Doctoral student (licentiate) in Sound and Vibration Full-time

Doctoral Student (Licentiate) in Sound and Vibration

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Engineering Sciences

Project Description

Third-cycle subject: Engineering Mechanics

The position is part of the Swedish Research Council project ARTEMIS: physics-guided inverse modelling of tunable architected materials for sub-wavelength control of sound and vibrations.

The project aims to develop physics-based computational methods for the design, modelling and analysis of tunable architected materials that can control sound and vibrations at sub-wavelength scales. The work may include numerical modelling of coupled acoustic and structural systems, inverse modelling, optimisation, and analysis of acoustic materials or metamaterials.

The doctoral student will join the Sound and Vibration research environment at the Marcus Wallenberg Laboratory for Sound and Vibration Research, Department of Engineering Mechanics, KTH. The work will be carried out in close collaboration with Romain Rumpler and the surrounding research group.

Supervision: Romain Rumpler is proposed to supervise the doctoral student. Decisions are made on admission

Admission Requirements

To be admitted to postgraduate education (Chapter 7, 39 § Swedish Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility in accordance with either of the following:

• passed a second cycle degree (for example a master's degree), or
• completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 second-cycle higher education credits, or
• acquired, in some other way within or outside the country, substantially equivalent knowledge
• the applicant has knowledge corresponding to at least 60 higher education credits at second-cycle level in Engineering Mechanics, Applied Physics, or another subject relevant to Sound and Vibration.

In addition to the above, there is also a mandatory requirement for English equivalent to English B/6.

Selection

In order to succeed as a doctoral student at KTH you need to be goal oriented and persevering in your work. During the selection process, candidates will be assessed upon their ability to:

• independently pursue his or her work
• collaborate with others,
• have a professional approach and
• analyze and work with complex issues.

It is meritorious if the applicant has knowledge or experience in one or more of the following areas: acoustics, vibrations, structural dynamics, engineering mechanics, or acoustic metamaterials. Experience with scientific programming or computational tools such as Python, MATLAB, COMSOL Multiphysics or similar is also meritorious.

After the qualification requirements, great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

Target Degree: Licentiate Degree

Information Regarding Admission and Employment

Only those admitted to postgraduate education may be employed as a doctoral student. The total length of employment may not be longer than what corresponds to full-time doctoral education in four years' time. An employed doctoral student can, to a limited extent (maximum 20%), perform certain tasks within their role, e.g. training and administration. A new position as a doctoral student is for a maximum of one year, and then the employment may be renewed for a maximum of two years at a time. In the case of studies that are to be completed with a licentiate degree, the total period of employment may not be longer than what corresponds to full-time doctoral education for two years.

As a doctoral student, you are entitled to a workplace with many employee benefits and monthly salary according to KTH's Doctoral student salary agreement. Read more about Doctoral studies (PhD) | KTH | Sweden.