Are you looking to take your education and career to the next level? Do you have a passion for research and a desire to make meaningful contributions to your field of study? If so, a Postdoctoral Fellowships may be the perfect choice for you.
Attention all aspiring scholars and researchers! The Delft University of Technology, Netherlands is accepting applications for our prestigious funded PhD programs. Apply to the Delft University of Technology’s PhD program today and take the first step towards a rewarding and fulfilling academic career.
1. PhD Program in Social licence to operate smart/vehicle-to-grid charging
About PhD Position
Delft University of Technology is hiring a doctoral candidate on the subject of social licence to operate smart charging of electric vehicles (EVs). The position is established within the faculty of Technology Policy and Management (TPM), department Engineering Systems and Services (ESS), more specifically in the Energy and Industry (E&I) section, where the research on energy system integration, industry and energy transitions and circular economy takes place.
The distributed fleet of parked and plugged-in EVs, including Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) compatible EVs, would be able to provide services to the grid in exchange for which EV drivers would be rewarded and/or financially compensated. The services provided by smart charging (demand response) and V2G would enable the integration of higher shares of variable renewable power plants and lower total cost of ownership of EVs.
Application Deadline: 22 June 2023
2. PhD Program in multi-actor decision making behaviour in urban climate adaptation
About PhD Position
This 4-year PhD appointment aims to advance interdisciplinary research at the intersection of decision, behavioural and policy science. As the doctoral candidate, you will investigate multi-actor decision making behaviour in urban climate adaptation. Your aim is to understand the contextualized and complex multi-actor system behaviour and to identify behavioural influences that foster or undermine quality decision-making of local policy makers in climate adaptation.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2023
3. PhD Program in Data-enabled systems and control co-design for large-scale wind turbines
About PhD Position
The algorithms you develop will be applied to wind turbines in simulation and experimentally on lab-scale wind tunnel set-ups. The application area is highly relevant, as wind turbines see a rapid increase in system complexity. Next-generation large-scale wind turbines are growing with increasing performance demands to satisfy the net-zero emission targets. This size increase leads to greater complexity through dynamic interactions. The exponential growth of data from wind turbines motivates the development and application of novel co-design techniques to achieve next-level performance, ultimately lowering the costs of renewable energy.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2023
4. PhD Program in 3D super-resolution microscopy
About PhD Position
The PhD position is part of the ERC-Advanced Project Nanocubic of prof. Sjoerd Stallinga, in which we target 3D super-resolution microscopy by breakthrough designs of illumination patterns that are sequentially projected into the sample volume, together with advanced image reconstruction techniques. We strive for isotropic resolution on the 100 nm scale in standard fluorescent samples and 1 nm in single-molecule imaging based techniques. The envisioned advances in microscopic imaging further open the nanoscopic world for scientific exploration. The project builds on the lab’s track-record in the field of computational imaging techniques for super-resolution microscopy.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
5. PhD Program in Integrated Smart Gate Driver for SiC Inverters in EV
About PhD Position
SiC inverters are an essential part in the EV motor system. As SiC technology is still not very matured nowadays, a smart gate driver to drive the transistors efficiently while monitoring the state-of-health would be beneficial. Meanwhile, issues related to EMI, over-voltage/current protection, short-circuit protection should also been taken care of. In this project, a highly integrated, multi-functional smart gate driver will be proposed to tackle these issues.
Application Deadline: July 3, 2023
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6. PhD Program in Processing and Learning over Dynamic Graphs
About PhD Position
Graphs are playing an ever increasing role in nowadays systems as a flexible tool to model complex systems. In addition, these systems generate a vast amount of data which can be modelled as signals or features over these graphs. This is for instance the case of infrastructure networks such as water, energy and transportation networks but also the case of social, brain, and financial networks to name a few. Consequently, developing processing and learning tools for these graph data is more important than ever. Such a tools need not only capture the graph structure of the data but also account for the dynamics of the topology as practical graphs change over time.
