CareerPlan

PhD position on Physics-Guided Digital Twin Development for Composition-Process-Structure-Property M

Geesthacht, SCHLESWIG_HOLSTEINFull-time2026-10-16

Core

Develop a physics-guided digital twin framework for magnesium alloys integrating crystal plasticity, phase-field, and machine learning to predict microstructure evolution and mechanical properties.

Role type

PhD researcher in computational materials engineering and machine learning

Builds

A unified digital-twin framework for composition-process-structure-property modeling

Domain

Materials science, computational mechanics, machine learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python programming, machine learning, crystal plasticity, phase-field modeling, experimental data analysis, uncertainty quantification, explainable AI (XAI)

Preferred skills

Finite element methods, thermodynamic simulations, analysis of microstructure/texture data

Technologies

Python, PyTorch, Scikit-Learn, SEM, EBSD, XRD

Responsibilities

Develop physics-guided ML models, implement simulation workflows, incorporate experimental data, validate predictions, publish scientific results

Seniority

PhD candidate (researcher)