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About the workplace

The University of Gävle is one of Sweden's most popular universities. We offer around 60 degree programs and 330 standalone courses within the humanities, healthcare and medicine, social and natural sciences, as well as engineering. We have 19,000 students, 750 employees, and a unified campus in beautiful surroundings.

The university has four strategic research areas focusing on societal challenges: Sustainable urban development, health-promoting work, innovative learning, and intelligent industry.

Since 2023, the University has been part of the European University Alliance EU GREEN, which works to strengthen the quality of higher education in the EU and increase exchange for both students and staff.

The university's vision is The first choice for everyone who wants to make a difference.

We offer among other things:

• Good working environment: the employee survey shows high satisfaction and joy of work
• Generous wellness allowance, among the highest in Sweden's higher education institutions
• Flexible working methods

The Department of Building Technology, Energy Systems and Environmental Science at the University of Gävle is seeking a doctoral student who will be part of the project "Innovative saw blades for thinner kerf via differential heat treatment". The purpose is to find ways to enable thinner saw blades through advanced heat treatment, and thus more efficient use of the forest raw material. You will be employed by the University of Gävle but admitted to the doctoral studies at Linköping University. A requirement for employment is a formal admission decision to doctoral studies at Linköping University.

Job Description

Your task will be to investigate the possibility of using differential heat treatment as a design option in the development of thinner saw blades. This includes, in addition to heating and cooling technical experiments, the development of models of the heat treatment process, modeling of dynamic processes of rotating plates, as well as material models. We are looking for you with a master's degree in mechanical engineering, energy systems, or equivalent, and with interest or experience in process and/or material modeling as well as practical experiments and analyses.

You can read more about the current research project here: https://www.hig.se/forskning/forskningsprojekt/atm/energisystem/sawed (https://www.hig.se/forskning/forskningsprojekt/atm/energisystem/sawed)

The workplace is in Gävle, and the majority of working time is campus-based. The doctoral studies take place at Linköping University.

The doctoral position includes:

• carrying out the scientific project,
• completing courses equivalent to at least 60 credits,
• teaching and carrying out administrative work,
• regularly participating in academic activities such as seminars and meetings,
• regularly participating in the project's activities such as meetings, workshops, and visits. Collaboration with external partners places demands on both communication and initiative skills.

Qualifications

To be admitted to doctoral studies, the applicant must meet both basic and special eligibility requirements (Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 7, Section 35).

Basic eligibility is held by those who have completed a degree at advanced level, fulfilled course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 higher education credits at advanced level, or who in other ways within or outside the country have acquired substantially equivalent knowledge.

Special eligibility to be admitted to doctoral studies in energy systems is held by those who have completed a degree at advanced level in energy systems or another direction that the employer finds equivalent. Eligibility is also held by those who have another degree at advanced level, with at least 60 higher education credits in a relevant area for the doctoral studies.

Admission to the study place takes place after individual assessment. Read more about education at doctoral level and Linköping University's admission and assessment criteria at: https://liu.se/forskning/forskarutbildning/sok-forskarutbildning (https://liu.se/forskning/forskarutbildning/sok-forskarutbildning). By applying for this doctoral position, you also apply to the doctoral studies at Linköping University.

The tasks as a doctoral student require:

• A well-developed ability to work independently and together with others in teams.
• Ability to collect and analyze quantitative data and critically assess relevance for tasks in scientific literature and various databases.
• Ability to teach and perform administrative work.
• Good ability to express oneself in English, both orally and in writing.
• A desire to seek new knowledge about technology.
• Ability to discuss and explain the research to people who are not active in the own subject, both nationally and internationally.

Competence in Swedish is meritorious for the position.

To succeed in your doctoral position at the University of Gävle, you need to be goal-oriented in your work and have good ability to carry out scientific practical experiments in a laboratory environment and potentially out in the industry.

Conditions

After admission to doctoral studies, an employment as a doctoral student will be offered (Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5, Section 3). The employment is a fixed-term full-time employment (first one year, thereafter it can be extended by up to two years at a time).

The employment is a doctoral student employment. The total duration of the doctoral period is full-time for five years, taking into account 20% of the time for departmental service/teaching. The actual doctoral studies comprise four years of full-time studies (Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5, Section 3).

Contact

Mattias Calmunger, Professor, Principal Supervisor
Tel: +46 70 098 50 58, e-mail: [email protected]

Mathias Cehlin, Deputy Head of Department
Tel: +46 72 299 53 52, e-mail: [email protected]

Other

The University of Gävle strives for a balanced gender distribution and active work with equal opportunities in all parts of the organization.

In connection with this recruitment, the University of Gävle has taken a stand on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore expressly decline contact with media sellers and similar.