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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

Brief Description of the Lead Project:
Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) is funding the joint research project “Mechanics,
Modeling and Simulation of Aortic Dissection” as a Lead project of the university. A consortium
of scientists from biomechanical-, civil-, electrical-, and mechanical engineering, computer science,

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.