Applications are invited for a couple of PhD studentships at the Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering (MAE), Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, China. The successful candidates will join the Advanced Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics Laboratory (A3 Lab), and will be working mainly with Dr Yu Liu (Associate Professor).

Project Descriptions
PhD research projects are available in the areas of (but not limited to):
• Hybrid passive/active flow and noise control of bluff bodies
• Noise reduction of aircraft slats, trailing edges, and wind turbine blades
• Aerodynamic characteristics and noise mechanisms of stalled aerofoils
• Low-noise propeller design for UAVs and fans
• Insulation of sandwich structures for turbulent boundary layer induced cabin noise
• Flow and acoustic testing techniques, e.g. aeroacoustic wind tunnel, phased microphone array

About SUSTech 
Established in 2012, SUSTech is a public research university funded by the Shenzhen Municipality. It is positioned to be a top-tier international university that excels in interdisciplinary research, the nurturing of innovative talents and the transfer of new knowledge to practice. Located in Shenzhen, one of the fastest growing cities in China and the country’s window to the world, SUSTech enjoys strong connections with leading companies in China and renowned universities across the globe.
SUSTech is comprised of the College of Science, College of Engineering, College of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Business, School of Life and Health Sciences, and the School of Medicine.
In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings released in September 2020, SUSTech ranked 9th among mainland Chinese universities.
More information about SUSTech, the MAE Department, and Dr Yu Liu can be found at:
http://www.sustech.edu.cn/en/       http://mae.sustech.edu.cn/en/
http://faculty.sustech.edu.cn/?tagid=liuy&lang=en

About the PhD Programs
• SUSTech admits PhD students in the research areas of all academic departments and offers PhD degrees in Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Mechanics, and Intelligent Manufacturing & Robotics.
• All PhD programs are offered in English.
• Students with a Master’s degree are expected to complete their PhD program within 4 years. 

SUSTech PhD Scholarships
SUSTech offers PhD Scholarships to full-time PhD students with excellent research potential. This prestigious Fellowship provides a basic annual stipend of RMB 80,000 plus a performance-based award of RMB 20,000 per year for a maximum period of 4 years. The performance-based award will be evaluated by SUSTech departments and approved by the Graduate School.

Qualifications
Applicants should be of outstanding quality and exceptionally motivated, and should have
• A Master’s degree from a leading university within a country/region, and have demonstrated outstanding potential for research excellence. 
• Communication and interpersonal skills as well as leadership abilities are also important criteria for the selection of Fellowship recipients.
• English language requirements: TOEFL 80 or above; or IELTS 6.0 overall or above, with no sub-scores lower than 5.5.
Tuition and Accommodation Fees
• Tuition fee: RMB 40,000 per year. Registration fee: RMB500.
• Accommodation fee: RMB 1,500 per month for a single room in the graduate student dormitories.
• Extra financial support is available for all international students after enrollment to cover up to 3/4 of the tuition fee and accommodation fees for 11 months. The application should be made to the Graduate School after enrollment.
• The fees listed above are for reference and are subjected to adjustment.

How to apply
1. Application deadline: 
January 15, 2020. Please email the application documents in PDF to departmental contacts below. Subject of email: Application for SUSTech PhD Admission 2020 – International Student – Name
The MAE Department Contact: Ms Yang, maeyzb@sustech.edu.cn

2. Application Documents (PDF version):
(1) Application form (Please download the “Application form-SUSTech PhD” from http://gs.sustech.edu.cn/zhaoshengQ&A)
(2) Personal statement, in Chinese or English, which should include study and work experience, reasons for application and study proposal.
(3) Research proposal, in English, > 1500 words.
(4) Degree certificates and academic transcripts, which must be original documents or notarized copies. If applicants are university students, they shall also provide an official pre-graduation certificate/letter showing their student status and stating the expected graduation date. For all documents in languages other than Chinese or English, notarized copies of translations in Chinese or English need to be provided.
(5) Photocopies of language proficiency certificates.
(6) Two letters of recommendation with appropriate contact details, in Chinese or English. 
(7) A photocopy of passport.
(8) Other documents that prove academic abilities.
Departments may require hard copies of the above documents. Application materials will NOT be returned regardless of the result of application.
Evaluation and Admission
Applications will be considered on the basis of the documents provided by the applicants. An interview and/or additional tests may be needed.
Offer letters will be issued to the successful applicants by the SUSTech Graduate Admission Office following the release of the application outcomes around March 2020. Applicants who are not admitted will not be informed.
Visa Application and Registration
Admitted students should bring their personal and ordinary passport, Certificate of Admission, Visa Application Form (JW202/JW201), as well as other documents as required to the Embassy or Consulate of the People's Republic of China for a student visa (X1 visa). Students shall come to SUSTech for registration during the dates indicated by the Admission package with the required documents. Normally, the registration period is in late August. Students must enter China with an ordinary passport and an X1 visa, and must apply for a Residence Permit within 30 days of arrival in China.
All students should present the necessary original or notarial degree certificates upon registration at SUSTech for enrollment qualification review. Students who fail the enrollment qualification review will be disqualified from enrollment.

