瑞典皇家理工学院博士后职位

Postdoctoral Fellowship : Stockholm, Sweden
Employer: KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Location: Stockholm, SWEDEN, Stockholm, Sweden
Type: Other
Posted: February 26, 2012
Expires: March 16, 2012
Requisition number: Euraxess-euraxess-jobs-33763984

job description

KTH invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in honor of the physicist Ragnar Holm (1879-1970), regarded as the scientific founder of electric contacts and their use, and author of the book “Electric Contacts: Theory and Applications”, Springer (2000).
Description

A successful candidate should have a PhD-degree, be of any nationality, and is expected to join an existing research group at KTH in a relatively broad field, encompassing Engineering Physics and related subjects, or the History of Science and Technology. Preference is given to areas close to Ragnar Holm’s scientific activities or the history thereof, such as the theory of electric contacts, novel applications of electric phenomena in current constrictions as well as friction, wear, fritting, corrosion and tarnish phenomena on electric contacts and related devices, such electromechanical components including MEMS and NEMS, switching contacts, and micro- or nanoelectronic components. In addition, preference is given to historical perspectives on relations between industrial and public research as well as engineering and scientific practices. Preference is equally well also given to tunnelling effects including the more recent physics of single electronics, and carbon contacts including developments on fullerenes and graphene.