Research fellowship for PhD students or masters enrolled in a non-academic degree course (BI)

A call is open for the allocation of 1 (one) research fellowship for PhD students (BI) or masters enrolled in a non-academic degree course, within the R&D Project Pack2Life – High Performance Packaging, R&D Project in consortium, project Nº33792, promoted by COMPETE 2020 and co-funded by FEDER within Portugal 2020, taking place at the C-MAST ‐ Centre for Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences and Technology (www.aerospace.ubi.pt ), Department of Electromechanical Engineering of the University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.

Scientific Area: Mechanical Engineering.

Objectives:

Reports and scientific papers of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) parametric studies of thermal and mass (including phase change materials) behavior for the optimized air flow and heat and mass transfer in fruit storage packaging.

The expected outcome of the research work requires at least 3 scientific publications (2 in international conference and 1 in peer review international journals) during the grant period.

Work plan:

This grant comprises the development of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) parametric studies concerning thermal and mass behavior (including phase change materials) for the optimized air flow and heat and mass transfer in fruit storage packaging. This study includes the development of experimental tests (laboratory and real test conditions along the product cold chain) for characterizing the storage conditions provided by the packaging. The experimental work includes the instrumentation of the preliminary packaging with several measurement devices/probes. The experimental results also used for the definition of boundary conditions of the CFD models and corresponding validation. The results of the experimental and numerical works will be used to develop web-based computational decision-making support tools. The expected outcome of the research work requires at least 3 scientific publications (2 in international conference and 1 in peer review international journals) during the grant period.

Work location:

The work will be developed at the premises of C-MAST‐Centre for Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences and Technologies and Department of Electromechanical Engineering of the University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal, under the scientific guidance of Professor Pedro Dinis Gaspar.

Fellowship duration and conditions:

The scholarship is expected to start in September 2021 and have a duration of 7.3 months (total grant time = 7.3 months = 222 days). .

The contract requires exclusive dedication in accordance with the .

Receipt of applications:

Applications should be addressed to Doctor Pedro Dinis Gaspar, Researcher Responsible for the Project, to email address [email protected] , with the subject “GRANT_Pack2Life_Msc1-d – Application”.

Documents for application:

The candidates shall mandatorily present:

- Motivation letter explaining the interest in the position

- Detailed Curriculum Vitae with transcripts

- Certificate of completion of the previous degree (may be replaced by a declaration of honor, but only at the application stage);

- Declaration of honor from the candidate stating, that he/she meets the conditions for inscription on the third cycle of studies in the fields of knowledge described or in a non-degree course according to Article 6 of the RBIUBI;

Applications that are incomplete or do not comply with the above instructions may not be evaluated.