PROFESSORSHIP “ENERGY PROCESS TECHNOLOGY” (W3) AT TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DARMSTADT (DARMSTADT, [...]

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability Darmstadt

Stellenbeschreibung:

PROFESSORSHIP “ENERGY PROCESS TECHNOLOGY” (W3) AT TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DARMSTADT

Location: Darmstadt, Germany

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Context of the professorship in the Department of Mechanical Engineering

Our department stands for the mechanical engineering of tomorrow – sustainable, interdisciplinary, and in dialogue with society and industry. We develop solutions for the major challenges of our time to ensure a livable future. In this context, the defossilization of industrial energy and material conversion processes is one of the key tasks of the 21st century, to which the Department of Mechanical Engineering is making an important contribution. The overarching goal is to transition from the current linear economy to a circular economy in which the energy, chemical, and transportation sectors are linked. The aim is to make the best possible use of resources and reduce waste, emissions, and exergy losses to a minimum. Thermal processes in particular play a key role in the realization of a circular economy.

Your tasks

A university professorship in “W3 Energy Process Technology” will focus on innovative thermal energy-material cycles as an important pillar of a sustainable circular economy. The professorship will actively contribute to profile topics “Carbon Neutral Circles” and “Integrated Energy Systems” in the research field “Energy and Environment” at TU Darmstadt and thus to the research priorities of “Energy” and “Resources” in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The professorship will link basic scientific research with application‑oriented research across scales. Innovative processes will be transferred from laboratory scale to pilot plants or demonstrators to develop the necessary expertise for the design of industrial plants. The scientific focus will be on experimental research accompanied by numerical simulations. In this context, the professorship should address one or more of the following topics:

Innovative CO2‑neutral thermal industrial processes
Innovative material energy storage processes
Innovative waste‑to‑value synthesis processes

We expect a willingness to engage in national and international cooperation and interdisciplinary work both within the department and with other departments and research institutions. The duties also include teaching in the field of energy process technology and participation in interdisciplinary courses offered by the department, as well as involvement in academic self‑administration.