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This PhD will be headquartered at AGV/Mavet, Padova, Italy and at the Neuronic Engineering research group at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.

The multidisciplinary research at the Neuronic Engineering unit at KTH School of Technology and Health is aimed at the biomechanics of head and neck injuries.

As part of the Marie Curie training experience, the candidate will spend 6 months at the Neuronic Engineering research group at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, and 30 months at AGV, Italy.

Job description

Development of advanced motorcycling and snow sports helmet systems:

This PhD project is part of a Marie-Curie International Training Network, HEADS (Head protection: a European training network for Advanced Designs in Safety), with UC Dublin, KTH Stockholm and KU Leuven as academic partners, and Charles Owen, Lazer Sport and AGV as industrial partners.

The goal in the HEADS project is to develop a new, scientifically founded, test standard for motorcycling and snow sports helmets to enhance the impact protection under realistic conditions. This standard will be translated into advanced motorcycling and snow sports helmet systems for improved safety with the use of experimental and numerical methods and experiments.

The project will focus on:

• Analysing and simulating current motorcycling and snow sports helmets standards.
• Developing a European motorcycling and snow sports helmet test standard for more realistic impact conditions.
• Developing advanced helmet systems that meet this new test standard.

Offer:

You are offered a 3 year full-time contract at AGV. Additionally, you will become a doctoral student at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. This will make you an expert in head impact biomechanics and helmet design technologies with a sound commercial mind-set. The candidate will work in world class facilities with highly qualified experts, and will benefit from the training scheme developed based on the expertise of academic and industrial partners.

Qualifications

AGV and KTH Royal Institute of Technology are seeking a highly motivated recently graduated Master (Of Science) in Engineering. Candidates are willing to change the world (and to travel to research partners).

Preferably, the person should have a Master in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Physics or equivalent, preferably with a biomechanics background. Knowledge of continuum mechanics and/or FE modeling is desirable but not required.

Great importance will be placed on the applicants’ ability of working independently, communicating in English and working in group with other researchers.

The candidate cannot have resided in Italy for more than 12 months in the last 3 years prior to the start of the position.

Application

You can apply for this job no later than April 1, 2015 via the online application tool :

Applicants are required to submit:

1. Curriculum Vitae
2. An official transcript/academic record
3. A short presentation of why the applicant wishes to pursue doctoral studies

Trade union representatives

You will find contact information to our trade union representatives on KTH’s web page.

Contact

For more information please contact
Dr. Peter Halldin
Tel: +46 73 98 500 61
E-mail: peterh@kth.se

Dr. Alessandro Cernicchi
Tel: +39 049 9098211
E-mail: alessandro.cernicchi@mavet.it