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Research You are an ambitious, internationally oriented researcher in the domain of Health and Safety Management (occupational safety, occupational hygiene, safety science, operational risk management, ergonomics in the workplace, …). You publish in international top journals within the field, attract external research funding, develop international research projects, and advise doctoral students. You strive for excellence …

Academic Position In Health And Safety Management Read More »

As KU Leuven research group on Life Cycle Engineering of the Department of Mechanical Engineering we have acquired significant experience in re- and demanufacturing of Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), in other words the dismantling of products into their components or composing materials in support of reuse and/or high-end recycling. We also exploit …

Research Position on Artificial Intelligence for Robotic Re- and Demanufacturing of Electric Car Batteries Read More »

As KU Leuven research group on Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) of the Department of Mechanical Engineering we have acquired significant experience in re- and demanufacturing, which includes reuse, repair, remanufacturing and recycling of various waste streams and the dismantling of products into their components or composing materials. In addition, the ACRO research group has acquired …

Research Position on Robotic Sorting for Metal Recycling Read More »

Make the high-tech future (e-vehicles, LEDs) a sustainable future The research group “sustainability assessments of materials and circular economy” (SAM) brings together researchers who are motivated to strengthen Circular Economy strategies by well-founded scientific insights. We develop and perform assessments of the environmental, economic and social hurdles and opportunities of circular technologies. We do this …

Sustainability assessments for critical metal recycling and use in electronics Read More »

Be part of the transition towards a low-carbon chemical industry by assessing new sustainable technologies (LCA, LCC). The research group “sustainability assessments of materials and circular economy” (SAM) brings together researchers who are motivated to strengthen Circular Economy strategies by well-founded scientific insights. We develop and perform assessments of the environmental, economic and social hurdles …

Ex-ante sustainability assessments of biorefinery flow sheets Read More »

Non-aqueous separation process for the purification of the lutetium-177 medical radioisotope

The Science, Engineering & Technology Group of KU Leuven, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Department of Materials Engineering and Department of Chemical Engineering, has a joint, full-time academic vacancy in the area of metal recovery from mineral flows. We are looking for internationally oriented candidates with an excellent research record, a strong affinity with industrial applications, …

Open Position for a Professor in METAL RECOVERY FROM MINERAL FLOWS Read More »

Short project description The principal type of nuclear fuel material, which remains widely used today, is uranium dioxide (UO2). It’s main constituent, the element uranium, has the highest atomic weight occurring naturally on earth, and consists of different radioactive isotopes. The environmental impact of uranium-containing materials, with respect to the safe storage and retention of …

PhD topic at the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK-CEN) – Promoter Muchez Philippe Read More »