PhD Studentship in Production Technology

Work Integrated Learning (WIL) is University West’s overarching profile and basic principle applied to learning, the exchange of ideas, and educational development. The government has assigned the distinguished task of developing WIL to University West. Work integrated learning in education and research develops new, relevant and advanced knowledge both within the academy and among its partners, which also benefits society in general. University West offers a wide variety of study programs, has a good number of applicants and the students show a high entry rate on the labor market. The main research environments at University West are Production technology, Learning in and for the new working life and Child and youth studies and is conducted in collaboration with the surrounding society. Campus is centrally located in Trollhättan with about 13,000 students and 700 employees.




PhD Studentship in Production Technology – Specializing in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing of duplex stainless steels

Within the Department of Engineering Science, the largest research area today is additive manufacturing (AM) including both powder bed fusion (PBF) AM as well as directed energy deposition (DED) AM.

It involves researchers from three different divisions within the department. The research related to PBF AM is led within the Division of Subtractive and Additive Manufacturing, to which this Ph.D. project belongs. This Ph.D. project will focus on how the material properties of duplex stainless steels are influenced when manufactured with the laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) process, and how the post-processing can be used as an additional tool for successful and robust L-PBF manufacturing of high demanding duplex stainless steel components. The research will be conducted in close collaboration with the industry.

Research center:
Doctoral students in Production Technology become members of the research group PTW (Production Technology West). The group collaborates with the engineering industry in the region at the Production Technology Centre, which houses an advanced research laboratory. For more information about our research center, go to https://www.hv.se/en/research/production-technology/

Job description:
The research program includes, in addition to participation in third-cycle courses and other activities, the implementation of independent thesis work. Doctoral students shall primarily devote themselves to their own education. A doctoral student may, however, be engaged to a limited extent in education, research, and administration, mainly within Production Technology. Such duties, before a doctorate has been conferred, may not occupy more than 20 percent of full-time working hours. (Higher Education Ordinance (SFS 1993:100) Chapter 5 section 2).

Qualification requirements:
The basic eligibility requirements for doctoral programs as set out in the Higher Education Ordinance are as follows:

- A degree at master’s level,
- completed courses totaling at least 240 university credits of which a minimum of 60 at master’s level or,
- substantially equivalent knowledge gained in some other way whether in Sweden or abroad.

To fulfil the special eligibility requirements for a doctoral degree in Production Technology, a student must hold a degree at a master’s level in a subject relevant to the doctoral degree subject. This degree may be in Production Technology or some related discipline. The eligibility requirements may be fulfilled by studies in Sweden or abroad.

Qualifications of merit for this position:

Mandatory

- Master of Science (or equivalent level) in materials science, manufacturing engineering, metal additive manufacturing, welding or equivalent.
- Documented experience in SEM-EDS characterization.
- Documented knowledge in metal manufacturing processes involving fusion, such as additive manufacturing, and/or welding, and/or similar processes.
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing in English (documented).

The following will be considered meritorious:

- Experience in computational thermodynamics (ThermoCalc, etc) is preferred.
- Experience of research work and scientific writing (prior publications in the subject is regarded as a merit).
- Knowledge in NDT.
- Willingness to travel and perform experiments outside of University West if needed.
- Ability to communicate in Swedish is regarded as a merit.

Duration and terms of employment:
Employment as a doctoral student shall be on an open-ended basis but not for longer than a specific point in time and never for a period extending more than one year after receiving the doctoral degree. The initial appointment must not be for more than one year. The appointment may be renewed for no more than two years at a time. A person may be employed as a research student for a total of not more than eight years. The total period of employment, however, may not exceed the equivalent of four years of full-time study at the third level of higher education. (Higher Education Ordinance (SFS 1993:100) Chapter 5 section 7).

Applications are to be submitted electronically through the University West web-based recruitment tool, MyNetwork. Go to https://www.hv.se/en/meet-university-west/job-opportunities/.

Please follow this link (https://www.hv.se/en/meet-university-west/job-opportunities/) to view the advertisement in its entirety and to see what the application must contain.

If you would like to submit documents that cannot be sent digitally, please contact HR-representative for further instructions.

The application should reach University West no later than 2022-11-21.