Application Deadline: July 16, 2023
7. PhD Program in Understanding multimodal interaction with neural tissue
About PhD Position
A 4-year PhD candidate position is available in the research group of Vasiliki Giagka, Department of Microelectronics, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. The long-term goal of our research is to develop neural interfaces that can interact with neural tissue using a variety of modalities (electrical, ultrasound, optical) to increase the specificity of neural interaction. Eventually we aim at developing active neural interfaces that are long-lived and autonomous, and can be used for answering fundamental neuroscientific questions or deliver personalized therapy.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
8. PhD Program in Edge-AI-assisted Advanced Phenotyping
About PhD Position
Precision agriculture, which employs sensing technology and artificial intelligence to drive automated agriculture processes and decisions, has demonstrated great potential to improve efficiency, transparency, and productivity in the sector. For example, automated crop monitoring in greenhouses can be carried out collaboratively in real time using handheld devices and autonomous robots to collect data and monitor crop health. While AI has shown promise in many context-sensing tasks, realizing the full potential of AI for automated crop monitoring requires overcoming several research challenges. These include designing computationally efficient deep learning solutions for resource-constrained edge devices and addressing the sparse data problem in training robust monitoring systems.
Application Deadline: July 31, 2023
9. PhD Program in Computational aspects of Bayesian inverse problems with non-Gaussian priors
About PhD Position
In applications such as image processing and materials science, we wish to understand a complex system from noisy observations. This is the challenging setting of inverse problems. The PhD project concerns employing a Bayesian approach to such inverse problems with general, non-Gaussian priors, with the aim of preserving structure available in the information. Examples of non-Gaussian priors are Besov priors which allow function discontinuities (similar in spirit to the TV regularization used in image processing). Additional challenges may be how to deal with situations where the likelihood is not differentiable or the likelihood computation is of black-box type and/or has no gradient information available.
Application Deadline: August 2, 2023
10. PhD Program in Self-assembled microgels as rheology modifiers for formulation technologies
About PhD Position
We seek an outstanding Doctoral Candidate to study Self-assembled microgels as rheology modifiers for formulation technologies. We are looking for candidates, without gender or nationality discrimination but with mobility requirement, with interest in supramolecular chemistry or physical chemistry of soft materials. Goals of the PhD project include the fabrication of hierarchically structured microgels by using a.o. microfluidic techniques, that mimic the structure and viscoelastic properties of biological tissues, and to explore the properties of these novel materials. In this challenging experimental project you will use a broad variety of spectroscopic, microscopic and material characterisation techniques, to study the physical chemistry of soft, hierarchically structured materials
Application Deadline: 15-8-2023
11. PhD Program in Hydraulic Engineering
About PhD Position
This position is dynamic, a working day never looks the same, but one thing you know, you are busy supporting research and education around hydraulic engineering as best as possible. Your (daily) activities include management of business processes and you play a proactive role in the strategic, policy and administrative agenda. As a business operations coordinator, you are responsible for an efficient and effective organization of the department; for example, you support the annual budget, explain it, monitor and ensure the availability of management information. You make the connection between the academic staff and the various support services in the faculty and you maintain lasting relationships with colleagues in the other departments and support services.
Application Deadline: June 11, 2023
12. PhD Program in Structural Biology of the Neuronal Synapse
About PhD Position
We are looking for a highly motivated and goal-oriented researcher that is willing to take on new challenges. The candidate has a M.Sc. degree in nanobiology, biochemistry/biophysics, structural biology, or related field. The ideal applicant has experience with single-molecule or structural biology approaches, and is interested in applying cryo-electron microscopy and cryo-electron tomography to neurobiological questions. Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET experience is a plus but not required. The candidate should be fluent in English and motivated to work in an ambitious and collaborative research team.
Application Deadline: 15 June 2023
13. PhD Program in Integrated optimization- and learning-based control for smart transportation networks
About PhD Position
The aim of this PhD project is to develop an integrated control framework for smart transportation systems that combines the best features of optimization-based control (optimality, ability to deal with constraints, …) and of learning-based control (fast online execution, ability to deal with uncertainty, …). We will in particular focus on combining model predictive control and reinforcement learning control. In addition, by focusing on the application in smart transportation systems we will be able to leverage the specific properties and features of such systems to gain additional improvements w.r.t. integrated optimization- and learning-based control for general networked systems.
