Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands invites online Application for number of Fully Funded PhD Degree at various Departments. We are providing a list of Fully Funded PhD Programs available at TU Delft, Netherlands.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD in Biophysics
We are looking for a highly motivated student with biophysics research experience to join the Joo lab. To understand biological processes and diseases, it is critical to decode the cellular language of proteins. This ranges from reading the amino acid sequence of proteins and their modifications, to examining their folding, abundance and interactions.
Deadline : 15 Nov 2021
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Durability of Bio-Based Materials for Sustainable Engineering Structures
this PhD research focuses on understanding the hygrothermal fatigue behaviour of bio-based composite materials e.g. flax fibre reinforced polymers, based on which mitigation measures can be proposed and evaluated.
Deadline : 20 October 2021
(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: differential equations on graphs and discrete-to-continuum limits
The Ph.D. student will investigate the discrete-to-continuum limits of graph gradient flows, with the goal of rigorously proving convergence for various different gradient flow models on various different classes on graphs. This will require a strong background in rigorous mathematics, in particular in the analysis of (ordinary and partial) differential equations and related fields such as variational methods, functional analysis and measure theory.
Deadline : October 1, 2021
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(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Data-Driven Multi-Modal Human-Robot Interaction within DI lab
The successful applicant will develop machine-learning based and knowledge modelling techniques applied to multi-sensor data (video, audio etc.) of human behaviour that address both the complexity of the multi-modal nature of interactions and uncertainty regarding the sensor data and social situation.The applicant will design and run the experiments to evaluate the created hybrid-AI models through human-robot interaction.
Deadline : September 20, 2021
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Development of a Train-Borne Tribometer
The PhD candidate is expected to develop a prototype system to measure wheel-rail contact force and creepage. For this, both experimental investigation and numerical simulation of the vehicle-track dynamic interaction, with a focus on the wheel-rail frictional rolling, will be conducted.
Deadline : 1st of October 2021
(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: homotopy type theory and univalent foundation
Homotopy Type Theory is a young area of logic, combining ideas from several established fields: the use of dependent type theory as a foundation for mathematics, inspired by ideas and tools from abstract homotopy theory. Univalent Foundations are foundations of mathematics based on the homotopical interpretation of type theory.
Deadline : October 1, 2021
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(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Design of autonomous transshipment concept for inter-terminal barge operations
This PhD project is focused on developing terminal approach and transshipment concept that enables to instantly and autonomously load and unload small-scale barge within a kiss and ride concept, incorporating seamless integration possibilities with terminal operations (stack). The autonomous transshipment equipment is interconnected with purpose-designed inter-terminal barges operating at the ‘non-sea-side’ and autonomous trucks.
Deadline : 1 October 2021
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: IoT for Smart Connected Mining
The selected PhD candidate will become part of Resource Engineering section and will therefore benefit from facilities already available in the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences of TU Delft. This project will also provide the unique opportunity to work with private companies. On top of that, the PhD candidate will also have the opportunity to present her/his work in international venues and interact with the people that are shaping the smart future mining.
Deadline : September 30, 2021
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(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Separation-Sensing Microfluidic Device for Biomedical Applications
There is a critical need for developing a robust device which is capable of purification, separation and accurate analysis of biological samples at the same time. In this PhD project you will develop a novel separation-sensing (SepSens) microfluidic device for biomedical applications.
Deadline : October 1st, 2021
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Impacts of Climate Change in wave resources
This PhD will focus on long-term impacts on wave resources at varied depths, looking into numerical modelling. The candidate will investigate how to reduce uncertainties and improve spectral numerical wave models, done via statistical or machine learning approaches.
Deadline : September 27th, 2021
(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Traffic Modelling and Impact Assessment for Sustainable Integrated Traffic Management
One part of this project is focused on improving the traffic efficiency of travel to and from the airport in the wider region, in part through traffic management to improve road traffic operations to reduce congestion, reduce waiting times and in turn reduce the emissions from vehicles.
Deadline : September 25, 2021
(12) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Data-Driven Multi-Modal Human-Robot Interaction
The successful applicant will develop machine-learning based and knowledge modelling techniques applied to multi-sensor data (video, audio etc.) of human behaviour that address both the complexity of the multi-modal nature of interactions and uncertainty regarding the sensor data and social situation.The applicant will design and run the experiments to evaluate the created hybrid-AI models through human-robot interaction.
Deadline : September 20, 2021
(13) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Advanced Seismic Imaging and Machine Learning for Earthquake Site Response Studies
Applications are invited for 1 PhD student to work on a multi-disciplinary research project funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) as part of the DeepNL research initiative. This PhD position will be in the Section of Applied Geophysics and Petrophysics; however, the student will also work closely with the Section of Geoengineering.
