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Postgraduate Research Position: Valourisation of

2 months ago

Stellenbosch, South Africa Stellenbosch University Full time

Employer**:Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University**

**Location**: Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch

**Degree level**: Full-time, research-based Masters degree in Chemical Engineering

An opportunity is available for scholarship-funded postgraduate research in Chemical Engineering at Masters level, focused on the assessment of processing methods for citrus fruit residues into valuable organic chemicals, biomaterials and/or bioenergy. Compositional analysis of the available residues will be combined with simulations of alternative process/product options to identify those that are technically and financially most attractive as investment opportunities.

These aforementioned postgraduate project falls within the Bioresource Engineering research group at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University. This research group has broad and in-depth collaborations within the local agroprocessing, based on meaningful expertise with a range of chemical, biochemical and microbial processing methods for plant biomass materials, to ensure that the research approaches and outputs remain relevant to industrial practice.

*Stellenbosch University reserves the right not to fill the position.

Pay: R12 500,00 - R15 000,00 per month

**Education**:

- Bachelors (preferred)

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