Call for Application: Bachelor’s Thesis or Master’s Thesis
Topic of the Thesis:
Whether in medical technology, battery technology or automotive engineering – plastics are sometimes in permanent contact with media in many applications. The influence of these media has a significant impact on the mechanical properties of the plastics used and causes environmental stress cracking (ESC). ESC is one of the main causes of premature failure of the plastics used in their applications. This results in the need for a systematic analysis of the ESC risks of different plastic/media combinations.
To achieve this, the “Quantitative Structure Property Relationship” (QSPR) approach is used. The potential ESC risk is determined on the basis of the molecular structure of the medium and polymer. As the number of potential plastic/media combinations is vast, we are introducing system-describing characteristic values. In the next step, databases are created and structured in such a way that they can be used to classify the ESC risk of as yet unknown combinations using various artificial intelligence methods.
© IKVObjective:
As part of this thesis, you will first systematically examine and analyze the ESC process. On this basis, characteristic values are to be developed that can be used to describe the various plastic/media combinations. You will then develop implementation methods that enable a simulative determination of these descriptors.
Your Tasks:
| You will work on the following tasks for a Bachelor's thesis: | For a Master's thesis, you will work on the following tasks: |
| Identification of suitable characteristic values to describe different plastic/media combinations | Identification of suitable characteristic values to describe different plastic/media combinations |
| Development of implementation methods for the simulative determination of characteristic values | Development of implementation methods for the simulative determination of characteristic values |
| Validation of the applicability of the characteristic values to the ESC classification |
Your Profile:
- Interest in simulation and artificial intelligence
- Independent, structured and team-oriented way of working
Preferred Study Programs:
- Mechanical engineering / industrial engineering, specialising in mechanical engineering
- General mechanical engineering
- Computational Engineering Science (CES)
- Simulation Sciences
- Materials science
- Industrial engineering, specialising in materials and process engineering
- Environmental engineering
- Applied Chemistry (B.Sc., FH Aachen)
- Applied Polymer Sciences (M.Sc., FH Aachen)
If you are interested in writing your thesis at IKV and in this exciting task, we look forward to hearing from you. The exact scope of the content and the schedule will be individually coordinated with you so that the work is optimally suited to your interests and previous knowledge.