CORE CHANGEMAKERS is the place to be if you want to develop yourself! We are a relaxed student-driven organization with students from MBO, HBO and WO, based in Son. Here we have our own 250m2 of office space, building halls, machines and chill areas.
Are you looking for an internship that teaches you more than just about your study topic? Do you want to learn some skills that complement your knowledge? Do you want to learn about setting up a company, marketing, AI, pitching, thermodynamics or other cool topics beside your project? Here you will help make sustainability possible! This company does not focus on profit, we focus on making an impact!
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INTERNSHIP Hyperios - Automating Inspections for a Circular Society
32-40 h/week (full-time)
Your tasks within the team
If you are looking for a relaxed environment where developing yourself, while making an impact, is central, then you are at the right place! There is no 9-5 mentality here, we work together to make the projects a succes, if that fits between 10-16 or rather at 2 in the evening, great! We do it together!
Hyperios focusses on using AI to automate and improve inspections. Before you think that inspection is boring, understand that if we are able to properly asses the status of simple things like doors, windows and walls we can improve maintenance plans, repair on time or reduce new material use and re-use materials from demolition sides. This is the easiest and best way to create a circular sustainable economy! There are many types of assignemts connected to this topic. So whether you want to work with robots on wheels or are more a software/theoretical person we have some cool topics!
We are very open for your own assignment ideas or personal wishes else we have cool research questions and projects for you to work on, a couple of examples;
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Turning a rover (https://roverrobotics.com/products/4wd-rover-zero-unmanned-ground-vehicle) into an (semi) autonomous inspection vehicle that knows where it is and what it sees
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Building a platform (online and physically) for visual inspections that can aid inspectors
INTERNSHIP TEMNOS - Improving Safety and Circularity by Automating Sorting
32-40 h/week (full-time)
Your tasks within the team
If you are looking for a relaxed environment where developing yourself, while making an impact, is central, then you are at the right place! There is no 9-5 mentality here, we work together to make the projects a succes, if that fits between 10-16 or rather at 2 in the evening, great! We do it together!
TEMNOS is our project focused on using AI to prevent battery fires and the damages caused by explosion of laughing gas cannisters. To do this, we use a combination of robotics and x-ray technology. We have already built a first demo system that operates at market volumes (40 tons per hour) in our own building. While all the systems are physically built, improvements and optimizations need to be made on all fields. So, if you are interested in software, hardware, or process engineering, this is the project for you!
At CORE CHANGEMAKERS, your internship is a sneak-peak into an exciting future. You won't just observe, but actively contribute to projects that redefine waste sorting and recycling. Join us, and together, we'll drive innovation in waste sorting and recycling, making our world cleaner and more sustainable. We are very open for your own assignment ideas or personal wishes else we have cool research questions and projects for you to work on, some examples;
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Robotics: To pick up and remove batteries/battery containing objects, a cartesian robot has been built by Core. However, full control of the robot to consistently pick up batteries/battery containing objects is not there yet. Also, potential improvements on its design can be made.
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Interfacing the prototype: The function of this prototype is to show it to potential clients interested in an industrial scale version. To fully show of the system, a front end is desired which can show of what is happening in a nice and interactive manner. Also, future proof control over the system in a centralized manner is needed.
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Piston: A beginning design of a piston to push of part of a waste pile containing a battery is made. However, more engineering is needed to fully incorporate this piston into our prototype system. For this, both hardware and software challenges need to be tackled.
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Proces optimisation: in essence the proces is simple. However, all the subsystems are complex and build up on their own. So combining these systems can be challenging. The goal here is to make a centralized controller which is able to control all subsystems. This controller should be able to gather the necessary data from the sensors, communicate with the necessary actuators and AIs.
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Cyclops (possibly mbo only): a significantly simpler system can in specific cases have similar results as the more complex systems. This we demonstrate with our cyclops systems, where we develop semi autonomous systems with a combination of simple sensors (like cameras and weight sensors) and AI to sort waste. Such a systems is already build by us for testing. However, this systems is not yet tested. Also, it might possible to optimize the system.
INTERNSHIP Marketing & Sales - Scaling up together!
32-40 h/week (full-time)
Your tasks within the team
If you are looking for a relaxed environment where developing yourself, while making an impact, is central, then you are at the right place! There is no 9-5 mentality here, we work together to make the projects a succes, if that fits between 10-16 or rather at 2 in the evening, great! We do it together!
We are currently working on two big projects while at the same time further professionalizing the company. And we need you to help us achieve that! You get a lot of freedom and operate together with the management of the team. Our goal is to keep being the place to be for students to develop themselves, while keeping the balances positive and working on cool projects that create a sustainable impact!
We are very open for your own assignment ideas or personal wishes else we have cool research questions and projects for you to work on!
INTERNSHIP FOURNOS- Enabling a Circular Economy!
32-40 h/week (full-time)
Your tasks within the team
If you are looking for a relaxed environment where developing yourself, while making an impact, is central, then you are at the right place! There is no 9-5 mentality here, we work together to make the projects a succes, if that fits between 10-16 or rather at 2 in the evening, great! We do it together!
Fournos is our innovative project dedicated to transforming fly ash into basalt rock using a high-temperature oven system. We are currently developing a pilot system capable of reaching temperatures up to 1400 degrees Celsius. Our first prototype has successfully demonstated that such a process is feasible. However, now we are aiming to create a pilot system that is able to demonstrate the process in an industrial setting. For this, a lot of thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and process engineering is required. Does this sound like something you are interested in, while carrying real responsibility and working in a passionate and young team, send an e-mail to dirkvanmeer@core-chemistry.com or WhatsApp us at +31 6 81696508.
We are very open for your own assignment ideas or personal wishes else we have cool research questions and projects for you to work on, some examples:
Alternatives Study
Currently, the melting of fly ash based on high-calorie waste materials that are combusted with oxygen is being examined. This process releases a significant amount of CO2. However, there are various alternatives, such as electric melting using induction, resistance, and also plasma. This research considers the physical and to a certain extent economic aspects of these alternatives and issues a recommendation for the next steps of the JTF grant.
Mass-Energy Balances
A crucial part of the grant involves the creation of mass-energy balances, where the different processes in the smelting plant are calculated in broad outlines, and estimates are made of the dimensions of storage, total amount of material to be processed, oxygen consumption, electricity costs, etc., and an estimate is made of the amount of CO2 emissions.
These calculations are carried out in Excel or Python, with accompanying visualizations and process technology calculations.
Gas Equilibria
It is crucial for the process to determine the equilibria in the gas phase of the reactor, in order to know which gases are formed, energy balances, their effects on the reactor walls and further process operations, to calculate the amount of added oxygen (relevant for the economic aspect of the process), and to further develop the energy recovery by a post-combustion burner and boiler after the reactor.
These thermodynamic equilibria can be determined through Gibbs minimization. Here, constrained optimization using Lagrange multipliers can be applied. Experience with numerical methods and thermodynamics is therefore very relevant.
OPEN APLICATION
If you have a different idea on what you want to do in CORE, whether it's about time commitment or the job itself or simply want to talk with us to see what is possible, apply with "Open Application" via the form!
