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1. PhD Position in understanding the current state of cybersecurity with the help of macro and micro level indicators

Summary of PhD Program:

This PhD project focuses on designing socio-economic measurement tools and developing metrics for security variables. The aim is to measure security effectiveness based on the outcome (being compromised as an organization or not) which is in itself very hard to measure, developing metrics for effectiveness of actions, controls, or measures against the event of being hacked. This inturn will aid managers with making security investment decisions.

Last Application Date: 30 Sep 2022

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2. PhD Position in Federated Monitoring and Automated Response

Summary of PhD Program:

The Twente University Centre for Cybersecurity Research has a vacancy for a PhD Position in Federated Monitoring and Automated Response. Real-time monitoring is essential for threat detection and response. Many different monitoring approaches have been proposed in the state-of-the-art and several tools are available on the market. However, the complexity and dynamism of modern distributed environments pose a critical challenge to such tools, which are limited in terms of scalability and visibility. Additionally, in such distributed architectures it is crucial to correlate observed insights (e.g., indicators of compromise) to track lateral movement.

Last Application Date: 30 Sep 2022

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3. PhD Position in CHIRALFORCE

Summary of PhD Program:

The Mesoscale Chemical Systems (MCS) group has a vacancy for a PhD student to work on microfluidics for the separation of enantiomers. Separating enantiomers is crucial to produce bio-active molecules, e.g., in early-phase drug discovery. The project aims at a radically new strategy to separate enantiomers on chip, using chiral optical forces at silicon-based optical waveguides and integration with microfluidics. The proposed method has the promise to be quick, tunable, and cheap. The focus of the PhD student in the MCS group will be on the design, fabrication, and testing of the microfluidic parts of the chip, which eventually will be monolithically integrated with the photonic components developed by one of the partner institutions in the project.

Last Application Date: 30 Sep 2022

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4. PhD Position in Improving chronic nocturnal noninvasive ventilation

Summary of PhD Program:

The Cardiovascular & Respiratory Physiology (CRPH) group is looking for a PhD-candidate in the NOCTIVENT project: ‘Improving chronic nocturnal noninvasive ventilation in COPD patients: a multimodality approach’. This translational project spans a challenging spectrum of innovative telemonitoring and advanced signal analyses with the ultimate goal to further improve nocturnal noninvasive ventilation for COPD patients at their homes.

Last Application Date: 18 Oct 2022

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5. PhD Position in Stabilization of gas-liquid foams using amphiphobic catalysts

Summary of PhD Program:

In this project, funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) as part of the Talent Scheme VIDI, you will apply amphiphobic catalysts that can stabilize gas-liquid interfaces to study the formation of foams and their fluid dynamic behavior using high-speed thermal microscopy on micro-channel flow-reactors coupled to ex-situ analytics using HPLC and GC-MS. In this project you will design, construct, and test a new micro-channel reactor system that can generate foams stabilized by particles. These solids should act as foam stabilizers to produce high-surface area gas-liquid-solid contacting reactors.

Last Application Date: 31 Oct 2022

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6. PhD Position in Predicting Efficacy of neuromodulation in epilepsy

Summary of PhD Program:

In patients with medically refractory epilepsy vagus nerve stimulation and deep brain stimulation are possible treatment options. While effective in several patients, about 30-50% of patients do not respond favorably to this treatment. This project aims to identify novel biomarkers to predict the success of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) using ultra-long (up to more than a year) EEG measurements with a subcutaneous electrode (© UNEEG). This is complemented with (functional) MRI and high-density EEG recordings. Patients who are candidates for VNS will be implanted with the UNEEG device 2 months before implantation of the VNS. Treatment effects will be evaluated with the UNEEG electrode, complemented with diaries and questionnaires regarding epilepsy related symptoms.

Last Application Date: 3 Oct 2022

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7. PhD Position in Computational Physiology

Summary of PhD Program:

In this project you will develop a computational model within the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) based framework Musubi to incorporate aspects related to flow reversal. You will apply the simulation model to answer a complex question in physiology. Direct collaboration with the R&D department of Medtronic and the Rijnstate hospital in Arnhem will be available. You will be employed at the Engineering Fluid Dynamics group of the University of Twente (UT). You will have exposure to high performance computing resources, clinical data as well as flow experiments conducted in collaborating groups within UT like the Multi-Modality Imaging (M3i) and Physics of Fluids (PoF) groups.

