Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for PhD positions? Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark inviting online application for funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions.
Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal.
1. PhD scholarship in Modeling Directed Motion of Nanoparticles in the Eye with Laser Light
Summary of PhD Program:
Chronic diseases of the retina and optic nerve (CDRON) result in irreversible vision loss and eventual blindness, affecting millions of people worldwide. Treatment involves direct injection of large quantities of drugs into the vitreous humor, but most of the drugs never reach the retina at the back of the eye due to the flow that runs from the back to the front of the eye. So efficient treatment requires frequent injections, which is not without risk to the eye (e.g, inflammation) and often results in poor patient compliance. We will lay the theoretical foundation for pushing nanoparticles over centimeter-long distances against a flow for targeted treatment in ocular drug delivery. Your overall focus will be to explore and model different physical transport mechanisms for moving nanoparticles in both uniform and structured media, e.g., in gels, with laser light. These transport methods must be compatible with eye physiology and not be harmful to the eye. Key elements in the modelling will include laser beam shaping, diffusive/advective nanoparticle transport, heating of the medium, and eye biology.
Last Application Date: 24 October 2022
2. PhD scholarship in Enzyme Assisted CO2 Capture
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking a PhD student with background and interest in enzymology and enzyme technology. During the 3-year project, the PhD student be involved in different research activities such enzyme screening, enzyme structural- and functional characterization and enzyme immobilization. The BIG collaboration also involves different computational and bioinformatics activities, which can be taken on by the PhD student or shared with other members of the group depending on skills and interests. Finally, the project encompasses activities within kinetic modeling and enzyme engineering, which could be included as a part of the PhD project.
Last Application Date: 25 October 2022
Looking For More Fully Funded PhD Programs? Click Here
3. PhD scholarship in food allergy and in vivo prediction models
Summary of PhD Program:
Do you want to contribute to the development of new tools for the prediction of allergenicity of novel foods and alternative food proteins and enable the production of new and safe food for the future? If you have knowledge within the area of allergy and protein chemistry as well as experience working with in vitro or in vivo models and are looking for a PhD fellowship opportunity to put your skills into practise, you have it right here. The Research Group for Food Allergy at DTU Food is looking to recruit a talented and highly motivated PhD student for one of 10 PhD fellowship positions being part of the ALLPreT project.
Last Application Date: 27 October 2022
4. PhD scholarship in food allergy and threshold of sensitisation
Summary of PhD Program:
In this PhD project you will contribute to developing a toolbox with methods allowing for prediction of allergenicity of new foods and test the specific hypothesis that there exists a threshold for food protein exposure below which there is only a minimal risk for being sensitised to proteins in novel food. You will be involved in research, innovation, publication, and scientific dissemination.
Last Application Date: 27 October 2022
5. PhD scholarship in ‘the scale modelling of towed demersal fishing gears’
Summary of PhD Program:
In this PhD, we will develop generic scale-modelling rules for demersal trawls that balance the gravitational, hydrodynamic drag and contact forces acting on a trawl gear. The theoretical framework will be established based on the fundamental relationships between these forces. This will be done by analysing the geometry and force measurements on different scale representations of a given trawl gear. Small scale trials will take place in a flume tank and full-scale trials will take place at sea, using a research vessel.
Last Application Date: 27 October 2022
How to Write Cover Letter for PhD Program?
6. PhD scholarship in Integrated Photonic Circuits for Quantum Number Generation
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD project focuses on QRNGs. Random numbers are a key requirement for cryptographic schemes, they allow Monte Carlo-based simulations, and fundamental physical tests, and they are essential for the initialization of machine learning algorithms. Current RNGs are based on deterministic algorithms, thus undermining cryptographic security, as well as generating bias in the training of machine-learning algorithms. Alternatively, to these approaches, the nature of quantum mechanics, which is intrinsically random, is perfect for achieving this task. This makes QRNGs, and especially integrated QRNGs on-chip, key components for future computing and communication equipment.
Last Application Date: 31 October 2022
7. PhD scholarship in Entrepreneurial Team Formation in Science-based Start-ups
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for an ambitious candidate for a PhD project (3-year, full-time) to focus on the project topic. We expect that the candidate will learn to perform rigorous and relevant research using a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods and extend collaborations with key academic and industrial partners at both a national and international level. We also expect that the candidate will disseminate their research findings in academic and practice-oriented outlets.
Last Application Date: 31 October 2022
8. PhD scholarship in Next Generation AI Explainability
Summary of PhD Program:
During this PhD program your role will be to research latent representations, their structure, semantics and uncertainty. You will apply the methods to improve our understanding of EEG signals. You are expected to publish and present research results in AI conferences (e.g, NeurISP, ICML, ICASSP) and neuroimaging journals (Neural Computation, Neuroimage etc) as well as to contribute to open source tools. We also expect you to teach in relevant courses at DTU.
