Master's Thesis in Sustainable Structural Optimization

Aalto University; Espoo; On-site; EUR 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive RA salary

Otaniemi campus (Espoo)

Supportive research environment

Job summary

Aalto University’s Advanced Marine Structures group invites applications for a Master’s Thesis Position in sustainability-based optimization of hybrid multi-material structures. The work explores environmental and circularity goals alongside strength, stiffness, and cost, under the HybridS project funded by Business Finland.

The role integrates sustainability into structural design, balancing performance and life cycle assessment.

Qualifications

• Master's student in engineering with a focus on structural mechanics.
• Solid grounding in structural mechanics and sustainable design.
• Familiarity with LCA, finite element methods and basic scripting.

Responsibilities

• Develop multi-objective optimization balancing performance, cost and life cycle assessment.
• Create analytical and numerical models and perform Pareto analyses.
• Evaluate design concepts against datasets and propose a transparent workflow.

Skills

Structural mechanics

LCA

Finite element methods

Python

MATLAB

Analytical skills

Education

Master's student in mechanical/civil/aerospace/materials or related field

Tools

Python

MATLAB

FEM software

Job description

Aalto University’s Advanced Marine Structures group invites applications for a Master’s Thesis Position in sustainability-based optimization of hybrid multi-material structures. The work explores environmental and circularity goals alongside strength, stiffness, and cost, under the HybridS project funded by Business Finland.

The role integrates sustainability into structural design, balancing performance and life cycle assessment.