Doctoral Researcher position in Chemical Engineering

Aalto University is where science and art meet technology and business. We shape a sustainable future by making research breakthroughs in and across our disciplines, sparking the game changers of tomorrow and creating novel solutions to major global challenges. Our community is made up of 16 000 students and 5 200 employees, including 446 professors. Our campus is in Espoo, Greater Helsinki, Finland. Diversity is part of who we are, and we actively work to ensure our community's diversity and inclusiveness. This is why we warmly encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to join our community.

The School of Chemical Engineering is one of the six schools of Aalto University. It combines natural sciences and engineering in a unique way.

We are now looking for a

DOCTORAL RESEARCHER IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

for a funded position in an industrial collaboration project together with Neste Oyj, related to development of dynamic trickle bed reactor models. The project duration is four years, during which you are expected to finalize your PhD degree.

Your role and goals

Trickle bed reactors are in a central position in many refinery operations, both in traditional oil refining as well as treatment of novel bio-based feedstocks. Trickle bed operations have been studied from many angles, including fluid flow models, chemical kinetics, and mass transfer. Despite these, there is still a need for dynamic models of trickle bed reactors with both industrial and scientific importance. Your task would be to develop such models based on literature, in collaboration with an industrial partner. You should:

Collect and critically analyze relevant literature

Build and analyze models for predicting dynamic trickle bed reactor operations, including material and energy balances, reaction kinetics, mass and heat transfer, phase equilibria, fluid flow, and process control and operation

Collaborate with other members of the research group and external partners to achieve pr