PhD Student in wood products for furniture applications
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Research Environment
The Department of Forestry and Wood Technology carries out research and provides education in the value chain from the market back to silviculture. The field is thematic with an anchored base in the different research topics along the value chain. Research and education are well developed in the wood products value chains and new areas of interest for the future are non-wood forest products and other values of the forest.
Linked to the Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, two bachelor and one masters programme are offered to the students. A new 5-year programme "The Forest and its Products" built on the above programmes is under development.
The department is part of a unique collaboration between IKEA and Linnaeus University called the Bridge - A programme for entrepreneurship, innovation and production – for a better everyday life at home for the many people.
Linnaeus University has adopted a strategy for achieving equal conditions for all its employees and students within the university’s fields of activity, which means e.g. a uniform gender distribution within the professorial staff.
Description of the position
The research project will be carried out under supervision of Associate professor Jimmy Johansson, and is focused on the use of solid wood for furniture and joinery products. Future materials used in furniture and joinery will have requirements concerning for example low price, environmental friendliness, effective resource utilization, possibility to shape and low weight. This project studies how it is possible to make wood an obvious material to choose for these products in the future. Examples of work in the project may be the development of light weight and resource effective wood materials, production process development and new furniture constructions.
As being a part of the Bridge, the approach of the research will be interdisciplinary. This implies considering different perspectives from people’s individual needs to specific production conditions of the wood value chain.
Assessment criteria/Qualifications
A person meets the general entry requirements for third-cycle courses and study programmes if he or she:
• has been awarded a second-cycle qualification- has satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits were awarded in the second-cycle, or
• has acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad.
The higher education institution may permit an exemption from the general entry requirements for an individual applicant, if there are special grounds. Ordinance (2010:1064).
The applicant should be Master of science in wood engineering or mechanical engineering. Also other engineers or applicants with master degrees in related subjects can be of interest. Work experience in the field is merited. The position requires the applicant to have strong capability to work in an interdisciplinary context. Special weight is given to the applicant’s ability to contribute to an attractive research environment and ability to initiate and perform research as well as cooperation with the industry.
Terms of employment
The vacancy is a four year full-time appointment
Information
Questions directed towards the research area should be directed to: Associate professor in Forest Products, Jimmy Johansson, +46 (0)470 708033,
jimmy.johansson@lnu.se or the head of Department, Dr Ã…sa Rydell Blom +46 (0)706 87 05 15,
asa.blom@lnu.se Union representatives can be accessed via the university switchboard, +46 (0)772-28 80 00. Matters of employment will be answered by staff consultant Erik Ã…stedt, +46 (0)470-76 75 58,
erik.astedt@lnu.seTo be able to apply for the position on lnu.se/jobs and vacancies, indicate that you agree to the terms. In this you follow the directions given. The credentials you invoke must be verified with certification and they must be attached to digital in the e-recruitment tool.
Other documents, including various types of scientific pieces of work, must be submitted digitally with the application. The application and attached documents shall be marked with the reference number. All supporting documents must be received by the University no later than 24.00 on the closing day.
Publiceringsdatum2013-12-05Arbetstider och omfattningDag , Heltid , Tidsbegränsad anställning
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