Postdoc On Plasma-driven Co2 Upgrading - Eindhoven, Nederland - TU Eindhoven

TU Eindhoven

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Eindhoven, Nederland

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Geplaatst door:

Daan Van den Berg

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Beschrijving

Job description:

The Electrical Energy Systems (EES) group within the Department of Electrical Engineering of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) seeks to hire an excellent Postdoctoral researcher within the field of pulsed power technology.

Project description
Using sustainable energy, back-conversion of CO2 to organic materials is a very interesting, but highly challenging concept. The aim is not to regenerate fuels but synthesize essential building blocks for specialty organics like e.g. pharmaceutics, vitamins and advanced polymeric materials.

Plasma technology, especially our fast pulse power plasma concept, could provide pathways of lower activation energy than conventional thermal activation.

By choosing the right combination of plasma parameters, feedstock recipes and reactor topology, plasma-driven hydrocarbon synthesis from CO2 may be a very attractive, near future concept to secure the availability of advanced organic materials without dependence on fossil sources.

The focus of this Postdoc project will be aid in the development of the pulsed power development for this process and build it into an industrial demonstrator.

In this project you will be working closely together with a PhD student that will focus on pulsed power development (see also the other vacancy).

You will translate all the pulsed power results into practice into an industrial demonstrator capable of outputting at least 10kW of plasma power.

The challenges you will meet along the way are numerous and challenging, such as:

developing a new solid-state pulse source, optimizing energy efficiency of the source, studying the interaction between the pulse source and the plasma, countering electromagnetic interference and many more, all the while working in a state-of-the-art high-voltage lab with the newest equipment.

Electrical Energy Systems Group
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is a world-leading research university specializing in engineering science & technology. The Department of Electrical Engineering is responsible for research and education in Electrical Engineering. The discipline covers technologies and electrical phenomena involved in computer engineering, information processing, energy transfer and telecommunication.

The department strives for societal relevance through an emphasis on the fields of smart sustainable systems, the connected world and care & cure.

The TU/e is the world's best-performing research university in terms of research cooperation with industry (#1 since 2009).

Job requirements:

A PhD degree in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in pulsed power, highvoltage engineering and/or power electronics and some knowledge in practical mechanical engineering. Knowledge on solidstate pulsed power systems is preferred.
Experience with working in a lab environment. For this project it is important that you feel comfortable working with high voltage, but also that you can design and implement prototypes and research setups in the lab, preferably having experience with PCB design.
Be able bridge the gap between fundamental concepts and theories on the one hand, and practical implementation and evaluation of these concepts on the other hand.
A team player that enjoys working in multidisciplinary teams.
Good communication and organization skills.
Excellent English language skills (writing and presenting).

Conditions of employment:

A meaningful job in a dynamic and ambitious university, in an interdisciplinary setting and within an international network. You will work on a beautiful, green campus within walking distance of the central train station.

In addition, we offer you:

Fulltime employment for 2 years.
Salary in accordance with the _Collective Labour Agreement_ for Dutch Universities, scale 10 (min. €3,877 max. €5,090).
A yearend bonus of 8.3% and annual vacation pay of 8%.
Highquality training programs on general skills, didactics and topics related to research and valorization.
An excellent technical infrastructure, oncampus children's day care and sports facilities.
Partially paid parental leave and an allowance for commuting, working from home and internet costs.
A TU/e Postdoc Association that helps you to build a stronger and broader academic and personal network, and offers tailored support, training and workshops.

About us

Eindhoven University of Technology is an internationally top-ranking university in the Netherlands that combines scientific curiosity with a hands-on attitude.

Our spirit of collaboration translates into an open culture and a top-five position in collaborating with advanced industries. Fundamental knowledge enables us to design solutions for the highly complex problems of today and tomorrow.

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