Are you a Master’s graduate looking for fully funded PhD opportunities? Explore the range of funded PhD programs available at the Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. Apply online now and kickstart your doctoral journey!
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in wave-ice interaction through laboratory experiments
Summary of PhD Program:
Marginal ice zone (MIZ) is the transition from ice-free ocean to the pack ice, characterized by ice-ocean dynamics and discrete ice floes. In MIZ, waves have an effect on sea ice and sea ice effects the waves. We can assume that with global warming the MIZs of the oceans will grow in size, because the thinner ice of the future will break more easily than the thicker ice of yesterday. If earlier either thick ice or high waves were challenging for ships and offshore windfarms, we now need to consider also the situation where ice and waves occur at the same time. The sea ice landscape has changed: What was marginal, is now important.
Application Deadline: 31.8.2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in audio and statistical signal processing
Summary of PhD Program:
Sound processing is fundamental to many of our every-day appliances such as noise-cancelling headphones, hearing aids, as well as emerging technologies such as augmented and virtual reality. For the noise reduction to be effective or for the virtual world to sound realistic, we need accurate descriptions of the acoustics of the surrounding space. However, as you move around a room, the acoustics change as the path the sound takes changes. This poses a big challenge for sound processing applications as this implies that you would have to measure the acoustics of every inch of the room. In this project, we aim to overcome this by developing tools that allow for computing complete acoustic description from just a small number of measurements.
Application Deadline: 31.8.2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in radio astronomy
Summary of PhD Program:
The research concentrates on the physics of relativistic jets launched from accreting supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei (AGN). These black hole powered jets are among the most energetic long-lived phenomena in the Universe and despite their ubiquity, many of the fundamental questions regarding their physics are still open. We do not for example understand well their launching and acceleration mechanisms. With its sub-milliarcsecond resolution, very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) with radio telescopes is the only observational method that allows us to image the jet formation region. The most remarkable example of the power of this technique are the recent images by the Event Horizon Telescope.
Application Deadline: 18.8.2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in organic photoemitters and/or self-assembled cellulosic materials
Summary of PhD Program:
We are now looking for a doctoral researcher to manage circular polarized emitters at Aalto University’s department of Bioproducts and Biosystems. In this position you will have a chance to make an impact by developing novel biobased materials to be applied in 3D displays, and optical information storage/encryption. Join us in shaping the future! In the OptoCell project you will develop cellulose-based circular polarized emitters, based on self-organized cellulose films. The chirality arising from this biomaterial will be transferred to aggregation-induced emitters that, upon interaction with the film, will turn on their brightness and inherent resistance to photodegradation.
Application Deadline: 18.8.2024
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Predictive design of hybrid bioderived nanomaterials
Summary of PhD Program:
You will be part of a project focused on understanding the structure performance connections of CNF/CNM-hybrid architectures for electroanalytical applications. This knowledge will be applied to enhance the detection and simultaneous breakdown of antibiotics and their metabolites in wastewater effluent. The 3D-integrated membrane-electrode material designed for this purpose is optimized for superior performance, specifically in challenging conditions that mimic the final stages of the wastewater treatment process. This is done based on the detailed understanding of how the physicochemical properties of the hybrid materials affect their electroanalytical performance.
Application Deadline: 15.8.2024
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Dynamics of Soft Wet Adhesion
Summary of PhD Program:
We have a 4-year Doctoral Researcher position fully funded by the Research Council of Finland project ADHERE that focuses on developing new cutting-edge technique for studying adhesion dynamics between two soft materials in a wet environment (submerged in Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids). The research will be conducted in the Soft Matter and Wetting group at the Department of Applied Physics under the supervision of Dr. Maja Vuckovac. Our research is interdisciplinary and curiosity-driven, and we work inclusively and collaboratively.
Application Deadline: 15.8.2024
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7. Fully Funded PhD Position in identifying and measuring Nordic energy poverty
Summary of PhD Program:
We are now looking for a Doctoral Researcher, who is interested in the social justice of energy transition, to work in the EP-Nordic project (https://research.fi/en/results/funding/81440). Energy poverty is scarcely studied research field in Nordic countries, but recent energy crises demonstrated that vulnerabilities to energy poverty persist also here. EP-Nordic, funded by the Research Council of Finland, targets to identify and map energy poverty in the context of Nordic welfare states and produces appropriate ways for measuring its extent and depth.
