Post-doc on topology optimization — EPFL

EPFL · Lausanne (VD)
Categoria: Ricerca Contratto: full-time Salario: CHF 49'500 - 75'000

Role overview

## About us and our project The Chair of Numerical Modelling and Simulation at EPFL is dedicated to the design and analysis of numerical algorithms for partial differential equations.

Our research is oriented towards the development of novel and innovative numerical techniques aiming at improving the integration between numerical simulations and geometric modelling and processing.

Within the project «FLASh: Fast simulation tools for LAttice Structures» , funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, we are opening a postdoctoral position for developing efficient algorithms for the topology optimization of architected materials using finite element technique ## What you will do As a postdoc in our group, you will lead research on the design and implementation of mathematically sound methods for the topology optimization of architected materials, leveraging fast simulation techniques such as unfitted finite element methods, domain decomposition, reduced order modeling, or isogeometric analysis.

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## About us and our project The Chair of Numerical Modelling and Simulation at EPFL is dedicated to the design and analysis of numerical algorithms for partial differential equations.

Our research is oriented towards the development of novel and innovative numerical techniques aiming at improving the integration between numerical simulations and geometric modelling and processing.

Within the project «FLASh: Fast simulation tools for LAttice Structures» , funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, we are opening a postdoctoral position for developing efficient algorithms for the topology optimization of architected materials using finite element technique ## What you will do As a postdoc in our group, you will lead research on the design and implementation of mathematically sound methods for the topology optimization of architected materials, leveraging fast simulation techniques such as unfitted finite element methods, domain decomposition, reduced order modeling, or isogeometric analysis.

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