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Become a PhD-student at Aalborg University

The Department of Civil Engineering invites all Master Students to a seminar about the PhD program at Aalborg University. Learn about the requirements, motivation, and opportunities available in pursuing a PhD degree.

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Become a PhD-student at Aalborg University

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  1. Become a PhD-student at Aalborg University • The Department of Civil Engineering invites all Master-Students to a seminar about the PhD-program • Aalborg University • Department of Civil Engineering • Room – F108 • Friday the 27th of February 13-14

  2. Program… • What is a PhD-degree ? Requirements and Motivation • Henrik Stensgaard Toft, PhD-student, Division of Structural Mechanics. • Eco-Hydrological Modelling of Stream Valleys • PhD-student vs. Consulting Engineer • Ole Munch Johansen, PhD-student, Division of Water and Soil. • Zero Emission Building Concepts • Why PhD-student ? • Anna Joanna Marszal, PhD-student, Division of Architectural Engineering. • Airfoils in Turbulent Inflow • Visit at Chalmers University • Lasse Gilling, PhD-student, Division of Structural Mechanics. • PhD-Positions at the Department in 2009 • Peter Frigaard, Head of Department. • Questions…

  3. What is a PhD – degree ? • Academic Degree for people who have completed a Research Education

  4. What is a PhD-degree ? • Academic Research Project – PhD thesis • 2. Collaboration with another Research Institution (Typical abroad) • 3. Course activities – 30 ECTS (6 months) • 4. Communication of scientific knowledge (6 months) • Total: 3 years

  5. Academic Research Project – PhD thesis • Research Project within your Academic Field. • Writing of Papers for International Journal and Conferences. • PhD thesis - Collection of Scientific Papers with a joint introduction. • 2-3 Conference papers per year • 1-4 Journal papers • Often cooperation with one or several partners from the industry.

  6. Collaboration with another Research Institution • More than 50 % of the PhD students are abroad for 3-6 months

  7. Course Activities – 30 ECTS • “The Doctoral School of Engineering, Science and Medicine” • Joint Courses – General Courses: • Writing and Reviewing Scientific Papers. • Library information Management. • Professional Communication. • Project Oriented Courses • Courses specifically related to your PhD-project. • National / International • Courses at Civil Engineering in 2009 • Experimental Testing for Wave Energy Utilisation. • Numerical Modelling of Non-linear Material Behaviour. • Sustainable Building and Constructions – The zero Energy/Emission Building Concept.

  8. Communication of Scientific Knowledge • Publish in International Journals. • Present your Work at International Conferences.

  9. Communication of Scientific Knowledge (Teaching) • Supervision • Bachelor students • Master students – within your research field • Lectures • Bachelor students • Master students – within your research field

  10. Industrial PhD • Same requirements as for “normal” PhDs but employed in a private • company. • Differences: • Shorter distances from research to practice • No teaching, but the same amount of hours must be used for communication (teaching, presentations, conferences) • Mandatory 5 ECTS Business course including a business report • 2 x Offices, 2 x network, 2 x feedback, 2 x … • Time sharing 50/50 between company and university

  11. Industrial PhD • Further information: www.erhvervsphd.dk

  12. Why take a PhD ? • You really want to ! • You will boost your career within Research and Development ! • You are still interested in math, physics etc. and good at it !

  13. Why take a PhD ? • You want an interesting and independent job ! • Schedule your own Time ! And the most flexible job you can get ! • Work in a YOUNG and INTERNATIONAL environment

  14. Why take a PhD ? • Danish Government – 2.400 enrolled PhD-students in 2010

  15. Why take a PhD ? • PhD – Aalborg University: 27.252 DKK (+holiday pay) (2008) • Private Consulting Engineer – Aalborg: 29-32.000 DKK (2008) • Over life persons with a PhD earns more money

  16. Why take a PhD ? • PhD – Seminar 2008: • Smaller Risk for Unemployment – We don’t know what the future brings!

  17. Employee at Department of Civil Engineering • Coffee, bread and fruit every day • Christmas Lunch • Northern Team Challenge • Uni-Fitness, Health initiative, Football…

  18. Further Information: • Aalborg University • (Doctoral School) • www.aau.dk/fak-tekn/phd/ PhD – network (PAU) www.pau.aau.dk FACEBOOK Arrrrgggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Why did i do a PhD ? (3.401 members)

  19. Ecohydrological modelling of Stream ValleysPhD-student vs. Consulting Engineer Ole Munch Johansen PhD Student – Aalborg University Department of Civil Engineering, division of Water and Soil

