Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden invites online application for multiple funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions in various research areas.
Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in AI and machine learning in ship hydrodynamics
Summary of PhD Program:
The scope of the project includes the integration of AI and machine learning methods in the field of ship hydrodynamics. The focus of the project is to develop a digital process for ship design, create a process for geometry changes for hull design, develop a basic decision support system for ship hydrodynamic design, and implement artificial intelligence and machine learning methods in ship hydrodynamic design as part of the proposed digital design process. By leveraging AI-driven approaches, the project aims to improve efficiency and accuracy in these crucial aspects of ship design, ultimately contributing to more sustainable and technologically advanced ships in the maritime industry. Through this comprehensive scope, the project aims to push the boundaries of ship hydrodynamics and harness the potential of machine learning to improve ship design practice.
Application Deadline: 2023-12-15
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in future ship construction for decarbonisation
Summary of PhD Program:
In the current project, a Digital Twin (DT) is being developed as a solution for the next generation of ship design and operational optimization, which introduces an open virtual test bed for future decolonization ship design. In fact, the DT architecture and its application framework will be a virtual testbed that can be developed for different ship types focusing on wind-assisted propulsion ships as validation and verification cases. The main focus of the project will be to explore DT applications in sustainable and digital ship construction, to develop DT based on a specific architecture and application framework as a virtual test bed for future ship construction, as well as to implement the developed digital twin to analyze the impact of decolonization technologies (focusing on sails) in future ship construction.
Application Deadline: 2023-12-15
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in power electronics
Summary of PhD Program:
The traditional power grid is dominated by passive components such as synchronous generators and transformers. This worked well with traditional primary energy sources such as coal, gas and nuclear, which connect to the grid through these large synchronous generators and can be located close to population centers. The future power grid will be dominated by power electronics. This is needed to connect large-scale renewable energy sources (eg wind and solar energy) as well as facilities for energy storage and power transmission such as high-voltage direct current (HVDC). Grid connected converters take over the role of grid control components.
Application Deadline: 2023-12-11
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in machine learning for non-Newtonian turbulence
Summary of PhD Program:
The goal of this project is to use machine learning to develop wall models for turbulent flows of non-Newtonian fluids. We will use Deep Reinforcement Learning to produce a model consistent with the flow physics and numericals. We will also simulate challenging viscoelastic flow cases with the new wall model. The researcher will have access to the multi-peta-scale supercomputer facilities available at KTH, in collaboration with the Swedish e-Science Research Center (SeRC, www.e-science.se ) and will become part of the excellent research environment FLOW.
Application Deadline: 2023-12-11
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in integrated energy system analysis for sustainable development
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Energy Systems within the Department of Energy Technology at KTH has received a grant from the British funded Climate Compatible Growth program (CCG) for research in integrated climate, agriculture, energy and water systems analysis (Climate, Land use, Energy, Water systems – CLEWs ). The research aims to support sustainable development through integrated planning, taking into account sustainable development in different dimensions. For this purpose, the project works with actor cooperation and system optimization of the resources in Zambia and Lao. As a PhD student, you will mainly work with resource optimization in long-term scenarios to investigate ways to sustainable development of the countries.
Application Deadline: 2023-12-08
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in compressible fluid dynamics
Summary of PhD Program:
The project aims to develop robust, reliable and efficient techniques for generating extreme conditions in liquids. By developing an experimental facility based on electrically induced wire explosion, high pressures in the range of GPas shall be generated in fluids with limited resources available in the daily research environment. A unique integration of methods and resources in high voltage engineering and applications in plasma physics will be applied to classical problems in compressible fluid mechanics. The project investigates through experiments, calculations and theory the most important physical properties of imploding shock waves in liquids, offers methods to improve the efficiency of the energy concentration and studies the behavior of the substance in such extreme conditions.
Application Deadline: 2023-12-08
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in dynamic compression/tension for the treatment of cellulose
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a highly motivated PhD student who wants to join our research team to develop innovative experimental methods to generate fast compression and expansion waves in fluids. You will explore the dynamics, quality and precision of focusing such waves, as well as the resulting phenomena such as cavitation. Your work will contribute to a new understanding of materials under extremely high pressures and stresses.
