Finland Scholarships
Master’s thesis position in “Modelling cellulose interactions toward understanding cellulose fiber…
Aalto University is a community of bold thinkers where science and art meet technology and business. We are committed to identifying and solving grand societal challenges and building an innovative future. Aalto University has six schools with nearly 11 000 students and nearly 400 professors. Our campuses are located in Espoo and Helsinki, Finland.
Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering invites applications for
Master’s thesis position in
“Modelling cellulose interactions toward understanding cellulose fiber regeneration”
Cellulose is an abundant, renewable biomaterial with enormous potential in high value applications ranging textiles, medicine, electronics, and advanced purification filters. Cellulose based materials can be ultra-tough, super flexible, very light, or highly adsorbent. The superior characteristics result from hierarchical ordering of single cellulose molecules to fibers. Key steps in engineering cellulose based materials with superior characteristics and processability is the formation and breaking apart of these fibers in solution. This is still lacking some fundamental understanding, which hampers the use of cellulose’s full potential.
At the molecular level, a cellulose molecule is a polymer of glucose: in this Master’s thesis, molecular modelling (molecular dynamics simulations) will be used for studying the interactions and assembly of glucose polymers at molecular level. The work is in tight collaboration with experimentalist and targets elucidating detailed X-ray scattering experiments data that has been collected sequentially during the regeneration of cellulose fibers from solution. The thesis work offers a superior opportunity to learn via a bottom-up (microscopic-to-macroscopic) approach about biopolymer and polysaccharide systems and to gain insight into the production of a novel class of man-made cellulosic fibers. The work is highly important to improve the award-winning fiber spinning process developed at Aalto University.
This thesis project could be for you, if you have 1) interest and motivation to understand macromolecules in solution at molecular level, 2) good grades, 3) think positively of computers and working with them, and 4) like sugar (or polysaccharides). Suitable study backgrounds include, for example, biomaterials, bioinformation technology, chemistry and physics.
Applications should include a cover letter, CV, and a transcript of current study record as pdf and be sent by email. Enquiries and applications by 18th March, 2018, to [email protected] .
Maria Sammalkorpi
Soft Materials Modelling group
Senior Scientist
Department of Chemistry and Materials Science
Aalto University
Assoc. Chemical Engineering,
Yale University, USA
http://cmat.aalto.fi/en/research_groups/computational_chemistry/sammalkorpi/
Aalto University reserves the right for justified reasons to leave the position open, to extend the application period and to consider candidates who have not submitted applications during the application period.
Finland Scholarships
Doctoral and Master Candidate in Material Development for Lithium Ion Batteries
Aalto University is a community of bold thinkers where science and art meet technology and business. We are committed to identifying and solving grand societal challenges and building an innovative future. Aalto University has six schools with nearly 11 000 students and nearly 400 professors. Our campuses are located in Espoo and Helsinki, Finland.
Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering invites applications for
Doctoral and Master Candidate in Material Development for Lithium Ion Batteries
The position is located in the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Research Group of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, see link http://cmat.aalto.fi/en/research_groups/physical_chemistry_electrochemistry/kallio/ .
The Department of Chemistry and Materials Science at Aalto University has strong records in material development for energy applications.
Job description
The StoryEV project is a joint-project between several Finnish companies and German counterparts and is funded by Business Finland. In the project, next generation lithium ion batteries with solid electrolytes are developed. Moreover, the focus is in understanding active material structure – durability relations in lithium ion batteries in general. The Aalto University contribution to this joint-project is electrochemical and structural characterization of the materials and development those together with the collaborators.
Requirements
Successful candidates for the doctoral candidate position shall have MSc degree in Chemistry, Material Science or related field. The ideal candidate has a good knowledge in some or all of the following areas: batteries and their functioning, electrochemistry, inorganic chemistry and structural characterization techniques (SEM, XRD, FTIR, Raman, etc.). For the master candidate similar background in studies is expected. Good command of English is a necessary prerequisite.
Salary
Aalto University follows the salary system of Finnish universities.
For more Information
For additional information, please contact Prof. Tanja Kallio or Dr. Eeva-Leena Rautama (e-mails: [email protected] )
How to apply
The application material should include:
- A letter of motivation
- A complete curriculum vitae describing education and employment history
- Official transcript of records (including the title of the Master’s thesis)
- A letter of recommendation or contact details of possible referee(s)
All material should be submitted in English. The application material will not be returned.
The applications are to be submitted through the eRecruitment system (link below) no later than 30.04.2018.
