Organisation/Company: Politecnico di Milano Department: Mechanical Engineering Research Field: Engineering » Materials engineering, Engineering » Aerospace engineering, Engineering » Mechanical engineering, Engineering » Chemical engineering Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions: PhD Positions Country: Italy Application Deadline: 28 Feb 2025 - 12:00 (Europe/Rome) Type of Contract: Temporary Job Status: Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe - MSCA Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No Offer Description General introduction In the last decade, lightweight fibre-reinforced composites have allowed the sustainable development of modern society by enabling more efficient wind turbines and making our vehicles lighter. Unfortunately, these materials are challenging to recycle: most composite parts are still incinerated or landfilled, two very polluting practices. The FibReLoop project is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSCA) Doctoral Network that aims to promote the industrial implementation of circular economy strategies for composites. Fourteen doctoral candidates will be trained to tackle the recycling of a composite part all the way to the design and production of new recycled components. The topics include the evaluation, enhancement, and development of current and new recycling technologies; the experimental assessment of the behaviour of the recycled materials; the development of material models and design approaches for recycled composites and parts; and the implementation of recycled composites and circular economic practices into real-life industrial cases. FibReLoop involves 18 European universities and companies. Applications are invited for fourteen PhD positions in the field of recycling of composites, leading to the award of a PhD degree. The recruited researchers will be trained for 3 years to become interdisciplinary and multi-talented experts. They will develop advanced simulation tools to predict optimal microstructures for recycled composites, manufacture these microstructures and then verify them in industrial applications. The researchers will have a unique opportunity to be trained by world-leading experts in cutting-edge technologies, supported by a strong network and extensive industry participation. Please note that some of the positions are hosted by an industrial partner. In this case, the researcher will also be enrolled in a PhD program at a university. J-18808-Ljbffr