PhD Opportunities at IAM‑MMS – Research for Tomorrow’s Material Innovation
You have successfully completed a degree in engineering or natural sciences, mathematics, or computer science and would like to advance your scientific qualifications?
The Institute for Applied Materials – Microstructure Modeling and Simulation (IAM‑MMS) therefore offers you the chance to take part in exciting doctoral projects and contribute to forward‑looking research.
Our work is embedded in internationally networked research projects and combines materials science, simulation, data analytics, and artificial intelligence. The goal is to develop and optimise materials and material composites through data‑ and simulation‑driven methods.
Research focus areas
- Development and application of multiphysics material models for describing and predicting microstructural changes
- Investigation of process‑structure‑property relationships
- Simulation of the physical mechanisms of microstructure formation and evolution
- Combination of numerical simulations with modern machine‑learning and AI techniques
Our in‑house simulation software Pace3D enables high‑performance multiphysics simulations on supercomputers, allowing precise capture of material behaviour across complex parameter spaces. In addition, within the KadiAI framework we employ innovative data‑analysis approaches to intelligently link simulation and experimental data. Integration with the research‑data platform Kadi4Mat ensures modern data management and sustainable research workflows.
Doctoral theses at IAM‑MMS can focus, depending on your interests, on model development, numerical methods, simulation studies, digital twins, or the integration of AI‑based data‑analysis techniques.
If you are interested in a scientific career at the interface of materials science, computer science, and simulation technology, we look forward to hearing from you. Please contact Prof. Dr. Britta Nestler.