Aalto University reserves the right for justified reasons to leave the position open, to extend the application period and to consider candidates who have not submitted applications during the application period.
Finland Scholarships
Master’s thesis position in “Modelling cellulose interactions toward understanding cellulose fiber…
Aalto University is a community of bold thinkers where science and art meet technology and business. We are committed to identifying and solving grand societal challenges and building an innovative future. Aalto University has six schools with nearly 11 000 students and nearly 400 professors. Our campuses are located in Espoo and Helsinki, Finland.
Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering invites applications for
Master’s thesis position in
“Modelling cellulose interactions toward understanding cellulose fiber regeneration”
Cellulose is an abundant, renewable biomaterial with enormous potential in high value applications ranging textiles, medicine, electronics, and advanced purification filters. Cellulose based materials can be ultra-tough, super flexible, very light, or highly adsorbent. The superior characteristics result from hierarchical ordering of single cellulose molecules to fibers. Key steps in engineering cellulose based materials with superior characteristics and processability is the formation and breaking apart of these fibers in solution. This is still lacking some fundamental understanding, which hampers the use of cellulose’s full potential.
At the molecular level, a cellulose molecule is a polymer of glucose: in this Master’s thesis, molecular modelling (molecular dynamics simulations) will be used for studying the interactions and assembly of glucose polymers at molecular level. The work is in tight collaboration with experimentalist and targets elucidating detailed X-ray scattering experiments data that has been collected sequentially during the regeneration of cellulose fibers from solution. The thesis work offers a superior opportunity to learn via a bottom-up (microscopic-to-macroscopic) approach about biopolymer and polysaccharide systems and to gain insight into the production of a novel class of man-made cellulosic fibers. The work is highly important to improve the award-winning fiber spinning process developed at Aalto University.
This thesis project could be for you, if you have 1) interest and motivation to understand macromolecules in solution at molecular level, 2) good grades, 3) think positively of computers and working with them, and 4) like sugar (or polysaccharides). Suitable study backgrounds include, for example, biomaterials, bioinformation technology, chemistry and physics.
Applications should include a cover letter, CV, and a transcript of current study record as pdf and be sent by email. Enquiries and applications by 18th March, 2018, to [email protected] .
Maria Sammalkorpi
Soft Materials Modelling group
Senior Scientist
Department of Chemistry and Materials Science
Aalto University
Assoc. Chemical Engineering,
Yale University, USA
http://cmat.aalto.fi/en/research_groups/computational_chemistry/sammalkorpi/
Aalto University reserves the right for justified reasons to leave the position open, to extend the application period and to consider candidates who have not submitted applications during the application period.
Finland Scholarships
PhD fixed term position in astronomy
Applications are invited for a PhD student position at Tuorla observatory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku. The position is filled for two years starting from Sept 1, 2018 or other date to be agreed upon.
The PhD student is expected to do studies and research in the field of theoretical high-energy astrophysics, in particular, on the physics of accreting black holes, leading to a PhD thesis in astronomy. The research will be done under supervision of Prof. Juri Poutanen and Dr. Alexandra Veledina. In addition, the student is expected to act as a teaching assistant on physics and astronomy courses and to perform other tasks defined by the head of the observatory.
According to the rules of the University of Turku a person selected for the post of doctoral candidate is required to have a higher university degree and must have an accepted research plan. In addition, when acquiring his or her degree or otherwise, he or she is required to have demonstrated the ability and motivation to undertake postgraduate studies and the capacity to complete a doctoral degree in accordance with the research plan.
A student engaged in postgraduate studies at the same time as undergraduate studies can also be accepted as a doctoral candidate if this is based on the postgraduate study system adopted by the faculty.
Candidates applying for the position should have a master degree in physics or astronomy or a related field by the start of the appointment. The successful candidate will also have to apply for the right to pursue PhD studies at the University of Turku to the Doctoral Programme in Physical and Chemical Sciences by the next possible deadline. The doctoral program’s application period starts on 1 January 2018 and ends on 23 March 2018.
The starting salary of a PhD student is about 2200€/month. There will be a four-month trial period in the contract.
Applications in English must include as attachments
(1) letter describing research interests and previous experience along with the contact details of two referees,
(2) CV and list of publications, and
(3) transcript of records for both Bachelor and Master studies.
Applications should be submitted electronically by December 17, 2017, via the link in this page.
For more information, please, contact Juri Poutanen (juri.poutanen at utu.fi). For information about the application for the right to pursue PhD studies, please, contact the coordinator of the Doctoral Programme Nina Lehtimäki (nina.lehtimaki at utu.fi).