PhD Position in Aerodynamic Design of Small-Scale Turbomachinery École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland

EPFL is advertising a PhD position in Integrated Design and Optimization within the STI IGM LAMD group in Neuchatel, Switzerland . The project is part of TurboImpact , a Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Network focused on the design, optimization, material selection, and manufacturing of small-scale turbomachinery for applications such as heat pumps, fuel cells, organic Rankine cycles, and gas turbines. The research emphasis is on model order reduction , surrogate modeling , machine learning / AI , ...

Open Postdoc Position at EPFL / Instant-Lab Instant-Lab is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in advanced flexure-mechanism design . The project focuses on developing a new design and modelling framework for flexure-based mechanisms that can handle multiple performance criteria while remaining robust to manufacturing tolerances. The work is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation and includes an industrial collaboration supported by the Swiss Innovation Agency . The successful candidat...

EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) is advertising a PhD position in Aerodynamic Design of Small-Scale Turbomachinery within the TurboImpact project, funded by Horizon Europe – MSCA Doctoral Network . The position is based at EPFL, Neuchâtel, Switzerland , and focuses on advanced research in turbomachinery aerodynamics , fluid dynamics , computational fluid dynamics (CFD) , finite element analysis (FEA) , and materials/manufacturing-aware design . The doctoral research will investiga...

Empa in Switzerland is advertising a fully funded PhD position in multi-scale modelling and experimental assessment of volumetrically prestressed concrete . The project is part of the EU Horizon research and innovation initiative SURPASS (Smart and Sustainable Resilient Performance-based Cementitious Composites for Adaptive Strengthening and Repair System), which focuses on adaptive strengthening and repair strategies for ageing infrastructure in aggressive environments. The PhD will work on str...

Cranfield University is advertising a PhD in 3D temperature field reconstruction for wire-arc directed energy deposition (WA-DED) , a metal additive manufacturing process that uses wire feedstock and an electric arc heat source. The project focuses on converting 2D surface temperature measurements into full 3D temperature fields to improve process control, defect mitigation, and understanding of thermal evolution in additive manufacturing. The research combines scientific computing , finite elem...