Multiple Specialization – Assistant Professor – Research

Educational Qualification:
Preferred qualification: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a closely related discipline.

Objective

The CO₂ Research and Green Technologies Centre (CO₂RGTC), VIT, invites applications from highly motivated and research-oriented faculty members to strengthen its multidisciplinary research programmes in sustainable energy, green technologies, carbon management, circular economy, and environmental sustainability.

The positions are intended to attract talented researchers with strong academic and research credentials who can contribute to high-impact research, sponsored projects, technology development, patents, publications, and industry collaboration in emerging areas of sustainable engineering and green technologies.

Specialised Domains

Mechanical / Energy Engineering

Energy- and renewable-energy-driven approaches for water conservation and advanced water treatment.
Integrated energy systems and waste-heat-driven technologies for combined utilities and improved energy efficiency.
Energy-efficient cooling, refrigeration, and heat-pump technologies, including CO₂-based systems.
Sustainable air-conditioning, thermal management, and thermal comfort for buildings in warm and humid climates.
Solar and other renewable-energy conversion, utilization, and energy-storage technologies.
Waste-to-energy, resource recovery, and allied carbon-utilization processes.
Modelling, simulation, optimization, and experimental investigation of thermal-fluid and energy systems.

Civil Engineering

Development of sustainable construction materials, waste valorization, and circular economy approaches.
Synthesis, modification, characterization, and application of nanomaterials for carbon capture and environmental applications.
Reverse engineering, characterization, and simulation of heritage construction materials and structures.
Sustainable materials and technologies for carbon management and environmental protection.
Strong hands-on experience in advanced material characterization techniques.

Chemical / Biochemical Engineering

Biogas production, process optimization, purification, upgrading, and utilization.
Anaerobic digestion and biological conversion of organic and agro-industrial wastes.
Biomass conversion technologies, including thermochemical and biochemical conversion processes.
Waste-to-energy and resource recovery technologies.
Bioenergy, biofuels, and value-added products from biomass and organic waste.
Carbon capture, utilization, and allied sustainable chemical processes.
Process modelling, simulation, optimization, and scale-up of biomass and biogas conversion technologies.

Responsibilities

The selected candidates are expected to:

Undertake high-quality, interdisciplinary research in emerging areas of sustainable energy and green technologies.
Publish research findings in high-impact journals and reputed international conferences.
Develop and lead externally funded research projects from national and international funding agencies.
Develop patents, copyrights, prototypes, technologies, and other tangible research outputs.
Establish strong collaborations with academic institutions, research organizations, industries, and government agencies.
Contribute to technology development, demonstration, scale-up, and technology transfer.
Guide PhD scholars, postgraduate students, and undergraduate research projects.
Participate in multidisciplinary research programmes of the CO₂ Research and Green Technologies Centre.
Contribute to the Centre's efforts in addressing climate change, energy transition, resource recovery, carbon management, and environmental sustainability.

Research Support

The CO₂ Research and Green Technologies Centre provides:

Access to multidisciplinary research laboratories and advanced characterization facilities.
Opportunities for collaborative research with national and international institutions and industries.
Support for technology development, patents, publications, and sponsored research.
Opportunities to work on large-scale demonstration and field-level projects in green technologies and sustainable energy.

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Multiple Specialization – Assistant Professor – Research