Postdoctoral Researcher Inline Analysis in Plastics

2 weken geleden

Gemeente SittardGeleen, Nederland Maastricht University Voltijd

Do you want to make the difference in monitoring quality in mechanical recycling of plastics? Then we have an opportunity for you.

In the plastic packaging value chain, there is only limited information available on the plastics in that chain to assess circularity and recyclability goals, especially the use of post-consumer recyclates (PCR) in packaging.

Quality specifications, monitoring, and standardisation of materials are common in certain industries like chemistry and pharma but are, at this point, only in an infancy state in plastic waste management. A major challenge when it comes to mechanical recycling of plastics is that the quality of the material is not monitored throughout the whole process. Inline monitoring is however essential for predicting the final quality of PCR.
- Review literature to identify potential inline analytical methods to monitor quality parameters.
- Adapt laboratory and/or offline analytical techniques to be used inline in polymer processing equipment.
- Propose and execute design changes to polymer processing equipment to enable inline measurements.
- Evaluate the different methods in relation to PCR quality.
- Manage a work package in the MoQuP-R project.
- Present your work at international conferences, MoQuP-R consortium meetings, and other events and write scientific papers for international peer-reviewed journals.
- Provide teaching assistance and/or supervision of researchers and students.

As a Postdoctoral Researcher you will work in the Circular Plastics team in the Faculty of Science and Engineering located at Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Geleen. You will become part of a young international research group, specialized in the mechanical recycling of plastics with a strong polymer science background. Your will work together with Rudinei Fiorio on this exciting topic.

**Requirements**:
We expect you to have the following experience, knowledge, and skills:

- A PhD degree in mechanical engineering, polymer engineering, process analysis, mechatronics, or similar;
- Advanced skills in CAD and interfacing sensor data to analysis software (e.g. Python, Matlab, Simulink);
- Good knowledge on analytical techniques such as rheology, spectroscopy, GCMS;
- Skills in polymer processing;
- Experience with industry collaborations is considered advantageous;
- Proficiency in both written and spoken English.

**What we offer**
**As **a Postdoctoral Researcher** **at the **Faculty of Science & Engineering**, you will be employed by the most international university in the Netherlands, located in the beautiful city of Maastricht. In addition, we offer you**:

- Good employment conditions. The position is graded in scale 11 according to UFO profile Researche, with corresponding salary based on experience ranging from €4537,00 and €6209,00 gross per month (based on a full-time employment of 38 hours per week). In addition to the monthly salary, an 8.0% holiday allowance and an 8.3% year-end bonus apply.
- An employment contract for a period of 24 months with a scope of 1.0 FTE.
- At Maastricht University, the well-being of our employees is of utmost importance, we offer flexible working hours and the possibility to work partly from home if the nature of your position allows it. You will receive a monthly commuting and internet allowance for this. If you work full-time, you will be entitled to 29 vacation days and 4 additional public holidays per year, namely carnival Monday, carnival Tuesday, Good Friday, and Liberation Day. If you choose to accumulate compensation hours, an additional 12 days will be added. Furthermore, you can personalize your employment conditions through a collective labor agreement (CAO) choice model.
- As Maastricht University, we offer various other excellent secondary employment conditions. These include a good pension scheme with the ABP and the opportunity for UM employees to participate in company fitness and make use of the extensive sports facilities that we also offer to our students.
- Last but certainly not least, we provide the space and facilities for your personal and professional development. We facilitate this by offering a wide range of training programs and supporting various well-established initiatives such as 'acknowledge and appreciate'.

The terms of employment at Maastricht University are largely set out in the collective labor agreement of Dutch Universities. In addition, local provisions specific to UM apply. For more information, click here.

**Maastricht University**
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