SIMaP (UMR 5266 Grenoble-INP, UGA and CNRS) / Website: https://simap.grenoble-inp.fr/
Organisation/Company: Grenoble INP - UGA Department SIMaP (UMR 5266 Grenoble-INP, UGA and CNRS) / Website: https://simap.grenoble-inp.fr/
Research Field: Engineering » Materials engineering
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
Positions: PhD Positions
Country: France
Application Deadline: 20 Dec 2024 - 17:00 (UTC)
Type of Contract: Temporary
Job Status: Full-time
Offer Starting Date: 1 Feb 2025
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe - MSCA
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
The AIM-NEXT project ( www.aimnext.eu ), funded by the DN-Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions call of the European Commission, arises from the common need of European academy and industry to educate and train the next generation of experts in the field of sustainable design and insertion of hard materials tools and components, manufactured using non-critical raw materials, for next generation extreme applications.
By participating in the AIM-NEXT project, the 10 Doctoral Candidates will receive:
Top-level interdisciplinary training through a defined scheme where each fellow is exposed to all three technical environments.
Intersectorial training articulated through a wide variety of strategic research themes and the different application areas represented in the consortium.
International training through a portfolio of mandatory network-wide training events and secondments at academic and industrial partners.
One of these PhD positions is proposed at the Science and Engineering of Materials and Processes laboratory. SIMaP is located on the East campus of Grenoble, in Saint Martin d'Hères. The laboratory brings together physicists, mechanics, and chemists working on objectives related to the design and development of materials and processes.
Objectives:
Explore the potentiality of extrusion 3D printing of hard materials using Metal Injection Molding (MIM) feedstocks.
Optimize printing parameters and understand the formation of defects during printing and their possible healing during the debinding and sintering steps to obtain dense final parts with optimized microstructure.
Design customized parts and determine the limitations in terms of size and shape of the parts for the different steps of printing/debinding/sintering.
Expected results:
Development of complex-shape components with high density and controlled microstructure for standard WC-Co compositions.
Adaptation of the process to innovative hard materials grades.
To be eligible for recruitment, applicants must comply with the following requirements:
Comply with the mobility rule: At the time of recruitment, candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date.
Fulfill the requirements to enroll in a doctoral programme at the hosting institution/country.
No PhD awarded. Applicants are not eligible if they have already been awarded a PhD.
Selected candidates must be willing to spend a prolonged time in another institute/country of the network during the PhD thesis period.
Qualifications: Master degree or equivalent in Materials Science, or any related subject. Proficiency in English is required.
Skills: The candidate should have a sound knowledge in materials science and engineering, be comfortable with processing and characterization techniques (dilatometry, additive manufacturing, XRD, SEM, ...), possess dissemination and transferable skills necessary for the divulgation of the research results, and have the ability to work in a multidisciplinary and international team.
Experiences: The candidate should have conducted experimental work in the framework of their bachelor and/or master degrees. A previous experience in Powder Metallurgy would be appreciated.
Specifics of the position
The main host laboratory is located in Grenoble. In the frame of Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), secondments are planned at Seco Tools AB (Seco, Sweden) and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M, Spain).
The MSCA-DN programme offers a highly competitive and attractive salary and working conditions. The successful candidates will receive a salary in accordance with the MSCA regulations for early stage researchers.
Exact salary will be confirmed upon offer and will be based on:
Living Allowance € 39,101.52 per annum including Mobility allowance.
Additionally, researchers may also qualify for a family allowance of € 660/month depending on family situation.
Taxation and Social Contribution deductions based on National and Institutional regulations will apply.
Position assigned to a restricted area: NO
Please provide the required information (in English) in one single PDF file with the following order:
Completed application form
Detailed CV (maximum 5 pages)
Motivation letter (maximum 2 pages)
A scanned copy of certified transcripts of results of Bachelor and Masters' degrees in relevant discipline.
English language certificate (if available)
Any additional files considered relevant to the application.
All required information has to be packed in a single PDF file in the order shown above and using a file name with the following format: surname_name_AIM_NEXT_DC3.pdf
Please apply by sending your application to AIM-NEXT contact address:
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