The Scholarship

At Faculties of Engineering, Science and Medicine, Department of Civil Engineering a position as Ph.D. fellow (position no. 562/06-6-10039) is open for appointment from 1.7.2010.

Job description:
Prediction of Noise Transmission in Lightweight Building Structures

The PhD stipend is available within the general study programe “Civil Engineering”.

Noise annoyance in dwellings and office buildings is an important problem. The noise transmission between adjacent rooms in a building occurs directly through separating structures as well as over different paths that include flanking building elements. The standard EN 12354 describing a simplified statistical energy analysis (SEA) subsystem approach provides a valuable tool to predict the flanking transmission of air-borne and structure borne sound already in the stage of design. The losses that occur at the junctions, where different building elements are interconnected, play a key role in the EN 12354 standard, since they dominate the sound insulation of flanking paths. However lightweight building structures typically do not meet the requirements for ideal SEA subsystems and therefore applying the EN12354 standard to lightweight building structures may result in imprecise predictions. The objective of the present research project is to obtain a better knowledge of noise transmission for junctions of lightweight building elements and derive more precise prediction models, either as an extension of the SEA approach or based on finite element analysis (FEA). Applicants with theoretical as well as practical experience will be preferred.

Qualification requirements:
PhD stipends are allocated to individuals who hold a Masters degree. PhD stipends are normally for a period of 3 years. It is a prerequisite for allocation of the stipend that the candidate will be enrolled as a PhD student at the Doctoral School of the Faculties of Engineering, Science and Medicine, in accordance with the regulations of Ministerial Order No. 18 of January 14, 2008 on the PhD Programme at the Universities. According to the Ministerial Order, the progress of the PhD student shall be assessed every six months. It is a prerequisite for continuation of salary payment that the previous progress is approved at the time of the evaluation.

The qualifications of the applicant will be assessed by an assessment committee. On the basis of the recommendation of the assessment committee, the Dean of the Faculties of Engineering, Science and Medicine will make a decision for allocating the stipend.

Appointment and salary acc. to the Ministry of Finance Circular of January 11, 2006 on the Collective Agreement for Academics in Denmark, Appendix 5, regarding PhD fellows, and with the Ministry of Finance Circular of June 13, 2007 on the employment structure at Danish Universities.

For further information about stipends and salary contact Ms. Helen Kjerstein Kristensen, The Faculties of Engineering, Science and Medicine, email: hek@adm.aau.dk, phone: +45 9940 7373.

The PhD application form can be downloaded from the following address:
http://www.phd.ins.aau.dk/get-a-phd/3591832

The faculty has a research school, The Doctoral School of Engineering, Science and Medicine: http://www.phd.ins.aau.dk and a Network for all PhD students: http://pau.aau.dk

You may obtain further information from Associated Professor Poul Henning Kirkegaard, Department of Civil Engineering, phone: 9940 8496, email: phk@civil.aau.dk concerning the technical aspects of the stipend.

Application marked with the PhD stipend No. 562/06-6-10039, should include in four copies: the PhD application form, the Masters diploma including grades, publications, Curriculum Vitae, proposal for a PhD study plan and any other material, as well as a list of submitted material. Due to legal constraints electronic applications will not be accepted. The application must arrive at Aalborg University with the morning post by the 15.6.2010.

Application is to be forwarded to :

Aalborg Universitet
De Ingeniør-, Natur- og Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakulteter
Niels Jernes Vej 10
DK-9220 Aalborg Øst

Application Deadline : 15 June 2010

Web Link

http://www.phd.ins.aau.dk/get-a-phd/3591832