PhD scholarship in Metastable Calcium Carbonate Cement - DTU Construct

Job description

Are you passionate about low-carbon cement and advanced cementitious materials characterization? We’re looking for a full-time PhD to join the Digital Building Technology (DBT) section at DTU, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (DTU Construct). In this role, you are advancing innovation by integrating material science, advanced processing techniques, and modelling to gain a comprehensive understanding of calcium carbonate formation & growth at environmental boundary conditions of cementitious materials, across different scales and timeframes. This position plays a crucial role in our DFF-Sapere Aude project, PolYCEM, supported by Independent Research Fund Denmark, dedicated to developing "Metastable calcium carbonate cement toward cultivating carbon neutrality." Join our team and contribute to the field of cement research. Responsibilities: Your main focus will be to study how cement-based materials undergo carbonation and how the carbonated phases interact with cementitious phases under different atmospheric conditions. You will work directly with advanced laboratory equipment and computational modeling tools (e.g., thermodynamic modelling and life cycle analysis) to i...