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1. Fully Funded PhD Position in organic synthesis for photoelectrochemical applications
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Chemistry at NTNU has a vacancy for a PhD position in organic chemistry, focusing on synthetic photoelectrochemistry. Organic chemistry is essential for developing specialized molecules that are desperately needed to solve important global challenges. Photoelectrochemistry, which combines photochemistry and electrochemistry, enables redox processes beyond the capabilities of the individual methods. This synthetic power can then be utilized in new chemical transformations towards desirable compounds for a range of end applications.
Application Deadline: 15th January 2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Marine Technology
Summary of PhD Program:
For a position as a PhD Candidate, the goal is a completed doctoral education up to an obtained doctoral degree. The focus of the position is research on digital twin technologies that can be used for predictive maintenance of dynamic power cables tailored for offshore wind applications. This includes the interpretation of fibre-optic sensor data together with structural response models, that can be applied to extrapolate the behaviour outside the sensor area. The work will be carried out in close cooperation with the industry that will provide real life monitored data.
Application Deadline: 15th January 2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Composite subsea cable systems for floating offshore wind
Summary of PhD Program:
The focus of the position is research on improving electrical subsea cable systems for floating offshore wind based on material and structural studies. Subsea cables are complicated structures made of many components to provide structural integrity and insulation to the inner electrical cables while being flexible. A key approach is to investigate the use of composites (fiber reinforced plastics) instead of steel for obtaining structural integrity of the cables. The work will be carried out in close cooperation with the industry.
Application Deadline: 15th January 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Ageing Models and Reliability of Extruded HVDC Cables for Offshore Power
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Electric Energy at NTNU has a vacancy for a full-time 100% position (3 years) as a PhD candidate within high voltage technology – Ageing Models and Reliability of Extruded HVDC Cables for Offshore Power. The prospective candidate will be part of the research group High Voltage Technology (HVT). Extruded High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cable systems, a modern alternative to traditional mass-impregnated HVDC cables, offer significant advantages such as higher conductor temperatures, lower costs, and faster installation. These systems are essential for unlocking the potential of large-scale renewable energy production and enabling cross-border power transmission to meet energy-saving targets and reduce CO₂ emissions.
Application Deadline: 13th January 2025
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Artistic Research – Climate Rights
Summary of PhD Program:
Rights-driven climate cases represent a global, civil society-led effort to address the accountability gap left by the lack of decisive action on climate change. The Climate Rights (climate justice and land rights) project’s goal is to develop methodologies to tackle the challenge of representing and integrating the diverse, multi-faceted nature of evidence across geographies of climate cases. To deepen the understanding of what constitutes evidence of environmental destruction, the project will reframe climate cases beyond conventional human rights and jurisdictional frameworks by grounded its approach in political ecology and design research.
Application Deadline: 13th January 2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Computational and Spatio-Temporal Statistics at the Centre for Geophysical Forecasting
Summary of PhD Program:
The Centre for Geophysical Forecasting (CGF) at NTNU has vacancy for a PhD position in mathematical statistics. The Centre is one of the Norwegian centres for research-driven innovation, funded by the Research Council of Norway and industry partners. The goal of the CGF is to become a world-leading research and innovation hub for the geophysical sciences, creating innovative new products and services in earth sensing and forecasting domains. As the global ecosystem enters a period of dramatic change, there is a strong need for accurate monitoring and forecasting of the Earth. Statistical modelling and methodologies play important roles here, enabling reliable predictions and uncertainty quantification that aid decision support.
Application Deadline: 12th January 2025
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7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Supervisory Risk Control of Autonomous Systems
Summary of PhD Program:
For a position as a PhD Candidate, the goal is a completed doctoral education up to an obtained doctoral degree. “Would you like to contribute to enabling risk-aware collaboration between autonomous systems and human supervisors?” The Department of Marine Technology has a vacant 3-year PhD position at the Faculty of Engineering in fundamental research on supervisory risk control for autonomous systems. The position is funded by the ERC AdG Breach (https://www.ntnu.edu/web/imt/erc-advanced-grant-breach), and will focus both on researching theory and performing experiments. The goal of Breach is to realize risk-based rationality in autonomous systems to achieve more proactive and intelligent behaviours, improve system safety, and leave the human supervisor with enough time to react and intervene efficiently when needed.
