Early Stage Researcher (m/f) / PhD Student (m/f) for new concepts for control in continious casting using electrical and magnetic tomography

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The Institute of Fluid Dynamics invites applications as

Early Stage Researcher (m/f) / PhD Student (m/f) for new concepts for control in continious casting using electrical and magnetic tomography
This position is part of the European Innovative Training Network Smart Tomographie Sensors for Advanced Industrial Process Control (TOMOCON). For further information about the network, please visit www.tomocon.eu .

The position will be available from 1 April 2018. The employment contract is limited to three years which includes the possibility for the graduation at the Technische Universität Dresden. The regular weekly working time will be 39 hours. The salary is based on the European Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network TOMOCON. For further information, please visit the page http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2016_2017/main/h2020-wp1617-msca_en.pdf (pages 67-72). The place of work is Dresden-Rossendorf. The candidate (m/f) will also spend secondments for technical and scientific training at Primetals (Austria), Tata Steel Europe (The Nederlands), University of Bath (UK), and Technical University of Liberec (Czech Republic).

Tasks:
enhance an existing model of a continuous caster with several actuators and two tomographic sensors
realization of the control loop for the demonstrator based on both tomographic sensors
adapt contactless inductive flow tomography (CIFT) for this particular setup and develop a real time reconstruction algorithm
fundamental scientific analyses, engineering design and construction of a technical demonstrator

Weitere Informationen

Unternehmen

Helmholtz Gemeinschaft

Bereich/Abteilung

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

Abschlussart

Dissertation

Ansprechpartner/in

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Thomas Wondrak, Tel.: +49 351 260 - 2489, Prof. Dr. Uwe Hampel, Tel.: +49 351 260 - 2772 or Dr. Sven Eckert, Tel.: +49 351 260 - 2132, 3563.

Branche

Forschung und Entwicklung

Anforderungen

distinct university graduation in engineering or natural science, preferably in electrical or process engineering
programming skills
experience in flow measurement and sensor technology
profound knowledge in mathematical modelling
basic skills in system and control theory
strong interest in interdisciplinary scientific work
good proficiency in the Eglish language

Zusatzinformationen

Kindly submit your completed application (including cover letter, CV, diplomas/transcripts, etc.) by 25 October 2017 only via Online application (English / German).

The HZDR is committed to equal opportunity employment and we strongly encourage applications from qualified female candidates. We also carefully consider all applications from job candidates with severe disabilities.

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