Sweden:PhD student position in Production Area of Advance-Virtual Production Systems

The Department of Product and Production Development, Division of Production Systems is announcing a PhD position within the Virtual Production group. The group focuses on applied research, both national and international, normally in close collaboration with industry.

Job description
The offered PhD position is part of a research project aimed at developing a tool for analysis of Ecologic and Economic Impact throughout the complete lifecycle of industrial products. In the project, simulation of material flow in production (Discrete Event Simulation) is combined with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). We want to enable companies to increase their competitiveness by improving both sustainability and productivity. The project is funded by the Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) ProViking (www.proviking.se). You will work in close collaboration with other researchers in the group and with industrial partners. Three main research challenges will be addressed:
Efficient management of environmental data. How can required data for production performance and environmental impact be collected and processed efficiently?
Selecting system delimitations. How are the system delimitations chosen to ensure objective measurements and enable comparison?
Modeling methodology through an entire product lifecycle. How are models built and communicated between companies involved in the product lifecycle?
Your main focus within the group will be to develop and validate a demonstrator tool showing how to measure and evaluate the environmental impact for a product during its lifecycle.
Required qualifications
The applicant should hold a M.Sc. degree (civilingenjörsexamen) related to production systems and/or sustainability analysis.
Good analytical skills and good ability to work independently towards the research goals.
Good knowledge in virtual tools for product and production evaluation.
High social skills, ability to create effective networks, and ambition to take on a technical responsibility role in the future.
Proficiency in English, which is our working language, and good knowledge of Swedish is considered favorable.
Additional desired skills stand in favor for the applicant: Programming, lifecycle assessment, discrete event simulation, data management, visualization
Details about employment: The PhD student positions are limited to five years and will include 20% departmental work, mostly teaching duties. You can apply prior the completion of your degree but you are expected to have a degree when the position starts.
Application procedure
The application shall be written in English and include the following items:
An application of a maximum of one A4 page containing your specific qualifications for the position
Attested copies of education certificates, including grade reports and other documents
Curriculum Vitae
Letters of recommendation and name of reference persons (optional)
The application shall be sent electronically as pdf or zipped documents. Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form.
If any material is not available electronically or cannot be transferred to pdf format, the material can be sent as a hard copy to Registrar. The applicants name and the reference number (2010/135) must be written on the first page of the application.
Address:
Registrar
Chalmers University of Technology
SE-412 96 Göteborg
Sweden
Further information
Assistant Professor Björn Johansson, head of Virtual Production group.
bjorn.johansson@chalmers.se

Professor Johan Stahre, head of Production Systems division.
johan.stahre@chalmers.se

For more general information about the Department of Product and Production Development, se: www.chalmers.se/ppd/EN
Union representatives
SACO: Jan Lindér
ST: Marie Wenander
SEKO: Johan Persson
All reachable via Chalmers exchange: +46 31 772 10 00
Apply for this Scholarship
Application Deadline : 19 July 2010