Last Application Date: 4 Nov 2022

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8. PhD Position in Sustainable Lifespan Extension of Inner-City Bridges and Quay Walls

Summary of PhD Program:

We are seeking a PhD candidate for the research project ‘Sustainable Circular Life Extension Strategies for Inner-City Bridges and Quay Walls’ (STABILITY). This exciting research is part of the Urbiquay Program of the Dutch National Research Agenda (NWA). It is funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and in collaboration with Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, the Municipalities of Amsterdam, Den Hague, and Zwolle, and several contractors and engineering firms.

Last Application Date: 30 Sep 2022

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9. PhD Position in Opto-Electronic neuromorphic computing

Summary of PhD Program:

The PhD researcher will fabricate opto-electronics based on molecular tunnelling junctions consisting of tuneable organic molecules and thin films of flexible materials, perform electrical measurements, build optics to realise imaging and spectroscopy of the junctions, and analyse the electrical and optical responses of the system. This will eventually enable the evolution of molecular tunnelling junctions to be photonically active devices, which opens prospects for the innovative optical computing.

Last Application Date: 1 Nov 2022

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10. PhD Position in Navigating the cross-contextual media landscape

Summary of PhD Program:

This specific PhD project is innovative in taking the full cross-contextual media landscape into account. The project concerns the role of emergent and advanced digitalization for equality of opportunities for young children and early adolescents. As a PhD, you will develop measures for the digital media landscape and for cultural, socioeconomic and linguistic diversity of family backgrounds. Furthermore, you will analyse data for the assessment of inequalities in digital media use in cross-contextual media landscapes and its effects on development. The focus will be the effects on cognitive, identity and social development separately.

Last Application Date: 10 Oct 2022

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11. PhD Position in IC Design group

Summary of PhD Program:

Professor Bram Nauta’s Integrated Circuit Design (ICD) group focuses on various aspects of analog and Radio Frequency (RF) Integrated Circuits (IC). The group’s motto is “fundamental solutions for practical problems” and under this vision, it has contributed many fundamental new ideas in circuit design. The IC Design group has made high-impact inventions in analog filters, thermal noise cancelling amplifiers, ultra-low power analog to digital converters, software-defined radio, mixer-first receivers, N-path filters and sub-sampling phase locked loops. The group is a world leader and initiator of many new research directions which also find their application in industrial products. The group has a strong collaboration with the global semiconductor industry.

Last Application Date: 30 Nov 2022

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12. PhD Position in In-Situ Pellicle Exposure and Transmission

Summary of PhD Program:

We are looking for a motivated and skilled PhD researcher to investigate the physical and chemical degradation processes of novel ultra-thin freestanding films. These transparent membranes are used as protective transparent windows (‘pellicles’) in EUV photolithography, where they are placed just above the sensitive photomask to prevent its contamination by particles. The membranes need to resist not only thermo-mechanical stresses, but also surface degradation by EUV photon induced chemical reactions, bombardment by low energetic ions, and chemical etching by radicals. The aim of the project is to develop fundamental knowledge on the film EUV-induced degradation mechanisms and find materials and processes that can mitigate pellicle damage.

Last Application Date: 30 Sep 2022

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13. PhD Position in Responsible Design for Wearable Soft Actuators

Summary of PhD Program:

The position is associated with the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network SOFTWEAR (https://softwear-dn.eu). This is a highly interdisciplinary Doctoral Network in the emerging and rapidly growing field of wearables, with a unique focus on soft actuators for wearables and exoskeletons. The primary objective of SOFTWEAR is to train young researchers in the multidisciplinary science of soft actuators for integration in wearables and augmenting textiles. This will be achieved by merging design, human-technology interaction, ethics, chemistry, physics, mechanics, electronics, and textile technology, in a truly interdisciplinary manner, while teaching essential skills in ethics, product development, IPR and industrial realisation, thus providing a unique added value to the careers of the Researchers.