Application Deadline: 15 June 2023
14. PhD Program in biodegradable sensors for environmental monitoring
About PhD Position
The goal of our group at TU Delft is to develop biodegradable MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems), a new class of microsystems made entirely of biodegradable materials, including sensors, actuators and electronics. They can be used in many fields such as medicine or environmental monitoring, thus addressing crucial societal challenges.
Application Deadline: June 15, 2023
15. PhD Program in Implementing Smart SiC Power Modules for the Automotive Energy Transition
About PhD Position
Using SiC switches and smart power modules in electric vehicles (EVs) can significantly improve the efficiency and performance of the vehicle’s power electronics systems. SiC switches offer lower switching losses and higher temperature tolerance compared to traditional silicon-based switches, which can result in higher efficiency and power density of the EV’s inverter. Smart power modules integrate power semiconductor devices, gate drivers, protection circuits, and other components in a compact package, which can simplify the design and reduce the size and weight of the EV’s power electronics system. By incorporating SiC switches and smart power modules in EVs, manufacturers can improve the vehicle’s range, acceleration, and overall performance while reducing energy consumption and environmental impact.
Application Deadline: June 15, 2023
16. PhD Program in Heterogeneous Integration Technology in Power Modules
About PhD Position
Using SiC switches and smart power modules in electric vehicles (EVs) can significantly improve the efficiency and performance of the vehicle’s power electronics systems. SiC switches offer lower switching losses and higher temperature tolerance compared to traditional silicon-based switches, which can result in higher efficiency and power density of the EV’s inverter. Smart power modules integrate power semiconductor devices, gate drivers, protection circuits, and other components in a compact package, which can simplify the design and reduce the size and weight of the EV’s power electronics system. By incorporating SiC switches and smart power modules in EVs, manufacturers can improve the vehicle’s range, acceleration, and overall performance while reducing energy consumption and environmental impact.
Application Deadline: June 15, 2023
17. PhD Program in Design for Reliability of Power Electronics
About PhD Position
Using SiC switches and smart power modules in electric vehicles (EVs) can significantly improve the efficiency and performance of the vehicle’s power electronics systems. SiC switches offer lower switching losses and higher temperature tolerance compared to traditional silicon-based switches, which can result in higher efficiency and power density of the EV’s inverter. Smart power modules integrate power semiconductor devices, gate drivers, protection circuits, and other components in a compact package, which can simplify the design and reduce the size and weight of the EV’s power electronics system. By incorporating SiC switches and smart power modules in EVs, manufacturers can improve the vehicle’s range, acceleration, and overall performance while reducing energy consumption and environmental impact.
Application Deadline: June 15, 2023
18. PhD Program in AdaptCoast
About PhD Position
The research is part of the AdaptCoast (Adaptive Coastal monitoring and modelling of intermittent anthropogenic and natural impacts on beach-dune systems) project, funded by the Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research (NWO). The project aims to develop new adaptive monitoring, analysis and predictions tools to better understand the individual and combined effects of human activities and natural dynamics on long term shoreward sand transport and dune development. AdaptCoast consists of two PhD projects, one based at TU Delft developing nowcasting techniques for nowcasting the natural processes and human activities, another one based at Twente with focus on scaling up detected human-natural interactions in time to assess long term morphological impacts. In support to these research activities, a postdoc at TU Delft will focus on developing a novel adaptive measuring system to monitor event driven intermittent natural dynamics and human activities.
Application Deadline: 15 June 2023
19. PhD Program in Analysis of Socio-technical Tipping Points in Integrated Modelling for Climate Policy
About PhD Position
You will be part of the Policy Analysis section of the Multi-Actor Systems department at TU Delft. We have a strong track record in multi-disciplinary research on complex systems for sustainability. You will find plenty of expertise on different methodological aspects of model-based policy making, including simulation, optimization, machine learning, data-driven and uncertainty-oriented techniques. You will also be part of the Climate Action Programme, specifically of the Climate Governance theme, with facilitated access to a network of scholars actively working at the forefront of climate change mitigation, adaptation and governance at multiple scales and disciplinary angles. Professor Giacomo Marangoni will be your mentor.
