{"data":{"id":184613,"slug":"doktorand-inom-experimentell-stromningsmekanik-och-komplexa-filmer","type":"job","title":"PhD Student in Experimental Fluid Mechanics and Complex Films","description":"Project Description\nResearch Education Subject: Engineering Mechanics\nFLOW is a strong research environment with researchers conducting both basic and applied research in fluid mechanics at the Department of Engineering Mechanics.\nWe are seeking a PhD student with an experimental focus in fluid mechanics for the Fluids and Surfaces group within FLOW. This position offers an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated candidate to contribute to a cutting-edge research project, funded by the Swedish Research Council (VR).\nThe project aims to increase understanding of how complex films, including biological and living films, interact with surrounding fluid flows. Such films occur extensively both in nature and in technical applications, from mucus in the lungs to biofilms on medical devices and ship hulls. When exposed to shear and potentially time-varying flows, the films can deform into complex shapes, exhibit unusual material properties, and evolve over time. Thus, they constitute a dynamic and continuously changing boundary for the flow. Simultaneously, the films affect the overlying flow and can alter both friction drag and transport and exchange of various substances.\nDespite their significance, the coupled interaction between complex films and fluid flows remains poorly understood. This limits our ability to predict and control these systems and presents significant challenges in medical, industrial, and geophysical applications.\nIn this project, the PhD student will work with and further develop a unique experimental platform for studying complex films under controlled yet complex flow conditions. The experimental work will be complemented with continuum modeling of complex materials, data-driven methods, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD).\nSupervisor: Shervin Bagheri is proposed to supervise the PhD student. A decision will be made upon admission.\nEligibility for Admission\nTo be admitted to doctoral studies (chapter 7, section 39 of the Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility:\ncompleted a degree at an advanced level, or\ncompleted course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 credits are at an advanced level, or\nacquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way within or outside the country.\n\nIn addition to the above, there is also a mandatory requirement for English equivalent to English B\/6.\nSelection\nTo succeed in your doctoral studies at KTH, you need to be goal-oriented and persistent in your work. In the selection of applicants, the ability to:\nindependently advance your work,\ncollaborate with others,\nmaintain a professional approach,\nanalyze and work with complex issues, and\nexperience in experimental fluid mechanics.\n\nAfter meeting the eligibility requirements, considerable weight will be placed on personal qualities.\nDegree Objective: Doctoral Degree\nInformation on Admission and Employment\nOnly those admitted to doctoral studies may be employed as a PhD student. The total length of employment may not exceed what corresponds to full-time doctoral level education for four years. An employed PhD student may, to a limited extent (maximum 20%), perform certain tasks such as teaching and administration. A new employment as a PhD student is valid for at most one year; the employment may thereafter be renewed for at most two years at a time. For studies to be concluded with a Licentiate degree, the total length of employment may not exceed what corresponds to full-time doctoral level education for two years.\nAs a PhD student, you are part of KTH's employment benefits and receive a monthly salary according to KTH's agreement for PhD student salaries. Read more about Doctoral Studies at KTH | KTH | Sweden.\nTrade Union Representatives\nContact information for trade union representatives.\nPhD Student Section (Royal Institute of Technology Student Union)\nContact information for the PhD Student Section.\nApplication\nYou apply through KTH's recruitment system. As an applicant, you have primary responsibility for ensuring that your application is complete when submitted.\nThe application shall contain the following\nCopies of degree certificates and transcripts from previous university studies and documentation of fulfilled language requirements (see above). Translations into English or Swedish if the original document is not issued in one of these languages. Copies of originals must be certified.