Deadline : 19 September, 2021
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(14) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Smart and Circular Port Maintenance Strategies – Quantifying Trade-offs between Sediment Dynamics, Port Processes and Dredging
The main objective of this research is to develop a general methodology for evaluating the trade-offs of port accessibility and maintenance in order to facilitate the associated decision-making processes in ports worldwide. To promote worldwide applicability this project will link port logistic concepts (using general applicable agent based models), on the one hand, with maintenance logistic strategies that are rooted in scientific knowledge of hydro- and sediment dynamics, on the other hand.
Deadline : September 20th, 2021
(15) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Acoustic detection of unmanned aircraft systems supported by optical sensors (ACTION)
The project will be carried out within the Control and Operations Department of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, together with the Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA) and the Netherlands Armed Forces.
Deadline : September 19.2021
(16) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Formal Methods for Learned Systems
The main difference between most modern learned systems and traditional automation is that behavior is not programmed, but derived from examples. When using such systems in practice we need to be able to identify when the system may not be doing what we want. The challenge this project addresses is to support experts in monitoring learned systems, so that they can step in to prevent AI systems making decisions that are discriminating, dangerous or simply wrong
Deadline : September 17, 2021
(17) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Human-In-the-Loop AI
The aim of this PhD project is to develop human-in-the-loop methods and tools for the diagnosis of machine unknowns, a critical step towards reliable and trustworthy AI. We consider humans to be an indispensable means to understanding the knowns and unknowns of intelligent machines, through human interpretation of machine behavior and human creation of knowledge requirements.
Deadline : September 17, 2021
(18) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Passive and Active Sensor Nodes for Cheap and Reliable Condition Monitoring of Civil Structures
This project aims to develop novel visual, magnetic and acoustic emission based sensor nodes for integration on materials in civil structures, which are power-free, wireless and affordable. Integrating sensors on structures, would eliminate the inconvenience of attaching hardware.
Deadline : 15 September 2021
(19) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: High-resolution subsurface characterization using seismic inversion-based imaging methods combined with geologic prior knowledge/machine learning
This proposed PhD project is a duo-project with a geologic counterpart, in which all relevant geologic scenario information is generated. Thus, the proposed project has a strong emphasis on wave theory, seismic imaging and inversion and Machine Learning. It is within the context of a large industry-sponsored geo-imaging project Delphi (that is mostly executed within Delft University of Technology.
Deadline : 15 September 2021
(20) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Bimanual manipulation of variable and deformable objects
This PhD project tackles the challenge of how to deal with variation, deformability and flexibility in agro-food. Many harvesting and food processing tasks require two separate robots, e.g., when the product needs to be grasped first before it can be manipulated (bimanual manipulation). Efficient processing requires a joint optimization of the overall plan and runtime coordination of the perception and control in both arms.
Deadline : 15th of September 2021.
(21) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Computational Modelling of Mechanics of Masonry Structures
In this project, you will focus on bridging the gap between accuracy and efficiency through the development of novel, computationally-efficient strategies for the numerical modelling of masonry structures subjected to seismic, settlement and/or transient loading. Additionally, you will work on the development and implementation of new constitutive models to more realistically model quasi-brittle failure of such structures within the computational modelling framework.
Deadline : 15 September 2021
(22) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Computational/Experimental Investigation of 3D-Printed Civil Engineering Materials
In this project we propose to characterize the influence of internal structure on 3D printed parts strength from a fundamental point of view. With a multiscale method, numerical simulations of mechanical loading on 3D structures with an internal geometry will be used to upscale the local plasticity in the sample to the macroscopic strength of the structure. Experimental validation can be obtained on the corresponding 3D printed part.
Deadline : 15 September 2021
(23) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Experimental Rock Mechanics
The TU Delft is opening a PhD position in the project ‘Minimizing the risk of induced seismicity associated with geothermal energy in fractured reservoirs’, a project in the context of geothermal energy. Induced earthquakes are among the biggest problems for subsurface operations, where especially in fractured reservoirs the risk is considered significant. The aim of this project is to gain insight into the complex interactions between processes inducing stress changes on faults above, in, and below a fractured carbonate reservoir and the subsequent reactivation of these faults.
Deadline : September 16th, 2021
(24) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: reliable deep reinforcement learning
During your PhD, you will develop new algorithms which generalize to situations that differ significantly from training. This will be possible by controlling a graph neural network’s internal epistemic uncertainty, that is, how much the network trusts it’s own computations.
Deadline : September 15, 2021
(25) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Mechatronic Metamaterial for Dynamic Performance
This PhD position is part of Dutch NWO HTSM project aiming to tackle this challenge. This project proposes to combine the two engineering disciplines of mechatronics and metamaterials to create a mechatronic metamaterial (MetaMech) structure for active vibration suppression.
Deadline : September 15th, 2021
(26) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Modelling the Fault Slippage Mechanisms in the Presence of Thermo-Hydraulic Phenomena
The aim of this project is to gain insight into the complex interactions between processes inducing stress changes on faults above, in, and below a fractured carbonate reservoir and the subsequent reactivation of these faults in the presence of geothermal engineering activities.