Application Deadline: 18 June 2023
20. PhD Program in Musical Robot for People with Dementia
About PhD Position
The PhD-candidate will join the QoLEAD project, a unique interdisciplinary collaborative network for the co-creation of intelligent personalized support for people with dementia (PwD). This position is at the Interactive Intelligence group of TU Delft, with a tight connection to the Music, Brain, Health & Technology (MBHT) lab of University Leiden (Rebecca Schaefer, the head of the lab, will co-supervise the PhD). Furthermore, the PhD-research is part of a work package that develops a “social agent and robot framework”, in which TU Delft closely collaborates with the Radboud University, RU (i.e., the concerning RU PhD-student and supervisors who focus on a supportive virtual agent).
Application Deadline: June 19, 2023
21. PhD Program in AI-based Synthetic Data Generation for Airports and Airlines
About PhD Position
Sensor data have been increasingly used for assessing, predicting, and optimising performance of airport and airline operations. Data-driven methods and tools from the rapidly developing fields of AI and machine learning have demonstrated their extensive potential to understand and improve air transport operations. However, in some cases, real data may not be readily available (e.g., for new airports or novel, future concepts of operation). To address this issue, in this PhD project, state-of-the-art data-driven methods from AI and machine learning will be used to generate realistic synthetic datasets for airport and airline operations. The models will be trained on existing data and will be used for performance prediction of airports and airlines (in particular, turn-around time, passenger flows, flight delays), for which no or limited data is available.
Application Deadline: 5 June 2023
22. PhD Program in Hydrogen Bubble Experiments
About PhD Position
Hydrogen can be made in a sustainable way in electrolysers, using green electricity. In this process hydrogen and oxygen bubbles form on electrodes inside a liquid electrolyte. These bubbles are insulating, so cause additional resistance. Bubbles are however also beneficial since they locally remove the dissolved gas that could otherwise cross-over to the other electrode and cause explosive gas mixtures. Therefore it will be beneficial to have a good understanding of the behaviour of both hydrogen and oxygen bubbles.
Application Deadline: 5 June 2023
23. PhD Program in Life-Long Learning
About PhD Position
For this position, your primary task will be helping lecturers to (re)design fully online courses, aimed at international professionals. You do this by guiding groups of teachers and student assistants in developing Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and paid Professional Education Courses for life-long learners. The majority of these courses will go live on an EdX platform. In this role, you will guide your course teams with the feedback, tools and insights to make their courses successful. You will supervise several course teams at the same time, with one requiring more or a different type of guidance than the other. Development of a new online course takes an average of nine months to a year. You will also help coordinate and support in the rerun process of many previously successful courses.
Application Deadline: 5 June, 2023
24. PhD Program in Planning of On-Demand, Rail-Based, Combined Passenger/ Freight Mobility Systems
About PhD Position
The goal of this PhD Project is to design a new system for demand-oriented, customizable, and energy efficient rail-based transport service for freight. The new technology, that is the starting point for the study, consists of small automated rail cars (pods) used for both passengers and freight, which can move independently as well as coupled into trains. In combination, the size of pods and their mixed use allow for the necessary flexibility to provide high service levels at acceptable costs. You will develop models and solution algorithms to help design the integrated operating system for handling, positioning, routing and dispatching of pods. The challenge is to optimize the system at the intersection of on-demand planning, (modular) fleet management and vehicle routing, considering a mixture of freight and passenger demand, using intelligent and decentralized algorithms.
