European Training Network “THREAD“

THREAD is a unique network of universities, research organisations and industry which by addressing fundamental modelling problems will ultimately enable the field to better meet the needs of different industries. A group of 14 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) will receive comprehensive training covering state-of-the-art research topics along the modeling of highly flexible slender structures for industrial applications as well as valuable transferable skills. They will benefit from close cooperation with twelve industrial partner organizations implementing a comprehensive programme of research secondments and contributing their experience.

Employers are

+ Martin Luther University in Halle (Saale), Germany,

+ University of Liège, Belgium,

+ Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway,

+ Centrale Supélec in Gif-sur-Yvette, France,

+ University of Seville, Spain,

+ University of Innsbruck, Austria,

+ University of Rijeka, Croatia,

+ Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen, Germany,

+ Fraunhofer ITWM in Kaiserslautern, Germany,

+ Centre for Computational Continuum Mechanics (C3M) in Ljubljana, Slovenia,

+ École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers in Lille, France,

+ University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.