Description
Project description
This PhD position at the Department of Industrial and Materials Science is about Ergonomics Design, Comfort and Car Passenger Safety. In the PhD project, you will focus on issues related to sitting postures, seat belt positions and comfort for passengers in today's and in future cars from an ergonomics and safety perspective for all passenger groups. This concerns for example how attitudes, comfort, activities and seat belt design influence choice of sitting postures and seat belt positions, and also how the seat, lap- and shoulder belt is perceived by people in different ages, anthropometric measures and body constitutions. Furthermore, a central issue is which are the influencing factors that relate sitting comfort to safety, as well as how perceived discomfort can be transformed to objective measures useful for crash simulations.
The project is associated to "Safer Vehicle and Traffic Center" at Chalmers and will be run in collaboration with Volvo Cars, Autoliv and the Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences at Chalmers.
Information about the department and the division
The main competencies at the Department of Industrial and Materials Science are found in the areas of: Human-Technology Interaction | Form and Function | Modelling and Simulation | Product Development | Material | Production and in the interaction between these areas. The research develops the industrial process, from need to finished product while creating added value. To combine skills throughout the whole chain distinguishes the department both nationally and internationally. Here we gather internationally prominent researchers, in dynamic and outstanding research environments, as well as in national and international research networks.
The vision of the division Design & Human Factors is that all products, services and workplaces will be designed to enable users to live and work in a meaningful and sustainable way. With a system approach the Division's research aims to adding knowledge about the relation between humans and technical artefacts, and the activity centred design process. Also developing methods and tools for studying the human-artefact relation, as well as for designing and evaluating safe, sustainable and satisfying products, services and workplaces. The Ph.D. project addresses questions related to two research areas of the division: "Safe and Efficient Human-Machine Systems" and "Healthy Works Systems and Ergonomics".
Major responsibilities
As a PhD student your major responsibility is to pursue doctoral studies in relation to the specific research aim. PhD studies include studying topics such as theory of science, research methodology, and academic writing; designing research studies; collecting and analysing empirical data; and reporting research results at scientific conferences and in journal papers. Research results are also to be communicated at seminars and international conferences. In addition, you will be involved in teaching bachelor and master students and supervising student projects in the area of ergonomics/human factors/industrial design engineering, and/or other departmental tasks.
Contract terms
The position is full-time, temporary employment, limited to a maximum of five years. You will spend approximately 80% of this time on your Ph.D. training and research and maximum 20% on teaching and other departmental tasks. You will be inscribed into the postgraduate programme and the research school Human-Technology-Design. The employment is tied to successful completion of department evaluations after one and three years respectively.
Qualifications
To qualify as for this position, you need to have a master's level degree corresponding to at least 240 higher education credits in one of the following fields, or in a corresponding relevant field:
Industrial Design Engineering or Ergonomics/Human Factors EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringMechanical Engineering
Meritorious are courses in ergonomics/human factors, usability testing, experimental study planning, subjective and objective methods, measurement technology, statistics, medicine for engineers and biomedical instrumentation. Meritorious are also experience of planning and performing usability tests, interviews and subjective estimations. Also experience of objective measurements and data collection, photo/film recordings and analyses, as well as use of MATLAB, Excel and statistical programs. Also, programming skills are useful but not needed. Prior involvement in teaching activities as well as in writing papers/articles are creditable. Also experience from the car industry, especially from safety and sitting comfort related issues.
You are an open minded person with a great interest in pursuing results and present these in written scientific format. You have analytical skills and ability to collect, handle, structure and analyse data in a thorough and accurate way. Collaboration and communication skills are important when conducting research in a team with other researchers from academia and industry as well as when approaching test subjects in various ages in usability tests. It is also important that you are able to manage your own working situation and work independently. You need to have pedagogical skills for active participation in teaching activities, as well as presenting results at project meetings/seminars and conferences.
You need to be fluent in English and due to the character of the research and teaching, you should be able to understand and speak Swedish.
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Application procedure
The application should be marked with Ref 20200506 and written in English. The application should be sent electronically and be attached as pdf-files, as below:
CV: (Please name the document: CV, Family name, Ref. number)
CVOther, for example previous employments or leadership qualifications and positions of trust.Two references that we can contact.
Personal letter: (Please name the document as: Personal letter, Family name, Ref. number)
1-3 pages where you:
Introduce yourself
Describe your previous experience of relevance for the position (e.g. education, thesis work and, if applicable, any other research activities)Describe your future goals and future research focus
Other documents:
Copies of bachelor and/or master’s thesis.Attested copies and transcripts of completed education, grades and other certificates, e.g. TOEFL test results.
Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form. The files may be compressed (zipped).
Application deadline: 15 December, 2020
For questions, please contact:
Professor Anna-Lisa Osvalder, Division Design & Human Factors
alos@chalmers.se, +46 31 772 3643
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Chalmers University of Technology conducts research and education in engineering sciences, architecture, technology-related mathematical sciences, natural and nautical sciences, working in close collaboration with industry and society. The strategy for scientific excellence focuses on our six Areas of Advance; Energy, Health Engineering, Information and Communication Technology, Materials Science, Production and Transport. The aim is to make an active contribution to a sustainable future using the basic sciences as a foundation and innovation and entrepreneurship as the central driving forces. Chalmers has around 11,000 students and 3,000 employees. New knowledge and improved technology have characterised Chalmers since its foundation in 1829, completely in accordance with the will of William Chalmers and his motto: Avancez!
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