If you’re a Masters degree holder and seeking Fully Funded PhD Programs, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden has several online applications open for PhD programs. Explore the PhD opportunities across diverse research areas and submit your application soon.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in condensed matter theory
Summary of PhD Program:
The project will mainly focus on quantum many-body physics in the field condensed matter physics. It will involve theoretical investigation of quantum systems both in and out of equilibrium using mainly analytical methods. The group’s current main research interests include quantum chaos, quantum thermalization, disordered systems, nonequilibrium dynamics, and superconductivity. Supervision: Professor Jens Bardarson and assistant professor Yunxiang Liao are proposed to supervise the doctoral student. Decisions are made on admission
Application Deadline: 05.Aug.2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Mixed-Signal ASIC for molecular medical imaging
Summary of PhD Program:
The research will be conducted in the Division of Electronics and Embedded Systems in collaboration with the medical imaging group at KTH. The aim of the research is to provide the next generation of sensors for molecular imaging and is supported by a recent European ERC advanced grant. The aim is to drastically improve efficiency and spatial resolution, which is expected to have a high impact on the diagnosis of cancer and cardiovascular disease in the future. The sensors will have integrated analog and digital mixed CMOS electronics with ultra-low power consumption. The research will include design, computer simulations, verification, and experimental evaluation. The work will also include frequent contact with our international partners.
Application Deadline: 31.Jul.2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Nanostructured Semiconductors for Photonics
Summary of PhD Program:
The focus is on the realization of advanced light manipulation functions (e.g. optical resonances, spectrally controlled absorption and engineered light scattering) using photonic semiconductor nanostructures (Mie resonators) and their arrangements for ultra-thin film solar cells. The work involves electromagnetic design, modelling and simulations, nanofabrication in clean room environment, optical characterization, and proof-of-principle device demonstrators in selected semiconductor materials.
Application Deadline: 31.Jul.2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in light-controllable fluorescent proteins in microscopy
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a motivated student interested in biophysics and live-cell imaging to join the Advanced Optical Bio-Imaging Laboratory (http://www.testalab.org) in Stockholm as a PhD student. The student will be part of the Biophysics Unit of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, located in SciLifeLab in Stockholm, a national hub for life-science excellence in Sweden with cutting-edge laboratories and a vibrant multidisciplinary environment.
Application Deadline: 15.Jul.2024
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in design of mining tool material using ICME
Summary of PhD Program:
Cemented carbides are materials with tungsten carbide grains and a cobalt binder phase. They have excellent materials properties, but a high dependence on the critical raw material cobalt. This project will investigate replacing cobalt with an iron based binder, and in doing so utilising the martensitic phase transformation to achieve a material with excellent mechanical properties for rock drilling applications. This will be done through a combination of thermodynamic and kinetic modelling through ICME (Integrated and Computational Materials Engineering), experimental materials characterisation (including advanced microscopy and spectroscopy) and testing of materials properties.
Application Deadline: 05.Jul.2024
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6. Fully Funded PhD Position in smart and resilient microgrids
Summary of PhD Program:
As a promising smart grid technology, microgrid has attracted great attention in the modern grid for the renewable energy integration as well as the transportation electrification. The microgrid is a typical cyber-physical system with sophisticated software-based control and communication networks, which are vulnerable under cyberattacks. Moreover, microgrid is a power converter dominated grid, which suffers low inertia and stability challenges. This PhD project aims to utilize artificial intelligence methods (e.g., deep reinforcement learning) and data with advanced control methods to develop smart and resilient microgrids with guaranteed stability, security and resilience under various cyberattacks and disturbances. The method will also be extended for large scale grids. This project is funded by WASP.
Application Deadline: 05.Jul.2024
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in hybrid renewable systems for industrial decarbonization
Summary of PhD Program:
To achieve rapid decarbonization of the industrial sector, technically efficient and cost-effective hybrid solutions integrating renewable energy technologies, heat electrification and/or upgrading systems, energy storage and power units are deemed. We aim to design, and prototype different technologies, including high temperature thermal energy storage, heat pumps and renewable integrated systems. The doctoral student will have a broad perspective focusing on technology development and performing techno-economic analysis to identify optimal integration opportunities. The main goals of the doctoral work will be to design, prototype and test such technologies in the lab, and to perform system level techno-economic assessment of the proposed systems under different market and industrial applications. The PhD candidate is expected to have international cooperation with EU partners.
Application Deadline: 03.Jul.2024
8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Resilient Public Transport
Summary of PhD Program:
We are now looking for a PhD student who, in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), wants to explore the role and character of a socio-ecologically resilient public transport system in a longer-term perspective. We focus on the effects of transformative trends (pandemic, working from home, etc.), and how the mobility needs of all users are met in a way that is efficient, equitable and resilient to disruption. Sub-studies may include mapping of development trends, simulations of future systems, and resilience solutions supported by simulated case studies.
Application Deadline: 03.Jul.2024
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in underwater communication and signal processing
Summary of PhD Program:
The Nord Stream incident has demonstrated the vulnerability of critical underwater infrastructure, such as gas pipelines and submarine cables. New technologies for monitoring marine environments are needed to increase security around critical underwater infrastructure and thereby increase the protection of our society and marine environment. A key component required to develop these new technologies is scalable and resource-efficient methods for reconnaissance and communication in underwater environments.
