BEMÆRK: Ansøgningsfristen er overskredet
The Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, University of Southern Denmark invites applications for a fully funded 3-year PhD position in mechanical engineering located in Odense, Denmark with a preferred starting date of March 1st, 2024, or soon thereafter.
The PhD position is partly funded by SDU Maritime Research Platform, established on a donation from A/S Dampskibsselskabet Orient’s Fond.
The PhD candidate will work actively under SDU Maritime Research Platform, which consists of maritime research projects in four faculties across the University of Southern Denmark, mostly PhD and postdoc projects. All work packages in the project are related to the maritime sector with a special focus at the offshore industry. The topics cover a wide range of disciplines as e.g., sustainability, safety, risk, human factors, history, logistics, business, regulation, naval architecture, and maritime operations. All partners connected to the platform must be willing to be part of the interdisciplinary network and actively participate in knowledge sharing.
About the PhD project
The aim of the PhD project is to develop a system for improving the comfort of crew and passengers on board ships. The project will address the problem of seasickness and will be focused on the development of a tool that can estimate and predict the probability of seasickness for given weather forecast and operational conditions of the vessel.
Seasickness has not been considered as a large problem, but as of late it has increased due to the dramatically growing offshore wind industry, where technicians are needed for maintenance work. They are transported by smaller crew transfer vessels from shore to the wind farm. The transportation time is short, and technicians do not have enough time to adapt to the motion. The planning for seasick avoidance on board these vessels depend today heavily on rule-of-thumb, where decisions made on whether to sail or not, are based on local experience and maybe a given sea wave threshold. There is a need for a tool, that can estimate and predict the probability for seasickness for a given weather forecast. The tool should be designed to suggest changes to the sailing e.g., course or speed changes that will reduce the probability of seasickness or possibly eliminate it and thereby increase the crew comfort. Motion and vibration of the vessels play a role for crew safety and for the work environment on board. How does motion and vibrations influence the daily work on board – and can better ways of operating the vessel be identified. Focus on safety, risk and the work environment are very important in this sector. The project will be performed in close connection with a PhD student employed at the Faculty of Health, SDU.
About the candidate
We are looking for a highly motivated, creative, and ambitious student with a good command of English (written and spoken) who can work independently as part of a team. The candidate should have a master’s degree in engineering, preferably in mechanical engineering or naval architecture and a genuine interest in interdisciplinary research. The candidate should have experience on data science and machine learning.
The ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate his/her ambition to conduct high-quality research, present the results at international conferences, and publish in peer-reviewed scientific journals. We expect the candidate to take part in the teaching activities of the section SDU Mechanical Engineering.
Research environment
SDU offers an interdisciplinary research environment with other PhD students where research programs are developed in close collaboration with industry.
Contact information
Further information about this position is available via email from Associate Professor Marie Lützen (mlut@sdu.dk).
If you experience technical problems, you must contact hcm-support@sdu.dk.
Assessment process:
Read about the assessment and selection process. Applications will be assessed by an expert. Shortlisting may be used. Applicants will be informed of their assessment by the Faculty. An interview may be part of the selection process.
Conditions of employment:
Applicants are required to have a master’s degree (equivalent to a Danish master's degree) at the time of enrollment and employment. Employment as a PhD fellow is a 3-year salaried position. Read more about the basic scale of the collective agreement here.
Employment is governed by the Protocol on PhD Research Fellows signed by the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. Please check link for more information on salary and taxation.
Employment of a PhD fellow can only happen after the PhD School has approved the candidate for admission. Employment and enrollment will cease without further notice at the end of the period. A PhD fellow is not allowed to have any kind of sideline employment, while enrolled as PhD fellow at the faculty.
The successful candidate will be enrolled at SDU in accordance with Faculty regulations and the Danish Ministerial Order on the PhD Programme at the Universities (PhD order), read more here.
Application procedure
The Faculty expects applicants to read the Faculty information for prospective PhD students and the SDU information on How to apply before applying.
The application deadline is the 19-01-2024.
The application must be in English and must include the following (the required forms must be found at the Faculty website) for a PhD position:
- Completed TEK PhD application form for 5+3 applicants. Find the form at the Faculty website.
- Motivation letter stating your specific interest, motivation, and qualifications for the project in question (max. 2 pages). Upload in the field called "Project description".
- Detailed Curriculum Vitae including personal contact information, research and teaching experience, list of publications (if any)
- In case you have any publications, a maximum of 2 examples of relevant papers. Please attach one pdf-file for each publication.
- Verified copies of the official bachelor diploma and master's diploma and transcripts of exams, both the original documents and in professional English translation.
- Completed TEK PhD form for calculation grade point average. Find the form at the Faculty website. Upload in one of the fields called "Publication".
- An official document describing the grading scheme of the awarding universities (if not Danish). Upload in one of the fields called "Publication".
- An official and verified written assessment of the thesis or dissertation project from the grade giving institution, if the thesis/examination project is evaluated by approved/passed. The statement must clearly state that the candidate has been among the top 30% in the graduation class for the study programme.
- References (names and emails) and/or reference letters may also be included. You're welcome to use the form for reference letter at the Faculty website.
The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.
INFORMATIONER OM STILLINGEN:
- Arbejdspladsen ligger i:
Odense Kommune
-Virksomheden tilbyder:
-Arbejdsgiver:
Syddansk Universitet, Campusvej, 5230 Odense M
-Ansøgning:
Ansøgningsfrist: 19-01-2024; - ansøgningsfristen er overskredet
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