Enquiries
Please send a cover letter explaining your qualifications and research plan for the PhD programme, a CV with a list of publications, and the contact details of two referees via email. 
Contact: Dr Yu Liu		Email: liuy@sustech.edu.cn
General enquiries can be made to:
Bao Zhu (Miss)
SUSTech Graduate School
Email：yzb@sustech.edu.cn, zhub@sustech.edu.cn
Graduate School webpage: http://gs.sustech.edu.cn/en

A total of 15 PhD positions are available at 8 universities, 1 research centre
and 4 industries, in the framework of the European Marie Curie European Training
Network (ETN) zEPHYR. This project is focused on the development of performant 
wind farms by addressing simultaneously the individual performance of each 
turbine composing the wind farm, and the efficient harvesting of the local wind 
resources in on-shore and urban environments. The researchers recruited in 
zEPHYR will investigate emerging technologies through laboratory experiments, 
theoretical modelling and numerical simulations addressing the following 
aspects: mesoscale and microscale atmospheric boundary layer simulations, rotor 
aerodynamics, aeroacoustics and structural dynamics, atmospheric propagation and 
human factors, uncertainty quantification, sensitivity analysis and multi-
physical optimization.

In that context, the Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL), Argentina, is 
offering an ESR position for a PhD project entitled

Efficient CFD methods for the simulation of WT fluid-structure interaction

This research project is addressed to the development of finite volume methods 
as well as innovative particle methods for the numerical analysis of WT fluid-
structure interaction. Particle methods are known to be advantageous in 
convection dominated flows, and well adapted to simulate flows with moving 
boundaries. The objective is to accelerate the computations while preserving 
accuracy in order to enable optimization in design of wind turbines. Methods 
should be interacting with an existing code for wind turbine simulation 
including flexible blades, the machine, the mast, etc. Parallelisation will be 
made in an already developed MPI environment between UNL and Samtech for 
cosimulation. 


The PhD will be mainly based at the Research Center for Computational Methods 
(CIMEC) from UNL, under supervision by Profs. Norberto Nigro and Alberto 
Cardona, and several secondments are foreseen at partner institutions of the 
zEPHYR network: at Siemens Gamesa (Denmark), at Samtech SA (Belgium) and at 
National Technical University of Athens (Greece).


The contract can start between the 1st of April 2020 and the 1st of August 2020. 
Application deadline: 17 February 2020. 


The multidisciplinary topics addressed in zEPHYR are scientifically challenging 
and of high technological and economical relevance, promising interesting career 
perspectives in academic and multi-sectorial industrial environments. The zEPHYR 
partners do strictly adhere to the ethical standards of the European Charter for 
Researchers and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers . Female 
scientists are particularly encouraged to apply. Applicants must satisfy some 
eligibility rules, in particular in terms of transnational mobility.  A strict 
equal opportunity, gender-neutral and internationally comparable recruitment 
procedure is implemented. Applications are to be made through the EURAXESS web 
site: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs.


The EURAXESS offer ID corresponding to this position is: 471233.


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The partially saturated zone (vadose) plays an important role in many areas of 
hydrology. Recently, interest in this area has grown due to increasing 
concerns about the impact of industrial, agricultural and urban activities on 
the quality of the subsoil environment and particularly the water resources. 
The groundwater table can be contaminated by pesticides applied to 
agricultural land as they inevitably move through the partially saturated zone 
towards the aquifer. Chemicals released from municipal and industrial disposal 
sites also pose risks to the environment. Depending on rainy and dry periods, 
the saturation in the vadose zone is variable. In addition, in the future, 
longer periods of drought are expected to alternate with intense rainfall 
events. Extrapolation from current scenarios will therefore be difficult and a 
better understanding of transport at very low saturations becomes crucial.
Despite a number of studies, transport in partially saturated porous media is 
still poorly understood and divergent results are found in the literature. The 
major difficulty lies in the fact that the volume of pores accessible by 
solutes depends on the physics of the underlying immiscible two-phase flow.  
The objective of this thesis is to better understand the transport of solutes 
in partially saturated porous media and the resulting macroscopic equations. 
The thesis consists of an experimental part and a numerical part. First, we 
will carry out immiscible air-water displacements in glass micromodels and 
mini-plugs of different geometries to study the influence of pore structure 
and fluid properties on the spatial distribution of air. In a second step, we 
will perform Lattice Boltzmann transport simulations in the images taken from 
the micromodel at partial saturation to derive the macroscopic equations. 

