Research Studentship (for Master students) - (BL37/2024-IST-ID)

19 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento _IST-ID

Department

DRH

Research Field

Engineering » Chemical engineering

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

3 Apr 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract

Not Applicable

Job Status

Not Applicable

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

European Union / Next Generation EU

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Applications are open for 1 Research Studentship, within the framework of project M2N_GraPHy, (Ref. 1801P.01297), financed by PRR national funds

Workplan: In the context of the Moving to Neutrality (M2N) Agenda, the IST team of project GraPHy is responsible for developing simulation, optimization and advanced control models for processes involving the production of ammonia from hydrogen generated from intermittent renewable energy sources (green H2 ).

The work comprises: (i) literature review with the aim of identifying variants of the Haber-Bosch process, or alternative processes for the production of green ammonia; (ii) process data collection; (iii) process modelling in Aspen Plus; (iv) undertaking sensitivity analysis to study the influence of the most important process variables on key performance indicators; (v) heat and mass integration; (vi) parametric optimization with the goal of obtaining the process with lowest annualized cost; (vii) Life Cycle Assessment.

Duration: The research fellowship(s) will have the duration of 6 months (non-renewable). It’s expected to begin in April 2024.

It is mandatory to formalize applications with the submission of the following documents: i) B1 Form – Fellowship application (https://ist-id.pt/concursos/bolsas/ ); ii) Curriculum Vitae; iii)academic degree certificate, where applicable; iv) proof of enrollment at an academic degree course; v) motivation letter;

Applications must be submitted to the email: [email protected]

Questions regarding the application should be addressed to: [email protected]

Requirements

Research Field

Engineering » Chemical engineering

Education Level

Undergraduate

Skills/Qualifications

Admission Requirements: To be enrolled in a master’s degree (when signing the contract).

Additional Information
Benefits

Monthly maintenance allowance: According to the values for Research Fellowships awarded by FCT in Portugal (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_atualizacao-2024.pdf ), the amount of the monthly maintenance allowance is €990,98, being the payment method an option of the Fellow by Wire Transfer/Check.

Eligibility criteria

Admission Requirements: To be enrolled in a master’s degree (when signing the contract).

Selection process

Selection methods: The selection methods will be the following: Curriculum evaluation (50%) and an individual interview 50%).

Composition of the selection Jury: Henrique Aníbal Santos de Matos (Full Professor), Pedro Miguel Gil de Castro (Associate Professor with Habilitation), Diogo Alexandre Cipriano Narciso (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow).

Announcement/ notification of the results: The final evaluation results will be communicated to all applicants by email.

Deadlines and procedures of complaint and appeal . A complaint may be lodged from the final decision within 15 working days, or an appeal to the Executive Board of IST-ID within 30 working days, both counted from the respective notification

Additional comments

Legislation and Regulations: Statute of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law nr. 40/2004, of August 18, as worded by Decree-Law nr. 123/2019, of August 28; FCT Regulation for Research Studentships and Fellowships, available on https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf and https://dre.pt/application/file/a/127230968 .

Workplace: The work will be developed at Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente (CERENA) of Instituto Superior Técnico, in the Synthesis and Process Optimization laboratory (LabSOP), Alameda Campus, South Tower, under the academic supervision of Prof. Henrique Matos and Prof. Pedro Castro.

Website for additional job details

https://ist-id.pt/concursos/bolsas/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

IST-ID

Country

Portugal

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

Lisbon

Website

http://ist-id.pt/

Street

Av. Rovisco Pais

Postal Code

1049-001 Lisboa

STATUS: EXPIRED