Application Deadline: 11 June 2023
25. PhD Program in Real-Time Assessment and Control of Electric Locomotive Traction and Braking
About PhD Position
This PhD project aims to develop physics-based and data-driven models that enable the accurate control of the traction and braking of electric locomotives. Good controllability of locomotive traction and braking is key to maximizing the full potential of Automatic Train Operation (ATO), the future of railway operation. This project primarily requires an affinity for electrical motors. You will enable the estimation of locomotive traction/braking force by modelling the relationship between the electricity used/generated by the traction motor and the corresponding driving/resisting torque the motor generated. Advanced data analytics and machine learning techniques will be combined with physical models of locomotive motors to realize the research goal. As part of this project, you will engage with key European partners and locomotive motor manufacturers from the European Project ERJU-IAM4RAIL.
Application Deadline: 11 June 2023
26. PhD Program in Formal Methods and Machine Learning
About PhD Position
You will conduct both theoretical and empirical research on real-time monitoring and verification of AI under the real-world uncertainties. We envision the project to have significant scientific impact in the intersection of formal methods and machine learning. You will be part of the Algorithmics Group in the Department of Software Technology of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science. As a PhD researcher, you will reinforce and extend the group’s expertise in the interdisciplinary field combining formal methods and machine learning. You will work in a dynamic and diverse environment of other PhD and postdoc researchers excited about making theoretical and algorithmic contributions in intelligent decision making.
Application Deadline: June 12, 2023
27. PhD Program in Identification of Dynamic Track Stiffness Profiles from Rail Deflection Fields
About PhD Position
TU Delft recruits 4 PhD students for fundamental work within this research program. This PhD will focus in particular on the dynamic stiffness profile of the track and its registration, the track stiffness being one of the major aspects with regard to the generation of a dynamic axle load and vibration emission. The PhD position will provide you with a unique chance to further build your career in the field of train-induced vibration, embedded in a large research project with involvement of all major institutes and stakeholders in the Dutch railways.
Application Deadline: 11 June 2023
28. PhD Program in Water Management
About PhD Position
Your work is varied. You are in constant contact with your colleagues inside and outside the department; scientists, teachers, support staff, students, and support services such as HR, Finance and Building Management. Among other things, you keep control of the business processes and you play a proactive role in the strategic, policy and administrative agenda. As a business operations coordinator, you are responsible for the efficient and effective progress of the department; you take the initiative, support the budgets (department/projects) and explain this if necessary.
Application Deadline: June 11, 2023
29. PhD Program in Machine-learning-based Multi-sensor Detection and Classification
About PhD Position
In this PhD project we will focus on two main topics: (1) the development of novel multi-sensor detection, identification, and classification methods for underwater litter using the various sensors on-board of the underwater robots, and (2) integration of model-based and data-driven approaches for multi-sensor data fusion and detection classification of underwater litter. For topic (1) deep learning and multi-sensor fusion will be the primary solution directions where the aim is to combine and merge information from e.g. cameras, sonar, magnetic sensors to detect and classify litter, fish, seaweed, etc. At a next stage this can be extended with additional data from surface vessel or aerial drones. For topic (2) we will extend the methods developed in (1) into an integrated model-based decision making approach that is able to use a priori information from e.g. dynamical or behavior models of fish, seaweed, plastic, etc. to further enhance detection and classification.
Application Deadline: June 1, 2023
30. PhD Program in Experimental Geomechanics of Clays
About PhD Position
The economic feasibility and safety of a geological disposal facility for radioactive waste strongly rely on the performance of the host formation. In the Netherlands, appropriate geological layers are poorly indurated clay formations. Proper characterisation and understanding of the host formation’s time-dependent chemo-hydro-mechanical behaviour is fundamental. Indeed, the disposal facility is expected to be constructed in a process lasting around a decade and operated for several decades prior to closure. However, to date, the behaviour of poorly indurated clays beneath the Dutch surface is inferred from material at much shallower depths from Belgium.
