Heriot-Watt University are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic postdoctoral research associate to work on our EPSRC funded programme “Solar fuels via engineering innovation”, under the supervision of Prof Maroto-Valer. This research programme (£1.2m) will engineer novel photoreactors that can achieve efficient hydrocarbon conversion and separation from CO2 for solar fuel production. This will be achieved via an integrated approach between chemical engineers and chemists to intensify the process of CO2 photoreduction through reactor innovation, and thus, provide alternative future energy options.

The post is available from 1st April 2013 for 36 months in the first instance. Candidates must hold a PhD in chemical engineering or related discipline (or have submitted their thesis prior to appointment) and have a good publication record. Specific experience in CO2 conversion/capture or photoreactor design and modelling is required. The role has a strong focus on research at the interface between materials chemistry and chemical engineering and working with industrial sponsors and international collaborators (see http://ciccs.hw.ac.uk/).

The successful applicant will be part of the Centre for Innovation in Carbon Capture and Storage (CICCS) led by Prof Maroto-Valer at the Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering. The Centre is an international, leading engineering centre, inspiring and delivering innovation for the wider deployment of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) that is needed to meet necessary carbon dioxide targets.

The closing date for applications is 11th June 2013 and further information can be found here.

Loughborough University is looking for an exceptional individual to strengthen activities in the field of Power Electronics. Candidates with experience in the following within the context of Power Electronic Systems are encouraged to apply: power electronics, power systems - transmission and distribution, control and protection of power systems or electrical machines.

The School has extensive research and teaching interests relating to renewable energy generation, management and usage, systems engineering, control and potential collaborations on electric vehicles. Candidates with experience in areas that complement and expand our research and teaching activities, particularly related to the IET Power Academy, are encouraged to apply by 12th June 2013. Further information can be found here.

The University of Manchester are looking for a Research Associate to work as part of a team in the Electrical Energy and Power Systems Groups, investigating architecture, optimal control, environmental benefits, and innovative business models of multi-energy distributed energy resources in urban areas.

The project will involve working in close collaboration with other researchers under the FP7 “COOPERaTE” project.Applicants with expertise in multi-energy systems (electricity, heat and transport), especially with experience in modelling of urban energy systems, distributed energy technologies, and demand response, as well as strong skills in development of software for application in modelling, analysis and optimization of complex systems would be particularly welcome.

The applicant will have relevant experience in energy systems research and must have been awarded or be about to obtain a PhD (or equivalent qualification or industrial experience). Excellent oral and written communication skills are also required. The position offers the opportunity to travel regularly within the UK and Europe to attend project meetings.

Further information can be found here and the closing date for applaictions is 9th June 2013.

Within UCL’s Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, Environmental Engineering is concerned with devising, implementing and managing innovative multi-disciplinary engineering solutions to protect and restore the environment, in a framework of sustainable development. We have core expertise in resource efficiency, including sustainable water treatment, supply and use, and waste management, as well as air pollution, coastal engineering and support of marine renewable energy, and building services.

We are seeking an outstanding and dynamic individual with a strong record of Environmental Engineering research and collaboration in an area that is complementary to our present interests, potentially expanding into other exciting aspects of Environmental Engineering.                               

The successful applicant at Professor level will be a recognised subject leader and have outstanding potential for high quality Environmental Engineering research, income generation and collaboration with industry. They will be able to demonstrate the ability to provide effective academic leadership and make valuable contributions to the full range of academic life in the Department and UCL. A commitment to high quality teaching is essential to support our undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes in Environmental Engineering. The appointment may be made at Reader level for talented but less experienced candidates working in an exceptionally promising area of research.

The expected start date is 1st September 2013 and the closing date for applications is 23rd June 2013. Further information can be found here.

Applications are invited for five PhD studentships in the ESRC Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) at University College London (UCL), linked to the Centre for Urban Sustainability and Resilience. UCL is one of the world’s leading research universities, dedicated to developing, disseminating and applying original knowledge to transform society and benefit the world of the future. The studentships are designed to promote collaboration across disciplines and offer training in social sciences in combination with geomatic, environmental and civil engineering. The studentships cover funding for four years to accommodate some additional multidisciplinary training requirements. The start date of the studentships is 23 September 2013.

The studentships will entail the use of quantitative methods to better understand urban sustainability and resilience. A novel aspect of the scheme is that each project will involve a major retail organisation (such as Barclays, Boots, the Co-Operative Group, John Lewis, Sainsbury or Tesco) alongside a primary research supervisor from the social sciences and a second supervisor drawn from geomatic, environmental or civil engineering.

Applicants should have a Master’s degree in a relevant area and a first or good upper second class undergraduate degree. Applicants must be eligible for ESRC funding (www.esrc.ac.uk/funding-and-guidance/guidance/postgraduates/prospective-students/eligibility/index.aspx). Applications will be evaluated on the academic strength of the candidates and the match between the candidate and the available projects and supervisors. Degree qualifications gained from outside the UK, or a combination of qualifications and/or experience that is equivalent to a relevant UK degree, may be accepted. EU applicants may only be eligible for fees-only funding.
 

For further information please see here, the closing date for applications is 14th June 2013.

An opportunity for an 18 month postdoctoral appointment in the measurement of solvent properties used for post-combustion carbon dioxide capture is available in the carbon capture group at the University of Edinburgh. This is part of the EPSRC funded projects GAS-FACTS (EP/J020788/1), and offers the possibility of an extension to 24 months. The position also involves a strong interaction with the remotely operated mobile lab of the UK CCS Research Centre.

Candidates should have (or have submitted) a PhD in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or a relevant field with a strong background in experimentally led work and must have good working knowledge of experimental techniques used for the measurement of thermodynamic and/or transport properties of different solvents (such as amines). The experimental techniques might include Liquid Chromatography, or Gas Chromatography or Mass Spectrometry or other techniques, analytical methodologies.

The role benefits from multiple contacts from academia and industry within the GAS-FACTS project and within the UK CCS Research Centre and the Edinburgh-based Scottish CCS Centre. The successful candidate will also become a member of the UK CCS Community Network a collective network coordinated from the University of Edinburgh of over 250 engineering, technological, natural, environmental, social and economic academic members with CCS interests.

For more information please go here. The closing date is the 15^th July 2013.

A one-year postdoctoral appointment is available in the carbon capture group at the University of Edinburgh in relation to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) Innovation Programme in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). The project seeks to develop a novel unit operation to reduce the costs of CCS so that it can be commercially deployed by the 2020s, and involves a strong interaction with our industry partner Costain Oil & Gas Process, a leading equipment manufacturer in the oil-and-gas and power sectors.

The objective of this industry-led project is to conduct a feasibility study for an innovative concept to reduce the cost of post-combustion CO2 in power plants. You will develop numerical models for Gas-Liquid interfacial flows within structured packings using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) codes. This will be followed by a second phase to condense the results of the models towards implementation, design and scale-up towards a large-scale application for power plants with CO2 capture.

Candidates should have (or have submitted) a PhD in Chemical Engineering or relevant engineering field and must have prior experience of modelling multiphase flows using CFD, in particular gas/liquid interfacial flows. A good knowledge of chemical engineering equipment design and relevant engineering skills that will be applied towards scale-up would be desireable as would previous engagements with industry

For more information please go here. The closing date is the 19^th of June 2013.