Last Application Date: 30 Sep 2022

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14. Two PhD Position in Development of an inversion scheme to close the water cycle balance

Summary of PhD Program:

You will develop an inversion scheme to estimate watershed-wide mass fluxes, and (relative) sea level based upon weighted least squares. It will ingest data from the satellite gravity mission GRACE and its follow-on, river discharge estimates, regional sea level estimates and observed vertical land motion. The inversion scheme will have global coverage, but it will be refined in the two focus regions (North Sea and the Greater Horn of Africa) in terms of atmospheric moisture flux and river discharge across the watershed boundaries. You will work closely together with the other PhD position as the inversion scheme will be fed with datasets they produce.

Last Application Date: 29 Sep 2022

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15. PhD Position in Data-driven river discharge and coastal sea level change in the North Sea

Summary of PhD Program:

Your challenge includes the estimation of river discharge from local gauges and ‘virtual’ gauges (i.e. radar altimetry) at the mouths of the watersheds of the two focus regions (Watersheds around the North Sea and the Greater Horn of Africa). Furthermore, you will provide estimates of regional sea level change from re-tracked radar altimetry and vertical land motion from GNSS networks. The output of your research will enhance the understanding of our ability to monitor and close the water cycle in the focus regions. Furthermore, it will also serve as a key input for the inversion framework which will be developed within the other PhD position.

Last Application Date: 29 Sep 2022

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16. PhD Position in Distributed Control for Highly Reliable Communication in Free Space

Summary of PhD Program:

We are seeking a motivated candidate to work on this research topic for 4 years full-time at the Pervasive Systems/Design and Analysis of Communication Systems Research groups within the EEMCS faculty at the University of Twente (UT), Enschede, The Netherlands. You may part of your time be located at TNO in The Hague, one of the consortium partners. The PhD position is embedded in the national research programme FREE: Optical Wireless Superhighways funded by the Dutch Research Council NWO and various industrial parties.

Last Application Date: 30 Sep 2022

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17. Two PhD Position in Valuing water for sustainable, equitable, efficient, and resilient water allocation

Summary of PhD Program:

The specific focus of your PhD project is to develop a conceptual framework, including its constituent approaches and indicators, to express the economic and societal value of water. You will draw insights from both literature on various societal, economic, and environmental value assessments and valuation techniques, as well as expectations and needs of local stakeholders. You will apply and validate your frameworks in the context of the two case study river basins in Central Asia, using quantitative data on green and blue water footprints of water-using activities (both for domestic consumption and related to virtual water trade) in conjunction with (local) socio-economic data.

Last Application Date: 15 Oct 2022

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18. PhD Position in Water footprint assessment and water allocation modelling

Summary of PhD Program:

The specific focus of your PhD project is to estimate water demand, water footprints, and virtual water trade for the case study basins, both for the current situation and for alternative future scenarios informed by climate change and drivers such as population growth, land-use changes, and changes in energy production. Hereto, you will use and develop high-resolution water footprint assessment models and frameworks that cover a full array of water using activities. You will work together with other project partners, first to obtain global and local data to feed and validate the model estimates, and second to integrate your results with water availability estimates obtained by other partners into a water allocation model that forms the foundation of the DSS.

Last Application Date: 15 Oct 2022

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1. Phd Position: Rolling Contact Fatigue Life and Material Optimization for Micro drop/dosage

Summary of Doctoral Project:

This project aims to develop advanced simulation methods and engineering rules necessary for integrated analysis of fatigue life and lubrication performance of roller raceway contacts in (high speed) bearings in relation to time varying starved inflow conditions of a very local nature, e.g. generated by minute drops from micro-dosage or drop-on-demand systems, and their interaction with surface roughness. You will work with top experts in the field of Elasto-Hydrodynamic Lubrication, and develop Multigrid/Multilevel methods to very efficiently solve a 3D mechanical contact problem simultaneously with the thin layer lubrication flow of trains of droplets. The novelty in this project is also that the effects of material topology as grain structured heterogeneous anisotropic material with varying crystallographic orientation will be incorporated.

