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The key questions addressed by FloodChange are: When, where, how have floods changed in Europe? Why do floods change? How sensitive are floods to changes in land use and climate? How confident can we be about predicting future changes in floods? For the first time, it will be possible to systematise the effects of land use and climate on floods, which will provide a vital step towards predicting how floods will change in the future.

The main project goal is to develop state-of-the-art silicon compatible switches and modulators for high-speed (40 Gbit/s + modulation) with small footprint and low energy dissipation for fiber-optic communication and computer interconnect systems.

The overall goal is to evaluate the use of SiC devices in power converters for various applications such as industrial drives, motor control, welding, battery charging, power supplies, generation, distribution and conditioning of electrical energy.

The position follows the recruitment policy of the European Commission Marie Curie Actions, which purpose is to stimulate European exchange of researchers. Eligible candidates must in this case have less than or equal to four years’ research experience, no PhD degree, and not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc) in Sweden for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the starting date. The ideal candidate for this position is an enthusiastic scientist with a master’s degree in chemistry, and with a strong background in organic chemistry and materials science. Knowledge in supramolecular chemistry is an advantage. Applicants must be strongly motivated for doctoral studies, possess the ability to work independently and perform critical analysis as well as possessing good levels of cooperative and communicative abilities.

This is a part of a large European project which unites leading research organization across several countries and paper/board-making companies to find means of improving competitiveness in the current state of the market with increasing raw material and energy prices.

Using the freeze-drying technique we have shown that it is possible to make wheat gluten foams. It is possible vary, in a controlled way, the cell structure by altering the foam material composition and the freezing conditions. We have also shown that the foams have very appealing fire properties; the material does not drip, the fire self-extinguishes and a large part of the material survives as a char skeleton. Hence it may be possible to avoid flame-retardants in the final foams. Most foams are rigid and easy to machine, however, we have also been able to make soft foams with a denser backing/support. The foams have mainly open cells, suitable for sound insulation, but for heat insulation purposes we need to obtain a very high porosity with small closed cells. As the need to insulate houses more effectively increases the thickness of the insulation, with today’s materials, must be thicker and thicker. Hence there is a need to improve the insulation properties beyond todays state of the art technology. In the proposed project we aim at ultra-insulation properties using wheat gluten. The approach is to obtain high porosity with very small closed cells by 1) changing the foam process, 2) adding nucleation agents, 3) increasing the strength of the cell walls using nanofillers and/or 4) changing the gluten molecular structure.

Multimedia sensor networks allow periodic visual monitoring of an environment without the need for deploying and maintaining an infrastructure. They are expected to play an important role in the remote surveillance of public spaces, in environmental monitoring and in smart homes.

The research of the presumptive PhD student will address the interfacial ordering of Ionic Liquids, and its effect on the local viscosity and ensuing interactions of surfaces , for example friction. The primary experimental tool will be Colloid Probe Atomic Force Microscopy, (CPAFM) but a wide range of interfacial characterisation techniques will also be employed. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to influence the direction of the research, within the broad limits of the project title.

We are now opening a position for a PhD/licentiate for research on nonlinear integrated optics in ferroelectric materials. The research will encompass nano- and microstructuring of linear and nonlinear properties in lithium niobate and lithium tantalate crystals, design and fabrication of nonlinear components and optical experiments. The goal is to control and engineer the optical and ferroelectric properties with sub-micrometric resolutions in two- and three- dimensions and develop novel nonlinear photonic crystals, for applications in optical fibre systems, quantum optics and biophotonics.

A ‘local study grant’ for a PhD student with a maximum of 20% departmental work (employment as an assistant) is announced at the Division of Theoretical Physics, Department of Theoretical Physics, School of Engineering Sciences, KTH, Stockholm in the research subject physics with specialization in theoretical physics. The research project of the PhD student will be in mathematical physics and probably on a topic in condensed matter theory or integrable systems (depending on the background and interest of the successful candidate). There will be opportunities to participate in several projects.