Master Thesis in Materials Science

At the Institute of Energy Technologies - Theory and Computation of Energy Materials (IET-3) we make essential contributions to fundamental understanding of electrochemical phenomena, development and characterization of tailored material solutions, and testing and optimization of new energy technologies. To achieve these goals, a broad spectrum of methods is...

How do climate policies affect communities? This master thesis offers a unique opportunity to explore the social implications of climate mitigation and adaptation measures. The goal is to ensure a just transition, where the benefits and burdens of climate actions are equitably distributed. **Your Job**: - WP1 - Quantifying the social impact of existing...

**Your Job**: - Developing Python-based image processing tools tailored to the specific requirements of the chosen project - Collaborating with electrochemistry researchers to ensure the tools are compatible with different electrochemical image datasets - Utilizing Git for version control and maintaining detailed project documentation in LaTeX - Testing and...

The EU's regions are developing climate adaptation strategies to tackle the localised impacts of climate change. However, adaptation efforts at the regional level can vary widely in scope and effectiveness. The thesis topic is aimed at evaluating the feasible adaptation measures, at a local scale. **Your Job**: - WP1 - Literature review on existing...

High pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) is a standard method in the quantitative analysis of samples from bioprocesses. In the Jülich Biofroundry at the Institute of Bio **Your Job**: The focus of the thesis project is the programming of an automation workflow that communicates with the API of the HPLC system and controls gripper robots to load and...

**Your Job**: Your tasks in detail will be: - 3D-cell culture of MCF10A-derived cell spheroids with inducible HRas activation - Study proto-oncogene activity as a modulator of strain-induced cell invasion - Investigate basement membrane integrity, shear strain-induced opening of ion channels and the reorganization of force-sensing actin cytoskeleton and...

At the Institute of Biological Information Processing, Bioelectronics (IBI-3) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, physicists, chemists, biologists, material scientists, and engineers perform joint research on the scientific principles of the functional link between biological matter and electronic components. This collaboration has led to the development of...

At the Institute of Bioelectronics (IBI-3) at Forschungszentrum Jülich, physicists, chemists, biologists and engineers work together to investigate the scientific principles of the functional connection between biological and electronic components. This collaboration has led to the development of platforms for microfluidics, micro **Your Job**: - Develop...

**Your Job**: The project concentrates on the signal processing mechanisms between cells, their protective basement membrane (BM) migration barrier and the surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM). It hypothesizes a fingerprint-signaling network of the oncoprotein HRas that forces BM transmigration of breast cancer cells. Your study will consist of assessing...

Are you interested in questions concerning the greenhouse gas neutral energy system of the future? Would you like to be part of an international research team? And would you like to incorporate your own creative ideas into your master thesis? Then we have an offer for you: At the Institute of Climate and Energy Systems, Jülich Systems Analysis, we use...

**Your Job**: - Solution-processed fabrication of perovskite films, layer stacks and solar cells - Deposition of insulating layers at the device interfaces using atomic layer deposition (ALD) - Optoelectronic measurements of insulator-based perovskite devices in the time and frequency domain - Transient photoluminescence measurements of perovskite films,...

**Your Job**: - Synthesis as well as microscopic and macroscopic characterization of functional mixed-valence oxides - Participation in the research at extreme conditions of pressure and temperature using neutron and X-ray scattering - Participation in international projects Presenting research results at scientific meetings, conferences and as scientific...

**Your Job**: At IET-1, we are developing exciting interdisciplinary methods to investigate the key mechanisms in electrolysis using pulsed NMR. Among other methods, we employ quantum optimal control, where simulated spin models are directly used to engineer NMR experiments. At the core of this project stands the Python library JuMPO (Jülich Magnetic Pulse...

**Your Job**: - Optoelectronic measurements of insulator-based perovskite devices in the time and frequency domain - Transient photoluminescence measurements of perovskite films, layer stacks and insulator-based devices - Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) measurements to determine perovskite/transport layer band offsets - Data analysis using a...

Achieving a secure, greenhouse gas-neutral energy supply is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. At the Institute for Energy and Climate Research - Jülich Systems Analysis (ICE-2), we conduct research into how a sustainable energy system can be achieved and what it might look like. In this context, we develop a wide range of highly complex...

At the Institute of Bioelectronics (IBI-3) at Forschungszentrum Jülich, physicists, chemists, biologists and engineers work together to investigate the scientific principles of the functional connection between biological and electronic components. This collaboration has led to the development of platforms for microfluidics, micro **Your Job**: -...

**Your Job**: - Extend the code to solve convection-diffusion-reaction - and incompressible Navier-Stokes equations - Integrate SDC into the code to enhance temporal accuracy - Conduct rigorous verification of the method and implementation through convergence tests **Your Profile**: - Ongoing master's degree in applied mathematics or computational...

The Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) uses neutrons as microscopic probes to conduct research on soft and biological matter. Therefore, JCNS develops, builds and operates neutron scattering instruments, which are offered to a large user community at world leading neutron sources at MLZ in Garching and at ILL in Grenoble. Researchers at JCNS can use...

At the Institute of Energy Materials and Devices - Photovoltaics (IMD-3), novel materials as well as innovative device architectures for sustainable photovoltaics are investigated. In this regard, perovskite solar cells are a promising solar cell technology that enables printable, flexible and lightweight solar cells. Further improvements in their...

**Your Job**: - Design, implement, and test participant interactions, including a pilot project on the effectiveness and user acceptance of data capture - Set up and manage a secondary screening process for individuals identified by the AI-supported tool as high-risk, involving smell tests and cheek swabs for genetic risk scoring - Integrate captured data...