Helmholtz Centre: Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht        
Research Field: Advanced Engineering Materials         
Helmholtz Programme:          Key technologies
Position:           Need 2 PhD Students X            
Department/Supervising scientist: Institute of Materials Research, MagIC, Prof. Dr. K. U. Kainer        

Research Area:         
Castings and Solidification of Magnesium Alloy

Magnesium and its alloys are among the lightest available construction metals and have a major potential with a wide range of opportunities for uses in the automotive industry. Their castability is one of the most important issues for their future extensive applications in industry. This is not only due to the fact that the most commercial magnesium alloys are prepared by die casting, but also for wrought magnesium alloys a good castability to achieve high quality feedstocks is a prerequisite for the subsequent thermomechanical processing. Following topics are interesting for further investigations
•        Microstructural refinements of cast magnesium alloys.
•        Castability of magnesium alloys
•        Computer modelling of solidification process for magnesium alloys
•        Development of magnesium alloys for structural applications or biomaterials.

Specific Requirements:         
The potential candidate should have a strong background in materials science and
in the casting of light metals, in particular of magnesium alloys. Experience in the field of model simulation on solidification and casting process is expected. Fluent English speaking and good English writing would also be desirable.

Work Place: MagIC-Magnesium Innovation Centre, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany        
Earliest Start: September 1, 2012
Language Course: German and English possible and recommended         
Further Information:         yuanding.huang@hzg.de
Address for application: Dr. Yuanding Huang, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, MagIC-Magnesium Innovation Centre, Institute of Materials Research, Max-Planck-Str.1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany

Helmholtz Centre: Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht        
Research Field: Advanced Engineering Materials         
Helmholtz Programme:          Key technologies
Position:           Need 2 PhD Students X            
Department/Supervising scientist: Institute of Materials Research, MagIC, Prof. Dr. K. U. Kainer        

Research Area:         
Castings and Solidification of Magnesium Alloy

Magnesium and its alloys are among the lightest available construction metals and have a major potential with a wide range of opportunities for uses in the automotive industry. Their castability is one of the most important issues for their future extensive applications in industry. This is not only due to the fact that the most commercial magnesium alloys are prepared by die casting, but also for wrought magnesium alloys a good castability to achieve high quality feedstocks is a prerequisite for the subsequent thermomechanical processing. Following topics are interesting for further investigations
•        Microstructural refinements of cast magnesium alloys.
•        Castability of magnesium alloys
•        Computer modelling of solidification process for magnesium alloys
•        Development of magnesium alloys for structural applications or biomaterials.

Specific Requirements:         
The potential candidate should have a strong background in materials science and
in the casting of light metals, in particular of magnesium alloys. Experience in the field of model simulation on solidification and casting process is expected. Fluent English speaking and good English writing would also be desirable.

Work Place: MagIC-Magnesium Innovation Centre, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany        
Earliest Start: September 1, 2012
Language Course: German and English possible and recommended         
Further Information:         yuanding.huang@hzg.de
Address for application: Dr. Yuanding Huang, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, MagIC-Magnesium Innovation Centre, Institute of Materials Research, Max-Planck-Str.1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany