Full Professor of Nonlinear Systems & Control

Full Professor of Nonlinear Systems & Control

Department/faculty: Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Level: PhD degree (prof)
Working hours: 38 hours per week
Contract: Tenured
Salary: ?4902 to ?7142 per month gross

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

The 3ME Faculty trains committed engineering students, PhD candidates and post-doctoral researchers in groundbreaking scientific research in the fields of mechanical, maritime and materials engineering. 3ME is the epitome of a dynamic, innovative faculty, with a European scope that contributes demonstrable economic and social benefits.

The Delft Centre for Systems and Control (DCSC) coordinates the education and research activities in systems and control at Delft University of Technology. The Centre’s research mission is to conduct fundamental research for eventual application in areas of system analysis, optimisation, control theory and signal processing. Applications include mechatronics and microsystems, sustainable industrial processes, transportation and traffic control, and physical imaging systems. The group actively participates in the Dutch Institute of Systems and Control (DISC).

Job description

The Delft Centre for Systems and Control (DCSC) is looking for a new full Professor with a strong fundamental profile in nonlinear systems and control and/or robust control. The candidate should have a research profile that is complementary to the ongoing research topics of DCSC. In this context, potential fields of expertise of the full Professor could include:
; Robust control
; Nonlinear systems theory
; Control of nonlinear systems
; Distributed-parameter systems
; Adaptive systems and control
; Nonlinear stochastic systems
; Fault-tolerant control
Potential application fields include renewable energy, health, environmental control, bioprocess control, and aerospace. The new full Professor will have the opportunity to lead a team consisting of two Assistant/Associate Professors and several PhD students and post-docs.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

TU Delft offers an attractive benefits package, including a flexible work week, free high-speed Internet access from home (with contracts of two years or longer), and the option of assembling a customised compensation and benefits package (the ’IKA’). Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.
TU Delft sets specific standards for the English competency of the teaching staff. TU Delft offers training to improve English competency.

Information and application

More information on this position can be obtained from Dr. Frans Gortemaker, f.h.gortemaker [a] tudelft[.]nl, interim Chairman of DCSC, or Prof. Bart De Schutter, b.deschutter [a] tudelft[.]nl, secretary of the selection committee. Interested applicants should send their resume, including a list of publications, names of three professional references, copies of three significant publications, a personal research statement, and a personal teaching statement. Please e-mail your application materials by 25 March 2012 to A.D.M. Gerretsen, application-3mE [a] tudelft[.]nl. When applying for this position, please refer to vacancy number 3ME12-02.

Enquiries from agencies are not appreciated.

For more information about this job, please contact Bart De Schutter, Secretary, Selection Committee.

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For more information about the application procedure, please contact A.M.D. Gerretsen/HRM.

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