Phd Research Position for The Project Artificial

Vor 6 Tagen


Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland Universität Freiburg Vollzeit

The livMats Cluster of Excellence is offering a PhD research position PhD Research position for the project Artificial Venus Flytrap Systemic Demonstrator

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  • Veröffentlicht:
  • Startdate: At the earliest possible date.
  • Parttime position (65 %)
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Beschreibung:


The Cluster of Excellence _liv_MatS develops completely novel, bioinspired materials systems that adapt autonomously to various environments and harvest clean energy from their surroundings.

The intention of these purely technical - yet in a behavioral sense quasi-living - materials systems is to meet the demands of humans with regard to pioneering environmental and energy technologies.

The societal relevance of autonomous systems and their sustainability will thus play an important role in their development.

The research program of _liv_MatS is characterized by highly interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers from a broad range of fields including engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, psychology, the humanities, and sustainability science.

In the framework of _liv_MatS, technological demonstrators will be designed and built to integrate the research areas A-D. The demonstrators represent attractive research challenges and serve as lighthouses guiding research in the cluster.

Soft autonomous machines (SaMs) encompass a field of robotics, which is based on softness, flexibility and adaptivity of the materials used and concerning the functionality of these devices.

Soft motile plant and animal organs represent suitable concept generators as they show different types of elastic deformation and actuation mechanisms.

SaMs are of interest in human machine interaction and extreme work environments, in which they especially benefit from their material-immanent softness.

Furthering this research field will be the incorporation of materials-system-immanent feedback control and energy harvesting systems.

Soft machines as envisioned by _liv_MatS will be able to adapt their properties according to the challenges they are facing or the tasks requested for customized and user-adapted operation.


Project description


This project combines previously in _liv_MatS developed actuation and materials systems into a soft machine system (artificial Venus flytrap and gripper systems).

For which a new PhD student in the Demonstrator area is needed.

The PhD student's main tasks will be the development of a system that according to the above specifications is self-sustaining and capable of environmental interaction.

The overall system design shall integrate metamaterial designs for movement amplification.

Once a working system has been created, the focus of this project will be on integrating the developments of other cluster projects to create a system capable of passing a functional Venus flytrap "Turing Test" and transfer of functional principles into technical prototypes.

Applicants must hold a master degree in the fields of biology, biomechanics or biophysics, engineering or material science.

Key competences for the demonstrator development are physical understanding of biological and material systems, quantitative analyses, experience in the development of bioinspired materials systems, structures and principle demonstrators.

Knowledge and experience in 3D printing, CAD design, robotic systems especially soft robots, as well as multi-scale mechanical testing, experience in the field of statistical analyses and experience in interdisciplinary projects and teams will be greatly appreciated.

Essential tasks are structural system development, test setup design and interdisciplinary cooperation with the project partners.

As an ideal applicant for the position you are creative, communicative, have assertiveness and leadership responsibility, are highly self-motivated and excel at scientific challenges.


Please hand in:

  • Letter of intent detailing why you are interested in this specific project and how your previous research qualifies you for the project (up to 1,500 words)
  • Curriculum Vitae with list of publications (if applicable)
  • Certified copies of your university degree(s) with grades (Bachelor and Master certificate / Diploma certificate and transcript / doctoral certificate)
  • Short summary of your Master thesis (up to 1,000 words)
  • Work sample (chapter from recent thesis or journal article, up to 5,000 words)
  • Suggestion of two references with contact details
This position is limited until 31 December 2025. An extension is possible. The salary will be determined in accordance with E13 TV-L.

Bewerbung:

University of Freiburg
Cluster of Excellence livMatS
Georges-Köhler-Allee 105
D-79110 Freiburg

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