Job announcements relevant to people interested in electronic structure calculations…
Due to the large number of posts recently, there is currently a delay of several weeks between posts being submitted and the corresponding emails being distributed to all users. Please bear with us while we try to improve this. In the meantime – and until this notice is removed – it would assist us considerably if you could submit only important and/or urgent posts and thus help to reduce the size of the mail queue. Under no circumstances should you resend posts multiple times when you find the emails are not distributed immediately.
In light of the Russian military offensive in Ukraine, we request that announcements relating to events, jobs and other activities associated with institutions supported by the Russian and Belarusian states are not posted to the Psi-k forum.
PhD position in System design on co-production o ... (No replies)
Back to Job listings...
One PhD position is available in the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering at University of Strathclyde, Scotland, UK.
The research will be on system design of a co-production system for transport fuel and value-added chemicals from waste biomass.
There is a national and global imperative to reduce reliance upon fossil fuels and, at the same time, to improve the efficiency of natural and renewable resource utilisation. These societal demands for ‘green energy’ and sustainability come together with a need for local and value-added manufacturing and are encapsulated in the Engineering Grand Challenge of efficiently converting waste lignocellulosic biomass into valuable products such as transportation fuel and value-added chemicals. This multidisciplinary project will address this challenge with a particular emphasis on utilising all components of the feedstock. In this project, an integrated system will be designed and developed to ensure efficient generation of liquid transportation fuels whilst maximising the value of biomass into value-added chemicals by controlling structure and functionality as they form.
System design, thermodynamic analysis, and economic analysis for the integrated system will be carried out. The student may expect to build his/her career in the area of bioenergy, sustainable energy and system and material design.
The applicant will work closely with collaborators from UK and abroad (e.g. China). The student will be expected to participate in relevant national and international conferences, and develop journal papers within the research field.
Funding information:
Excellent candidates may be considered for a University scholarship. This PhD project is also offered on a self-funding basis. It is open to applicants with their own funding, or those applying to funding sources. The proposed start date is October 1st 2019.
Essential/Desirable Criteria:
Applications are invited from candidates who have a background in Chemical Engineering/Thermal engineering/Bioenergy, or an equivalent qualification at Masters level. Experience in system design and process modelling would be advantageous.
Contact way:
Applicants are encouraged to contact the Lead Supervisor Dr. Xiaolei Zhang (email: [email protected] ) directly to discuss their application and the project.