PhD positions
Opening for a PhD candidate for an industrial R&D project
Thesis topic: "Development of electrochemical technologies for additive manufacturing"
The successful applicant will work in close collaboration with our industrial partners and will be registered as a PhD candidate in the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia University.
Objective: transfer the developed technology from lab-scale work-pieces to real manufactured parts.
We offer:
- The possibility to conduct research in the frame of an industrial project involving cutting edge technologies
- Competitive bursaries
We seek applications from highly motivated students having achieved a first-class cumulative average (A-) during his or her master degree.
Industrial experience is an asset.
Successful candidate should have a strong background in at least two of the following fields:
- Mechanical Design
- Instrumentation
- Control
- Computer Programming
- Modeling of multi-physics systems
- Chemical Engineering
- Electrochemistry
Strong English spoken and written skills are required. French is not required but desirable.
Start date: June 2016 or upon mutual agreement
Applications, including a CV, list of publications and short description of projects conducted in industry, should be submitted electronically to Prof. Dr. R. Wuthrich (ege@encs.concordia.ca) with the subject "Opening Electropolishing".