Research project title

Design & Scale-up of Electrified Reactors (Computational–Experimental)

Education level

Doctorate

Director/co-director

Director: Bruno Blais

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October 23, 2026

Areas of expertise

Primary sphere of excellence in research

Energy, Water and, Resources

Secondary sphere(s) of excellence in research

Modeling and Artificial Intelligence

Unit(s) and department(s)

Department of Chemical Engineering

Conditions

We offer competitive financial support, opportunities to teach and mentor, and a safe, inclusive, and collaborative environment that values curiosity and open exchange.

Detailed description

We seek students excited by end-to-end reactor design: from digital twins to benchtop validation and industrial translation. You’ll couple CFD and (where appropriate) PINNs to predict MW/US reactors, design validation campaigns with partner labs, and run blind scale-up studies from lab to pilot—producing benchmark datasets and robust methodologies industry can trust. 

Work spans single-phase, packed/slurry beds, drying, and representative reactions; you’ll quantify uncertainty, test novel geometries, and contribute to open repositories used by researchers and companies. Collaboration with Polytechnique teams (microwave/ultrasound facilities, high-speed imaging) and industry partners is integral. 

You have strengths in simulation and an interest in purposeful experiments; experience with HPC or instrumentation (PIV, IR, fiber optics) is a plus.

Outcome: methods and tools that materially advance energy security and climate goals by enabling compact, electrified chemical processes. 

To apply: email a CV, transcripts, and a paragraph describing how you would validate a model you don’t fully trust.