PhD student in "Sustainability assessment of biosolids systems" at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
PhD student in "Sustainability assessment of biosolids systems" at Chalmers University of Technology
Overview
The PhD student will be integrated into the group of Chemical Environmental Science, at the department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. This research group is focused on developing and applying sustainability assessment processes to the creation of new products and the improvement of existing industries with the overall goal of reducing environmental damage and other negative sustainability impacts. One of the significant biological resource flows in modern cities is the solid residue of wastewater treatment and many methods have been proposed for treating and managing it. The group has previously performed work on this flow.
More information about our research can be found at http://www.chalmers.se/chem/EN/divisions/chemical-environmental/research-areas
Job description
The project aims to develop environmental assessments of alternative treatment technologies for biosolids in collaboration with colleagues in a European (FP7) research project. The successful candidate will engage in dialogue with our partners, collect information regarding the latest technological developments in treatment processes, populate engineering models and create environmental systems analyses of them according to the principles of life cycle assessment and make recommendations regarding process improvement. Short trips to research partners` facilities in Italy will probably be necessary. The candidate will also attempt to improve the scientific methodologies available to perform this kind of assessment, using new scientific data developed by our partners on the behaviour of contaminants in treated products.
The position is limited to maximum 5 years, which corresponds to four years of full-time research studies together with teaching in the undergraduate or masters curricula at Chalmers.
The project should start by May 2011.
Required qualifications
The candidate should have a M.Sc. in chemical engineering, biotechnology, civil engineering, chemical engineering with engineering physics, or in engineering physics or a corresponding curriculum. Experience in environmental assessment will be considered advantageous. A PhD student in our group is expected to work relatively independently, have the ability to plan and organise his/her own work, to be able to work in close collaboration with other group members and partners in research and to be able to communicate scientific results, both orally and in written form in English.
Application procedure
The application shall be written in English and include the following items:
An application of a maximum of one A4 page containing your specific qualifications for the position
Attested copies of education certificates, including grade reports and other documents
Curriculum Vitae
Letters of recommendation and name of reference persons (optional)
The application shall be sent electronically as pdf or zipped documents. Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form.
If any material is not available electronically or cannot be transferred to pdf format, the material can be sent as a hard copy to Registrar. The applicants name and the reference number (2011/73) must be written on the first page of the application.
Address:
Registrar
Chalmers University of Technology
SE-412 96 Göteborg
Sweden
Further information
For further technical information, you are welcome to contact Associate Professor Greg Peters, petersg@chalmers.se, phone: +46 31 772 3003, Magdalena Svanström, magdalena.svanstrom@chalmers.se, phone +46 772 3001.
Reference number 2011/73
Application deadline : April, 18th 2011
Overview
The PhD student will be integrated into the group of Chemical Environmental Science, at the department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. This research group is focused on developing and applying sustainability assessment processes to the creation of new products and the improvement of existing industries with the overall goal of reducing environmental damage and other negative sustainability impacts. One of the significant biological resource flows in modern cities is the solid residue of wastewater treatment and many methods have been proposed for treating and managing it. The group has previously performed work on this flow.
More information about our research can be found at http://www.chalmers.se/chem/EN/divisions/chemical-environmental/research-areas
Job description
The project aims to develop environmental assessments of alternative treatment technologies for biosolids in collaboration with colleagues in a European (FP7) research project. The successful candidate will engage in dialogue with our partners, collect information regarding the latest technological developments in treatment processes, populate engineering models and create environmental systems analyses of them according to the principles of life cycle assessment and make recommendations regarding process improvement. Short trips to research partners` facilities in Italy will probably be necessary. The candidate will also attempt to improve the scientific methodologies available to perform this kind of assessment, using new scientific data developed by our partners on the behaviour of contaminants in treated products.
The position is limited to maximum 5 years, which corresponds to four years of full-time research studies together with teaching in the undergraduate or masters curricula at Chalmers.
The project should start by May 2011.
Required qualifications
The candidate should have a M.Sc. in chemical engineering, biotechnology, civil engineering, chemical engineering with engineering physics, or in engineering physics or a corresponding curriculum. Experience in environmental assessment will be considered advantageous. A PhD student in our group is expected to work relatively independently, have the ability to plan and organise his/her own work, to be able to work in close collaboration with other group members and partners in research and to be able to communicate scientific results, both orally and in written form in English.
Application procedure
The application shall be written in English and include the following items:
An application of a maximum of one A4 page containing your specific qualifications for the position
Attested copies of education certificates, including grade reports and other documents
Curriculum Vitae
Letters of recommendation and name of reference persons (optional)
The application shall be sent electronically as pdf or zipped documents. Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form.
If any material is not available electronically or cannot be transferred to pdf format, the material can be sent as a hard copy to Registrar. The applicants name and the reference number (2011/73) must be written on the first page of the application.
Address:
Registrar
Chalmers University of Technology
SE-412 96 Göteborg
Sweden
Further information
For further technical information, you are welcome to contact Associate Professor Greg Peters, petersg@chalmers.se, phone: +46 31 772 3003, Magdalena Svanström, magdalena.svanstrom@chalmers.se, phone +46 772 3001.
Reference number 2011/73
Application deadline : April, 18th 2011
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