Last Application Date: 14 Aug 2022

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2. Two PhD positions on Thermal management innovation through new materials

Summary of Doctoral Project:

Thermal management is taking centre stage in a range of applications such as the cooling of miniaturised electronics in data centres, and temperature control of batteries in electric vehicles. In this project, new composite micro-powders made of a combination of metals and 2D nanomaterials such as graphene are developed, suitable for additive manufacturing. The new engineered materials are the key target of international collaboration between scientists from Ireland (Dublin), Spain (Barcelona), Italy (Milan) and the Netherlands (Twente), to which you will contribute with your PhD research.

Last Application Date: 14 Aug 2022

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3. PhD position on Accumulation-Mode BIdiswitch Farm for energy efficient battery chargers

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The project is financed by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) in the domain Applied and Engineering Sciences (TTW). You will carry out the research at the University in Enschede, The Netherlands, and several experienced supervisors (Dr. Ray Hueting, Prof. Gert Rietveld) will give you daily guidance. Collaboration is an important aspect of the PhD position. You will extensively collaborate with a PhD student and experiences scientific staff members of the Mescoscale Chemical Systems (MCS) group, part of the department of Science and Technology. In addition, you will work in close collaboration with a wide span of companies such as IQE, Nexperia, and NXP Semiconductors. Teaching activities will take 10%-20% of your time.

Last Application Date: 14 Aug 2022

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4. 2 PhD positions Transport in Soft Porous Media for Advanced Grease Lubrication

Summary of Doctoral Project:

Soft porous media have the ability to retain and release fluids, depending on the affinity between the fluid and the porous matrix, the geometry and elasticity of the matrix, as well as external stimuli. Intensive research has been dedicated in recent years to controlling wettability, adhesion, friction and other (static) macroscopic properties of these materials in the context of liquid-infused surfaces and functional coatings. In a new interdisciplinary project between chemists, physicists and mechanical engineers and in collaboration with industrial partners, we study with a team of three PhD students the principles governing fluid transport and release within soft porous media, such as lubrication greases for bearings. We will explore novel strategies of lubrication using responsive polymer brushes with the ultimate practical goal to provide pathways for better lubricants, e.g. for wind turbines and electric vehicles. 2 PhD positions are available in the Physics of Complex Fluids group at the University of Twente. In collaboration with a third PhD student who focuses on surface and materials’ synthesis, your focus will be on the characterization modelling of fluid transport in wetting oil films that are stabilized by functionalized surfaces.

Last Application Date: 30 Aug 2022

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5. PhD study on Material Interactions affecting Quench Training in Nb3Sn type of Rutherford Cable

Summary of Doctoral Project:

In this project, the University of Twente is working in a tight collaboration with PSI in Villigen supported by ETH Zurich. ETH Zurich is studying properties of classical and emerging composite materials. At PSI, samples of novel composite materials are designed and prepared, and a major simulation effort is undertaken as well. At the University of Twente, the cryogenic experiments at liquid helium temperature and in high-magnetic field facilities are carried out. The work also includes microscopic analyses of the material interfaces as well as characterization and engineering of composite materials. The long-term and high-level of expertise on superconductivity allows for performing effective design and targeted experiments as well as simulations in the combined electromagnetic, mechanical and thermal domains.

Last Application Date: 10 Aug 2022

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6. PhD Research Position INSPEXT “In-Situ Pellicle Exposure and Transmission ”

Summary of Doctoral Project:

Your tasks will be to prepare (design, plan and discuss) and execute the experiments that lead to a better understanding of pellicle damage mechanisms. You will analyze thin films of interest with high precision using surface-sensitive analysis equipment (XPS, LEIS, AFM, …) to understand the sample’s surface composition and structure, before and after degradation experiments. You will construct analytical models to explain the observed surface modifications and test such models against (EUV) exposure conditions. The project will be carried out in the Industrial Focus Group XUV Optics where a new multidisciplinary research programme on thin film EUV optical devices has already started. The group develops forefront fundamental research, relevant to high-tech, industrial focused applications (www.utwente.nl/xuv/). The research will take place in a state-of-the-art thin film laboratory within the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente, in collaboration with various industrial partners and PTB.