Last Application Date: 1 November 2022
9. PhD scholarship in Sustainable Manufacturing Process Chains for In-Wheel Electric Motor Components
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD project will focus on developing advanced and sustainable manufacturing process chains to enable innovative design solutions for in-wheel electric motor components. In order to reach this objective, the candidate will explore the application of multimaterial manufacturing approaches based on additive and subtractive techniques to support functional integration, flux and current paths optimization, design compaction, higher power density and efficient cooling. The candidate will need to apply precision manufacturing principles to achieve the geometrical and surface specifications required by high performance components. For selected components, the candidate will investigate the applicability of natural materials from renewable sources as well as the related process chains.
Last Application Date: 2 November 2022
10. PhD scholarship in Lasers based on Subwavelength Dielectric Nanostructures
Summary of PhD Program:
We have an open PhD project within nanophotonics, funded by the Villum Young Investigator Grant. Our research interest is to explore, experimentally and theoretically, a new class of optoelectronic devices based on subwavelength dielectric nanostructures. These devices remain largely unexplored, with the potential of drastically reducing the size and energy consumption of modern integrated electronic circuits. These properties hold the promise of revolutionizing both classical and quantum computing.
Last Application Date: 5 November 2022
How to Write Motivation Letter for PhD Program?
11. PhD scholarship in Holistic Development of Tomographic Volumetric Additive Manufacturing for Hearing Health Care
Summary of PhD Program:
In TV printing, the entire 3D volume of the object can be simultaneously solidified from a pool of photosensitive polymers, eliminating the need of layering process and support structures. Besides these critical advantages, the process is extremely fast for multiscale structures compared to existing methods, can produce ultra-smooth surfaces, removes process induced stress and can impart isotropic characteristic of the parts. TV process has also demonstrated its ability to produce graded mechanical properties within the same part. All these technological benefits offered by the emerging TV printing are lucrative for health care and Hearing Aid (HA) industries. The current PhD project will make a holistic effort to establish TV printing as a suitable manufacturing method for HA application.
Last Application Date: 12 November 2022
12. PhD position in manufacturing process modelling of fiber composite structures
Summary of PhD Program:
We seek a PhD student who can contribute to a research team working on the improvement of the manufacturing process of hybrid fibre composite structures (pultruded carbon beam segments combined with glass fibres/epoxy resin materials). You will work in a team of experts in the field of manufacturing and simulations of fibre composite materials at DTU Wind Energy to develop a physics-based simulation framework to model the phenomena taking place in the manufacturing processes. Moreover, your PhD project will be part of the AIOLOS research consortium consisting of the top universities Technical University of Denmark and Aalborg University and world-leading industrial partners and research unites (Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Pontis Engineering and Force Technology) offering to a broad and deep collaboration with leading experts in the field.
Last Application Date: 15 November 2022
13. PhD position on Development of Digital Twins to Optimize Urban / Industrial Water Treatment Systems
Summary of PhD Program:
A PhD position is available in the frame of the joint alliance research project “Development of Digital twInS to optimize chemical addition on inTegrated uRban watEr SystemS (DISTRESS)”. The project is based at the Process and Systems Engineering Center (PROSYS) at DTU Chemical Engineering, in close collaboration with the Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology (ACWEB) at the University of Queensland (Australia) and will deliver a set of virtual replicas of the different technologies comprising the flow diagram of the water treatment systems under study (Denmark, Australia).
Last Application Date: 15 October 2022
14. PhD Scholarship in Digital Phenotyping for Comorbid Mental Health
Summary of PhD Program:
DTU Health Tech is looking for a PhD candidate in the design and development of digital phenotyping for comorbid physical and mental health. The purpose of this project is to research and identify important digital phenotypes for comorbid physical and mental health conditions, and to incorporate these in a real-time data collection and processing pipeline and data analytics setup for meaningful presentation to health professionals. The use case is to enable clinicians to monitor and identify at an early stage important digital phenotypes which indicate or predict comorbid physical and mental health problems.
Last Application Date: 15 October 2022
Motivation Letter vs Cover Letter I All You Need To Know
15. PhD scholarship in Oxyfuel Combustion on Cement Plants
Summary of PhD Program:
The primary aim of the PhD project will be to develop a computer model of a calciner system used on an oxyfuel fired cement plant. The model shall provide information on the influence of changes in operation conditions and design. The model shall be applied to investigate how a change in CO2 recirculation influences particle fluid dynamics, as well as fuel conversion and calcination. Furthermore, the integration of a re-calcination reactor in the system shall also be investigated.