\nCV with relevant professional experience and knowledge.\nCover letter with a brief account of why you want to pursue doctoral studies, your academic interests, and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. (Max 2 pages)\nRepresentative publications or technical reports. For longer documents, please attach an abstract and a web link to the complete text.\n\nThe application must be received by KTH no later than the final application deadline at midnight, CET\/CEST (Central European Time\/Central European Summer Time).\nOther Information\nFor information on the processing of personal data in connection with recruitment.\nIt may occur that employment at KTH is classified for security purposes. If this is the case for this particular position, a security vetting of the applicant will be conducted in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585) after consent. In these cases, a requirement for employment is that the applicant is approved after security vetting.\nWe decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies and vendors of job ads.\nBecome Part of KTH\nKTH shapes the future through education, research, and innovation. As a leading international technical university, we play an active role in driving and contributing to the transition to a sustainable society. Here you are offered the opportunity to grow and develop in a creative and dynamic workplace with good working conditions and benefits. Equality, diversity, and equal opportunities are a quality issue and a natural part of KTH's values as a university and public authority.\nRead more about our benefits and what it is like to work and develop at KTH.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Doktorand inom experimentell str\u00f6mningsmekanik och komplexa filmer","description_original":"Projektbeskrivning\nForskarutbildnings\u00e4mne: Teknisk Mekanik\nFLOW \u00e4r en stark forskningsmilj\u00f6 med forskare som bedriver b\u00e5de grund- och till\u00e4mpad forskning inom str\u00f6mningsmekanik vid institutionen f\u00f6r teknisk mekanik.\nVi s\u00f6ker en doktorand med experimentell inriktning inom str\u00f6mningsmekanik till gruppen Fluids and Surfaces inom FLOW. Tj\u00e4nsten erbjuder en sp\u00e4nnande m\u00f6jlighet f\u00f6r en mycket motiverad kandidat att bidra till ett forskningsprojekt i framkant, finansierat av Vetenskapsr\u00e5det (VR).\nProjektet syftar till att \u00f6ka f\u00f6rst\u00e5elsen f\u00f6r hur komplexa filmer, inklusive biologiska och levande filmer, samverkar med omgivande fluidfl\u00f6den. S\u00e5dana filmer f\u00f6rekommer i stor utstr\u00e4ckning b\u00e5de i naturen och i tekniska till\u00e4mpningar, fr\u00e5n slem i lungorna till biofilmer p\u00e5 medicintekniska produkter och fartygsskrov. N\u00e4r filmerna uts\u00e4tts f\u00f6r skjuvning och potentiellt tidsvarierande fl\u00f6den kan de deformeras till komplexa former, uppvisa ovanliga materialegenskaper och utvecklas \u00f6ver tid. D\u00e4rmed utg\u00f6r de en dynamisk och kontinuerligt f\u00f6r\u00e4nderlig rand f\u00f6r fl\u00f6det. Samtidigt p\u00e5verkar filmerna det \u00f6verliggande fl\u00f6det och kan f\u00f6r\u00e4ndra s\u00e5v\u00e4l friktionsmotst\u00e5ndet som transport och utbyte av olika \u00e4mnen.\nTrots deras betydelse \u00e4r den kopplade v\u00e4xelverkan mellan komplexa filmer och fluidfl\u00f6den fortfarande bristf\u00e4lligt f\u00f6rst\u00e5dd. Detta begr\u00e4nsar v\u00e5r f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ga och kontrollera dessa system och inneb\u00e4r betydande utmaningar inom medicinska, industriella och geofysiska till\u00e4mpningar.\nI detta projekt kommer doktoranden att arbeta med och vidareutveckla en unik experimentell plattform f\u00f6r att studera komplexa filmer under kontrollerade men samtidigt komplexa fl\u00f6desf\u00f6rh\u00e5llanden. Det experimentella arbetet kommer att kompletteras med kontinuummodellering av komplexa material, datadrivna metoder och ber\u00e4kningsbaserad str\u00f6mningsmekanik (CFD).\nHandledning: Shervin Bagheri f\u00f6resl\u00e5s handleda doktoranden. Beslut tas vid antagning\nBeh\u00f6righet f\u00f6r antagning\nF\u00f6r att bli antagen till forskarutbildning (kap 7 39 \u00a7 h\u00f6gskolef\u00f6rordningen) kr\u00e4vs att den s\u00f6kande har grundl\u00e4ggande beh\u00f6righet:\navlagt en examen p\u00e5 avancerad niv\u00e5, eller\nfullgjort kursfordringar om minst 240 h\u00f6gskolepo\u00e4ng, varav minst 60 h\u00f6gskolepo\u00e4ng p\u00e5 avancerad niv\u00e5, eller\np\u00e5 n\u00e5got annat s\u00e4tt inom eller utom landet f\u00f6rv\u00e4rvat i huvudsak motsvarande kunskaper.