Open positions: PhD students
PhD students within Sustainable Metallurgy: Static and dynamic thermomechanical behavior of sustainable steels and their integrated computational materials engineering for processability
I am hiring one PhD student within the Green Steel initiative (https://www.greensteel.proj.kth.se/), a joint programme between KTH and Luleå University of Technology with broad opportunities for collaboration with academia and affiliated research institutes as well as industry partners. The potential candidate should have a strong background in physical or mechanical metallurgy or mechanical testing and be interested in collaborative work in an international research environment with state-of-the-art experimental and computational capabilities.
The urgent need for the decarburization of the steelmaking industry necessitates the development of new steels that cope, or use to their advantage, the altered alloy-composition-space that is dictated by the increased use of scrap feedstock or novel, hydrogen-based steelmaking processes. To ensure thermomechanical forming and qualification for application, the static and dynamic behavior of these new materials must be assessed and the data integrated with suitable computational frameworks for accelerated development.
In this project, you will combine micro- and macro-scale static and dynamic mechanical testing (from tensile testing to nanoindentation and high-strain-rate, ballistic impact testing) to study materials response and microstructure evolution upon dynamic thermomechanical processing across decades of strain rates. You will utilize this fundamental knowledge to build constitutive materials models and establish design guidelines for integrated computational materials engineering for new classes of steels.
Further information and application process
The PhD students will be employed at KTH, Stockholm, Sweden. 100% of the 4-year employment will be dedicated for research studies. For more information about KTH and its employment benefits, please visit https://www.kth.se/en/studies/phd.
Please apply with all required material following the link to KTH webpage until January 31 2024: https://www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/664960?l=en. In your application, do not hesitate to note your specific interest in the here-advertised position. Also feel free to reach out to email me in case of questions.
As part or the project, you will use ballistic testing of dynamic properties of steels by laser induced particle impact testing (LIPIT).