Application Deadline: 2023-12-08
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in rail vehicle technology, focus on condition monitoring
Summary of PhD Program:
Condition monitoring of rail traffic systems plays an increasingly important role when it comes to streamlining maintenance and increasing reliability in traffic. Condition monitoring paves the way for a transition from time-based to condition-based maintenance which can improve the reliability and availability of the system, reduce costs and increase the system awareness of infrastructure managers and train operators. A key area is condition monitoring of the dynamic interaction between vehicle and track. Your task will be to, in close collaboration with the rail traffic system’s stakeholders, propose methods within condition monitoring to detect deficiencies in the system’s dynamics and quickly and efficiently take appropriate measures.
Application Deadline: 2023-12-07
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in optimization of the electricity market
Summary of PhD Program:
European countries (including Sweden) are working towards a sustainable future with intermittent renewable sources. This green vision has brought several important challenges. One of the biggest challenges is the increasing complexity of the common day-ahead coupling (SDAC) model. Firstly, the trading period (MTU) is planned to be reduced from 1 hour to 15 minutes. This means an optimization model approximately four times as large as today. Second, both the amount and the number of types of non-convexities are expected to increase with an increasing share of intermittent renewable electricity generation. This leads to increased complexity in the calculation of uniform prices. Third, joint optimization of energy and balancing reserves in the day-ahead market requires innovative algorithms to solve the SDAC model.
Application Deadline: 2023-12-01
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in theoretical analysis of 6G wireless communication
Summary of PhD Program:
The project is a sub-project within the framework of the new Vinnova center SweWIN. The goal of the center is research in 6th generation wireless communication with a focus on durability, robustness, reliability and integrity. The doctoral student will work with communication and information theory tools for the synthesis and analysis of future technologies for wireless communication.
Application Deadline: 2023-12-01
11. 05 Fully Funded PhD Position in sustainable materials technology
Summary of PhD Program:
Green steel for a fossil-free future is a large Swedish and EU-funded initiative with the goal of creating advanced theory, new models and practical knowledge to transform the Swedish steel industry. The intention is to enable the production of advanced steels – without the use of fossil fuels in a way that avoids waste and uses recycled and sustainable material inputs. Five doctoral students at KTH will work together with doctoral students and a number of experts from KTH, Luleå University of Technology and industry.
Application Deadline: 2023-11-30
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in process metallurgy
Summary of PhD Program:
The focus of the project is to replace fossil combustion processes with innovative electrical technologies, such as electrical resistance heating and microwave heating. Use cases are considered, focusing on firebrick production and preheating processes in steelmaking. For these specific applications, suitable demonstration plants must be designed, built, tested close to the process and validated. This is supported by corresponding activities to provide suitable high temperature materials and tools for instrumentation and effective process control. Challenges around thermal load management or intelligent energy management are simulated using numerical models.
Application Deadline: 2023-11-30
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in properties and durability of shotcrete
Summary of PhD Program:
The goal of the project is to determine how the properties that shotcrete exhibits in a field environment, for example in a tunnel, relate to the properties that material samples exhibit when tested in a laboratory. Special focus is placed on how fibers of different materials interact with the concrete, also in a long-term perspective, which is investigated through testing in the field and laboratory and verified with numerical calculations. The project should result in recommendations for how durable, efficient and safe shotcrete constructions should be designed.
Application Deadline: 2023-11-30
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in norm-critical design of the smart home.
Summary of PhD Program:
The project focuses on flexibility in the electricity system of the future, which is assumed to be achieved through increased automation of homes. Goal conflicts are examined between ecological and social sustainability that arise in the gap between the ambition of technical efficiency and issues connected to our designed living environment which include equality, democracy, power and trust. The analysis takes place from an intersectional perspective, where societal structures that risk standing in the way of a democratic future electricity network are visible. The project collaborates with private and civil society actors with the aim of transferring the project’s results into practical work.
Application Deadline: 2023-11-30
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in human-computer interaction with a focus on digital accessibility
Summary of PhD Program:
The AccessCoVE project aims to create professional excellence in the field of digital accessibility for people with disabilities (including the elderly). Based on international standards and ongoing policy development in the area of digital accessibility, we will create conditions for building knowledge and ability to train, assess, certify and support accessibility work at the European level with tools and curriculum.