Application Deadline: 01.Jul.2024
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in robotics for fire risk assessment in rural environments
Summary of PhD Program:
One of our research groups works closely with the forest industry with a focus on robotics, sensor systems and artificial intelligence. In the spring of 2024, we will start a project funded by MSB with a focus on how autonomous and remote-controlled forest machines can improve the coarse-grained estimation of the risk of ignition of forest and grass fires that exist today. Those interested in applying should have an interdisciplinary background in robotics or mechatronics, and a keen interest in immersing themselves in a critical societal area.
Application Deadline: 30.Jun.2024
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11. Fully Funded PhD Position in concrete materials
Summary of PhD Program:
Your main task is researching concrete material, especially on the properties of fresh and hardened concrete. In the field of cement chemistry and particle packing, exciting research is currently underway to find supplementary cementitious materials and develop the concretes of the future. This work has great potential to reduce CO2 emissions from concrete production, as concrete is the world’s most widely used building material. You will have the opportunity to evaluate and test different types of materials and simulate their effects on the fresh and hardened concrete properties.
Application Deadline: 28.Jun.2024
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in structural assessment and inspections of tunnels
Summary of PhD Program:
Today, the risk related to damage is commonly assessed on experience or empirical knowledge. This project aims to use finite element modelling to increase the knowledge regarding the risk associated with cracks in the shotcrete lining and bond failure between shotcrete and rock. In particular, the aim is to find reasonable threshold values for crack widths and bond failure areas. Moreover, the doctoral student should also investigate the possibility to use modern and high-tech equipment to detect and automate the bond detection procedure and how a digital inspection framework could be implemented and complementary to existing inspection methods.
Application Deadline: 28.Jun.2024
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in metallurgy of recycling of steels
Summary of PhD Program:
A project funded by Horizon Europe “Metallic Elements Dissipation Avoided by Life cycle design for Steel” (MEDALS) aims to increase the recyclability of steels by removing or mitigating the effects of unwanted elements that accumulate during recycling, so-called tramp elements. The successful candidate shall be expected to perform advanced simulation and modelling to optimise the handling of scrap to improve the quality of recycled material. This may include thermodynamic modelling of pyrometallurgical systems, physical modelling of process phenomena and numerical modelling of accumulated sensor data. The research work at KTH shall also include laboratory experiments, at high temperatures and using advanced materials characterisation techniques.
Application Deadline: 27.Jun.2024
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Machine Learning to Evaluate Generative Models
Summary of PhD Program:
This project aims to design and evaluate reliable and aligned automated metrics for generative models trained on content in domains relevant to the gaming industry. The development of computer and mobile games needs the creation content such as animations, sound effects, and dialogue. The growing demand for a continuous stream of new content, coupled with the availability of user-generated content, has raised the interest in machine learning-driven solutions for automatic content generation. Such domain-specific metrics are highly needed for model development in the gaming industry to enable more rigorous testing and comparison between models.
Application Deadline: 27.Jun.2024
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in model order reduction for partitioned vibro-acoustics
Summary of PhD Program:
Microstructured materials and metamaterials with complex inner motions are often challenging to represent and particularly so when the design space of the unit cell comprises numerous dimensions. The target of the present PhD project is to explore the use of domain decomposition techniques to represent parts of the unit cell of a vibroacoustic metamaterial as well as meta-modelling strategies at the pre-resolution level to avoid large parameter sweeps while capturing the responses over the entire design space with sufficient fidelity.
Application Deadline: 26.Jun.2024
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Biophysics
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a doctoral student for a multidisciplinary and collaborative project at the division of Biophysics, Department of Applied Physics. The goal of the project is to use advanced microchip-based cell culture methods to develop complex 3-dimensional in vitro models of solid tumors (tumor spheroids) to study how the tumor microenvironment affects drug and immunotherapy, and the responsiveness of cytotoxic lymphocytes. For evaluation you will use live cell screening, advances techniques for sample preparation in combination with 3D resolved microscopy, followed by image analysis.
Application Deadline: 26.Jun.2024
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Synthetic biology to enhance carbon conversion in cyanobacteria
Summary of PhD Program:
This Ph.D. position is in the Division of Systems Biology, part of the Department of Proteomics. The group of Paul Hudson does research on bacteria that fix carbon dioxide, such as cyanobacteria. Cyanobacteria in particular are also models for carbon fixation in plant chloroplasts. This project will develop and apply new synthetic biology methods with the aim to enhance the rate of carbon fixation and conversion in cyanobacteria. Such methods include, for example, CRISPR/Cas gene editing, dynamic enzyme regulation, as well as screening of genetic libraries. The project will also make use of systems biology data, such as genomics and proteomics, to achieve these goals. The project is part of a consortium exploring microbial production of biofuel. The student will work with postdocs and there is the possibility for visits to collaborating laboratories in Finland and France.
Application Deadline: 26.Jun.2024
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in Biomechanics: Gait exoskeletons and rehab robotics
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD student will join the research group at KTH MoveAbility, in biomechanics of human movement, with a focus on development and innovation of assistive devices. Our research focuses on technology to decode, measure and enhance human movements, particularly in people with motor disabilities. The KTH MoveAbility research group is part of the Department of Engineering Mechanics. The Promobilia MoveAbility Lab is a well-equipped experimental research infrastructure, centrally located on KTH’s campus and in close collaboration with an interdisciplinary network of clinical and technical researchers and healthcare professionals. The growing group is multicultural and multidisciplinary.
Application Deadline: 25.Jun.2024