Last Application Date: 30 Sep 2022

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7. PhD position in Germanium photodiodes

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The IDS group has a vacancy for a PhD student to work on photodiode detectors for photonic integrated circuits (PICS). The aim of the project is to research and develop germanium photodiodes that are sensitive in a broad spectral range encompassing visual to short-wavelength light up to 1600 nm. The basic process will be a further development of our broadband Ge-on-Si “PureGaB” diodes that have been demonstrated with exceptional broadband responsivity and low dark currents. Concomitantly, the diodes should be modified to allow integration in an existing waveguide photonic circuit platform, and performance suitable for quantum computing circuits is aspired. The PhD will focus on the device fabrication and work with a postdoc for the design, characterization and optimization of the photodiodes. They will work closely with 2 PhD’s already studying the application of pure boron layers in other semiconductor devices.

Last Application Date: 31 Aug 2022

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8. PhD position: Coastal Vulnerability (CVI) assessment for present and future

Summary of Doctoral Project:

To assess coastal vulnerability due to erosion and/or inundation, the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) is one of the simplest and most commonly used methods (Koroglu et al., 2019). An assessment of vulnerability can contribute to the decision-making process for coastal planning and management. This PhD project aims to perform a state-of-the-art coastal vulnerability assessment for both present time and future scenarios, identify temporal pathways of CVI changes and potentially extend to detailed coastal impact assessment and reduction investigation for some hotspots using sophisticated numerical modelling approaches (e.g. Delft3D FM, PCR model, G-SMIC model) and explore ways to increase resilience at selected hotspots.

Last Application Date: 26 Aug 2022

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9. PhD position “Energy Hubs for Integration of Large-scale renewable Energy: Modelling

Summary of Doctoral Project:

Increasing decentralized power production from wind and solar are putting a strain on the capacity of the electricity grid in different parts of the Netherlands. Consequently, new projects cannot be connected to the grid preventing growth of renewable energy production. Also, when power demand is exceeding the transport capacity, an extra alternative electricity flow is needed to fulfil the power demand. This could be solved by increasing capacity: grid expansion. However, this is expensive and takes years of time to be realized. Although grid expansion is inevitable in the long term, a solution is needed for a short/medium term. If the copper route (i.e. reinforcing the grid by adding more cabled) is not a viable option anymore, then an alternative route through conversion to energy carrying molecules can be a solution. For this purpose we need major breakthroughs, advanced technologies and new integrated renewable energy systems for the energy hubs. Such an energy hub is a place where different forms of sustainable generation, storage and conversion come together to ensure a reliable supply of clean energy to customers in its surrounding.

Last Application Date: 14 Aug 2022

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10. PhD Candidate for the Horizon Europe Project PARATUS Cloud-based decision tool

Summary of Doctoral Project:

PARATUS is a four-year project that will start on the 1st of October 2022. The PARATUS consortium encompasses 19 partners from 11 countries: Netherlands, Spain, France, Austria, Italy, Romania, United Kingdom, Turkey, Germany, Poland, and Thailand. In the PARATUS project, we aim to develop an open-source platform for dynamic risk assessment that allows us to analyse and evaluate multi-hazard impact chains, risk reduction measures, and disaster response scenarios in the light of systemic vulnerabilities and uncertainties. These services will be co-created within a unique transdisciplinary consortium of research organisations, NGOs, SMEs, first and second responders, and local and regional authorities. To gain a deeper understanding of multi-hazard impact chains, PARATUS will first conduct forensic analysis on historical disaster events, augment historical disaster databases with hazard interactions and sectorial impacts, and exploit remote sensing data with artificial intelligence methods. Building on these insights, PARATUS will then develop new exposure and vulnerability analysis methods that enable systemic risk assessment across sectors (e.g. humanitarian, transportation, communication) and geographic settings (e.g. islands, mountains, megacities).