Application Deadline: 2023-11-30
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in secure networked control systems
Summary of PhD Program:
The department for control technology and dept. for Network and Systems Engineering is looking for two doctoral students with a very strong background in, and interests in, control technology, mathematics, Bayesian methods and modeling. The selected candidates will participate in a project focusing on the development of new mathematical tools for the fundamental understanding and design of secure networked control systems. In particular, the focus will be on the development of quantitative risk analysis tools for regulatory systems that include machine learning components as well as detection methods against cyber attacks, within the framework of a new WASP-funded project.
Application Deadline: 2023-11-30
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in strength theory
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a PhD candidate for the project ‘Model for predicting capacity losses in lithium-ion battery modules’. Charging and discharging lithium-ion batteries lead to swelling and shrinking of the electrodes, causing mechanical degradation and capacity loss over time. This project aims to develop coupled thermomechanical and electrochemical models to be able to predict how the number of charging cycles affects capacity losses.
Application Deadline: 2023-11-30
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in artificial intelligence for future wireless networks
Summary of PhD Program:
The doctoral projects will be sponsored by the research project of the Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) SAICOM – Artificial intelligence for wireless communication, and the research project of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW) TAIRCOMP – Turning the Air into an AI Computer, two new projects of the highest scientific quality , which involves leading Swedish universities and researchers.
Application Deadline: 2023-11-30
19. Fully Funded PhD Position in Foundation Models for EO big data
Summary of PhD Program:
We are pleased to announce a new PhD position in “Foundation Model for EO Big Data”. This research opportunity will focus on the development of state-of-the-art self-monitoring models and strategies intended to exploit the great potential of multi-modal, multi-temporal and multi-resolution satellite imagery. The focus of this PhD thesis will be to create innovative models that not only capture complex spatial and temporal patterns but also improve various subsequent tasks, including change detection, segmentation and regression.
Application Deadline: 2023-11-30
20. Fully Funded PhD Position in Transport Science
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Community Planning and Environment at KTH is looking for a highly qualified candidate for a doctoral position in transport logistics. The applicant will investigate innovative logistics solutions to meet critical logistics challenges for performance and sustainability. The main methods will be simulation (eg agent-based models) and optimization, which also includes methods from machine learning. The doctoral project is conducted in collaboration between universities and industry.
Application Deadline: 2023-11-30
21. Fully Funded PhD Position in control of the building’s energy system
Summary of PhD Program:
In the transition to low-energy buildings and 5th generation district heating, data-driven methods will play an important role in integrating and optimally controlling decentralized renewable energy sources. You will be part of an exciting research group and an interdisciplinary EU project, with the goal of developing and applying innovative methods of machine learning and optimal control to integrate decentralized renewable energy sources with 4th and 5th generation district heating and building heating systems . You will perform dynamic energy simulations (both heat and electricity) and test the developed machine learning methods in several live-in labs in Europe. The work will be carried out in close collaboration with a large number of industrial partners and other researchers to achieve the project goals. In addition, institutional service is included in the position, e.g. teaching, supervision of theses, etc.
Application Deadline: 2023-11-28
22. Fully Funded PhD Position in nuclear power safety
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department for Nuclear Safety researches accident phenomena that are essential for risk assessment of current and future nuclear reactors. The department also performs safety analysis for nuclear power plants, including analysis of design-based accidents and severe failures. The research projects involve extensive international collaboration. We are looking for a PhD candidate to carry out cutting-edge research on the modeling of severe accident phenomena in nuclear reactors and safety analysis of nuclear power plants.
Application Deadline: 2023-11-27
23. Fully Funded PhD Position in open science for energy system analysis
Summary of PhD Program:
The Department of Energy Systems within the Department of Energy Technology at KTH has received funding from the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office for the UK-PACT Kenya project and the Climate Compatible Growth program for research into open data management to support energy planning. The research will examine and support the development of a national data repository for Kenya. More broadly, the research will examine the role of Open Science in planning energy systems and development goals. The research will focus on data workflows to inform tools such as OSeMOSYS, and stakeholder engagement for energy policy planning in Kenya and later, one or two countries in Africa or Southeast Asia.
