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PhD Position on "Thrombus Mechanics and Growth" within the Lead Project
at the Institute of Applied Mechanics
Graz University of Technology, Austria

Summer School on "Biomechanics, from Protein to Tissue to Organ: Modeling and Computation" in Graz, Austria

At Graz University of Technology, in the Faculty of Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering

one position for a University Assistant with doctorate, with tenure track to a position as Associate Professor in the area of Experimental Biomechanics

 Two PhD positions (each for 4 years, to fill this year)

1. Computational Biomechanics (modeling and simulation) of biomechanical systems from the cellular to the tissue level; implementation of algorithms and material models into finite element codes such as FEAP
2. Experimental Biomechanics; mechanical/optical investigations of soft biological tissues at the macro and microscopic level

Payment: the monthly minimum gross salary for this employment is EUR 2,562.00 (14x per year)

PostDoc (for 6 years, to fill this year)

Requirements: PhD in (Computational) Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering or a related field; the candidate should have excellent verbal and written communication skills, a strong academic and publication record, and the abillity to work independently.

Activities: To teach two autonomous classes per year (Mechanics for Biomedical Engineers, Computational Biomechanics); research to be performed on an international level within the field of "Cardiovascular Solid Mechanics"; to be interested in a habilitation.