Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- University of Bergen
- Department
- Department of Physics and Technology
- Research Field
- Physics
- Researcher Profile
- First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Country
- Norway
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Temporary
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- Not funded by an EU programme
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
There is a vacancy for a PhD Research Fellow in ultrasound acoustics at University of Bergen, Department of Physics and Technology. The position is for a fixed-term period of 3 years with the possibility of a 4th year with compulsory other work (e.g. teaching duties at the Department). The position is funded by the University of Bergen and is part of SFI Smart Ocean, a centre for research-based innovation.
About the project/work tasks
The PhD project has work title Wideband Methods for Complex Acoustic Waveguides. The work will be carried out with main supervisor at University of Bergen in planned collaboration with external partners. This is an excellent opportunity to work with ultrasound acoustics and signal analysis in the scientific forefront, in short distance to industrial applications.
Several acoustic methods are used for non-destructive evaluation (NDE) and structural health monitoring (SHM) of mechanical constructions. One family of such methods monitor the integrity of bar-, plate-, and pipe-like elastic structures by means of guided ultrasonic waves (GUW). Transmitting ultrasound transducers excite GUW propagation modes in the structure. Receiving transducers are used to detect changes in scattering, signal amplitudes, or phase (travel time). Such signal changes carry information about events and processes such as, e.g., crack formation, dimensional changes, delamination, marine growth, scale and wax formation, corrosion, and erosion.
The PhD project will review the current scientific state of the art of relevant wideband signal analysis methods. This will be a starting point for studying methods for NDE and SHM on real-world mechanical structures. Analytical, numerical, and experimental methods will be combined in the study. Application cases found in the SFI Smart Ocean centre consortium will receive particular attention as ultimate technological goals following the PhD work.
Requirements
- Research Field
- Physics
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
Qualifications and personal qualities:
Requirements:
- Applicants must hold a master’s degree or equivalent in physics, or equivalent discipline with relevance to the project, or must have submitted their master’s thesis for assessment prior to the application deadline. It is a condition of employment that the master's degree has been awarded.
- Documented education or work experience in all the following topics is required:
- Ultrasound,
- experimental work including acquisition and processing of electronic signals,
- programming, preferably in Python and/or MATLAB.
- Applicants must be able to work independently and in a structured manner and demonstrate good collaborative skills.
- Applicants must be proficient in both written and oral English.
Advantages:
- Documented education or work experience in the following topics are advantages in the ranking of candidates:
- acoustic waves in solids
- acoustic guided waves
- numerical modelling, preferably in acoustics
- acoustic transducers
- signal analysis, digital signal processing
- measurement science
- scientific writing and publication
Personal and relational qualities will be emphasized.Ambitions and potential will also count when the candidates are evaluated.
Special requirements for the position
The University of Bergen is subject to the Norwegian export control legislation. These regulations will be applied in the processing of the applications.
About SFI Smart Ocean
SFI Smart Ocean is a centre for research-based innovation, hosted by the University of Bergen and partly funded by The Research Council of Norway. The centre aims to create a wireless observation system for multi-parameter monitoring of underwater environments and installations. The system, based on autonomous smart sensors, will serve as an enabling fundament to realize flexible, distributed, robust, energy efficient, cost-effective, and safe marine measurements and big-data handling, to solve societal and industrial challenges. Acoustic technologies are central to both sensor development and underwater communication and are therefore included in several of the centre's activities.
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Excellent
Additional Information
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Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Department of Physics and Technology
- Country
- Norway
- Geofield
Where to apply
- Website
Contact
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