Application Deadline: 15.8.2024
8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Statistical Machine Learning
Summary of PhD Program:
Statistical inference of simulator-based models used in many domains of science and engineering is challenging due to the unavailability of the likelihood function, which is the probability density function of the data given the parameters. To solve this problem, the field of simulation-based inference (SBI) has emerged, wherein large numbers of simulations from the model are utilised for inference instead of the likelihood function. However, the performance of state-of-the-art SBI methods severely degrades when the model fails to capture the real-world phenomenon under study (i.e. under model misspecification), or when the model is computationally costly to run, thus limiting the number of available simulations.
Application Deadline: 15.8.2024
9. 03 Fully Funded PhD Position in Robotics, Autonomy, Control, and Machine Perception
Summary of PhD Program:
Fine and soft objects are abundant in both natural and artificial environments, ranging from seeds, insects, and delicate plant fibers to biological tissues, soft polymers and gels, thin wires, electronic components, and optical fibers. Due to their softness and often undefined shapes, autonomously manipulating such objects poses a significant challenge to robotics and intelligent machines. This research aims to develop autonomous manipulation algorithms and methods for fine and soft objects using several or a large number of precision manipulators working collaboratively to achieve dexterous manipulation.
Application Deadline: 13.8.2024
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in solvent-free synthesis of cellulose-based catalysts
Summary of PhD Program:
Are you interested in research, particularly in the field of organic chemistry and material science, and enthusiastic about exploring unconventional synthetic strategies? We are now seeking a motivated team player, passionate about developing sustainable material synthesis techniques. Our research focuses on the use of mechanochemical and related solid-state synthesis approaches to make materials under solvent-free or low-solvent conditions, aiming to reduce the waste, cost, and hazards of chemical reactions. You will explore these synthesis approaches for making porous heterogeneous catalysts from cellulosic materials.
Application Deadline: 11.8.2024
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Computational Geometry
Summary of PhD Program:
Your primary role as a doctoral candidate in the computational geometry team is to train and work as a researcher, together with the local team or other collaborators. You will do theoretical research as well as write and publish high-quality research articles for top conferences and journals of the field. You will have a chance to grow your international and professional network by travelling to and presenting at conferences and workshops. By the end of your studies, you will be an independent researcher, and write a doctoral dissertation summarizing your scientific contributions.
Application Deadline: 11.8.2024
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in circularity, environmental and economic impact of wood cascading
Summary of PhD Program:
Wood construction can play a significant role in mitigating climate change; however, we need to use forest resources thoughtfully to maximize their carbon sequestration potential, ensure their health, preserver biodiversity and maintain ecosystems services. Reusing and recycling wood products in a material cascade can improve the environmental performance of wood construction as well as enhance resource efficiency. Furthermore, cascading wood products can lead to value creation through the provision of services to circulate side-products and use waste materials. Despite this, the uptake of wood cascading has been slow due to concerns about the availability and quality of waste wood, competing regulations and a lack of markets for cascaded wood products.
Application Deadline: 11.8.2024
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in developing hydrogen electrode to meet the circular economy principles
Summary of PhD Program:
The number electrolysers for hydrogen generation are expected to increase drastically as industry, energy and traffic sectors strive to cut emissions. Yet, electrolysers fabrication requires utilization of non-renewable minerals, e.g. platinum group metals for polymer electrolyte membrane electrolyser (PEMEL) electrodes to catalyse the reactions. Both mineral processing to fabricate these materials and their recycling after the end of the device lifespan consume energy and chemicals creating a tremendous pressure for developing more sustainable electrocatalysts and electrodes, which meet the circular economy principles.
Application Deadline: 9.8.2024
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Co-simulation of energy, hydrogen and electricity transmission systems for analysing alternative hydrogen futures
Summary of PhD Program:
The development of a hydrogen economy affects numerous sectors. For example, hydrogen-based e-fuels are seen as key energy carriers for the transport sector, industry’s use of hydrogen may increase significantly, and storage of hydrogen can be used to balance the electricity system. Furthermore, hydrogen may become the largest electricity consumer in Finland, having significant implications on grid development. Consequently, it is important to study the co-evolution of hydrogen system, together with electricity transmission and the broader energy system. In this project, models are used to investigate how these systems may co-evolve and affect the direction and shape of the transition to hydrogen.
Application Deadline: 9.8.2024