Deadline : September 16th, 2021
(27) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Hybrid Data-Assimilation and Machine Learning
This position aims to explore combinations of Data-Assimilation (DA) and Machine Learning (ML) to derive theoretical results as well as develop practical tools to learn efficiently from combinations of numerical models and measurements.
Deadline : September 15, 2021
(28) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Smart material structures for actuating engineering materials
Advances in technology greatly depend on engineering materials. The successful candidate will research how to improve the performance of a selection of smart material actuators and how to tailor them for actuation in high-tech engineering applications. On theoretical side you will study the state-of-the-art of the electroactive polymer actuators, design actuators with tailored functionalities, and analyse their performance using mathematical or FEM tools.
Deadline : 15 September 2021
(29) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: reliability-based thermo-mechanical simulations of thermoplastic composite manufacturing
Simulation models will be developed for reliability-based strength predictions of thermoplastic joints. The major modelling challenges to be addressed are: two-timescale phenomena, vast range of strain-rates and temperatures, friction- and viscoelastic-induced heating, free-surface viscoplastic flow, variable crystallinity, diffusion and heat dissipation that depends on the composite layout.
Deadline : 12th September 2021
(30) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Explainable AI for Public Policy Design
This PhD project will focus on enhancing the interpretability and explainability of bio-inspired heuristic optimization methods. In particular, this project will formalize the patterns and pathways of operators when searching for efficient tradeoffs. Additionally, it will set foundations to assess interpretability, as currently there is ambiguity about what exactly constitutes interpretability in heuristic methods. Further, we will advance knowledge about the trade-offs between interpretability and predictive accuracy.
Deadline : September 10, 2021
(31) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Hydraulic Structures (Piping Erosion)
The project will be developed as part of the research lines of the Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk section in the Hydraulic Engineering department at TU Delft, under the supervision of Dr. Juan Pablo Aguilar-López and Prof. Dr. Bas Jonkman. Throughout the project, you will be given the opportunity to work with leading academic and industrial partners, both in the Netherlands and abroad.
Deadline : September 7th, 2021
(32) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: artificially intelligent network
In this PhD project, we will explore the use of computer-assisted intelligence to build self-managing networked systems. This project will be executed at TU Delft, within the lab of Fernando Kuipers (https://fernandokuipers.nl), but will be performed in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Deadline : September 5, 2021
(33) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Unravelling the Solid Earth Contribution to Sea Level Change
This project focuses on the role of solid earth deformation, which causes vertical land motion and modifies the gravity field, both largely affecting coastal sea level. The main solid earth processes involved at decadal to millennial time scales are 1) the viscoelastic response of the mantle to glacial changes, known as glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA), 2) vertical crustal motion of tectonic origin, including the seismic cycle.
Deadline : 6 September 2021
(34) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Transport + Energy
Specific attention will be given to the behavioral component of this transition where you will have an opportunity to study intended adoption and social acceptance of new technologies, modes, and innovations relating to transport and energy sectors.
Deadline : September 3rd 2021.
(35) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: Computer Vision
The PhD position is focused on research aimed at efficient Deep Learning training in combination with motion analysis and / or task anticipation: future frame/class/appearance prediction.
The candidate will be working in the Computer Vision Lab (CV lab) of Pattern Recognition and Bio-informatics (PRB) group and will be supervised by Silvia Pintea
Deadline : September 1, 2021
(36) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD Program summary/title: super-resolution imaging based on fluorophore fluctuations
In this project, you will turn SOFI into a robust tool for measuring molecule numbers and reading of fluorescence blinking-based probes/sensors in 3D with the help of simulations and experiments with DNA & protein-based standards in vitro and in (live) cells. You will evaluate organic dyes and fluorescent proteins and also explore new classes of fluorophores. This includes different flavors of so-called self-blinking dyes. You will also use these spontaneously fluctuating dyes (no need for chemicals or high-power lasers) to push multicolor live-cell SOFI to higher resolution and to 3D time-lapse imaging.
Deadline : 1st September 2021
About Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands –Official Website
Delft University of Technology, also known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest Dutch public technical university. Located in Delft, Netherlands, it is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in the Netherlands, and as of 2020 it is ranked by QS World University Rankings among the top 15 engineering and technology universities in the world.
With eight faculties and numerous research institutes, it has more than 26,000 students (undergraduate and postgraduate) and 6,000 employees (teaching, research, support and management staff).
The university was established on 8 January 1842 by William II of the Netherlands as a Royal Academy, with the primary purpose of training civil servants for work in the Dutch East Indies. The school expanded its research and education curriculum over time, becoming a polytechnic school in 1864 and an institute of technology (making it a full-fledged university) in 1905. It changed its name to Delft University of Technology in 1986.
Dutch Nobel laureates Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, and Simon van der Meer have been associated with TU Delft. TU Delft is a member of several university federations, including the IDEA League, CESAER, UNITECH International and 4TU.
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