15 Jan 2026
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)- Research Field
Engineering » Materials engineering
Engineering » Mechanical engineering- Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)- Application Deadline
12 Feb 2026 - 22:59 (UTC)- Country
Netherlands- Type of Contract
Temporary- Job Status
Not Applicable- Hours Per Week
36.0- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by a EU programme- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer Description
Are you fascinated by cutting-edge additive manufacturing technologies and eager to develop and build experimental setups and combine this with physics-based modelling? Join us as a PhD candidate and contribute to making volumetric 3D printing predictable, reliable, and industry-ready.
Information
Additive manufacturing enables unprecedented design freedom, but today's technologies still struggle with predictability, efficiency, and material waste. A promising new approach, Tomographic Volumetric Additive Manufacturing (TVAM), can fabricate complex 3D objects in a single step without support structures. However, industrial adoption is currently limited by the lack of predictive process and material models.
As a PhD candidate, you will work on the M2i-funded research project "Multiphysics Modelling of Tomographic Volumetric Additive Manufacturing Processes for Predictive Product Properties (MTV)". Your research focuses on the experimental and material-modelling foundations required to enable predictive and controlled TVAM.
You will be embedded in the Processing & Performance section of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology and closely collaborate with a second PhD candidate focusing on process-scale modelling. The project is carried out together with the industrial partner Motion Imager and international academic collaborators.
Your main responsibilities include:
- Designing and building an experimental TVAM setup for simple and complex geometries.
- Experimentally characterising photopolymer curing behaviour, including reaction kinetics, shrinkage, thermal effects, and mechanical property evolution.
- Developing physics-based constitutive material models describing liquid-to-solid transitions and viscoelastic behaviour under light exposure.
- Validating material models using experimental data and applying them to complex printed geometries.
- Contributing to integrated demonstrations of predictive TVAM processes together with modelling and industrial partners.
- Publishing your results in leading scientific journals and presenting them at international conferences.
- Supervising MSc and BSc students and contributing to teaching activities.
Through your work, you will directly contribute to reducing material waste, enabling "first-time-right" manufacturing, and advancing digital twins for next-generation additive manufacturing.
Where to apply
- Website
- https://www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/357759/phd-on-tomographic-volumetric-a…
Requirements
Specific Requirements
- A master’s degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field.
- Strong interest in the development and building of experimental setups, mechanics, polymer physics, and/or additive manufacturing.
- Affinity with material characterisation techniques (e.g. rheology, thermal or mechanical testing) is an advantage.
- A research-oriented attitude and motivation to develop into an independent scientist.
- Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team and collaborate with industrial partners.
- Motivated to develop teaching and supervision skills.
- Fluent in spoken and written English (C1 level).
Additional Information
Benefits
A meaningful job in a dynamic and ambitious university, in an interdisciplinary setting and within an international network. You will work on a beautiful, green campus within walking distance of the central train station. In addition, we offer you:
- Full-time employment for four years, with an intermediate assessment after nine months. You will spend a minimum of 10% of your four-year employment on teaching tasks, with a maximum of 15% per year of your employment.
- Salary and benefits (such as a pension scheme, paid pregnancy and maternity leave, partially paid parental leave) in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities, scale P (min. € 3,059 - max. € 3,881).
- A year-end bonus of 8.3% and annual vacation pay of 8%.
- High-quality training programs and other support to grow into a self-aware, autonomous scientific researcher. At TU/e we challenge you to take charge of your own learning process .
- An excellent technical infrastructure, on-campus children's day care and sports facilities.
- An allowance for commuting, working from home and internet costs.
- A Staff Immigration Team and a tax compensation scheme (the 30% facility) for international candidates.
Selection process
We invite you to submit a complete application by using the apply button. The application should include a:
- Cover letter in which you describe your motivation and qualifications for the position.
- Curriculum vitae, including a list of your publications and the contact information of three references. Kindly note that we may reach out to references at any stage of the recruitment process. We recommend notifying your references upon submitting your application.
Ensure that you submit all the requested application documents. We give priority to complete applications.
We look forward to receiving your application and will screen it as soon as possible. The vacancy will remain open until the position is filled.
Additional comments
Do you recognize yourself in this profile and would you like to know more? Please contact the hiring manager Lambèrt van Breemen, Associate Professor, L.C.A.v.Breemen@tue.nl .
Visit our website for more information about the application process or the conditions of employment . You can also contact HRServices.ME@tue.nl .
Curious to hear more about what it’s like as a PhD candidate at TU/e? Please view the video .
Are you inspired and would like to know more about working at TU/e? Please visit our career page.
- Website for additional job details
https://www.academictransfer.com/357759/
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
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- TU/e
- Country
- Netherlands
- City
- Eindhoven
- Postal Code
- 5612AZ
- Street
- De Zaale
- Geofield
Contact
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Eindhoven- Website
http://www.tue.nl/- Street
De Rondom 70- Postal Code
5612 AP
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