Graduation & internships

At Wetsus we have a number of internships positions available every month for MSc and BSc students. The content for an internship at Wetsus is depending on your study discipline. (chemistry, physics, microbiology, etc.) An internship at Wetsus contains working and assisting a PhD student on their project. An internship at Wetsus has many advantages:

• Excellent career possibilities after graduation through the extensive network of businesses and academic institutions associated with Wetsus
• Have a great insight in working at an institute on sustainable water technology
• Working in a multidisciplinary environment
• Leeuwarden is a fantastic city (with 17,000 students) to study in. Another advantage - there's no shortage of accommodation in Leeuwarden.

For the coming period we have the following vacancies for internships:

Project: The influence of carbon black in the performance of capacitive deionization
Period: atleast 3 months
Supervisor: Ran Zhao

Project: Humidity harvesting using membrane technology
Period: atleast 3 months
Supervisor: Daniel Bergmair

Project: The investigation of effect on microbiological physiology during/after disinfection process.
Period: at least 4 months
Supervising PhD: Justina Racyte

Project: Design and test of a multinozzle device for electrospray dessaniliation
Period: at least 3 months
Supervising PhD: Luewton Lemos

Project: Electrochemical production of byproducts in electrospray desalination
Period: at least 3 months
Supervising PhD: Luewton Lemos

Project: Adsorptive Removal and Recovery of Antiscalants from Concentrated Salt Streams
Period: at least 4 months
Supervising PhD: Luciaan Boels

Project: Electrohydrodynamic process investigation in disinfection reactor.
Period: atleast 4 months
Supervising PhD: Justina Racyte

Project: Selective absorption and selective substance decomposition with direct current in fluidized GAC bed.
Period: atleast 4 months
Supervising PhD: Justina Racyte

Project: Capacitive Bio-Anodes for renewable energy storage in Microbiol Fuell Cells
Period: atleast 3 months (as from 01.09.2011)
Supervising PhD: Alexandra Deeke

Project: Limiting O2 and CO2 concentrations in algal productions
Period: 6 months
Supervising PhD: Claudia Sousa

Project: Characterization of the microbial population in a high loaded MBR system
Period: atleast 3 months
Supervising PhD: Lena Faust

Project: Study of anaerobic biodegradability of high loaded MBR sludge
Period: atleast 3 months
Supervising PhD: Lena Faust

Project: Research on application of innovative and efficient LED technology in sustainable water treatment
Period: 3-6 months
Supervising PhD: Johannes Kuipers

Project: Maximum reuse of carbon, phosphorus and water from domestic waste (water)
Period: atleast 3 months
Supervising PhD: Taina Tervahauta

For more information about the projects, you can contact the supervisors directly.
If you are interested in an internship or a final year placement position for your BSc or MSc, you can contact: Petra Ondráčková: . Please refer to the titel of the project which you are interested in.