Open position at Group T/KU Leuven (hitemp reactor systems)
At the Science, Engineering & Technology Group of the KU Leuven, there is a full-time academic vacancy in the Faculty Engineering Technology, Department of Materials Engineering.
SINTEF has reached the final for the Innovation Radar Prize
SINTEF has reached the final for the Innovation Radar Prize in the category "Best Early Stage Innovation 2018" for its work on a process for recovering platinum group metals (PGM) from PGM-containing waste.
PROCESS INTENSIFICATION AND DIGITALISATION
Process intensification yields chemical and metallurgical processing methods with high materials and energy efficiency. Process digitalisation aims at developing Industry 4.0 tools in order to improve process and data management
EU “Raw Materials Week” 2018 (November 12-16)
Following the success of the Raw Materials Week 2017, the 3rd edition of the EU "Raw Materials Week", organised by the European Commission, will take place from Monday 12 to Friday 16 November 2018 in Brussels.
Meet our SIM² KU Leuven researcher: Giacomo Damilano
In December 2016, Giacomo Damilano started his PhD studies at KU Leuven researching the synthesis of novel Ionic Liquids starting from renewable materials,in the framework of the EU Horizon 2020 MSCA-ETN SOCRATES project.
Circular Economy & Raw material experts meet in Vienna
The EU project CROCODILE will organise a session on Cobalt recovery during Going Green CARE INNOVATION 2018 on Nov 28 2018 in Vienna (Austria). The event is highly relevant for experts working on raw materials and circular economy
Meet our SIM² KU Leuven researcher: Brecht Dewulf
Brecht Dewulf started his PhD in the Lab of Inorganic Chemistry supervised by Prof. Koen Binnemans. He is interested in non-aqueous solvent extraction for the separation of rare earths.
Call for applicants: 15 PhD positions in CHARMING
The EU Horizon 2020 MSCA-ETN CHARMING consortium is looking for a dynamic team of 15 bright and enthusiastic PhD students. The call for applicants is now officially open. PhD candidates need to apply on-line through the CHARMING application tool. The deadline for on-line applications is October 15, 2018.
Get to know about Gwen, ESR15 MSCA-ETN DEMETER
Who are you? Gwen (ESR 15) How would you define yourself? Intellectually curious 🙂 So, what do you exactly do within the DEMETER project? I collaborated with the researchers and the consortium partners to collect data to be able to model the recycling routes. I did this in order to determine if these technical solutions
Get to know about Martina, ESR3 MSCA-ETN DEMETER
Who are you? I’m Martina, 29 years old from Italy. Funny to observe, I am one of the only 2 European ESRs of this MSCA-ETN-DEMETER. How would you define yourself? In a word: a dreamer. In a quote: “Creativity is more worthy than knowledge”, from A. Einstein. So, what do you exactly do within the