PhD student

TheSection Environmental Fluid Mechanics of the Faculty of CivilEngineering and Geosciences of Delft University of Technology carriesout a long-term research program on the behavior of cohesive sediment(mud) in the natural environment. Part of this work is dedicated to theformation and break-up of mud flocs as a function of thephysico-chemical conditions, which is carried out in the form oflaboratory experiments and modeling of population dynamics.

We start a new project, financed by STW, the Dutch TechnologyFoundation, focusing on bimodal floc size distributions, for which welook for motivated candidates with a background in physics orengineering.

Required education/skills: University Graduate
The PhD-candidate has affinity with experimental work. The candidatewill work within the Section of Environmental Fluid Mechanics with alarge team of senior scientists and PhD-students. Our laboratory iswell-equipped with, amongst other things, a large settling columnspecially built for research on flocculation.

Delft University of Technology

Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500
Duration of the contract: Temporary for the duration of 4 years
Maximum hours per week: 38

Additional conditions of employment:
Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities

 
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