Research Fellow (Chemical Engineering) Full-time

Research Fellow Position

Established in 2010, the Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N) is a pan-university research institute that focuses on systems-level research for tropical megacities. It performs translational research that covers the energy value chain from generation to innovative end-use solutions, motivated by industrialisation and deployment. ERI@N has multiple Interdisciplinary Research Programmes which focus on translational Research, Development & Deployment which focus on specific area of the energy value chain, and a number of Living labs and Testbeds which facilitate large scale technology deployment enabling validation and demonstration of real-world applications.

We are looking for a Research Fellow to conduct a project in a multi-disciplinary team. The role will focus on the conversion of biomass to low carbon fuels using life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of specific technologies developed in the project and compare against existing commercial technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform literature review on data available for commercial processes
• Provide estimations for data not available in literature
• Develop process flowsheets to describe the processes developed in the project and commercial processes
• Perform life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis processes developed in the project and commercial processes
• Prepare manuscripts, reports and presentations
• Guide and train students and junior lab members
• Maintain complete documentation for modelling methods and analysis used
• Regular communications with supervisors on progress and report writing

Job Requirements:

• PhD degree in chemical engineering or closely related field
• Good understanding of LCA and TEA theories and calculations
• Experience on ASPEN-HYSYS and LCA software tools

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hiring Institution: NTU