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We are seeking a talented and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher for a joint Postdoctoral Fellowship with our client in the chemical industry. The potential candidate will spend the first year in our client's research and development site located in Wyandotte, MI. The targeted start date is January 8, 2024.
Responsibilities
- Work on the development and scaling up of innovative recycling technologies for polyurethane thermosets into valuable recycled products.
- Will initially start with lab-scale polymer processing equipment to demonstrate feasibility, and then will move to pilot scale to scale up and optimize the recycling process conditions.
- Working on optimization and scaling up of a recycling method for polyurethane thermosets into valuable recycled materials
- Use polymer macro and micro-structure analysis techniques including DSC, DMA, TGA, GPC, and solution and solid state NMR, to characterize feedstock and recyclate, and measure mechanical properties of recyclate using tensile studies and other physical characterization techniques
- Scaling up current PU thermoset recycling technique
- Scouting project of another recycling technique in the lab-scale and demonstrate feasibility of the method to transition to pilot scale
Qualifications
- PhD in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, polymer engineering, or a related field, from an accredited US university
- Significant research experience in polymer synthesis, structural, thermal, and mechanical characterization of polymer samples
- Previous experience with polyurethane polymers, including synthesis, processing, and characterization is preferred
- Previous experience with polymer melt extrusion and rheology is preferred
- Previous experience with polymer characterization techniques including differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), FT-IR spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography (GPC), solution and solid-state NMR, and viscosity analysis, is preferred
- Previous experience with characterizing tensile properties of polymers is preferred
