Job: Investigador/a en Formación
Department: Agua, Aire y Suelo (WAS)
Location: Manresa (Spain)
Contract: Temporary
Working day: Full time
Sector: Other
Vacancies: 1
Discipline: R&D
Work modality: On siteEurecat (www.eurecat.org) is the main Research & Technology Organisation in Catalonia and the second largest private research organization in southern Europe. It brings together the experience of more than 700 professionals who generate an annual turnover of 55,8 million euros and provides services to more than 2,000 companies. Applied R&D, technological services, highly specialized training, technological consultancy or valorisation and exploitation of industrial property are some of the services that Eurecat offers for both large and small and medium-sized enterprises in all sectors. The technology centre participates in more than 200 large national and international consortium projects of high strategic R&I and has 181 patents and 10 spin-offs. The added value provided by Eurecat accelerates innovation, reduces spending on scientific and technological infrastructures, reduces risks and provides specialized knowledge tailored to each company. It has eleven centres in Catalonia (Spain) and one in Chile (Latam).
Eurecat Water, Air and Soil Unit develops and optimises technologies and processes to improve the management of water, soil and air and associated resources. We conduct research, development and innovation projects with businesses across all industries to enhance economic, environmental and social sustainability.
We use advanced modelling and experimental tools at various scales (laboratory, pilot plant and real scale) to develop and validate new technologies and their applications. We work with a wide range of technologies for treating pollutants to mitigate their release into the natural environment and also for resource recovery and to support the transition to a circular economy.
https://eurecat.org/en/field-of-knowledge/water-air-soil/
The RMIT research group involved in the PhD thesis have expertise in technology for the environment: Water (Treatment, Distribution, modelling), Wastewater (MBR, Membranes in Agriculture, Aquaculture), Salt Water Intrusion, Resource Recovery (Mine Tailing Ponds, Dye and Salt from Textile Effluent), Novel Technologies (FO, MD) and specifically in modelling environmental technology performance.
Eurecat and RMIT are offering a PhD position to develop research in biogas upgrading using various purification membrane-based technologies (i.e., dry hollow fibres, membrane contactors) under the supervision of Dr. Jorge Cored https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcored/?originalSubdomain=es and Dr. Jega Jegatheesan https://www.rmit.edu.au/profiles/j/jega-jegatheesan
The objective is to demonstrate that these technologies are suitable for obtaining purified biomethane (bioCH4) of vehicular quality at bench scale. The main impurities to be separated are CO2 (major compound, ≈20-40 %vol) and other minor compounds such as N2, O2, H2S, H2O, VOCs, or siloxanes).
CCU technologies (CO2 capture and use processes). In particular, the tasks to be performed would be related to CO2 capture in industrial-like streams such as flue gases using solid sorbents as active materials (e.g., zeolites, biochars, and other innovative nano-materials). A PSA (pressure swing adsorption) unit will be developed to this purpose.
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To formalize their application, applicants must:
Before March 18th, 2025
Selection Process
The selection process will be led by a committee that includes Scientific Management department, a specialist from People and Organization department, and the person who will be responsible for supervising the thesis connected to the vacancy.
Once the applicants' compliance with the requirements has been verified, the Commission will evaluate the merits of each application based on the curriculum, academic transcript, previous research activity, previous experience in the field of the thesis in the industrial/company sector and their fluency in English.
The evaluation process will include selection interviews.
The committee will then create a prioritized list of applications that received positive evaluations. If no application reaches the minimum score of 60 points based on the criteria outlined in the previous section, the committee may void the call. In this scenario, Eurecat may restart the selection process, establishing new deadlines for application submissions and the selection procedure.
Every applicant will be informed about the status of their application in the program. By applying, the applicant agrees to these terms. Non-compliance with these terms, incomplete documentation, or any other formal defects will result in the exclusion of the application from the selection process.
Decisions will be communicated to applicants via the email address provided during registration.
