If you’re a Masters degree holder and seeking Fully Funded PhD Programs, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands 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 Machine Learning for Digital Finance
Summary of PhD Program:
In your project, you will do research on and apply machine learning techniques to make a real-world impact in academia and at financial institutions. A potential research topic is the design of an intelligent search bot that maximises AI technologies to improve the accessibility and user experience of public data portals. Further research will focus on ML techniques and NLP to improve supervisory technology (Suptech) methods. Both topics are relevant and of interest to the ECB and BIS, e.g. as part of their tool Olympus, that provides support in various areas, such as advanced analytics, process automation and digital collaboration.
Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in designing a recommender system for sustainable investments
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a highly motivated and creative Ph.D. candidate interested in developing and applying recommender systems that suggest investments in sustainable businesses. The ultimate goal is to map and evaluate sustainability metrics for investors and, based on this, develop a recommender system. The recommendations will be tailored for multiple user classes and accompanied by appropriate explanations and interpretations.
Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in multi-sensory cues for spatial awareness in VR/XR
Summary of PhD Program:
The goal of this PhD research is to model and improve user estimates of perceived position, travelled distance, size of (closed) spaces, spatial layout of spaces, etc. when using VR/XR. Humans make these estimates based on (the integration and weighing of) visual, auditory vestibular and proprioceptive cues that can be limited or even absent in VR/XR setups.
Application Deadline: 23 Aug 2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in structural remodelling
Summary of PhD Program:
The Neuro-Mechanical Modeling and Engineering Lab is seeking for an outstanding PhD candidate fellow to work within our new Project ROBOREACTOR funded by the prestigious European Research Council (Consolidator Grant). You will join an international team working on a novel and ambitious project at the frontiers of muscle neurophysiology, muscle tissue regeneration and regenerative robotics.
Application Deadline: 18 Aug 2024
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in physiological wearables to detect Early Life Stress
Summary of PhD Program:
HEALS Applied combines knowledge on co-creation and stress with the excellent Dutch preventive care during pregnancy and at consultancies, and develops new methods to detect harmful stress early. You will focus on the detection of (increased risk of) Early Life Stress. You will develop new (bio) markers of Early Life Stress obtained from wearable physiological sensors worn by parents (to be) and child and combine these with sources currently used in preventive healthcare, e.g. background, questionnaires and assessments.
Application Deadline: 19 Aug 2024
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6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Advanced Optics and Spectroscopy for daycare Arthroscopic Imaging
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD’s objective is to advance the functionality of the current imaging needle ‘arthroscope’ by integrating advanced optical imaging and spectroscopic techniques to maximize information retrieval through minimally invasive portals. The PhD will play a role in the technical development of hardware of the diagnostic tool and complementary documentation to allow future clinical investigation, as well in the advancement of processing algorithms to transfer the raw data information to meaningful outcomes for the clinicians. These developments will have an iterative nature with technical and in vivo human samples evaluation to assess the advancements objectively. The research will take place at the University of Twente and Amsterdam UMC.
Application Deadline: 8 Aug 2024
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Virtual 3D Human Bone Shape Processing Platform
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD’s objective is to develop the contours and pilot work of an open-access virtual processing platform for segmentation and enrichment of CT/ MRI medical image data in order to provide a large number of fully processed 3D bone shape data to various research communities. Thereto, an overview is made of running initiatives; and pros and cons are evaluated. Optionally, we will team up with these initiatives. The PhD develops robust (semi-) automatic segmentation and processing methods applicable to different human bones on joints. We demonstrate the benefit and potential of such a virtual platform by selected use cases in the orthopaedic domain, e.g. joint replacement.
Application Deadline: 8 Aug 2024
8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Modeling of smart additive-manufacturing processes
Summary of PhD Program:
This is a joint project between the University of Twente and the University of Applied Sciences Saxion, combining expertise from fundamental science, granular material modeling, software development, calibration, creative design, and concrete printing. You will work closely together with a Postdoc, who will be responsible for developing the digital twin environment, while you will focus on developing the physical twins of the mixing and printing processes. Together, you will work on creating a comprehensive virtual twin for these processes. Supporting this position is an academic team consisting of two PhD supervisors as well as additional academic staff members with expertise that covers modeling, programming and experimentation.
Application Deadline: 31 Oct 2024
9. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD project aims to explore the impact of nature-based solutions on small river systems in the Netherlands. The River Dinkel and the River Vecht will be used as case studies to investigate how recent nature-based interventions have affected the hydro- and morphodynamics of these small rivers. The research will be carried out by a combination of field measurements, using acoustic instrumentation (ADCPs and ADVs), to evaluate the current situation and numerical modelling to investigate the future development of the systems. In addition, this research will develop tools to generalize the knowledge from the case studies and to assess the impact of different nature-based designs. The PhD project is part of the Growthfund NL2120 program, which includes many partners from academia, consultancy, and governmental organizations.
