About the role
Research Assistant / Research Associate (Polymer Upcycling) is a active engineering role at ntu in NTU Main Campus, Singapore. Open the role to review the official description and apply on the company site.
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop mechanical or chemical polymer pre-treatment technologies for upcycling, particularly for polyurethane.
- Conduct research and development activities on polymer pre-treatment and mechanical/chemical pre-treatment, including formulation of problem statement, execution of lab-scale and pilot-scale experiments/operations, sample characterizations, data analysis, and so on.
- Prepare technical reports, intellectual properties documents, safety documents, and academic publications
Requirements
- Bachelor or Master degree in Materials Science, Polymer Science, Chemical Engineering, or fields related to polyurethane.
- At least 2 years graduate study or working experience in research and development on topics on polymer science, chemical engineering, and green technologies.
- Proficiency in hands-on and characterization techniques such as TGA, DSC, FTIR, DMA, rheology, etc.
- Industrial experience in polymer upcycling and productization is favorable
- Good team-player, good communication skill, problem solver, thinker and doer, able to exhibit leadership when needed
- Good wet laboratory practice and familiar with considerations on laboratory safety
- Passionate in research and solving real-time environmental issues related to plastic upcycling
- Entry level candidates are welcome to apply
- We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
- Hiring Institution: NTU