Application Deadline: 1 June 2023
31. PhD Program in Computational Design of Adsorbents for the Removal of Micropollutants from Water
About PhD Position
We seek a highly motivated and conscientious researcher (f/m/x) with strong communication and self-management skills, who is passionate about making high impact contributions to new technologies for water treatment. The successful candidate holds an MSc degree in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, applied physics, or a similar discipline and has a strong background in thermodynamics, mathematics, and transport phenomena. Affinity with molecular simulation, scientific computing, and statistical thermodynamics will be considered as strong points. TU Delft is an equal opportunity employer, and therefore we strongly encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.
Application Deadline: 1 June 2023
32. PhD Program in CloudWalker, design and evaluation mechanical exoskeleton
About PhD Position
A first prototype has been made, which has been tested with healthy people. You will further develop the prototype, based on the test results and on input from end users/patients and possible future manufacturers. You design new mechanisms for the exoskeleton and build a new prototype. You work in Delft for most of the week, but you are also regularly in Rotterdam. In Delft you work on the design and production of new prototypes. You will test the prototype you designed with people with a spinal cord injury. You arrange the ethical permission to test. The tests take place in Rotterdam, in the Erasmus MC and in the Rijndam rehabilitation center. You publish the results in scientific journals. You present your work at international conferences.
Application Deadline: 1 June 2023
33. PhD Program in Condition-Based Monitoring for Maritime Applications
About PhD Position
Currently inspection and maintenance on naval vessels is, to a large degree, scheduled at regular time intervals. Methods for planning of maintenance based on the actual condition, and thus varying time intervals and avoiding unexpected maintenance, are not yet established. Condition-based monitoring (CBM) allows for a smarter and optimized use of vessels, but there are still many unanswered questions before CBM can be fully used. In general, the damage or degradation of the vessel structural health is a due to a combination of fatigue, extreme loads, and corrosion. This aim of PhD position is to define a CBM system for these effects, and in particular focuses on monitoring for corrosion damage.
Application Deadline: 1 June 2023
34. PhD Program in Novel DC-DC Converter for Plant Energy Harvesting
About PhD Position
Collecting energy from the environment to power IoT devices has been a hot topic for decades and continues to develop. In this project, we are working with Plant-e on a plant-powered energy harvester, which can provide energy from the plants day and night. Very different from the solid-state energy harvesters such as solar cells, plant-based energy harvester is a “living” energy harvester that responses to electrical conditions slowly, and the traditional maximum power point track (MPPT) techniques cannot be applied. The goal of this project is to develop a novel MPPT technique to quickly and accurately find and track the MPP condition of the plant energy harvester. A DC-DC converter will also be designed to demonstrate the system.
Application Deadline: June 1, 2023
35. PhD Program in Smart technology to empower children with a chronic disease to have a more active lifestyle
About PhD Position
Do you have fresh ideas on how technology can empower children with a chronic disease to be more active in daily life? Then this job opening is for you! An active childhood is crucial for long-term health. This is especially true for children with a chronic disease, as regular physical activity improves overall health and prevents many complications of their disease. Moreover, physical activity (PA) is shown to be causally related to enhanced neurocognitive, behavioural, and academic functioning, making PA an important mechanism to improve quality of life of children.
Application Deadline: 1 June 2023
36. PhD Program in Automation of Electric Taxiing at an Airport
About PhD Position
Electrification is envisioned to be a key enabler for sustainability of future air transport. Electric aircraft taxiing is a novel, green technological and operational solution considered by many airports worldwide to be implemented in the nearest future. It is also envisioned that most of the future airport ground operations, including aircraft taxiing, will be automated. In this PhD project, the topic of automation of electric aircraft taxiing at an airport will be explored. More specifically, models for autonomous management of aircraft and other airport ground vehicle movements will be developed, taking into account advances in the area of autonomous driving. Interaction between the automated systems and human supervisors will be also considered.
Application Deadline: 5 June 2023
37. PhD Program in Robust Eco-Efficient Aircraft Routing
About PhD Position
The climate impact of aviation is not just defined by the sector’s carbon dioxide emissions, but also by the formation of warming contrails, the nitrogen oxides induced ozone formation and methane depletion. And as the sector keeps growing, securing long-distance mobility, it is crucial to significantly reduce aviation’s total climate impact by optimising flight routes. You will be part of an interdisciplinary team and you will conduct research to minimising aviation’s climate impact as a PhD candidate at TU Delft. The mitigation options are expected to consider the interdependencies of different climate forcers while incorporating uncertainties associated with individual climate forcer. Your work will be part of the EU-funded CONCERTO project, which aims to reduce aviation’s climate impact via operational improvements and enables you to discuss your ideas and solution with various stakeholders.
