In this position you will be working on very broad and unique projects. You will be developing, building and simulating experiments with magnificent machines. You also will be working closely together with different companies and start-ups. As a PhD-student you will have a lot of freedom and time to work on-long term projects in a dynamic environment.
The Faculty of Applied Sciences of TU Delft has a strong program in Imaging Physics in which new instrumentation and new methods are developed for microscopy and medical imaging. To accommodate this program, a new research lab is being built. Most of the instruments in the lab are prototypes with unique functionalities. When in operation, scientific and industrial users wil be invited for evaluation and first scientific observations. We are looking for 5 PhD students to work in this new lab.
The program in Imaging Physics has led to innovations in electron microscopy, lithography, light microscopy, ultrasound imaging, Terahertz imaging, focused ion beam milling, plus many quantitative image processing methods. When all these efforts are brought together in one lab, Delft will have a unique laboratory for Advanced Imaging Research which will be fundamentally different from other imaging labs. Most of those labs buy commercial instruments and open those for external users, as a "user facility". The Delft lab will not be a user facility, although many advanced users will have access to the advanced instruments by invitation. The TU Delft, with its strong tradition in the development of new imaging technology and its recent advances in nanoscale sciences, is the best place for such a visionary and competitive laboratory. TU Delft already has many projects in imaging innovations in which partners from industry participate. These projects will become part of the new lab. New collaborations will be established as new projects emerge.
The successful candidates will work with scanning electron microscopes which each have a unique feature under development: one has 196 electron beams instead of 1; another has a confocal light microscope looking at the same sample; a third one has a conversion from electron beam to ion beam; yet another has a special kind of electron mirror in the optics; and the last one has the functionality of a nanotechnology cleanroom.
Contact:
René Louwers – YER Technology
Phone: +31 (0)6 278 47 685
Email: renelouwers@yer.nl
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