Are you interested in high-end technological design? Then, the Professional Doctorate in Engineering (PDEng) program Energy and Process Technology is very interesting for you. The PDEng program is a 2-year post-MSc technological program with a focus on technological design. This program at the University of Twente contains an educational part that will be followed at the University of Twente, and a design project funded by a large corporation. Your research will be part of an EU-wide consortium. The educational program will have an in-depth and broadening character with ample attention for professional development and will be partly tailored to the design project.

About the project and your task

It is widely accepted that an increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration may result in the global warming of our planet. Many initiatives focus on CO2 capture from the industrial exhaust. An alternative is to tackle this problem by capturing CO2 directly from the atmosphere thereby eliminating the location restriction. The captured CO2 can be used for the production of liquid fuels, chemicals, or carbonation of soft drinks. The objective of the present research is to design, develop, and test a novel, solid sorbent-based direct air capture reactor which captures CO2 from the ambient air and releases it as a CO2-rich gas suitable for further use.

The research activity of this PDeng position focuses on designing a sorbent-based direct air capture reactor. For this purpose, the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model will be developed and used for the design and optimization of the reactor.

This research will be part of a larger project in which several other related technologies will be investigated by different research groups within Europe.

• We are searching for an excellent MS graduate in the field of Thermal Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Energy Technology, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline with a demonstrable affinity with design and multidisciplinary assignments.
• Besides, it is important that you can work in a team, have good communication skills, have a sound project approach, and speak and write fluent English.
• You must have the ambition and talent to accelerate in finding solutions / creating designs for complex technological issues with a multidisciplinary character.
• Previous international mobility, experience in the field of thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, and thermochemical processes is welcome.
• An interview will be part of the selection procedure.

We offer a very challenging fulltime position for two years in an inspiring multidisciplinary and international environment.

• salary of € 2.002 gross per month;
• a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary and a year-end bonus of 8.3%;
• solid pension scheme;
• Minimum of 29 holidays in case of full-time employment.

On completing the program, you will receive a certified degree. You will be entitled to use the academic degree PDEng and will be registered as a Technological Designer in the Dutch register kept by the Royal Institution of Engineers in the Netherlands (KIVI).