Early Stage Researchers – dyvirt-etn.com

14 highly motivated PhD candidates have been recruited to a range of positions across Europe requiring skills in; structural dynamics, system identification, verification and validation, uncertainty quantification & propagation, joint modelling, modal analysis, Bayesian statistics, real-time dynamic substructuring and modelling wind turbine blades. The successful candidates are employed as Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) for 3 years.

*The ESRs on Training Week 1 at the LVV Laboratory in Sheffield*

The Early Stage Researchers talk about their research – watch the video here

Please click on the photos or the “read more” links for information about each of the ESRs and their projects.

**ESR 1 – Atmaram Muraleedharan**: **University of Sheffield, United Kingdom**

Atmaram Muraleedharan is working in the DyVirt project focusing on developing new methods of
dynamic verification and validation… read more

**ESR 2 – Georgios Tsialiamanis**: **University of Sheffield, United Kingdom**

Georgios Tsialiamani studied at the school of Civil Engineering in the National Technical University of Athens
… read more

**ESR 3 – Siddhesh Raorane**: **AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland**

Neil Armstrong had said, “Research is creating knowledge,” and through the completion of his Masters and especially his Masters thesis … read more

**ESR 4 – Shreyas Srivatsa**: **AGH University of Science & Technology, Poland**

Shreyas Srivatsa received his Masters degree in Aerospace Engineering (2017) from the University of Maryland … read more

ESR 6 – Giancarlo Kosova: **Siemens Industry Software, Belgium**

Giancarlo Kosova graduated in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II in 2015 … read more

**ESR 7 – Xinyu Jia**: **University of Thessaly, Greece**

Xinyu studied at the department of mechanical engineering in Hunan University (HNU), China … read more

**ESR 8 – Tulay** **Ercan**: **University of Thessaly, Greece**

The main goal of Tulay’s project is to develop novel Bayesian optimal experimental design (ODE) methods in order to define the most informative … read more

**ESR 9 – Silvia Vettori**: **Siemens**
**Industry Software, Belgium**

Silvia Vettori gained her Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at University of Rome ‘La Sapienza‘ … read more

**ESR 10 – Paulo Gonzaga**: **Siemens Gamesa, Denmark**

Paulo Gonzaga gained his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at the State University of Western Parana (Brazil) … read more

**ESR 11- Sebastian Kruse**: **University of Liverpool, United Kingdom**

Sebastian Kruse was born in Berlin in Germany and graduated with Master of Science in mathematics
from Leibniz University Hanover … read more

**ESR 12- George Pasparakis**: **Leibniz University Hannover, Germany**

George Pasparakis is an Early Stage Researcher (ESR) at the Institute of Risk and Reliability in Hanover, Germany ... read more

**ESR 13 – Nikolaos Tsokanas**: **ETH, Zurich, Switzerland**

Nikolaos Tsokanas received his MS diploma from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering & Computer
Science, University of Patras … read more

ESR 14 – Tom Simpson: **ETH, Zurich, Switzerland**

Tom Simpson received his Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering in June 2018 from the University of Sheffield, UK … read more

**ESR 15- Iñigo Urcelay Oca**: **Siemens Gamesa, Denmark**

Inigo Urcelay Oca gained his Bachelors degree in Aerospace Engineering at the Technical University of Madrid (Spain) in 2017 … read more