The Faculty of Science and Technology (700 faculty members, 1100 students) offers a range of bachelor and master courses (NanoTechnology, Applied Physics, Chemical Engineering and Technical Medicine). The faculty’s research is organized in three of the university’s interdisciplinary research institutes: MESA+, MIRA, and IMPACT. These institutes increase the vitality of research by enabling collaboration between programs and disciplines, by providing shared facilities, and by attracting funding for joint projects. They also provide a conduit to industrial and other external partners.
In the group of Physics of Complex Fluids at the University of Twente (Enschede, the Netherlands)
Several PhD and Postdoc positions
Are available in the context of micro- and nanofluidics, involving in particular oil-water two-phase flows and the specific interactions of the two phases with solid channel walls. The areas of interest include fluid dynamics, interfacial physics, wetting, physical chemistry and molecular interaction forces. The various projects involve a number of techniques including aspects of micro- and nanofabrication, various optical microscopy and spectroscopy techniques (high speed video, (multiple beam) interferometry, ellipsometry, confocal Raman microscopy), atomic force microscopy, as well as numerical simulations (CFD) to complement the experiments.
The research has an application background in oil recovery. Six to eight people are expected to work together in close collaboration, including interactions with external academic as well as an industrial partner. The University of Twente provides a stimulating academic environment with excellent technical facilities and a strong concentration of microfluidics research within the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology as well as the research Institute for Mechanics Process and Control Twente. PhD students can enrol in the J.M. Burgerscenter, the Dutch National School for Fluid Dynamics as well as the Twente Graduate School for Fluid Dynamics.
Conditions of employment
In accordance with the university regulations for academic personnel, the gross salary of a Ph.D. student is € 2,042 in the first year to € 2,612 in the last year. The salary of a postdoc position will be maximally € 3755,- gross per month for a full time position. The actual salary depends on the experience of the candidate.
Information en Applications
More information can be found at http://pcf.tnw.utwente.nl. Applications including a specific personal motivation should be addressed to Prof. Frieder Mugele (f.mugele@utwente.nl). Please mention vacancy number 10/010.