Application Deadline: 5 June 2023
38. PhD Program in Spread in Networks
About PhD Position
Epidemic processes widely apply to biological and computer network viruses, cascading failures in power grids, the spread of news, rumour or emotions in social networks, transactions in banking networks and to the processing of functions in the human brain. An epidemic process spreads over an underlying network topology or contact graph that is generally changing over time. Standard models used so far are mostly based on Markovian processes and mean-field approximations. As the recent panic caused by Credit Suisse and the Silicon Valley Bank throughout the global banking system and earlier the Covid-19 outbreak have shown, dramatic improvements in modelling spread in networks is crucial to better understand and respond to such crises.
Application Deadline: May 31, 2023
39. PhD Program in Artificial Intelligence of Things
About PhD Position
The Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) domain combines Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructures. It is estimated that the global number of connected IoT devices will grow to 75 billion by 2025. With the advancements in edge computing, the massive data generated and collected via IoT devices can be processed and analyzed by AI locally, which enables more efficient, real-time IoT operations, enhances human-machine interactions, and improves data management and analytics capabilities. The application of AIoT is revolutionizing various industries including autonomous vehicles, critical infrastructure, transportation, robotics, and building control.
Application Deadline: May 31, 2023
40. PhD Program in Cloudwalker, development and evaluation of a Mechanical Exoskeleton
About PhD Position
A first prototype has been made and tested with healthy people. You will further develop the prototype, based on the test results and on input from end users/patients and possible future manufacturers. You will design new mechanisms for the exoskeleton and build a new prototype. You work most of the week in Delft, but you are also regularly in Rotterdam. In Delft you work on the design and production of new prototypes. You will test your designed prototype with people with spinal cord injury. You will arrange the ethical permission for testing. The tests will take place in Rotterdam, at Erasmus MC and at the Rijndam rehabilitation center. You will publish the results in scientific journals. You present your work at international conferences.
Application Deadline: 1 June 2023
41. PhD Program in AI for managing large fleets of Electrical Vehicles
About PhD Position
The rapid transformation to electric driving presents grid operators with serious challenges. To secure the transition to e-mobility, grid stability and reliability are crucial. This is why Delft AI Energy Lab and the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) have joined forces in the ‘AI research in energy system planning and operations’ programme. As a PhD student, you will get the unique opportunity to conduct research and develop novel AI-based algorithms geared to EV charging schedules for energy systems at Austria’s leading research organisation. Would you like to combine academic and industrial research?
Application Deadline: 31 May 2023
42. PhD Program in AI-based algorithms for Flexible Energy Systems
About PhD Position
The rapid transformation of energy systems presents grid operators with serious challenges. To secure the transition to a renewable and stable grid, reliability is crucial. This is why Delft AI Energy Lab and the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) have joined forces in the ‘AI research in energy system planning and operations’ programme. As a PhD student, you will get the unique opportunity to conduct research and develop novel AI-based algorithms geared to enhance energy system tools at Austria’s leading research organisation. Would you like to propose your own research line in the programme? Would you like to combine academic and industrial research?
Application Deadline: 31 May 2023
43. PhD Program in transport phenomena in a zinc-air flow battery for electrochemical energy storage
About PhD Position
The main objective of this project, called ReZilient, is to demonstrate the first non-critical-raw-materials-based zinc-air flow battery of its kind. It aims to fill the gap between short-term electrochemical energy storage (Li-ion) and long duration chemical energy storage (e.g. hydrogen storage). ReZilient is funded by the European Commission and is executed by a consortium of Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Portuguese, Belgian and Dutch organisations.
Application Deadline: June 16, 2023
