PhD Scholarship Programme: Researcher in Tubular Additive Manufacturing Technologies for Cardiovascular Medical Prostheses - Vicente López

  • Job: Investigador/a
  • Department: Advanced Manufacturing Systems
  • Location: Cerdanyola del Vallès (Spain)
  • Contract: Temporary
  • Working day: Full time
  • Sector: Industrial and metallurgy
  • Vacancies: 1
  • Discipline: R&D

EURECAT

Eurecatis the main Research & Technology Organisation in Catalonia and the second largest private research organization in southern Europe. It brings together the experience of more than 700 professionals and provides services to more than 2,000 companies. Applied R&D, technological services, highly specialized training, technological consultancy or valorisation and exploitation of industrial property are some of the services that Eurecat offers for both large and small and medium-sized enterprises in all sectors. The technology centre participates in more than 200 large national and international consortium projects of high strategic R&I and has 181 patents and 10 spin-offs. The added value provided by Eurecat accelerates innovation, reduces spending on scientific and technological infrastructures, reduces risks and provides specialized knowledge tailored to each company.

Job description

The Advanced Manufacturing Systems Unit objective is fostering the research and innovation by carrying out technological assistance and provide technological transference on different areas such as ultrasounds, microwaves, 3D printing, machines and photonics. Main body of the unit work focuses on new high efficiency and productivity flexible manufacturing technologies to help companies to overcome the challenges faced in industry today.

 

The Advanced Manufacturing Systems Unit in partnership with the University of Girona (UdG) offers a PhD Fellowship starting in 2022.

 

The thesis will be focused in studying the additive tubular manufacturing processes for cardiovascular medical prostheses. To analyze the effect of process parameters such as material, speed, temperature, humidity, layer height, etc. on the final properties of cardiovascular prostheses and to carry out the pertinent mechanical, biological, and medical tests to examine these kind of prostheses at the in-vitro level.

 

Functions and Responsibilities:

 

  • Measuring, designing, and starting up experiments according to the research procedures to deeply analyze the producing process of cardiovascular protheses using tubular manufacturing processes. 
  • Conducting the research, write drafts of scientific papers, and deliver a PhD thesis. 

 

Requirements

  • Requirements

Studies and Knowledge:

  • Holding a bachelors and master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering

Soft Skills:

  • The person who will join the team should be a team player and he/she can build collaborative relationships
  • He/she should also be able to work in an autonomous way and communicate/document the results in a comprehensible and professional way
  • He/she should be self – motivated and passionate about the project and he/she should have strong sense of curiosity and experimentation.
  • A certain degree of mobility is expected due to PhD requirements (Conferences and Institutional visits)

Languages:

  • High oral and written communication skills in English  
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  • Job: Investigador/a
  • Department: Advanced Manufacturing Systems
  • Location: Cerdanyola del Vallès (Spain)
  • Contract: Temporary
  • Working day: Full time
  • Sector: Industrial and metallurgy
  • Vacancies: 1
  • Discipline: R&D
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