PhD fellowship/scholarship, MEMS and metasurface for sustainable optical displays

Applicants are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Electrical and Computer Engineering programme. The position is available from 1 April 2025 or later. You can submit your application via the link under 'how to apply'.

Title:
MEMS and metasurface for sustainable optical displays

Research area and project description:
Optical displays play a ubiquitous role in daily life, being an essential component of smartphones, computers, televisions, etc. However, these devices make up roughly half of the 50 million tons of e-waste produced globally every year. There is an urgent need for alternative display technologies which are easier to recycle and are financially feasible to be incorporated into sustainable consuming electronics.
The project aims to develop a new environment friendly display technology based on MEMS (Microelectromechanical systems) and metasurface structural colours for consuming electronics. The proposed technology combines artificial designed structures for visible colours and MEMS micro cantilevers to realize full range RGB displays, while the devices use only few common earth-abundant materials, potentially able for cost effective products and ultra-fast optical display.

Project description
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Qualifications and specific competences:
Applicants must have a relevant Master’s degree (120 ECTS), or equivalent, or receive the Master’s degree before starting. The Master’s degree shall be in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Physics, or Optical Engineering. It is preferred that the applicants Bachelor’s degree in the above fields as well.
The project entails numerical simulations, micro- and nanofabrication (cleanroom), and electrical and optical characterization. The applicants should be willing to work with a wide range of experimental and theoretical topics. The applicants shall be able to work independely, as well as in a group.
The project is heavily focused on cleanroom work. Applicants shall have a passion in micro- and nanofabrication work. Prior cleanroom work experience is preferred, but not mandatory.

Place of employment and place of work:
The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work is Katrinebjerg, Finlandsgade 22, 8200, Aarhus N

Contacts:
Applicants seeking further information are invited to contact:

• Pernille Klarskov Pedersen, [email protected] (main supervisor)
• Zhengli Han, [email protected] (co-supervisor)

How to apply:
Please follow this link to submit your application.
Application deadline is 10 February 2025 at 23:59 CET.
Preferred starting date is 1 April 2025.

For information about application requirements and mandatory attachments, please see our application guide.
Please note:

• Only documents received prior to the application deadline will be evaluated. Thus, documents sent after the deadline will not be taken into account.
• The programme committee may request further information or invite the applicant to attend an interview.
• Shortlisting will be used, which means that the evaluation committee only will evaluate the most relevant applications.

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