SEEDSimulation in Engineering

and Entrepreneurship Development

Erasmus MundusJoint Doctorate

www.cimne.com/emjd-seed

Full partners and coordinators:

• ÉcoleCentraledeNantes,France(ECN):Francisco Chinesta, Nicolaes Moes, Laurent Stainier, Michel Visonneau

• InstitutoSuperiorTécnico,Portugal(IST):José Paulo Moitinho de Almeida• IstitutoUniversitariodiStudiSuperiori,Italy(IUSS):Ferdinando Auricchio, Franco Brezzi,

Annalisa Bufa, Carlo Lovadina, Alessandro Reali, Giancarlo Sangalli• SwanseaUniversity,UnitedKingdom(SU):Javier Bonet, Antonio Gil, Kenneth Morgan, Oubay

Hassan, Djordje Perić• TechnischeUniversiteitEindhoven,Netherlands(TU/e): Marc Geers, E Harald van Brummelen• TechnischeUniversitätMünchen,Germany(TUM):Wolfgang A Wall, Lena Yoshihara• UniversitéLibredeBruxelles,Belgium(ULB):Arnaud Deraemaeker, Rajan Filomeno Coelho,

Thierry J. Massart• UniversitatPolitècnicadeCatalunya,Spain(UPC):Pedro Díez, Antonio Huerta

Associated:

• CentreInternacionaldeMètodesNumèricsenEnginyeria(CIMNE):EugenioOñate,Spain• AdCoEnGW:VolkerGravemeier,Germany• Goodyear,Luxembourg• RockfieldLtd.,UnitedKingdom• BAESystems,UnitedKingdom

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Presentation

Structure of the studies

The Erasmusm Mundus Joint Doctorate SEEDprovides in-depth training in the developmentand implementation of new state-of-the-artcomputational techniques for the modelling andsolutionofcutting-edgeengineeringproblems inindustry.Researchwillbecarriedoutoneormoreup-to-datetechniquessuchas:

Ì DiscontinuousGalerkin(DG)Ì FluidStructureInteraction(FI)Ì IsogeometricanalysisÌ X-FEMÌ Mesh-freemethodsÌ MortarMethodsÌ ErrorestimationÌ Multi-scaleanalysisÌ Meshgeneration

SEED program aims to meet industry currentneeds, where early product prototyping anddevelopment is now entirely carried outthrough numerical modelling, prior to physicalexperimentation of a few selected designs.

The complexities of such models require newcomputational approaches, which are the mainfocus of SEED research activities. As a result,SEEDcandidatesaimtocoverimportantareasinengineeringwhichinclude:

Biomedical engineering: vascular system,respiratorysystem,tissueengineering.Civil engineering: soil stability, foundations,earthquakeengineering,durability.Aerospace engineering: composite materials,turbulenceanalysis,aerodynamics.Environmental engineering: noise analysis,pollutionanalysis,riskmanagement.

Students will be also taught to develop coreentrepreneurialskillstosuccessfullymoveideasintocommercialpracticethroughaseriesoftransversalentrepreneurshipmodules,aspartof their training.Doctoralstudentswillbeimmersedinaninnovationenvironment through interaction with newlyestablished R&D spin-offs hosted within specialistincubatorunits.

Each SEED PhD student will visit a PrimaryInsitution (PI) and a Secondary Institution (SI),andwill be involved in a particular topic for 3-4years, depending on the visited institutions andtheevolutionoftheresearchactivity.

TheSEEDprogramisstructuredinthefollowing3phases:PhaseIatPI,1yearPhaseIIatSI,1yearPhaseIIIatPI,1-2yearsEachPhDstudentissupervisedbymainsupervisorat PI and a co-supervisor at SI. Programs with

strongparticipationmayincludeathirdsupervisorofoneoftheindustrialassociatedpartners.Training is completed through the followingaspects:Ì Researchskills (28ECTS*):basicandadvancedcomputationaltechniques.Ì Transferable skills (15 ECTS*): communicationskills, preparing research proposals, scientificwriting…Ì Summer Schools (6 ECTS*): attendance andparticipationinsummershoolÌ Industrial Training (11 ECTS*): entrepreneurshipandindustrialplacements

*1ECTS=25-30hoursofwork,60ECTS=1yearofstudies

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Time line Institution Training and research Activities

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Ì InductioncoursesÌ Transferableandresearchskillsdevelopment

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Ì InductioncoursesÌ Transferableandresearchskillsdevelopment

Ì SummerSchool

Ì InductioncoursesÌ TransferableandresearchskillsdevelopmentÌ Thesiswrite-upandsubmission

Ì SummerSchool

Ì Thesis write-up and submission (only for 4yearsPhDprogrammes)

AlladmittedPhDstudentswillhavetosatisfythefollowingminimumrequirements:

Degree equivalent to a Masters in EngineeringAppliedMathematics,Physicsorasimilarscience

basedsubject,equivalenttoatleast300ECTS*.Non-native English speaking candidates will berequiredaminimum IELTSscoreof7.0 (inboththewrittenandoral).

Admission requirements

FellowhipsTheconsortiumoffersapproximately9fellowshipsforthefullPhDperiod.Thefellowshipscoveranetmonthly salary not lower than 1400 EUR/month.Amobility allowance of up to 2500€/year will beprovidedfornon-Europeanstudents.

Health and insurance is also covered by thefellowship. European and non-Europeancandidates are welcome to apply online throughtheSEEDwebpage:

www.cimne.com/emjd-seed/apply.asp

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