University Master degree in relevant disciplines (physics, geoscience, math, 
informatics) is required

An exciting and unique opportunity exists for a PhD student to undertake 
research at Macquarie University to investigate the potential of applying 
Computational Fluid Dynamics to the metal extrusion process. This project is 
being undertaken in collaboration with an innovative Australian company with 
a desire to enhance their ability to predict the performance of their dies 
to better serve their local and international clients.

During the course of this research project the successful applicant will be 
required to investigate the feasibility of modelling the extrusion process 
in order to predict the performance of an extrusion die using CFD. In 
addition to establishing simulations, experiments will be required to be 
designed, manufactured and undertaken to validate the simulations 
capabilities. Site visits to the industry partner will be vital to allow the 
applicant to enhance their understanding of the extrusion process, collate 
data to compare to simulations and establish a close technical relationship 
with the industry partner.

The successful applicant will:
•	be required to be self-motivated and an enthusiastic individual with 
a passion for developing simulation techniques. 
•	be required to have demonstrated knowledge of CFD and modelling of 
two-phase flows, non-Newtonian fluids and an understanding of the governing 
equations used by these simulation tool
•	have some previous experience with using and manipulating openFoam 
or creating user defined function for ANSYS
•	have some previous experience with computer programming
•	be knowledgeable of material mechanic properties
•	have experience with CAD and other simulation tools such as FEA.

If interested, applicants are requested to send their CV and a cover letter 
addressing the requirements listed above to sammy.diasinos@mq.ed.au with the 
subject heading “PhD application for extrusion CFD research project 2020” by 
the 24th of February 2020.

An exciting and unique opportunity exists for you within of an EU-Japan research project with partners from the industry (Rolls Royce-Derby) and research centres:

DECONGEALING BEHAVIOUR OF A HEAT EXCHANGER IN AERO ENGINES

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DESCRIPTION OF THE OPEN POSITION:

Main areas of work:
o	State-of-the-art of unsteady aero-thermal simulations using Conjugate Heat Transfer (CHT) methods and oil systems in jet engines
o	3D-simulations of the decongealing behaviour of the oil system coupled with the air system using different commercial and open-source softwares in the Supercomputer HLRN-IV
o	Comparison of the results taking into account the temperature variation in the flight cycle
o	Possibility to write a publication with the results of the thesis

We are looking for candidates who are:
o	in a Master Program (computational engineering, aeronautics, mechanical engineering, physics, mathematics...)
o	interested in heat transfer/CFD/multiphysics/programming
o	interest for learning methods related with High Performance Computing (HPC)
o	experience (or the ability to learn in a short time): ANSYS CFX/FLUENT, OpenFOAM

Do you find the job advertisement interesting?
Send me your CV & transcript of records and certificates of your studies (1 pdf
file with max. 4 MB): 
costeros@b-tu.de
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE APPLICATION:
1. Send all your documents to costeros@b-tu.de and not to other stuff members (secretary, Professor,...) for avoiding the overload of the Chair.
2. Normally we need between 1/2 weeks before we can give you an answer about
your application (when all required documents were send correctly). 
3. Needed documents for the application (from the high school until the present):
     a. transcript of notes
     b. certificates (High school, Bachelor, Master, job experience…)
     c. reports & abstracts of the most important projects
     d. publications: papers… 
4. Send only one pdf file (max. 4 MB)
5. Only internships (before or after the graduation under the ERASMUS + program)or Master´s thesis applications (eventually PhD supported by ERASMUS + program) 
6. The best time for starting in our Chair coincides with the semester start-
April and October-( as student you have a lot of advantages: public transports,
food, …etc.). For this reason take into account the deadlines: 
https://www.b-tu.de/en/students/admissions-registrars-office/research-oriented-study-programmes/dates-and-deadlines
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FOR FUNDING:         
If you are studying at the present in Europe:           
          https://www.b-tu.de/en/study/applications-and-admissions/incomings-exchange-students/erasmus-eu

