Research internship: Torwash MBO

Internship

40 hrs/week

Compensation

Are you a MBO student with a keen interest in sustainability and water technology? Join our research team at CEW to work on TORWASH®, an innovative sludge processing technology developed by TNO. TORWASH® reduces sewage sludge by up to 85%. Cutting incineration costs while producing material
suitable as (bio)fuel.

Your role will focus on treating and recovering resources from TORWASH® rejection water, which contains high levels of organic matter, nitrogen, and phosphorus. You’ll dive into processes like anaerobic digestion, struvite precipitation, and anammox to explore solutions for sustainable recirculation within wastewater treatment plants.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking research, gain hands-on experience, and develop skills in resource recovery and wastewater innovation. Are you ready to make a difference? Apply now and join the TORWASH® project!

Your profile

• You are familiar with basic laboratory techniques
• You reflect on the quality of your handlings and obtained results
• You keep your working space neat and tidy
• You can organize your work well
• You can cooperate well with other students in the project
• You are committed, work independently and are ready to ‘own’ your tasks

Your responsibilities

• Supporting HBO students in daily operation of the
• pilot setup consisting of three reactors
• Sampling, analyses, measurements
• Managing data (spreadsheets, photos, SharePoint)
• Communicating results with the project team
• Providing all-round support in the lab, including maintenance of working space

Enthusiastic? Send an email to studenten@cew.nl with the subject ‘Internship placement’ or ‘Graduation placement’ and tell us why you want to do an internship or graduate at the CEW. For more information, please contact Maarten Trilsbeek on telephone number +31 58 210 09 19.