R&D PhD Summer Intern: Dissolution-Based Recycling

• Develop and apply engineering principles to creating new materials/packaging and plastic recycling processes that improve both product performance and sustainability.
• Partner seamlessly to design and execute laboratory-based to pilot-scale experiments, develop technical models and prototypes, and generate critical insights and solutions that will further grow P&G’s business.
• Demonstrate strong laboratory skills and co-creation mindset for business problem solving to deliver against challenges across multiple categories.
• Design upstream materials through process design.
• Work may include bench-to-pilot experiments to define key material & process parameters, design and development of new and existing test methods to relate polymer composition to mechanical properties, and lifecycle and techno-economic analysis.

• Education: Working towards a PhD in Chemical Engineering, Polymer or Material Science & Engineering or Mechanical Engineering (with a focus on materials)
• Available to work a 12-week internship from May/early June to August in the summer of 2027. This is an in-person internship; candidate is expected to work from our Mason Business Center five days a week.
• Ability to work safely and independently while performing routine laboratory tasks and operating chemical reactors.
• Experience in designing and building experimental set ups.
• Ability to design and execute experiments and analyze complex data sets.
• Laboratory quantitative and digital skills for sample characterization.
• Strong understanding of mass transfer, chemical separation, and fluid dynamic principles.

• Experience in process scale up or process engineering.
• Experience with polymer processing or characterization through DSC, TGA, GPC, or rheology is beneficial.
• Knowledgeable about plastic recycling and life cycle analysis.

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