Master’s Thesis Position in Sustainability-Based Structural Optimisation

The Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering at the Aalto University School of Engineering invites applications for Master’s Thesis Position in Sustainability-Based Structural Optimisation. The project focuses on sustainability-driven optimization of hybrid multi-material structures, balancing environmental and circularity goals with structural performance, stiffness, and cost. The thesis will be carried out in the Advanced Marine Structures group, under Professors Heikki Remes and Jani Romanoff, with support from the HybridS consortium of leading industry companies. The role involves developing a multi-objective optimization method, formulating models, and evaluating designs via case studies to produce an optimization workflow and recommendations for practitioners. Requirements include a Master’s student in mechanical, civil, aerospace, materials, naval architecture, or related disciplines with solid grounding in structural mechanics, familiarity with LCA, finite element methods, and basic scripting (Python or MATLAB). The position offers a meaningful research topic, supervision, access to modelling resources, and a salary of 2622 €/month. Location is Otaniemi campus, Espoo, Finland.