Open positions

The list of currently open positions, if any, can be found below. For each open position, please click on the corresponding links to find more information.

Note: Open proposals for student projects are listed here.

PhD positions in the field of visual discomfort from glare

The Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design (LIPID) at EPFL has two PhD positions starting in 2025. The positions are fully funded for 4 years.

ENVISAGED PhD TOPICS

Project 1: “Color influence” : The overall goal of this track is to investigate and quantify the influence of the color of light on glare perception. This will reduce the large uncertainty that exists in developing and specifying glazing and shading that may alter the spectrum/color of the transmitted light. The focus is on quantifying the effect of color on glare by extending the range of colored stimuli from a project previously conducted at the same lab. In the first stage, the fundamentals will be investigated under a fully controlled experimental setup with electric light sources. In a second stage experiments under daylight conditions will be conducted to be able to validate the model(s) developed in the first stage.

Project 2: “Time influence” : The second PhD project will investigate temporal aspects of glare perception, that include short experiments in a daylight lab and long-term exposures in living lab environment(s). The ultimate goals for this work are : a) to determine representative exposure times when conducting experiments and b) to evaluate the long term (=annual) acceptance of glare situations that occur only at specific times throughout the year. For the living lab experiments, hybrid strategies combining measurements and simulation will have to be developed to reconstruct the glare situations at the users’ positions as the cameras cannot be mounted at the eye position

More details how to apply to the two projects you can find in this document.

If you need further information or want to send your application to these two positions please email to [email protected].

PhD Students & Scientific Staff

If you are interested to submit an unsolicited application, please contact Prof. Marilyne Andersen, Head of the LIPID laboratory, via email at [email protected]