Delft Global Initiative
On January 1st 2015 the Delft University of Technology launched the Delft Global Initiative, intended to bundle and boost all TU Delft activities in the field of science and technology for global development. The main goal is to meaningfully improve the lives of people living in poverty, using interdisciplinary technical research and working closely with partners in the developing world.
Job description
TU Delft has established the Delft Global Research Fellowships, PhD projects on global development challenges. In June, the first seven Fellowships were granted on topics ranging from drinking water and water management to health and energy. These seven PhD positions are now open for application.
The 7 positions are briefly as follows:
PhD project 1: Accessible prosthetics through 3D printing and a smartphone app
Prof. Paul Breedveld
PhD project 2: Affordable safe and high-quality instruments to enable global access to surgery
Prof. Jenny Dankelman
PhD project 3: Point-of-care tests for diagnosis of parasitic diseases in resource-limited settings
Prof. Cees Dekker
PhD project 4: Straight as rain: Africa’s rainfall measured, modelled, mapped, and analysed
Prof. Nick van de Giesen
PhD project 5: Water Cleaning using sunlight and nanotechnology
Dr. Ruud van Ommen
PhD project 6: Virus removal with low-cost ceramic membranes
Dr. Doris van Halem
PhD project 7: Enabling low-income households to use solar energy in an affordable way
Dr. Jelena Popovic
Requirements
A Master’s degree is required.
Salary: € 2.125 to € 2.717 gross per month with full-time appointment
Location: Delft, The Netherlands
Closing date: 15 September 2015
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