Last Application Date: 16 October 2022
16. PhD scholarship in Carbonation of Cement-based Materials at High Temperatures
Summary of PhD Program:
DTU is seeking a highly motivated graduate student to enroll in an Industrial Doctorate hosted at the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at DTU, Denmark and at the Department of Cement Process and Systems R&D at FLSmidth A/S, Denmark. The project is part of the international doctoral training network entitled “Valorization of CO2 for low carbon cement (CO2Valorize)”, funded by the Marie Skolodowska-Curie Action of the European Commission. The complete program consists of eight international PhD projects that perform individual research projects to identify technological solutions that help reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the cement industry significantly.
Last Application Date: 16 October 2022
17. PhD scholarship on Modeling of Particle Conversion during Calcination
Summary of PhD Program:
The primary aim of the PhD project will be to develop a novel clay calcination particle model that can be applied to predict and analyse the conversion of different clay types. The model will account for heat transfer, transport processes and kinetics of the calcination. The main part of the work will be done by developing a mathematical single particle model.
Last Application Date: 16 October 2022
How to Write a Follow-Up Email? Mistakes To Avoid
18. PhD scholarship: Development and Study of a Process for Conversion of Plastics to Synthesis Gas
Summary of PhD Program:
The primary aim of the PhD project will be to do a process optimisation of the combined pyrolysis, gasification and partial gas oxidation process step that produce synthesis gas for the later synthesis of methanol. The main part of the work will be done experimentally in a fluid bed reactor system placed at Department of Chemical Engineering.
Last Application Date: 16 October 2022
How To Apply For PhD Programs? All You Need To Know
19. PhD position(s) in Compositional Simulation of Reactive Transport in CO2 Storage
Summary of PhD Program:
CO2 injection into geological formations triggers complex physical and chemical interactions between fluids and minerals. They take place at different time and length scales and are critical to the evaluation of subsurface capacities, operational risks, and storage safety. To reduce the uncertainty, we need to carry out dynamic simulations describing this multiscale process with multiple physics. Although several simulators are available for simulating underground CO2 storage, there is an urgent need to improve the robustness and efficiency of CO2 storage simulation when a compositional description is used. We intend to take advantage of the recent development in simultaneous chemical and phase equilibrium calculation to improve the speed and reliability of CO2 storage simulation significantly. The candidate will work on integrating the novel chemical and phase equilibrium calculation algorithm into an in-house compositional simulator to simulate CO2 storage in both saline aquifers and depleted petroleum reservoirs.
Last Application Date: 16 October 2022
20. PhD scholarship on Green Investments
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD position is in Science and Technology Studies (STS) with a focus on how actors in the pension market and civil society are seeking to transform the value regimes that govern the rationale and practices of investments in order to increase fossil divestment. You will conduct a qualitative case study of a Danish case and be involved in collaborative and comparative STS research within the project (entitled Fossil Free Futures). The PhD position involves independent research under supervision from experienced colleagues, obligations as teaching assistant, participation in PhD courses and dissemination activities. Our division values a collective, generous, playful and supportive work environment and we expect you to contribute to this.
Last Application Date: 19 October 2022
How to Write Motivation Letter for PhD Program?
21. PhD scholarship: Development of a Next-Generation NOx Control Technology for Waste-to-Energy (WtE) Plants
Summary of PhD Program:
The aim of the PhD project will be to develop a deNOx technology, which is more robust towards the fluctuating environment in a WtE plant. This aim will be met through the use of alternative reducing agents or agent mixtures or through additives capable of shifting the process window to higher or lower temperatures as required. The work will involve laboratory experiments at Department of Chemical Engineering, combined with kinetic modelling and process evaluation.
Last Application Date: 21 October 2022
22. PhD scholarship: use of Pyrolysis Oil in 2-Stroke Marine Diesel Engines, with a focus on Modifications Required to the Liquid Fuel and/or to the Engines
Summary of PhD Program:
The aim of the PhD project will be to investigate the implications of the pyrolysis oil chemical composition and properties for use in 2-stroke marine diesel engines. Aspects related to ignition and combustion, engine operation, and emissions will be assessed to identify the fuel requirements and need for upgrading for use in existing engines. The work will involve laboratory experiments at Department of Chemical Engineering, combined with kinetic modelling and process evaluation.
Last Application Date: 21 October 2022
23. PhD scholarship in Development of Multifunctional Biomaterial Patches for Buccal Delivery of Peptides
Summary of PhD Program:
You will primarily be working on development and testing of the multifunctional biomaterial patches encapsulating peptide formulations. In the development phase, there will be a main focus on material selection of each of the layers of the patches and on obtaining a fast release of the peptide formulations from the patches. After development, the patches are in vitro tested in terms of mucoadhesion, mechanical strength and degradation rates. In addition, ex vivo studies will be carried out to measure the permeability of the peptide formulations over buccal tissue.
Last Application Date: 22 October 2022
24. PhD scholarship in Corrosion in Electronics
Summary of PhD Program:
If you are looking for an exciting opportunity for a PhD, we at Materials and Surface Engineering section, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark is seeking a candidate for a PhD in “Corrosion in Electronics”. Humidity effects on electronics is an important area today due to the widespread use of electronics such as electrification of vehicles and use in connection with renewable energy system, therefore the PhD position provides opportunity to work in this exciting area in collaboration with major industries.
Last Application Date: 6 October 2022
Motivation Letter vs Cover Letter I All You Need To Know
25. PhD scholarship in Coordinated Control of Power Electronic Converters in Energy Islands
Summary of PhD Program:
The Danish government is pioneering the Energy Islands with the agreement to erect two energy islands by around 2030. One will be in the North Sea as an artificial island and one in the Baltic Sea at the Bornholm Island. Energy islands are deemed as a vital step to scale up and speed up the deployment of the massive amounts of offshore wind energy. The current point-to-point, uncoordinated approach to offshore wind was designed when offshore wind was a nascent sector. Energy islands will connect the power grids of multiple countries and transport many Gigawatts from hundreds or even thousands of surrounding offshore wind turbines to the shores of the countries.
Last Application Date: 10 October 2022
26. PhD Scholarship on Efficient On-Chip Second Harmonic Generation for Chip-Scale Optical Atomic Clock
Summary of PhD Program:
The Nanophotonic Devices Group at DTU Electro is seeking a Ph.D. candidate to develop an on-chip ultra-efficient frequency doubler or second harmonic generation (SHG) device that can be heterogeneously integrated with an on-chip frequency comb source for optical atomic clock applications. The Ph.D. project is part of the European Innovation Council Pathfinder Project “Chip-Scale Optical Atomic Clock” (CSOC), which aims to develop a chip-scale optical atomic clock by combining the recent advances in mode-locked lasers, Kerr frequency combs, highly-nonlinear III-V waveguides. The CSOC project is conducted by a consortium including academic partners (Gent University and École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) and industrial partners (Menlo System and Ligentec).
Last Application Date: 14 October 2022
27. PhD scholarship in Theoretical Modeling of Single-Particle Catalysts
Summary of PhD Program:
As a PhD student at VISION, you will work on the understanding of the dynamics of single nanoparticles in atmospheres of reactive gasses and on the discovery of novel catalysts. The initial focus of the study will be to understand nanoparticle evolution of Pt nanoparticles during CO oxidation, in close interplay with atomic-resolution electron microscopy experiments. The VISION Center at DTU Physics, located about 10km north of Copenhagen, has around 25 members and offers a highly international, creative and stimulating work environment. The research in VISION is focusing on the understanding and engineering of single nanoparticle catalytic systems.
Last Application Date: 15 October 2022
How to Write a Follow-Up Email? Mistakes To Avoid
28. PhD scholarship in Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells
Summary of PhD Program:
Do you want to contribute to a sustainable future based on the solid oxide electrolysis cell technology? At the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage (DTU Energy) at the Technical University of Denmark our research is targeting exactly this, and we are looking for a new PhD student. Displacement of fossil fuels by renewable energy (RE) is a global issue with inherent challenges of balancing electricity supply and demand. Solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) can convert electricity from RE sources into hydrogen, CO or methane and hence contribute to an excess electricity offtake. The produced gas can be converted into liquid hydrocarbon fuels for the transportation sector or chemicals for high value markets, or converted back to electricity at peak demand and hereby reduce carbon footprint. At DTU Energy we have been carrying out R&D in sustainable energy conversion technologies and especially solid oxide electrolysis cells for many years and we are among the world’s leaders in research and development in this area. We have excellent facilities and competences for fabrication, modeling, testing and characterization of devices.
Last Application Date: 15 October 2022
How To Apply For PhD Programs? All You Need To Know
29. PhD scholarship in CMOS Compatible and Ultrabroad on-chip SiC Frequency Comb (SiComb)
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a strongly self-motivated PhD student to contribute to a FET Open project ‘CMOS compatible and ultrabroad on-chip SiC frequency comb (SiComb)’ coordinated by Associate Professor Haiyan Ou. The PhD student will work in the wide bandgap semiconductor photonics group led by Associate Professor Haiyan Ou. The goal of the SiComb project is to demonstrate an on-chip optical frequency comb and apply it to optical communication systems, after exploring and combining the very high nonlinearity and high confinement of silicon carbide waveguides and microrings with the material’s other advantages such as CMOS compatibility, high thermal conductivity and bio-compatibility. The seven partners in the project (DTU, FAU, CNRS, POLITO, MLNX, ALM, and Moverim) comprise the strongest team in Europe covering SiC material growth, device nanofabrication and optical communication application.
Last Application Date: 15 October 2022
