How the program works?
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1. Opportunity to Contribute Work on the development of the low carbon economy through a challenging assignment. |
2. Opportunity to Learn
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3. Opportunity to Advance Participate in writing patents, work on your thesis, apply for course credits, and gain valuable skills for future jobs and career. |
Summer 2013 Assignments
CEO
Assignment: Design and Documentation of process control and instrumentation systems for commercial scale plants
Qualification: Chemicals/Control Engineering BS or MS program preferred
Experience: thesis or work experience in process design for chemical plants
Assignment: Opportunity analysis and site selection for carbon recycling plants in the EU
Qualification: MBA program
Experience: Thesis or work experience in market analysis
Assignment: Develop specification of unit operations for standard commercial scale plants
Qualification: Chemical engineering BS or MS program preferred
Experience: Thesis or work experience in plant operations
Assignment: Performance monitoring and optimization of the GO plant
Qualification: Chemical/mechanical engineering BS or MS program preferred
Experience: Thesis or work experience in plant operations
Assignment: Development of upgrade kits for use of renewable methanol at 50% blend in regular vehicles
Qualification: engineering systems/ mechanical engineering, MS or PhD program
Experience: thesis pr work experience in automobile or engine technology
Assignment: Explanation and Interpretation of EU law
Qualification: BS/MS in law, specialization of EU law preferably
Experience: thesis or work experience in Energy law
Business Development
Assignment: Business modeling for low carbon fuels
Qualification: engineering systems, business administration or economics MS or MBA program
Experience: thesis or work experience in system engineering, business concept or strategy development work
Assignment: Price and availability analysis of power in the EU
Qualification: economics BS or MS program preferred
Experience: Thesis or work experience in environmental or policy development analysis
Business Operations
Assignment: Scan for EU and Nordic Grant calls and look for partners
Qualifications: Bachelors or Masters Degree in business or engineering
Experience: Research
Engineering
Assignment: Design of a tool for capital expenditures estimation for chemical plants
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Process or Mechanical Engineering
Qualifications: Strong Excel Skills, methodical approach to compiling information from multiple sources
Experience: on-site experience is a plus
Assignment: Design of a process flow diagram for a future plant
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Process or Mechanical Engineering
Qualifications: Strong AutoCAD or MS Visio Skills
Experience: prior exposition to plant design and equipment sizing (academic or professional) on-site experience is a plus
Research and Development
Assignment: Development of advanced flow sheets and intellectual property protection
Qualifications: Chemical or Mechanical engineering BS or MS program preferred
Experience: Coursework or work experience in process design and strong technical writing skills preferred
Assignment: Development of heterogeneous gas-to-liquids catalysts
Qualifications: Chemistry or Chemical engineering, BS or MS program preferred
Experience: Coursework or work experience in heterogeneous catalysis
Assignment: Carbon feedstock sourcing analysis
Qualifications: Chemical or Mechanical engineering BS or MS program preferred
Experience: Coursework or work experience in chemical processes and technical writing skills preferred
Accounting
Assignment: Project control and activity based accounting for various departments and projects
Qualifications: BS/MS degree preferably in Business Administration with major in Accounting
Experience: Work experience in related fields would be an asset
Finance
Assignment: General modeling work
Qualifications: MBA or Engineering/Economics/Business BS or MS program preferred
Experience: Thesis or work experience in modeling
Assignment: Budget design and Corporate Planning preparation (Value Drivers, Goals and Objectives)
Qualifications: MBA or Economics/Business BS or MS program preferred
Experience: Thesis or work experience in Excel, Navision and/or other accounting systems
Assignment: Preparation of Investor material, annual report and finance information
Qualifications: MBA or Economics/Business BS or MS program preferred
Experience: Thesis or work experience in engineering, economics or business