EMPLOYEE SELECTION
Director of Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Brno University of Technology, hereby announces the employee selection process for positions in the following areas:
Academic Staff–Junior Lecturer (Doctoral Study Graduate) (for the ESF projectCZ.1.07/2.3.00/30.0005)
Research specialization of the expert teams for CEITEC (www.ceitec.vutbr.cz/en):
1. Synthesis and analysis of powder ceramic materials (1 position)
2. Consolidation, shaping and sintering of advanced ceramic materials (1 position)
3. Research of relations between structure and quality of heterogeneous polymer and composite materials (1 position)
Detailed information is described in separated annexe „R&Dplan“ bellow.
Job position description:
The selected graduates of doctoral studies main task shall be participation in science and research activities of the expert team under the supervision of a mentor as well as implementation of science and research activities plan. He/she shall also participate in educational activities in the range of a full-time post-doc, i.e. 3-5 hours on average per week. The research work shall be performed by means of scientific results publication in prestigious foreign magazines, industrial results, integration into national and international research projects. The post-doc shall also undergo a 3-6 months internship and participate in Czech and foreign conferences as well. Subsequently, he/she will be required to transfer the acquired pieces of knowledge to other scientific workers and students by means of workshops.
Qualification requirements:
graduation of a Ph.D. study programme at a Czech university or an adequate study programme abroad, accepted by the Czech tertiary education law (n. 111/1998 Sb.), the earliest study completion date being 28th March 2008
adequate knowledge of Czech or English (at least CAE certificate or alternative)
research experience in the area of the specific research topic of the expert team
Each of the positions shall be occupied by one applicant only. The announced position is a full-time job (between 1st July 2012 and 30th June 2015).
Proposed salary: 40.000 – 60.000 CZK (gross pay/salary monthly – 40 hours per week) Expected start date: 1st December 2012 or later
The application form must include:
structured CV
copies of university degree documents (diploma)
copies of English level certificate (CAE or alternative)
overview of published articles in prestigious magazines and other publications
overview of quotations/citations in international scientific literature
overview of implemented research results
overview of research teams the applicant has cooperated with, including a list of projects the applicant participated in
position an applicant is interested in
Application form deadline: 23rd November 2012
Written applications to be handed over to:
Personnel Department CEITEC BUT, Technická 3058/10, 616 00 Brno, Czech Republic Contact person:
Mgr. Petra Zavadilová, e-mail: petra.zavadilova@ceitec.vutbr.cz, tel.: +420 541 146 206
R&D WORK PLAN
Synthesis and analysis of powder ceramic materials (mentor: prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Cihlář, CSc.) Research topics of the team (issues followed by PostDoc):
Synthesis and analysis of powder ceramic multicomponent materials suitable especially for energetic applications (perovskite, brownmillerite oxide structures)
Characterization of ceramic materials from point of view of their electrical and transport properties
Processing of dense ceramics from ceramic powders (e.g. membranes, electrolytes, electrodes suitable for membrane reactors or ceramic fuel cells (SOFC)).
Teaching of (under)graduate students in courses: Chemistry of advanced ceramic materials and Synthesis of nonmetallic materials
Co-operating institutes:
In Czech Republic:
Department of Glass and Ceramics, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague
Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice Abroad:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Institute of Technical and Environmental Chemistry, University of Jena, Germany
Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Institute of Materials Science, National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Greece Postdoc’s outputs:
1. Publication of results in highly respected research journals (result Jimp according to RIV):
2/year,
2. proceedings of conferences included in WOS (result D according to RIV), 3. planned applied outputs – utility model, software, or patent,
4. preparation of GACR Postdoc projects, participation in the preparation of other national and international projects (e.g. GACR, TACR, MPO, 7.FP., ENIAC).
Consolidation, shaping and sintering of advanced ceramic materials (mentors: prof. RNDr. Karel Maca, Dr., prof.Ing. Martin Trunec, Dr.) Research topics of the team:
- Synthesis and consolidation of (nano)ceramic materials - Study of shaping of bulk ceramics and nanoceramics - Sintering of ceramic green bodies
- Characterization of sintered ceramics and correlation of their microstructure with processing conditions
- Teaching of pregradual students – lectures of Sintering of ceramic materials and Technology of non-metallic materials
Co-operating institutes:
In Czech Republic:
- Institute of Glass and Ceramics, Institute of Chemical Technology Prague – research in the field of technology of advanced ceramic materials
- Institute of Physics of Materials Brno, ASCR – research in the field of mechanical properties of advanced ceramic materials
- Institute of Physics Prague, ASCR – research in the field of electrical and magnetic properties of advanced ceramic materials
- CoorsTek Advanced Materials s.r.o. – research in the field of applications of advanced ceramic materials(ballistic ceramics, , tribologicalceramics, bioceramics)
Abroad:
- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden – research and co-operation in the field of sintering of advanced ceramic materials
- Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad, Serbia – research and co-operation in the field of processing and properties of electroceramic materials
- Nanoparticle Process Technology, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany - research and co- operation in the field of processing of nanoceramic and multiferroic materials
- Laboratory for High Performance Ceramics, EMPA, Switzerland – research and co-operation in the field oftechnology of advanced ceramic materials
- IKTS Fraunhofer Institute, Geramany – co-operation in the field of shaping and properties of advanced ceramics
- Institute of Materials Research, SAV, Slovakia – co-operation in the field of characterization and mechanical properties of advanced ceramics
Postdoc’s outputs:
1. Publication of results in highly respected research journals (result Jimp according to RIV):
2/year,
2. proceedings of conferences included in WOS (result D according to RIV), 3. planned applied outputs – utility model, software, or patent,
4. preparation of GACR Postdoc projects, participation in the preparation of other national and international projects (e.g. GACR, TACR, MPO, 7.FP., ENIAC).
Research of relations between structure and quality of heterogeneous polymer and composite materials
Self-configuration processes in hierarchical nonstructural biomaterials (mentor: prof. RNDr. Josef Jančář, CSc.)
Research topics of the team:
- characterization of structural parameters, specific functions and properties of prepared materials on various dimensional levels from nano through micro up to macro meter
- study of characteristics and functions controlling methods in different preparation phases of materials from molecular level, through super molecular morphology to phase structure and spatial configuration of heterogeneity
- study of physical, chemical, mechanical, optical and electro-magnetic characteristics of new materials
- education of pre-gradual students Co-operating institutes:
In Czech Republic:
Polymer Institute Brno, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, VUOS Pardubice
Abroad:
University of Massachussetts, University of Akron, University of Connecticut, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, national Institute of Standards and Technology Polymer Division, TU Wien, University di Trento, Universita di Napoli, Imperial College London, TU Hamburg-Harburg, University of Kaiserslautern, CNRS Lyon, Max Planck Institute for Colloids,
Postdoc’s outputs:
1. Publication of results in highly respected research journals (result Jimp according to RIV):
2/year,
2. proceedings of conferences included in WOS (result D according to RIV), 3. planned applied outputs – utility model, software, or patent,
4. preparation of GACR Postdoc projects, participation in the preparation of other national and international projects (e.g. GACR, TACR, MPO, 7.FP., ENIAC).
