PhD student position in Energy Technology

Information about the research
As a PhD-candidate at the Division of Energy Technology you are an important part of a group of researchers with the general aim to optimize and reduce environmental impact of industrial combustion processes. You will be part of the group in Combustion and Carbon Capture Technologies that consists of six PhD-students and four senior researchers. In total Energy Technology has around 60 employees out of which 30 are PhD-students.

Your project will focus on the development of cost efficient measures to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide from industrial process. During recent year it has become clear that manufacturing industries will play an important part in meeting the challenge of global warming. These industries both have special challenges and opportunities when it comes to reducing CO2 emissions. It will be part of your work to map and make use of these opportunities to develop cost efficient measures for CO2 emission reduction with focus on so called Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies. The project involves direct collaboration with industrial partners from important Nordic industries like, pulp and paper, steel and cement manufacturing. The project is also performed in close collaboration with a research group at a Norwegian University focused on cost estimations of industrial processes.

Major responsibilities
Your work will mainly be based on modelling and process simulations of industrial processes, unit operations and reaction chemistry. You will work with tools like Aspen Plus, Dymola and Matlab to construct you model and perform your simulations. Part of the work will be based on methods of which there is extensive experience in the research group at Energy Technology, the project may, however, also involve development of new methodologies. Your work will be performed in collaboration with industrial partners to provide input to you models and make use of your results. It will be part of your responsibilities to keep contact with the project partners. An important part of your responsibilities is also to efficiently communicate your results through scientific conferences and journals as well as project meetings and reports.

The majority of your time is devoted to the research. In addition, the PhD program includes taking courses, corresponding to 60 ECTS credits, as well as up to 20% departmental work, mostly teaching duties on undergraduate or graduate level.

Position summary
Full-time temporary employment. The position is limited to a maximum of five years.

Qualifications
You are a person that is interested in a position with a lot of freedom but also responsibility over your own work. You are curious in working with new fields and new methods. And you are triggered by getting the chance to become the expert in your field of work. 

You have a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Engineering Physics or Mechanical Engineering. Any relevant courses and/or experiences of reaction engineering, transport processes or process engineering are considered beneficial.

You have good language skills in English. Communication (orally and written) is important in many aspects of the work, which includes contact with industry, writing scientific papers, presenting the project results in scientific conferences and teaching.

To qualify as a PhD student, you must have a master's level degree corresponding to at least 240 higher education credits in a relevant field.

Chalmers continuously strives to be an attractive employer. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Application deadline: 10 May, 2016

For questions, please contact:
Fredrik Normann, Energy Technology, normann@chalmers.se, +46 31 772 1486

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