Graduation Project - Mechanical Engineering

Climate change is real and we need to act fast. Our purpose is to restore the carbon balance in our atmosphere. We believe it’s important to have a positive impact on society, the economy, and the climate. Are you ready to join us on our mission?

Some context
Let’s start with giving you an idea of the context your graduation project takes place in. However, before we do that, we have to share a disclaimer; as your graduation project will be in the heart of our technology we cannot fully disclose technical details. Alternatively, we’ll give you some cryptic insights — no need to worry; if you have a job interview, we’ll disclose all the nitty-gritty details.

Conceptually, our technology consists of a sorbent (to which the CO2 adsorbs) which is put in a bigger mechanical system. As the process of adsorbing/desorbing CO2 is heavily thermal and flow oriented, it imaginably comes with the engineering challenge to control these processes. Also with the right mechanical design.

And that’s where your graduation project comes in. We’re currently heads-down on developing a mechanical part to optimize the constant movement of this sorbent, being a compressible medium. It’s your graduation assignment to design a concept that minimizes gas leakages that occur due to the compressible medium interfacing with a quasi-static mechanical part. Next to that, the concept should be robust against mechanical and medium inaccuracies and inexpensive to produce at large scale.

It’s not purely about conceptually finding the optimum here. You’ll also put it into the real world by further developing the initial test setup (which has been created by our Mechanical Engineer Koen Broeksteeg). As this test setup can be seen as a minimum viable test setup right now, there are plenty of improvements that can be implemented.

Ultimately, you can conclude it’s a broadly oriented graduation project which goes beyond having the correct calculations. It’ll get you into the real world of engineering as it comes with testing and manufacturability too!

Initial scope of your graduation project
Hopefully, you have a first impression of the project you’ll work on despite the limitation of not being able to share everything at this point. Your daily supervisors, Koen Broeksteeg (Mechanical Engineer) & Sjoerd de Vries (Mechanical Architect) created a scope – including a sequence* – of your graduation project. This can be considered as your graduation project, which can be found below.

Chapter 1 - Update test setup by looping back insights from initial tests (1-2 months)

• Improving/adding sensors and read-out.

• Measuring and improving manufacturing accuracies and verification.

Chapter 2 - Develop testing plan (including statistics; DOE) (1 month)

Chapter 3 - Concept development and testing (2-3 months)
Chapter 4 - Reporting (1 month)
Chapter 5 - FEM Modelling (optional)

• FEM modelling for concept optimization and scaling to different designs in the future)

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  This is a preferred sequence. However, if this doesn’t fit the requirements (e.g. if you should start with concepting) we can puzzle around with the given ‘chapters’ of your graduation project.

Why join us?

We are a purpose-driven team of international engineers, researchers, and business professionals. We do not get easily discouraged and we join forces to ensure our dream comes true. At the heart of it all, there are people inspired by our purpose: reversing climate change!

We offer you to

• Make a real difference in one of the biggest challenges of our time - reversing climate change.

• Become an integral part of our fun, diverse and growing multicultural team.

• Experience the dynamic and exciting environment of a startup - where there is never a dull moment.

• Take ownership of your assignment.

• Share and implement your own ideas - we believe the best ideas can come from anywhere.

• Enjoy flexible working hours and the freedom to manage your work effectively - we trust you.

• Join the daily team walks at the inspiring High Tech Campus.

• Engage in monthly team events and activities such as jeu de boules or barbecues, fostering a strong sense of community.

Our ideal candidate is someone who

Brings an entrepreneurial approach. With that, we refer to you being able to dive into deep. Being able to find your way and get things in motion within the hectic start-up environment. We’ll definitely support you, and we’ll never let you sink. But it’s you who owns the initiative. Next to that, you’re;

• Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.

• looking for a graduation project to start in Spring 2025 for 6-9 months.

• a hands-on engineer; you like to build stuff. Seeing ideas coming to life excites you.

• Excited about experimental design, construction principles, FEM analysis and fluid dynamics.

• Somewhat familiar with mechatronics design; design for test setup and sensor read-out (preferred)

We are Carbyon. We Capture the Sky
At Carbyon, we envision a future where fossil carbon is entirely replaced by atmospheric carbon. Our breakthrough technology enables extreme energy efficiency and low manufacturing costs, paving the way for a globally scalable solution. We value diversity and actively promote an inclusive culture where every employee feels valued and supported. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and experiences, as we believe our diversified expertise is one of our strengths.

Are you energized by our purpose and want to work together on our mission? Reach out to us, we would love to meet you!