CareerPlan

PhD position on Physics-Guided Digital Twin Development

Geesthacht, SCHLESWIG_HOLSTEINFull-time2026-10-16 → 2026-11-11

Core

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

Role type

PhD researcher in computational materials engineering and machine learning

Builds

A unified physics-guided digital twin framework for advanced lightweight materials

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 data

Technologies

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

Responsibilities

Develop physics-guided ML models for composition-process-structure-property relationships; Combine crystal plasticity, phase-field, and ML into a unified framework; Implement simulation and ML workflows; Incorporate experimental characterization data; Investigate uncertainty quantification and XAI; Validate computational predictions; Publish scientific results

Seniority

PhD candidate