VTT is launching second international graduate school in 2011 to attract new, PhD students. We are looking for 15 new PhD students (incl. one Post Doc Researcher) that are expected to contribute to development of our prominent technological competences.
PhD students and Post Doc Researcher participate in high level research work on selected strategically relevant topics within a collaborative project environment. PhD work is done for four consecutive years under professional scientific supervision by highly experienced and competent senior researchers with PhD degrees. The PhD thesis should be finalized within the four-year period and fulfill high level scientific standards.
The employment of Post Doc Researchers is for two years. The open positions are related to applied materials, services and the built environment, industrial systems and management, bio and chemical processes, energy, information and communication technologies, microtechnologies and electronics.
PhD Student - Foam physics
Applications of foam are strategically important in many technological areas at VTT. Novel fibrous paper-like structures can be formed using foam as the material carrier phase instead of water. Solid foams are another active research topic with many industrial applications. Despite increasing technological importance, there has been rather little fundamental research in this area and more understanding of basic mechanisms related to fibre foam forming and stabilization is needed. The graduate student will be a part of a project group in a large research consortium with both academic and industrial partners.
The work concentrates on the fundamental questions related to foam rheology and dynamic interaction of water-based foams with solid particles and fibers. The work involves experimental laboratory and pilot-scale work, foam and material characterization, and modeling of the forming and stabilization dynamics together with final structure.
