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Logo of EURAXESS Job offer - Netherlands - Delft University of Technology via AcademicTransfer - Posted on: 15 August 2026 15 Aug 2026 Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) Research Field Engineering » Materials engineering Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Application Deadline 21 Sep 2026 - 21:59 (UTC) Country Netherlands Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Not Applicable Hours Per Week 40.0 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No Offer Description Join TU Delft and help enable liquid copper infiltration-resistant steels for a circular economy. As a postdoctoral researcher, you will unravel how silicon suppresses liquid copper infiltration at the atomic scale, using density functional theory-accurate machine-learned potentials and molecular dynamics simulations, in close collaboration with leading European research institutes and steel industry partners. Job description At TU Delft, you will contribute to a transformative research initiative focused on sustainable steel production. This project addresses a critical and growing challenge in metallurgy which is the liquid copper infiltration (LCI) in copper-contaminated steels leading to cracking during steel processing. While LCI is a known issue in conventional steel recycling, it becomes especially critical in the context of green steel production, where increased reliance on recycled scrap and electric arc furnace (EAF)-based routes promotes copper accumulation in steel, creating conditions that favour subsequent copper-induced embrittlement. Team Dey within the Computational Materials Science section at TU Delft is actively engaged in developing fundamental understanding for next-generation circular steelmaking. Using advanced atomistic modelling techniques, you will unravel the atomic-scale competition bet...