Stillingstittel:
PhD fellow within Environmental Engineering and Reactor Technology

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Faculty of Natural Sciences and TechnologyDepartment of Chemical Engineering

Jobbnorge ID: 123218

A PhD fellowship is available for research work within the Environmental Engineering and Reactor Technology group at the Department of Chemical Engineering, NTNU. The fellowship is financed through the NTNU enabling technologies program. The appointment has a duration of 4 years including 25% teaching duties in agreement with the department.

 

Job description

The position is devoted to the research field reactor technology for biological processes. A generic numerical model for bioreactors should be developed enabling numerical investigations of reactor process performance, optimization, scale-up and design. The main emphasis in this project will be placed on the mass transfer limitation phenomena in two- and three phase bubbly flow systems which are determined by the bubble size distribution. For this reason the combined multifluid-population balance model concept will be employed. The project will be carried out in co-operation with academic partners at the Department of Biotechnology at NTNU and with the bioenvironment research group at IRIS in Stavanger.

 

Information about the research groups is available on the Department homepage: http://www.ntnu.no/kjempros/miljoreaktor,

the NTNU Biotech working groups named Bioreactor Design and Operation enabling technology program 2013-2020 http://www.ntnu.edu/web/ntnu-biotechnology/ntnu-bioreactor-design-and-operation,

the Synthetic biology engineering program http://www.ntnu.edu/web/ntnu-biotechnology/ntnu-synthetic-biology-engineering, and iris www.iris.no.  

 

Qualifications

The applicant must have an MSc (or equivalent) in Chemical engineering or similar. Experience with reactor modelling, numerical methods, and programming in Matlab is prerequisite, and basic knowledge in biotechnology will be considered an advantage.

 

The successful candidate should be creative, independent, and have a strong ability to work problem oriented. He/she should also enjoy interdisciplinary research and take keen interest in learning and working in teams.

 

The position requires spoken and written fluency in the English language. Applicants from non-English-speaking countries outside Europe must document English skills by an approved test. Approved tests are TOEFL, IELTS and Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English(CAE) or Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE).

 

The regulations for PhD programmes at NTNU state that a Master degree or equivalent with at least 5 years of studies and an average grade of A or B within a scale of A-E for passing grades (A best) for the two last years of the MSc is required and C or higher of the BSc. Candidates from universities outside Norway are kindly requested to send a Diploma Supplement or a similar document, which describes in detail the study and grade system and the rights for further studies associated with the obtained degree: http://ec.europa.eu/education/tools/diploma-supplement_en.htm

 

Detailed information on our PhD programs is found at: http://www.ntnu.edu/nt/research/ph

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: NTNU - Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelig

Arbeidsgiver adresse: 7491 TRONDHEIM

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Sør-Trøndelag

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

Lønn valuta: NOK

Lønn periode: Pr. år