As a scientific discipline, Digital Fabrication for Design can be described as the study of new ways of designing that maximize the potential of emerging materials, additive manufacturing processses and digital technologies. Digital fabrication closes the gaps between digital technologies and the physical construction process and is having significant impacts on design.

The new chair in Digital Fabrication for Design will focus on research into digital design and fabrication processes in an industrial product design context, such as additive manufacturing, 3D printing, computerized embroidery, laser cutting e.o. The chair is expected to adopt a multidisciplinary approach to bring together the disciplines of design, integrated manufacturing processes, material science and computer science to deliver theoretical and practical breakthroughts that form the design, engineering and manufacturing of future products.

The scientific Digital Fabrication for Design chair will lead a group with a track record of sucessful research and education and will replace the current chair. The unique technological infrastructure, broad knowledge base, worldwide network and successful alumni of Delft University of Technology gives the new chair an outstanding capacity for exciting and renewed interdisciplinary research, education and valorization activities.  

The following qualities are expected of the candidate: 

- shows scientific qualities demonstrated by a PhD degree or equivalent research achievements, publications in qualified journals or patents, participation in relevant national and international network and research funding

- is an inspiring teacher to bachelor and masters students

- has a strong track record in the field of computational design, additive manufacturing, and/or robotics

- has interest in design and is able to demonstrate experience in product and systems design in multidisciplinary teams

- uses his/her knowledge and expertise in edcuation at both Bachelor, Master and PhD levels and developing courses based on recent developments of technology and design methods

- builds and leads the development in the field of computational design and fabrication and has the capability of leading a research team

- builds and maintains an academic and industrial network, promotes his/her research within industry, and develops collaboration with industry

- has a holistic view and vision on the development in digital fabrication, and expects to contribute to forming the vision of the Department of Design Engineering.

 TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, a discount for health insurance and sport memberships, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged. An International Children’s Centre offers childcare and an international primary school. Dual Career Services offers support to accompanying partners. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.

TU Delft sets specific standards for the English competency of the teaching staff. TU Delft offers training to improve English competency.

Inspiring, excellent education is our central aim. If you have less than five years of experience and do not yet have your teaching certificate, we allow you up to three years to obtain this.

Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is a multifaceted institution offering education and carrying out research in the technical sciences at an internationally recognised level. Education, research and design are strongly oriented towards applicability. TU Delft develops technologies for future generations, focusing on sustainability, safety and economic vitality. At TU Delft you will work in an environment where technical sciences and society converge. TU Delft comprises eight faculties, unique laboratories, research institutes and schools.

https://www.tudelft.nl

Faculty Industrial Design Engineering

The faculty of Industrial Design Engineering is the largest and broadest scientific design institute in the world, with over 2,000 students, more than 6,000 alumni and 300 staff (researchers and lecturers, including designers from industrial practice). The faculty aims to contribute to a better living environment and respond to social challenges by combining human values and desires with technological feasibility and economic viability. We are excellently placed to do so, as we ground design methods and skills in scientific knowledge from a wide range of disciplines, leading to concrete solutions.

The faculty of Industrial Design Engineering consists of three departments: Industrial Design Engineering (ID), Design Engineering (DE) and Product Innovation Management (PIM)

The Design Engineering Department is a centre for system-oriented product development and innovation, manufactoring to sustainability. The aim of our work is to empower designers through breakthrough technology innovations and to contribute to the innovative capability and competitiveness of the creative industry sector.

The long-term ambition of the department is to set up design strategies, methods and tools as well as a virtual an digital facilities that allow intelligent creative design solutions to be moved almost seamlessly from imagination to manufacturing, in a sustainable way. This is informed by three long-term industrial design trends:

- a future where most products and services will built around machine intelligence and will exhibit reactive or adaptive behaviours

- a future where more and more products and services will be sustainable by design and support a circular product lifecycle

- a future where agile fabrication technologies such as 3D printing, additive manufactoring and robotic manufacturing will be widely used for fabrication of personalised products  

https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ide/