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PhD Position in Mixing and Entrainment in Turbulent Flows Using Advanced Laser Diagnostics

Employer
NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - NTNU
Location
Trondheim, Norway
Closing date
31 Jan 2020

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About the position

A PhD position is available at the Department of Energy and Process Engineering (EPT) within the Thermo-fluids research group.

The appointment has a duration of 4 years and is internally financed by the Faculty of Engineering at NTNU. The position will be supervised by Professor James Dawson and co-supervised by Professor Markus Holzner from ETH Zurich. 

Research activities will be primarily based at the Department of Energy and Process Engineering at NTNU although the candidate will also conduct collaborative research at Professor Holzner’s lab in Zurich.

The expected start date is as soon as possible, but no later than 20 August 2020.

Job description

Understanding and controlling mass and scalar transport in fluid flows is of widespread practical importance in science and engineering.  It primarily determines the efficiency of almost every engineering application where mass transport dominates including renewable energy technologies such as wind turbines, the production of green hydrogen by electrolysis and zero-carbon combustion technologies such as hydrogen fired gas turbines just to name a few examples.

The aim of the PhD project is to improve our fundamental understanding of turbulent mixing and entrainment in shear flows, density stratified flows and wall bounded flows that form the building blocks of many engineering applications. Access to several novel experimental facilities integrating different advanced experimental techniques including Particle Image Velocity (PIF), Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) and 3D Particle Tracking Velocimetry (PTV).

The successful candidate will develop and combine their fundamental knowledge in fluid mechanics with their practical and analytical skills to improve our fundamental understanding of mixing and transport in turbulent flows and will be responsible for setting-up and performing experiments as well as the development and application of advanced data processing.  The successful candidate will join an internationally active research group in fluid mechanics with experienced post-doctoral researchers as well as PhD students working across a wide variety of fluid mechanics problems.  They will be expected to publish their research in internationally leading scientific journals and present their work at international conferences.

Qualification requirements

The PhD-position's main objective is to qualify for work in research positions. The qualification requirement is completion of a master’s degree or second degree (equivalent to 120 credits) with a strong academic background in fluid mechanics or classical mechanics, or equivalent education with a grade of B or better in terms of NTNU’s grading scale. Applicants with no letter grades from previous studies must have an equally good academic foundation. Applicants who are unable to meet these criteria may be considered only if they can document that they are particularly suitable candidates for education leading to a PhD degree.

The appointment is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants and national guidelines for appointment as PhD, postdoctor and research assistant

NTNU is committed to following evaluation criteria for research quality according to The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment - DORA.

Required qualifications:

  • A Masters (or second) degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, applied physics, mathematics or equivalent discipline.
  • Strong background in fundamental or applied fluid mechanics.
  • Programming skills in MATLAB, C, Python, or similar packages.
  • Excellent command of the English language, and skilled in academic writing.

Desired additional qualifications:

  • Experience with state-of-the-art experimental fluid mechanics measurements (e.g., high-speed imaging, hot-wire, particle image velocimetry, laser-Doppler anemometry).
  • Experience with CAD software packages (e.g., SolidWorks, Fusion360).
  • Suitable experience in experimental, theoretical or numerical methods in fluid mechanics will be considered beneficial but not the use of commercial CFD software packages.

Personal characteristics

  • Enthusiastic, ability to adapt and learn
  • Highly motivated and scientifically curious
  • Able to work effectively by themselves and in a team
  • Able to work in a structured and goal orientated manner
  • Able to work in a multi-cultural environment

In the evaluation of which candidate is best qualified, emphasis will be placed on education, experience and personal suitability, as well as motivation, in terms of the qualification requirements specified in the advertisement

We offer

Salary and conditions

PhD candidates are remunerated in code 1017, and are normally remunerated from NOK 479 600 before tax per year. From the salary, 2 % is deducted as a contribution to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.

The period of employment is 4 years. Appointment to a PhD position requires admission to the PhD programme in Engineering.

As a PhD candidate, you undertake to participate in an organized PhD programme during the employment period. A condition of appointment is that you are in fact qualified for admission to the PhD programme within three months.

The engagement is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants, and the acts relating to Control of the Export of Strategic Goods, Services and Technology. Candidates who by assessment of the application and attachment are seen to conflict with the criterias in the latter law will be prohibited from recruitment to NTNU. After the appointment you must assume that there may be changes in the area of work.

General information

A good work environment is characterized by diversity. We encourage qualified candidates to apply, regardless of their gender, functional capacity or cultural background. Under the Freedom of Information Act (offentleglova), information about the applicant may be made public even if the applicant has requested not to have their name entered on the list of applicants.

Questions about the position can be directed to Professor James Dawson, email james.r.dawson@ntnu.no

About the application:
Publications and other academic works that the applicant would like to be considered in the evaluation must accompany the application. Joint works will be considered. If it is difficult to identify the individual applicant's contribution to joint works, the applicant must include a brief description of his or her contribution.

Please submit your application electronically via jobbnorge.no with your CV, diplomas and certificates. Applicants invited for interview must include certified copies of transcripts and reference letters.

Please refer to the application number IV-8/20 when applying.

Application deadline: 31.01.2020.

NTNU - knowledge for a better world

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) creates knowledge for a better world and solutions that can change everyday life.

Department of Energy and Process Engineering

We conduct research and teaching covering the entire energy chain, from resources to the end-user. We look at how energy is produced and used by humans and machines in a sustainable way with regard to health, climate change and the resource base. The Department of Energy and Process Engineering is one of eight departments in the Faculty of Engineering.

Deadline 31st January 2020
Employer NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Municipality Trondheim
Scope Fulltime
Duration Temporary
Place of service NTNU Department of Energy and Process Engineering

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