If you are studying at the present in a non-European country:              
          https://www.b-tu.de/en/study/applications-and-admissions/incomings-exchange-students/studexa-free-mover
          https://www.daad.de/laenderinformationen/en/
More Information, here:
          https://www.b-tu.de/en/study/applications-and-admissions
          https://www.b-tu.de/en/international/incoming-students/how-to-apply 

Opportunity for fully funded Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) PhD studentship 

Deadline for application is 31st January 2020

The University of Manchester has established funding through GCRF for studentships to build connections with countries that are overseas development assistance (OOA) recipients.

The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) is a £1.5 billion fund announced by the government to support cutting-edge research that addresses the challenges faced by developing countries. GCRF forms part of the UK's Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitment. ODA-funded activity focuses on outcomes that promote the long-term sustainable growth of countries on the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) list. 

Examining the link between cardiovascular fluid dynamics and cardiovascular genetics

In recent years Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), or in silico modelling has had a profound impact on cardiovascular medicine. In particular CFD allows for heamodynamic metrics based on as blood flow velocity, wall shear stress (WSS) and pressure to be extracted, which can be invaluable in planning treatment for congenital heart disease (CHD), particularly to elucidate complex blood flow features which are not easily detectable via standard techniques, eg echocardiography data. This PhD project builds on preliminary work undertaken as part of a recent Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF) project on genetics, where CFD had a minor role. In order to help develop an a-priori platform to assess downstream impact of CHD interventions we will incorporate and test anatomical growth models into our software tool-chain to develop capability for computational patient-specific surgical decision making.

The project uses a multidisciplinary approach to better understand the burden and nature of congenital heart disease on the African continent and to develop appropriate solutions in response to the findings. Cardiologists, public health specialists, geneticists and engineers have worked in tandem to examine various aspects of CHD. In this PhD project we seek to extend the collaboration to include scientists from Université de Thies (UdT), Senegal and the work has two main objectives:

1. To further develop and integrate growth modelling approximations into open source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) pipeline for congenital heart disease to a growing database of Coarctation of the Aorta (CoA) and Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) cases. Measurements will feed into a statistical learning tool that could be used in clinical settings based on image-derived flow data. We will develop sensitivity analysis to imagine modalities of varying accuracy to reflect the range of available imaging available on the continent.

1. To identify haemodynamics patterns and CFD-derived metrics for CHD and to test their prevalence against the growing database of genetic characteristics. This will be achieved by using statistical methods on data which has already been collected in the PROTEA database.

We seek an exceptional candidate with a strong first degree in physics, maths, engineering or bioengineering. The candidate should be keen to travel, spending up to two years in Africa, mainly based at University of Cape Town, South Africa, with visits to University of Thiès, Senegal. The candidate must have some prior programming experience and should be able to evidence the ability to work across different disciplines.

To find out more details and apply see the link below:

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/golden/gcrf/apply/

Opportunity for fully funded PhD studentship with Joint award from University of Manchester and University of Melbourne

Deadline for application is 31st January 2020

The objective in this exciting cross-disciplinary project is to investigate the potential of a bio- inspired coating of flexible devices to passively modify energetic modes of an unsteady crossflow and to assess, for the first time, the role of colour in determining mechanical properties. We seek an exceptional candidate with a strong first degree in physics, maths, engineering or bioengineering. The candidate (HOME/EU) should be keen to travel, spending at least 12 months in Melbourne, must have some prior programming experience and should be able to evidence the ability to work across disciplines. 

This project will build on recent interest in the bioengineering field focused on understanding the underlying potential of bio-inspired surfaces for future engineering applications. The role of filamentous structures such as feathers or fur is of particular interest since they exist as both branched and unbranched forms, they are actively controlled by muscles, and their effects on flow are complex and understudied. Colour is known to have a direct impact on the mechanical properties of hairs and feathers, due to the structural role of melanin in the keratin strands that form them. In this way, colour is thought to directly affect structural endurance of the material, via UV resistance, but it has not been proven. Furthermore, ‘structural colour’ results from microscopic features which interfere with visible light, enabling them to reflect a far greater, sometimes iridescent, range of colours than would be possible from pigmentation alone. From a biological perspective this is interesting – which came first and why?

