12 PhD Positions at Joint European Doctorate (EJD) Training Network - GreenTRIBOS

The world is warming and the weather is becoming increasingly unstable and extreme, and whether we like it or not, the overwhelming scientific consensus is that mankind’s use of fossil fuels is a key component in this climate change. Friction, wear and lubrication are major players in the consumption of energy, and so reducing friction and wear and using green lubrication is the most direct route to reducing energy consumption and pollution and so contributing

to a better environment for us all. GreenTRIBOS takes up this very important challenge by developing innovative, but sustainable and green, technologies to decrease both friction and wear and improve lubrication. The 12 early-stage researchers (ESRs) will be working in three science-based work packages to develop integrative green concepts, their functional mechanisms, and lifecycle analyses to verify the sustainability, as well as quantifying the tribological performance to reduce energy consumption, resource depletion and polluting emissions. In the overarching integrative work package, the ESRs will assimilate these results into a coherent set of generic, green-tribology concepts and design rules – that will be made freely available to all – with a measurable impact on sustainability over the whole lifecycle of the system. All 12 ESRs will use complementary techniques, tools, models and approaches supported by their supervisors, research groups and non-academic mentors throughout their individual PhD-specific ESR project plans. By training the ESRs in scientific, technical and transferrable skills, they will become the next generation of high-potential scientists and engineers to instigate the step change that is required for a sustainable engineering future to serve the needs of a sustainable 21st century Europe.

This ESR position is part of the European Training Network »GreenTRIBOS« focused on green-tribology research in three areas: reduced energy consumption via friction reduction; reduced resource depletion via wear reduction; and reduced pollution and emissions by using only natural and eco-labelled oils and materials. GreenTRIBOS offers the possibility to pursue the double PhD degrees with two Universities within the network. Each PhD project is closely related to at least one industrial company from 10 European countries. GreenTRIBOS is founded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, ITN EJD grant agreement no. 860246. Additional information can be found on: https://www.greentribos.eu/

ORGANISATIONS AWARDING DOUBLE DEGREES:
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia - coordinator
University of Coimbra, Portugal
Univeristy of Leeds, UK
Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
RESEARCH FIELD
Engineering (Mechanical, Chemical, Materials)

Material Science

Physics

Chemistry

Nanotechnology

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12 PhD Positions at Joint European Doctorate (EJD) Training Network - GreenTRIBOS