Last Application Date: 1 Sep 2022

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11. PhD position in IC Design group

Summary of Doctoral Project:

Professor Bram Nauta’s Integrated Circuit Design (ICD) group focuses on various aspects of analog and Radio Frequency (RF) Integrated Circuits (IC). The group’s motto is “fundamental solutions for practical problems” and under this vision, it has contributed many fundamental new ideas in circuit design. The IC Design group has made high-impact inventions in analog filters, thermal noise cancelling amplifiers, ultra-low power analog to digital converters, software-defined radio, mixer-first receivers, N-path filters and sub-sampling phase locked loops. The group is a world leader and initiator of many new research directions which also find their application in industrial products. The group has a strong collaboration with the global semiconductor industry. Are you interested in a PhD position at the ICD group?

Last Application Date: 31 Jul 2022

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12. Two PhD positions in “Internet Measurement and Cybersecurity (Responsible Internet)”

Summary of Doctoral Project:

We are advertising for two PhD positions that work on closely related aspects of the technical realization of the Responsible Internet, concretely the so-called Network Information Plane and the Network Control Plane: The research of one PhD student will focus on the data structures and algorithms required to capture and disseminate measurement results and the determined properties of networks and systems at Internet scale. The objective of the second PhD project is to investigate, design, prototype, and evaluate scalable network-level mechanisms that address the balance between transparency and security.

Last Application Date: 14 Aug 2022

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13. PhD position: pluripotent stem cell-derived gut-brain axis on a microfluidic chip

Summary of Doctoral Project:

Are you fascinated by how it is possible, while being separated from each other by a distance of a mere meter, that the gut microbiota interacts with the brain? Are you keen to explore the potential of stem cell biology to address this question? Do you share our excitement to delve deeper into understanding the very fundamental molecular mechanisms by which microbiome-brain interactions, not leaving a single stone unturned? Do you see yourself as a highly intrinsically motivated, pro-active and independent individual, not scared of getting your hands on new technologies, a team player, open-minded to learning?

Last Application Date: 1 Aug 2022

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14. PhD on Bioplastic materials processing

Summary of Doctoral Project:

In recent years a low-cost and fully recyclable thermoplastic material has been produced from liquefied lignocellulosic biomass. Promising first results have been acquired, employing the material both as a thermoplastic and as (part of) a bio-composite, paving the way to a more in-depth analyses of the material and the relation between process, structure and material properties. This work will involve experimental activities covering a variety of aspects related to the physicochemical characterization and processing of the novel bio-based thermoplastic material aiming for its successful application towards a fully recyclable coating or bio-composite with optimal mechanical properties. In this 4-year project you will have the opportunity to develop your PhD in the field of Bio-based materials, working in creative and experienced research groups with extensive experience in practical research and access to unique experimental infrastructure.

Last Application Date: 15 Aug 2022

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1. PhD position in IC Design group

Summary of Doctoral Project:

Are you interested in a PhD position at the ICD group? We have access to advanced CMOS fabrication technology nodes and a well-equipped laboratory for evaluation of test-chips. We offer a very collaborative atmosphere and you will benefit from our broad knowledge and experience. A team of well-known professors in the field (professors Bram Nauta, Eric Klumperink, Anne-Johan Annema, Ronan van der Zee, Mark Oude Alink and Harijot Singh Bindra) will supervise you in this position. Since we will invest a lot of our time in your education, development and career, we have to be very selective in our admission process for PhD students.

Last Application Date: 31 Jul 2022

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2. PHD Student Vacancy in NWO-funded Perspectief programme Optical Wireless Superhighways

Summary of Doctoral Project:

In this project, focusing on physical layer security, we will demonstrate authentication for quantum and classical communication links with Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs), remotely read out via a single-spatial-mode. We will use a new class of PUFs that can be read out through standard optical fibres or free-space links. Our implementation of single-mode PUFs exploits the time/frequency domain for the encoding challenge / response space. Together with the PUFs, we will develop tools to generate challenge-forming few-photon light pulses and to validate PUF responses at the few-photon level, with the aim of a proof-of-principle demonstration using the terrestrial free-space optical link developed by consortium partners.

