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
Funding: Horizon Europe - MSCA
Job Description: 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.
However, these materials are challenging to recycle, with most composite parts still incinerated or landfilled, which are highly 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.
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 verify them in industrial applications.
The topics include:
Evaluation, enhancement, and development of current and new recycling technologies. Experimental assessment of the behaviour of the recycled materials. Development of material models and design approaches for recycled composites and parts. Implementation of recycled composites and circular economic practices into real-life industrial cases. 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.
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