  20. How was I convinced to do a PhD study? Master Thesis: “Hydrological modelling of a vulnerable habitat” (June 2007) Supervisor: Jacob Birk Jensen, Michael Rasmussen At this moment I was more than ready to finish my study and get a regular job! Employed at NIRAS A/S september 1st 2007 (but the intention was to work towards a PhD study) February 1st 2008 : I got the PhD project, financed by NIRAS (1/6), FIVA (1/3), AAU (1/2)

  21. Tasks at NIRAS: • Groundwater models for water supply companies in northern Jutland • Working with databases – handling large amounts of data • Working with GIS • Monitoring groundwater levels in the field • Collecting samples at polluted soil sites

  22. Ecohydrological modelling of Stream Valleys Objectives The focus in this PhD project is on the hydrological processes that influence the ecological state of wetland ecosystems in stream valleys • Methods for data collection • Prediction of response to hydrological changes – hydrological modelling (different scales, processes using collected data)

  23. Ecohydrological modelling of Stream Valleys

  24. Integrated Numerical modelling (uz, sz, surface flow, evapotranspiration)

  25. Data collection Water level monitoring Geological description Water samples Discharge estimates Tracers (temp, pH, cond) Monitoring plant communities Climate stations Slugtests

  26. PhD – student Why PhD – student? Bolig+ Zero Emission Building Concept Anna Joanna Marszal

  27. Why Zero Energy/Emission Buildings ? Issues: • Fossil fuels sources are ‘running out’ • CO2 concentration in atmosphere is constantly rising • Ecological footprint of humanity is still growing Buildings accounts for: - 40% of final energy use in the World1 - 24% of greenhouse gas emission1 1IEA statistics

  28. Lack of common understanding & definition !!! Environmental Tech. Center, USA Beddington Zero Energy Development, UK Riverdale NetZero Project, Canada

  29. What opportunities offers you PhD? Official reasons • to pursue your own specialist interests. • to become an expert in a particular field • to collaborate with and learn from the international, worldwide known experts • to produce something unique and original

  30. What opportunities offers you PhD? Social reasons: • a lot of travelling • a chance to spend 3-6 months a broad – and you are choosing the country • not only collaboration with ‘smart heads’ but also a chance to meet them in private • a chance to make international friends • you are your own boss

  31. Questions?

  32. Airfoils in Turbulent InflowLasse Gilling PhD study 32

  33. About myself and the project M.Sc. in Structural Mechanics (Konstruktion): June 2006 Ph.D. study started October 2006 Deadline: October this year Title: Airfoils in Turbulent Inflow Purpose: Investigate the influence of resolving the turbulence in airfoil simulations (CFD) Supervisor: Niels N. Sørensen (Risø-DTU) 33

  34. Outline of the PhD Generate ”synthetic” turbulence Impose resolved turbulence on an airfoil simulation Reduce computational costs • Very large computational time ~2-10 days @ 80 cpu’s 34

  35. Outline of the PhD Generate ”synthetic” turbulence Impose resolved turbulence on an airfoil simulation Reduce computational costs • Very large computational time ~2-10 days @ 80 cpu’s 35

  36. Outline of the PhD Generate ”synthetic” turbulence Impose resolved turbulence on an airfoil simulation Reduce computational costs • Very large computational time ~2-10 days @ 80 cpu’s 36

  37. Some results • Fluctuations in lift on an airfoil • Low seapration: High lift • Large separation: Low lift 37

  38. Why I chose to do a PhD I like to study and to educate myself • Learn from some of the top researchers of the world I want to work with research or development • (e.g. in the wind turbine industry) See the world: Courses, conferences and the extended visit abroad 38

  39. Going abroad Three months visit at Chalmers Tekniska Högskola during the fall of 2008 To get inputs from Prof. Lars Davidson • Lars: Knows much about the method • Niels: Knows much about the application We wrote a paper together, which I presented at a conference in Florida last month Living in another country – A lifetime experience 39

  40. Positions at Department of Civil Engineering • in 2009

  41. 10 selected ongoing Ph.D. projects out of 26.The full list can be seen on the pin-up board in the C-building or on the web:www.civil.aau.dk • Søren Andersen: Material-point Method for Geotechnical Engineering. • Anne Kirkegaard Bejder: Wood House of the Future. • Camilla Brunsgaard: Concepts of Passive Houses in Denmark. • Peres Akrawi Hartvig: Time Development of Scour Around Offshore Monopiles. • Kristian Holm-Jørgensen: Nonlinear Multibody Dynamics of Wind Turbines. • Claus Köser: Sealing Material of Groundwater Wells. • Lucia Margheritini: Overtopping wave energy converters: applications and optimization of power capture. • Mahdi Teimouri Sichani: Estimation of Extreme Responses of Wind Turbines under Normal Operations by Means of Controlled Monte Carlo. • Kristian Birch Sørensen: Linking Virtual Models with Physical Objects in Construction. • Henrik Stensgaard Toft: Probabilistic Design of Wind Turbines.

