Job Vacancies

The Center for Computer Aided Surgery is at any given point interested in offering academic work opportunities to highly motivated and encouraged individuals at all levels (i.e. PhD students, PostDocs, Group leaders etc.). We are always looking forward to receiving applications from interested persons with a broad background in engineering, computer science, physics and mathematics.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Available positions:

PhD Student

Available positions:

• PhD Position "MRI-based Finite Element Model of the Intervertebral Disk" (pdf, 62KB)
• PhD Position "Patient-Specific FE Model of Scoliosis" (pdf, 107KB)
• PhD Position "Modeling of Functional Guidance using Neuro-monitoring" (pdf, 117KB)

Research Assistant

Available positions:

Master Thesis

Available topics:

• Imaging and analysis of micromechanical tests on bone (pdf, 28KB)
• Effect of age on the micromechanical properties of human femoral bone (pdf, 167KB)
• Primary stability of dental implants (pdf, 114KB)
• Microcrack Segmentation on High Resolution Synchrotron Radiation Micro- Computer Tomography (pdf, 635KB)
• Intervertebral disc extracted matrix as a biological scaffold for IVD tissue engineering (pdf, 311KB)
• Investigation of silk fiber electro-spinning for intervetebral disc engineering (pdf, 541KB)
• Investigation into clinically relevant in vitro disc degeneration model using HTRA1 enzyme (pdf, 477KB)
• The Role of Microarchitecture Beyond Volume Fraction and Fabric in the Mechanical Properties of Human Trabecular Bone (pdf, 70KB)
• Damage Morphology in Compact Bone Associated with Distinct Loading Modes (pdf, 231KB)
• Investigation of the regenerative effects of porcine notochordal cells onto bovine intervertebral disc cells under co-culture (pdf, 348KB)
• Development of a statistical model of the human orbita for mechanical finite element simulations (pdf, 341KB)

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