-You are recently graduated or will soon graduate with a master degree in materials science engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related discipline.-You have excellent analytical skills, high grades and you are a creative and critical thinker.-You are highly motivated to start your career in research and to pursue a PhD degree during a four year research period.-You have a strong experimental background in characterization and structure analysis of polymer-based materials and/or a strong background in numerical modeling and/or computational physics/mechanics, candidates with a combined expertise will have priority.- You have enthusiasm and aptitude for combining experimentation and numerical modelling.-You are able to report your progress in an accurate and timely fashion.-You have excellent communication skills, with fluency in both written and spoken English.-You are willing to integrate in both research groups and to spend half of the research time at each university.-You are m...