels: The Dutch steel sector faces a major transition. The production, processing, use and recovery of steel is to be made significantly more sustainable by 2030 and completely CO2 neutral by 2050. The programme “Growing with Green Steel” is a plan to achieve this, involving major changes throughout the steel value chain. The section Mechanics of Materials contributes to this plan by studying how the microstructure and resulting properties of green steels are being affected by the new steel processing routes.
  • PhD 1: Rolling contact fatigue in green bearing steels – numerical microstructural modelling [SKF; Ron Peerlings]
  • PhD 2: Predictive analysis of edge crack sensitivity of green steels [Tata Steel; Marc Geers]
  • PhD 3: From structure to properties in green metastable stainless steels [Philips, Alleima; Marc Geers]
  • PhD 4: Solute-dependent bcc crystal plasticity in hydrogen-resistant circular steels [Tata Steel; Ron Peerlings]
  • PhD 5: Grain-boundary plasticity and damage in hydrogen-resistant circular steels [Tata Steel; Ron Peerlings]
  • PhD 6: Pipeline fracture twin: Digital twin development for hydrogen-assisted crack propagation in buried steel pipelines [APS, Tata Steel; Karo Sedighiani]
  • PhD 7: Cryogenic interface heat transfer for advanced thermal interfaces [Thermo Fisher Scientific, ASML, AAE, MI-Partners; Olaf van der Sluis]
  • PhD 8: Rolling contact fatigue in green bearing steels – experimental microstructural analysis [SKF; Johan Hoefnagels]
  • PhD 9: Effect of surface changes due to tramp elements and new heating methods on the mechanics of green steel [Tata steel; Johan Hoefnagels]
  • PhD 10: In-situ micromechanical investigation of hydrogen-induced plasticity in circular steels [Tata steel; Johan Hoefnagels]
  • PhD 11: Micromechanical experimental analysis of particle generation in silicon wafer handling [VDL; Johan Hoefnagels]

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