Application Deadline: 12th January 2025
8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Risk modelling for Human – System Interaction of Autonomous Systems
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Marine Technology has a vacant 3-year PhD position at the Faculty of Engineering in fundamental research on risk assessment and decision support for autonomous systems. The position is funded by the ERC AdG Breach (https://www.ntnu.edu/web/imt/erc-advanced-grant-breach), and will focus both on researching theory and performing experiments. The goal of Breach is to realize risk-based rationality in autonomous systems to achieve more proactive and intelligent behaviours, improve system safety, and leave the human supervisor with enough time to react and intervene efficiently when needed.
Application Deadline: 12th January 2025
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Chemistry at NTNU has a vacancy for a PhD Candidate position in environmental analytical chemistry, focusing on non-target analysis and suspect screening workflows. For a position as a PhD Candidate, the goal is a completed doctoral education up to an obtained doctoral degree. Chemical pollution is recognized as a key drivers of biodiversity loss. Protection of the environment and human health from the impacts of pollution is key in securing a resilient society. Due to the high number and enormous complexity of chemicals of potential concern, advances in high-resolution analytical techniques are urgently needed. The bottleneck for such analysis remains time-consuming data analysis processes, that can only be tackled by a combination of robust workflows with advanced data analysis tools.
Application Deadline: 12th January 2025
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in traffic induced bridge dynamics
Summary of PhD Program:
The goal of this doctoral position is to study the Dynamic Amplification Factor (DAF) and propose a methodology to calibrate it for existing bridges. DAF is used to quantify the dynamic effects in bridges subjected to traffic loads. During this research position, the PhD candidate will develop tools to simulate the passage of vehicles over bridges. For this task the candidate should have good programming skills and thorough understanding of structural dynamics theory. Then, the measurements from an experimental campaign will be used to validate and refine the numerical model of an existing bridge. The simulation tool will then be used to study different loading scenarios, bridge conditions and traffic configurations. The result should be a validated methodology to obtain revised DAF values.
Application Deadline: 5th January 2025
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Management
Summary of PhD Program:
Managing a project to a successful outcome is demanding and requires that managers and organizations establish structures, guidelines, incentives, execution models, and contracts that foster the collaboration. One of the most important factors that influence these choices are the complexity of the actual project. Project complexity has been studied for many years; however, there is a need to better understand from both a practitioner’s and an academic’s standpoint how different factors contribute to the complexity and how it best can be managed.
Application Deadline: 2nd January 2025
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Process Systems Engineering / Model Predictive Control
Summary of PhD Program:
The idea is to systematically combine methods from robust model predictive control, state estimation with online risk monitoring methods to account for fault scenarios, and to provide prioritized routes to reach a safe operation region. The contingency plans consider the current condition and state of the plant, as well as possible future degradation, maintenance and safety actions. A key aspect of this project is to systematically account for uncertainty in the models and operating conditions. A case study of hydrogen production will be used to validate the model predictive control algorithms.
Application Deadline: 2nd January 2025
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Multi-scale Modelling and Simulation of Polymer and Antiferromagnet Composites
Summary of PhD Program:
Spintronics, which manipulates the magnetization of AFMs, offers ultrafast THz spin dynamics and picosecond switching speeds. The absence of stray magnetic fields in AFMs allows for higher bit densities and increased storage capacities, making them ideal for next-generation memory devices. AFMs are also energy-efficient, reducing power consumption while maintaining high processing speeds, which is advantageous for chip design. AFM-based components like interconnects, oscillators, transistors, and logic gates promise improved performance in integrated circuits using electron spin without creating disruptive magnetic fields.
Application Deadline: 31st December 2024