  42. 2009 • Increased focus on the number of new Ph.D students. • Target for Department ofCivil Engineering 10.2 new students • Approx. 20% of all Candidates expected to take a Ph.D here in Aalborg or at another university • The department aims at 4-8 Danish and 6-8 forign students • We expect to recruit among the 50% theoretically best students • The department expect to propose approx. 15 positions from the list I will present on the next slides.

  43. New Ph.D. projects 2009 1# 6 • Title: Reliability-based operation and maintenance of offshore wind turbines • Start: August 1, 2009 • Financing: Danish Strategic Research Council • External participants: DONG Energy • Supervisor: John Dalsgaard Sørensen • 1 of 4 PhD studies within the project: ‘Reliability-based analysis applied for reduction of cost of energy for offshore wind turbines’ • Title: Reliability of wind turbine components • Start: Autumn 2009 • Financing: Norwegian Research Council • External participants: University of Stavanger, StatoilHydro, Statkraft, Det norske Veritas (DnV), … • Supervisor: John Dalsgaard Sørensen • 1 of approx 20 PhD studies within the project: ‘Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy (NORCOWE)’

  44. New Ph.D. projects 2009 2 # 6 • Title: Composite shell foundations made of high-tension concrete and steel sheets • Start: May 1, 2009 (or later) • Financing: Co-financed by AAU / MBD / FUU • External participants: MBD Offshore Power • Supervisor: Lars Andersen • Title: Finite-element based computational models of stratified soil with random heterogeneity • Start: August 1, 2009 • Financing: Danish Strategic Research Council • External participants: DONG Energy • Supervisor: Lars Andersen • 1 of 4 PhD studies within the project: ‘Reliability-based analysis applied for reduction of cost of energy for offshore wind turbines’

  45. New Ph.D. projects 2009 3 # 6 • Title: Formulation of probabilistic models of stratified soil and their calibration by field tests • Start: August 1, 2009 • Financing: Danish Strategic Research Council • External participants: DONG Energy • Supervisor: Lars Bo Ibsen • 1 of 4 PhD studies within the project: ‘Reliability-based analysis applied for reduction of cost of energy for offshore wind turbines’ • Title:Application of X-band and C-band Radar for improved Warnings of Extreme Rain over Cities • Start: Summer, 2009 • Financing: Danish Strategic Research Council • Supervisor: Michael R. Rasmussen • 1 of 2 PhD studies within the project:

  46. New Ph.D. projects 2009 4 # 6 • Title: Use of Sensors in Sewer Systems for Calibration of Wheather Radar • Start: Summer, 2009 • Financing: Danish Strategic Research Council • Supervisor: Michael R. Rasmussen • 1 of 2 PhD studies within the project: • Title: Optimering af processystemer ved integration af biologiske og kemiske processer i industrielle CFD koder. • Start: Late 2009 • Financing: Danish Strategic Research Council • Supervisor: Michael R. Rasmussen • Title: Modelling Aqua Culture Plants with CFD • Start: Late, 2009 or early 2010 • Financing: Danish Strategic Research Council • Supervisor: Michael R. Rasmussen

  47. New Ph.D. projects 2009 5 # 6 • Title: Nye metoder til analyse og spredning af lugtstoffer fra miljøtekniske anlæg • Start: ?? • Financing: Danish Strategic Research Council • Supervisor: Michael R. Rasmussen • Title: Multibody Analysis of Wind Turbines for System Identification and Damage Detection • Start: Summer, 2009 • Financing: EU • Supervisor: Søren R.K. Nielsen • Title: Technical and Economical Assessment of Wave Energy Devices • Start: Late, 2009 or early 2010 • Financing: PSO / DONG • Supervisor: Jens Peter Kofoed

  48. New Ph.D. projects 2009 6 # 6 • Title: Real Sea Testing of Wave Energy Devices based on the Overtopping Principle • Start: Late, 2009 • Financing: Company: Wave Energy • Supervisor: Jens Peter Kofoed • Title: Zero Emission Buildings (x 4) • Start: 4 projects to be started during the period summer 2009 to late, 2010 • Financing: Danish Strategic Research Council • Supervisor: Per Heiselberg • Title: IT at the Construction Site • Start: Summer 2009 • Financing: AaU / ?? • Supervisor: Kjeld Svidt

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