PhD Studentship in Health Science, Germany

The Graduate School of Information Science in Health (GSISH) at Technische Universitat Munchen is seeking applications from highly motivated candidates for a 3-year funded PhD Studentship.

The project aims towards research and development of an innovative robotic assistance device for vitreo-retinal surgery. Till date a few robotic devices exist to assist surgeons for high-precision tasks. However, these devices have limitations in terms of usability and integration and therefore not yet used widely.

Main focus of the research will be development, control and evaluation of a novel apparatus to overcome the current limitations such that inadequateness of prevalent devices and methods can be improved. Such a device would reduce the risk of complications and new perspectives for novel therapeutic strategies may become feasible.

Qualifications:
The applicant should hold a Diploma or M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronics (or equivalent). The candidate should have experience in one or more of the following areas:
(i) Computer aided design and construction of micromechanical devices, in par-ticular robotics
(ii) Control of automation systems or robotic devices, in the best case additional knowledge in kinematics, motion planning, computer vision and calibration
(iii) Integration, implementing and testing of micro-mechatronic systems

Our offer:
He/She will become part of the highly renowned TUM Graduate School of Information Science in Health (GSISH) and a student member of TUM, one of Germany’s first universities of excellence. The GSISH will actively assist the candidate in achieving a Ph.D. degree within the scheduled time of three years. The payment and the conditions of em-ployment follow the specifications of TUM-GSISH scholarships.

Moreover, interdisciplinary collaboration with Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, is provided.

Application Details:
Applications should include curriculum vita, certificates and transcript of BA/MA/Diplom or equivalent degree, summary of the previous work, letter of motivation and proof of fluency in English and 2 references. Please send your application within one pdf-document to gsish(at)tum.de.