Applicants are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Civil and Architectural Engineering programme. The position is available from 01 February 2026 or later. You can submit your application via the link under 'how to apply'.

Title
Virtual sensing for floating offshore wind turbines

Research area and project description
Compared to bottom-fixed offshore wind turbines, floating offshore wind solutions are still in their infancy. Several alternative proposals for floaters exist, but only some are actually built and deployed in the open sea at full scale. In order to gain a better understanding of the behavior of floaters once installed on the open sea, this project aims to develop a framework for virtual sensing of loading applied to the wind turbine and its mechanical response.

The applicant is invited to present a 1-page detail project proposal. This document should describe your ideas and research plans for this specific project. If you wish to, you can indicate an URL where further information can be found.

Qualifications and specific competences
Applicants to the PhD position must have a relevant master’s degree (120 ECTS) in civil/mechanical engineering, solid skills with computational methods (e.g., FEM, dynamics) and strong programming skills

Place of employment and place of work
The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work is Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Inge Lehmanns Gade 10, Navitas, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.

Contacts
Applicants seeking further information regarding the PhD position are invited to contact:

• Associate Professor Giuseppe Abbiati, e-mail: abbiati@cae.au.dk (main supervisor)

For information about application requirements and mandatory attachments, please see our application guide. If answers cannot be found there, please contact:

• admission.gradschool.tech@au.dk

How to apply
Please follow this link to submit your application.

Application deadline is 9 December 2025 at 23:59 CET.

Preferred starting date is 1 February 2026.

Please note:

• Only documents received prior to the application deadline will be evaluated. Thus, documents sent after deadline will not be taken into account.

• The programme committee may request further information or invite the applicant to attend an interview.

• Shortlisting will be used, which means that the evaluation committee only will evaluate the most relevant applications.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply, regardless of their personal background.