Last Application Date: 1 Jun 2022

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3. PhD position on Internet Path Security

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The goal of this PhD project is to study how we can increase Internet path security in the context of the current Internet. This work will build on existing ideas, such as RPKI and BGPsec, but also the things we can learn from novel Internet architectures such as SCION, and novel initiatives such as the proposed Autonomous System Provider Authorization (ASPA) standard. We also envisage the potential to extend path security beyond the IP domain, e.g., incorporating path information on lower layers of the OSI model, all the way down to the physical layer (as the Internet is ultimately also vulnerable to physical attacks).

Last Application Date: 31 May 2022

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4. PhD position in Federated Monitoring and Automated Response

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The Twente University Centre for Cybersecurity Research has a vacancy for a PhD Position in Federated Monitoring and Automated Response. Real-time monitoring is essential for threat detection and response. Many different monitoring approaches have been proposed in the state-of-the-art and several tools are available on the market. However, the complexity and dynamism of modern distributed environments pose a critical challenge to such tools, which are limited in terms of scalability and visibility. Additionally, in such distributed architectures it is crucial to correlate observed insights (e.g., indicators of compromise) to track lateral movement.

Last Application Date: 31 May 2022

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5. PhD position in Dynamic Knowledge Modeling for Lifecycle Security

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The goal of this PhD project is to study and develop dynamic knowledge modelling approaches that provide structured knowledge on security-relevant aspects of a critical infrastructure based on real-time or historical data about the infrastructure. To validate the results of the project, we want to design and prototype a monitoring and decision-support system based on the notions of digital twin and DevSecOps. The functionality of this system should include: collection and storage of data about the critical infrastructure, access to data and transformation into structured knowledge, API for accessing the knowledge.

Last Application Date: 31 May 2022

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6. PhD in understanding the current state of cybersecurity with the help of macro and micro level indicators

Summary of Doctoral Project:

A rational security decision at the firm level should result in maximum organizational utility. Unfortunately, security managers need to constantly take decisions under uncertain circumstances and constrained budgets in order to make their organizations cyber safe. It is hard for decision makers to determine on how and how much to invest in security without understanding it’s expected future benefits or to comment on whether or not to pay the ransom after a breach of their IT systems without knowing their alternatives.

Last Application Date: 31 May 2022

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7. PhD position in Engineering Novel Organ-on-a-chip platforms

Summary of Doctoral Project:

You will develop an organ-on-a-chip platform to model fibrotic diseases, with a particular focus on systemic sclerosis. This organ-on-a-chip model will incorporate essential features of this condition, including adequate physical and chemical parameters and stimuli. Your work will primarily focus on the engineering aspects, with a first-stage validation of the model, while a second PhD candidate at Radboudumc will focus on the modelling of systemic sclerosis using patient-derived material and subsequent in-depth molecular characterization.

Last Application Date: 31 May 2022

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8. PhD opening in Understanding and modelling lower shoreface sand transport

Summary of Doctoral Project:

Are you interested in setting up innovative model solutions to better understand lower shoreface sand transport and thus contribute to a climate-proof coast? At the Water Engineering & Management department we are looking for a PhD researcher to strengthen our team. We are an active and dynamic group of researchers pioneering in the modelling and engineering of marine and fluvial systems. Alongside another PhD student and a postdoc, you will be one of the researchers in the MELODY project: ModEling LOwer Shoreface Seabed DYnamics for a Climate-Proof Coast. Recently funded by the Dutch Research Council, MELODY aims to better understand sand transport and morphodynamics at the lower shoreface. This zone forms the essential link between the offshore seabed and the nearshore zone, thus controlling how climate change, and the activities to cope with it, affect our coast.

Last Application Date: 31 May 2022

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9. PhD position Capture, storage and mineralization of CO2 in particle

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The goal of the PhD project is to develop a method for the fast, permanent and safe storage of CO2 in solid particles (e.g. porous silica, clays or mineral carbonates) suspended in aqueous salt solutions. The efficiency of the initial CO2 capture depends on the fluid composition (ions, pH and other organic/inorganic additives), the gas partial pressures, and the influence of these variables will be studied at ambient temperature. Conversion of captured CO2 to carbonate minerals at variable fluid composition, elevated temperature and pressure will be optimized using an autoclave microreactor and/or microfluidic chips that also mimic the pore geometry of potential storage media (e.g. reservoir rock).

