What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sustainability Summer Internship Programme – Materials position at 1014 United States of America?
Our search for better is changing the lives of our customers. It’s changing the careers of our people too – creating new challenges and opportunities all the time. We’re a business that never stands still.
Join us in our second year of the Sustainability Internship Programme.
Convatec is seeking a materials science intern (full time) to join our Materials Science team based at Convatec Technology Center – Boston to support us on our journey to embed sustainability practices across the company.
This intern will conduct research on the medical device materials to help Convatec identify opportunities to reduce the carbon footprint associated with our materials. In addition, the intern will evaluate different sterilization methods and their interactions with these materials.
Length of assignment: 3 months
Key Responsibilities:
- Literature review of different sterilization methods for medical devices, and their effect on key materials in our portfolio
- Identification of new & emerging sterilization methods and test facilities or potential collaborators to trial these methods.
- Physical testing of medical device materials, including techniques such as tensile testing, TGA, DSC, DMA, Electron and Optical microscopy, contact angle and FTIR.
- Conducting experiments, including preparing samples, executing experiments, troubleshooting if necessary, recording all data, and conducting limited data analysis
- Communication of results in written technical reports and presentations.
Skills & Experience:
- Excellent written skills and ability to communicate clearly and concisely
- Strong computer skills including MS office suite
- Ability to track and execute project priorities
- Ability to experiment, troubleshoot, and “learn by doing.”
- Laboratory experience including a demonstrated understanding of general laboratory safety
- Good organization and record-keeping
- Experience with thermal and/or mechanical testing of polymers is desired
Qualifications/Education:
- Student pursuing a degree in chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, or a related field with an emphasis on polymers. Student is ideally a MS or PhD student, though a rising senior BS student would also be considered.
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