KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Machine Design
KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm is the largest and oldest technical university in Sweden. No less than one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education capacity at university level is provided by KTH. Education and research spans from natural sciences to all branches of engineering and includes Architecture, Industrial Management and Urban Planning. There are a total of 13,400 first and second level students and almost 1,900 doctoral students. KTH has 4,900 employees.
Activities at KTH Industrial Engineering and Management cover the Engineering, Technological and Economic knowledge necessary to be able to develop new products, material and production processes in a sustainable fashion as concerns Technical management, Financial Profitability and the Environment. One precondition for innovation and enterprise is the study and application of basic physical and chemical phenomena as well as the integration of new, often multidisciplinary technologies, methods and tools. Core knowledge areas include Energy Technology, Industrial Design and Innovation, Product and Production Development, Materials Development, Micro and Nano Technology as well as Industrial Economics, Organisation and Management.
Department of Machine Design is active in research and education within product realization. Specific areas are: Machine elements, Machine Design, Mechatronics and Embedded control systems, Internal Combustion Engines, Integrated product development,Innovation and Industrial Design.
Job description
The divison for internal combustion engines hosts the Competence Center Gas Exchange (CCGEx). CCGEx focuses on research regarding gas management in mordern internal combustion engines. The aim of the research is to make engines more effcient and enviroment-friendly thus to increase fuel efficiency without losing performance, lower emissions of hazardous substances and to manage sound generation and attenuation in the engine gas handling system. The research is based on extensive knowledge of fluid dynamics, acoustics and combustion engine technology and includes both fundamental and applied experiments and simulations as well as development of methodology for such studies. The center is a combined effort between KTH, the Swedish Energy Agancy and the leading vehicle & engine manufactureres in Sweden.
The center will during 2015 employ a PhD student in particulate characterisation and treatment of particulates in the gas exchange system of direct injected spark ignition (DISI) engines.
The project aims to improve understanding of particulate matter in DISI engines. Including particulate formation, evolution and motion in the gas exchange system.The PhD Student will also study the possibility of influence the particulate composition, mass, number and size distribution.
The results of characterization and analysis will result in a proposed physical model applied in 1D system simulation tools.
The position is at most five years, and includes a miximum of 20 % department duties, primarily related to teaching.
Qualifications
The applicant should have an engineering or master’s degree in one of the following areas: Mechanical Engineering, Vehicle Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Design and product development, Engineering Physics or a licentiate degree in relevant areas.
You should also be especially motivated for scientific research and have well developed analytical skills to independently formulate and solve problems.The applicant should have a keen interest in engines and simulation of power systems, previous experience in engine development and particle measurment is an advantage.
As a person, it is important that you are comitted, analytical, have a positive attitude and an abillity to motivate yourself even when you are faced with tough intellectual challenges, Your abillity to take responsibillity and be structured is of great importance since you will have a job with no ready answers.
Good communication skills and very good English language skills are required. Swedish language skills are an advantage. We will place great emphasis on personal charachteristics in this recruitment .
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Type of employment: Temporary position longer than 6 months
Working hours: Full time
First day of employment: May 2015
Salary: Monthly pay
Number of positions: 1
Working hours: 100%
City: Stockholm
County: Stockholms län
Country: Sweden
Reference number: M-2015-0169
Contact:
Anders Hultqvist, Professor, Phone: +46(0)8 790 78 93
Helena Fehrm, HR Officer, Phone: +46(0)8 790 76 53
Published: 19.Feb.2015
Last application date: 19.Mar.2015