Last Application Date: 31 May 2022

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10. PhD candidate position: Scaling friction from single grain to aggregate grain

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The Department Mechanics of Solids, Surfaces & Systems (MS3), part of the faculty of Engineering Technology (ET) is currently seeking a PhD candidate in the area of modelling friction in crushed rock grains (gouge) in reservoir faults. The work will be done in the Surface Technology and Maintenance (SEM) group, where we work on topics related to surfaces and interfaces, damage and failure mechanisms, e.g. frictional failure in faults leading to earthquakes. Earthquakes reflect the phenomenon of sudden slip when the frictional strength of faults in the Earth’s crust is overcome. This project seeks to understand the physical processes controlling this sudden failure through numerical modelling and lab experiments and applying the results to acquire large-scale models for earthquakes caused by gas extraction, geothermal energy production and subsurface storage.

Last Application Date: 5 Jun 2022

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11. PhD position on Knowledge Representation and Reasoning for Personal Agents

Summary of Doctoral Project:

Digital information technology is increasingly interwoven with our society and individuals’ daily lives. With these digital technologies tracking and influencing our everyday behavior, they should align with the user’s needs and values. To achieve this, personal agents need to model the user’s informational and motivational attitudes such as goals, values, norms, beliefs, and their interrelations in order to derive support actions that are aligned with the user. This is challenging because 1) user models need to be understandable to and modifiable by the user, 2) conflicts may occur in the user’s motivations, and 3) the user’s state and motivations may change over time and in different contexts. Techniques from the area of knowledge representation & reasoning (KRR) and in particular non-monotonic reasoning (NMR) offer a promising approach for addressing these challenges as they are in principle easier to explain, and designed for dealing with conflicting and dynamic information.

Last Application Date: 24 Jun 2022

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12. PhD position on understanding the melting dynamics in turbulent flows

Summary of Doctoral Project:

Melting, dissolving, and erosion are processes that are frequently found in nature and technology. Contrary to common believe these three processes do not always smooth the surface, but rather form structures and sometimes even sharpen the surface. This leeds to the formation of e.g. ice scallops and pinnacles, for some examples of patterning and roughening. The continuously changing shape of e.g. a melting iceberg and its interaction with the external turbulence is very complicated as it involves three boundary layers: kinetic, thermal, and solutal (due to the salt concentration). The interaction between those boundary layers is highly complex and not understood. In particular, what is the effect of the surface roughness on the melting rate? The aim is to experimentally study the interaction of these boundary layers in a controlled lab environment such as to increase our understanding of these phenomena and their relevance on e.g. the melting rate of ice of icebergs and (tidal) glaciers, all important in view of global warming and precision required in technological applications.

Last Application Date: 10 Jun 2022

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13. PhD position on integrating safety and cybersecurity through stochastic model

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The main objective of the ERC-funded project CAESAR is to marry the historically separated fields of safety (no disruption due to unintended failures) and security (no malicious attacks). Despite their historic separation, safety and security are heavily intertwined. A simple example: locking your door at night, is great for security against burglars, but bad for safety in case of fire. The Formal Methods and Tools (FMT) research group has an opening for a PhD student. You will be working on the ERC-funded project CAESAR: integrating safety and cybersecurity through stochastic model checking.

Last Application Date: 20 Jun 2022

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14. PhD Nano-scale characterization of catalytic metal nanoparticle -semiconductor 

Summary of Doctoral Project:

In the Physics of Complex Fluids (PCF) group at the University of Twente (Enschede, The Netherlands, http://www.utwente.nl/en/tnw/pcf/), research is aimed to understand various behaviors of multicomponent fluids near interfaces. The goal of the PhD project is to develop and use AFM-based spectroscopy to nanoscopically characterize the interfaces between electrolyte, semiconductor- and cocatalyst-nanoparticles under photocatalytic operating conditions (e. g. in liquid, under applied bias and illumination) and to establish surface property-catalytic activity correlations in order to optimize the photocatalysis.

Last Application Date: 30 Jun 2022

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