Two PhD Positions at Wageningen University & Research

One PhD candidate will create a library of food components with suitable functional properties for robotic food applications, and studying methods to obtain those components from raw materials. For example, food materials that show responses to electrical, chemical, or thermal stimulations will be investigated. The second PhD candidate will focus on assembling food components into functional parts of the edible robots, and on assessing the nutritional profile and life cycle of the robots. For example, advanced food processing techniques such as 3D/4D printing will be employed to create robotic food. Ideally, the created robots will be completely digested or be degraded in nature after use.