Application Deadline: 8 Sep 2024
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in ERC Advanced project “RECRUIT”
Summary of PhD Program:
This project aims to take the concept of receptor recruitment from biology and use it as a design criterium for self-assembling building blocks into well-defined molecular and nanoscale architectures. Intrinsically weak and dynamic interactions are essential in achieving self-assembly and recruitment. Exquisite control over stoichiometry and structure of the assemblies is achieved by harnessing ground-breaking developments in the understanding of the underlying multivalent interactions. These breakthrough insights will be used to tackle challenges with the identification, sensing and isolation of biological particles, such as viruses and extracellular vesicles, through the development of platforms with nanoscale dimensions and molecular functionalities.
Application Deadline: 31 Aug 2024
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11. Fully Funded PhD Position in microfluidics for health: molecular imaging and drug delivery
Summary of PhD Program:
In this project, you will work on the production and characterization of novel phospholipid-coated monodisperse microbubbles with a shell functionalized with antibodies that can bind to diseased tissue [1]. When these bubbles are driven by ultrasound, they’ll start to volumetrically oscillate and thereby generate a strong echo. Thus, antibody-functionalized microbubbles in combination with ultrasound imaging can be used for disease diagnosis. Additionally, the oscillating bubbles can create pores in the cell membrane and vascular wall such that they can also be used for drug delivery.
Application Deadline: 12 Aug 2024
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Algorithmic Energy Trading
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD research will be performed as part of an industry funded project on algorithmic energy trading. The goal of this project is to conceive, develop, and evaluate self-learning algorithms that are able to act autonomously on short-term power markets. The algorithms need to calculate intelligent trading decisions (buying and selling energy) in real time while being exposed to a stochastic and dynamic market environment. Designing such algorithms requires working at the intersection of statistical learning and mathematical optimization. Evaluating such algorithms requires close interaction with our industrial project partner from the energy sector. Concretely, the PhD candidate will perform research on understanding how self-learning algorithms can facilitate automated trading on short-term power markets.
Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2024
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in thermochemical heat transformer
Summary of PhD Program:
The goal of this Ph.D. is to develop a lab-scale thermochemical heat transformer. To achieve this task, the development of new materials as well as the reactors needs to be undertaken. You will investigate several design concepts for this system. For this purpose, various test rigs will be developed for the testing of reactive materials. You will develop an understanding of how microstructural changes impact the output from the heat upgrade system. You will be responsible for the prototype scale demonstration of the upgrade system.
Application Deadline: 11 Aug 2024
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Developmental BioEngineering
Summary of PhD Program:
Exposure of joint tissues to biomechanical loading is a key characteristic of the moving knee joint and is essential for normal joint health. Indeed patients suffering from osteoarthritis are advised to keep on moving and consequently loading their joint. However excessive loading of the joint can also increase joint deterioration in osteoarthritis. It is unclear what healthy loading of an osteoarthritic knee joint entails and what is pathophysiological loading worsening disease. More in dept knowledge is needed to understand the impact of biomechanical loading on healthy and diseased joint tissues at the molecular and cellular level.
Application Deadline: 23 Aug 2024
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Wide Bandwidth Baseband techniques for 6G
Summary of PhD Program:
With the advancement of radio communication networks and devices, the use of FR2/FR3/aggregated wide bandwidth as well as a larger number of antenna array elements and beamforming, make it possible to achieve high datarates. One of the main challenges is to achieve these high datarates at low power consumption levels and to achieve low latency. This requires careful analysis at an architectural level of analog, digital and hybrid solutions. Equipping each antenna with a digital transceiver optimally exploits the use of antenna arrays, however at the cost of high power consumption and costs. Solutions are sought by using hybrid beamforming, low resolution analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion, approximate computing and at the algorithmic level.
Application Deadline: 1 Sep 2024
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in CRISPR diagnostics on-chip to improve cervical cancer screening
Summary of PhD Program:
Cervical cancer is the most common gynecological cancer and this cancer could be prevented by screening programs. Currently the participation rates are low and in this project we want to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of current screening approaches by lowering participation barriers using innovative technologies. Therefore we will develop at the university of Twente an innovative lab on a chip that can be used for the screening. For this we aim to use CRISPR diagnostics in combination with microfluidic chip design.
Application Deadline: 30 Aug 2024
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in perception and action in interceptive behaviors in sports
Summary of PhD Program:
In this position, you will collect kinematic data that allows you to make inferences on the perceptual information that is used to guide interceptive behaviors in sports. Data may be collected using sensor platforms such as XSens Link; OptiTrack; JohanSports GPS tracking; and Tobii eye tracking. You will also work with – and build on – Virtual Reality setups that allow you to investigate interceptive behaviors in a range of sport specific scenarios. You will perform high quality and internationally visible research that gets published at top tier conferences and journals.
Application Deadline: 15 Sep 2024
18. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate for a PhD scholarship in “Quantitative Analysis of Impact Investing and Social Entrepreneurship Scaling”. The scholarship is part of the seizmic Doctoral Network, based on a grant from the Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network call 2023. Are you passionate about social entrepreneurship and impact investing? Do you have experience with quantitative research methods? Consider applying for this PhD position!
Application Deadline: 1 Oct 2024
