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.

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.

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.