\n\nUt\u00f6ver ovanst\u00e5ende\u00a0 finns ocks\u00e5 ett obligatoriskt krav p\u00e5 engelska motsvarande Engelska B\/6.\nUrval\nF\u00f6r att lyckas med dina doktorandstudier p\u00e5 KTH beh\u00f6ver du vara m\u00e5linriktad och ih\u00e4rdig i ditt arbete. Vid urval av de s\u00f6kande bed\u00f6ms f\u00f6rm\u00e5gan att:\nsj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt driva sitt arbete fram\u00e5t,\nkunna samarbeta med andra,\nha ett professionellt f\u00f6rh\u00e5llningss\u00e4tt,\nanalysera och arbeta med komplexa fr\u00e5gor och\nerfarenhet av experimentell str\u00f6mningsmekanik.\n\nEfter beh\u00f6righetskraven kommer stor vikt l\u00e4ggas vid personliga egenskaper.\nM\u00e5lexamen: Doktorsexamen\nInformation om antagning och anst\u00e4llning\u00a0\nEndast den som antagits till forskarutbildning f\u00e5r anst\u00e4llas som doktorand. Den sammanlagda anst\u00e4llningstiden f\u00e5r inte vara l\u00e4ngre \u00e4n vad som motsvarar utbildning p\u00e5 forskarniv\u00e5 p\u00e5 heltid under fyra \u00e5r. En anst\u00e4lld doktorand kan i begr\u00e4nsad omfattning (h\u00f6gst 20 %) utf\u00f6ra vissa arbetsuppgifter inom t.ex. utbildning och administration. En ny anst\u00e4llning som doktorand g\u00e4ller f\u00f6r h\u00f6gst ett \u00e5r, anst\u00e4llningen f\u00e5r d\u00e4refter f\u00f6rnyas med h\u00f6gst tv\u00e5 \u00e5r i taget.\u00a0Vid studier som ska avslutas med licentiatexamen f\u00e5r den sammanlagda anst\u00e4llningstiden inte vara l\u00e4ngre \u00e4n vad som motsvarar utbildning p\u00e5 forskarniv\u00e5 p\u00e5 heltid under tv\u00e5 \u00e5r.\nSom doktorand f\u00e5r du del av KTH:s anst\u00e4llningsf\u00f6rm\u00e5ner och har en m\u00e5nadsl\u00f6n enligt KTH:s avtal f\u00f6r doktorandl\u00f6ner. L\u00e4s mer om Forskarstudier vid KTH | KTH | Sweden.\nFackliga representanter\nKontaktuppgifter till\u00a0fackliga representanter.\nDoktorandsektionen (Tekniska h\u00f6gskolans studentk\u00e5r)\nKontaktuppgifter till\u00a0doktorandsektionen.\nAns\u00f6kan\u00a0\nDu ans\u00f6ker via KTH:s rekryteringssystem. 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I dessa fall \u00e4r en f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttning f\u00f6r anst\u00e4llning att s\u00f6kande blir godk\u00e4nd efter s\u00e4kerhetspr\u00f6vning.\nVi undanber oss direktkontakt med bemannings- och rekryteringsf\u00f6retag samt f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljare av platsannonser.\nBli en del av KTH \u00a0\nKTH formar framtiden genom utbildning, forskning och innovation. Som ett ledande internationellt tekniskt universitet spelar vi en aktiv roll i att driva och medverka i omst\u00e4llningen till ett h\u00e5llbart samh\u00e4lle. H\u00e4r erbjuds du m\u00f6jligheten att v\u00e4xa och utvecklas p\u00e5 en kreativ och dynamisk arbetsplats med goda arbetsvillkor och f\u00f6rm\u00e5ner. J\u00e4mst\u00e4lldhet, m\u00e5ngfald och lika villkor \u00e4r en kvalitetsfr\u00e5ga och en sj\u00e4lvklar del av KTH:s v\u00e4rdegrund som universitet och statlig myndighet.\nL\u00e4s mer om v\u00e5ra f\u00f6rm\u00e5ner och hur det \u00e4r att arbeta och utvecklas p\u00e5 KTH.","price":null,"currency":"SEK","status":"active","noindex":true,"location":{"address":"Teknikringen 8, plan 5","full_address":null,"city":"Stockholm","country":"SE","latitude":59.2877928,"longitude":18.0528391},"metadata":{"region":"Stockholms l\u00e4n","duration":"6 m\u00e5nader eller l\u00e4ngre","employer":"Kungliga Tekniska H\u00f6gskolan","postcode":"10044","positions":1,"profession":"Doktorand","salary_type":"Fast m\u00e5nads- vecko- eller timl\u00f6n","employer_url":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/om\/work-at-kth\/lediga-jobb","scope_of_work":"100\u2013100 %","working_hours":"Heltid","contact_person":"Shervin Bagheri","employment_type":"full_time","occupation_field":"Pedagogik","employer_workplace":"Kungliga Tekniska h\u00f6gskolan, Skolan f\u00f6r teknikvetenskap","employment_type_label":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning"},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":6,"ai_views_count":7,"bot_views_count":0,"ai_vendor_counts":{"meta":5,"other":2},"visibility":"public","submission_source":null,"submission_ai_name":null,"has_owner_email":true,"can_contact_owner":true,"phone":null,"owner_email":"sherwinb@kth.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-09-03T00:00:10+00:00","expires_at":"2026-10-12T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-03T03:18:40+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-17T03:26:47+00:00"}}