The coordinated response of arrays of fur/feathers to a flow instability is little understood, generally restricted either to the most simplified of scenarios or bulk analysis of more complex cases. The premise of this work is that a large group of flexible fibres to can be configured as a filter, with pre-determinable bulk properties. The hypothesis is the passive response of an array of fur/feathers can be made to either damp or amplify energy at selected frequencies. Furthermore, a smart inhomogeneous arrangement of such structures may be able to redistribute energy across multiple frequencies. The resulting surface would have important consequences for engineering applications where drag and noise reduction is paramount, or for energy harvesting devices designed to extract ambient energy. The parameter space of such a system is vast, and we navigate these dimensions by considering cases arising in nature, where conditions are clearly
defined for given species. We will make use of existing data to categorise the structure of a range of filamentous structures for bird and mammal skin that are candidates for flow modification: (e.g. penguin/cormorant feathers; seal/beaver fur). We link engineering fluid dynamics with world-leading natural science research at both institutions, to explore animal locomotion and the link between the colour, form and structure of natural coatings, to find out whether there is a link between performance and colour.

To find out more details and apply see the link below:

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/golden/melbourne/apply/

JOB PURPOSE:   
 
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wyoming 
invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher in the area of 
computational fluid dynamics.
 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  
 
We are seeking a highly qualified individual to perform research and 
development in computational fluid dynamics for aerospace applications on 
large scale HPC hardware.  The successful candidate may be hired at the 
postdoctoral level or research scientist level, depending on experience.
 
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNCTIONS:  
 
Topics of interest include unstructured mesh methods, multigrid solvers, 
aeroelasticity using combined CFD/CSD, adjoint methods for sensitivity 
analysis, and higher-order methods.  Application areas include fixed and 
rotary wing aerodynamics and large scale wind energy simulations.  
Collaborative work is on-going with various national laboratories and NASA 
centers. Excellent computer hardware is available through University Campus 
HPC hardware as well as through time on the NCAR Cheyenne Petaflops machine.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 
•         PhD in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering or related 
field.
•         Excellent communication skills
•         Experience with programming in Fortran or C/C++
•         Experience with parallel computing using MPI
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:  
•	Experience with geometry modeling tools such as SolidWorks, mesh 
generation tools such as Pointwise Inc. and post-processing tools such as 
Fieldview or Tecplot 
•	Experience in computational fluid dynamics using leading-edge high 
performance computing hardware
•	Experience in structural dynamics modeling using finite-element 
methods. 

REQUIRED MATERIALS:  
   
Complete the online application and upload the following for a complete 
application: cover letter, resume or C.V. and contact information for four 
work-related references.  This posting is considered open until filled.
Link to job posting:
https://server.scientific-sims.com/cfdlab/UW/index.html
or directly at:
https://uwyo.taleo.net/careersection/00_ex/jobdetail.ftl?
job=19004804&lang=en
   
HIRING STATEMENT:  
   
UW is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Educator and Employer. We are 
committed to a multicultural environment and strongly encourage applications 
from women, minorities, veterans and persons with disabilities.   
   
In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability 
and would like to request an accommodation to apply for a position, please 
call 307-766-2377 or email jobapps@uwyo.edu.

Pulsating Heat Pipe (PHP) is a passive two-phase heat transfer device based on 
phase change induced motions of working fluid from evaporator to condenser and, 
as wicked heat pipes and thermosyphons, exploit both sensible and latent heat 
transfer modes. Due to high heat transfer capability, simple structure and 
ability of operating under different gravity levels and different positions, 
PHPs could become a novel thermal management system.
Flat Plate Pulsating Heat Pipe have been developed in Institute P’ (ISAE-ENSMA) 
using different fluids as well water, alcohols and their solutions as working 
fluids for conducting performance tests under microgravity conditions. Main 
objectives of this internship are to characterize performance ability of PHP 
for electronic cooling for the space applications and to determine the 
thermohydraulic working principles of the present FPPHP.
Internship student will participate in the experimental campaign (hosted by 
PPRIME Institute – ISAEENSMA) with all technical support and analyze obtained 
results. Temperature and pressure measurement will be done as well high-speed 
visualization. Also, intern will work on the analysis of the results (focus on 
the video analysis) obtained during last parabolic flight campaign (ESA’s 71th 
parabolic flight campaign).

Supplementary literature:
Vincent Ayel et al, (2019) Visualization of Flow Patterns in Closed Loop Flat 
Plate Pulsating Heat Pipe Acting as Hybrid Thermosyphons under Various Gravity 
Levels, Heat Transfer Engineering, 40:3-4, 227- 237, DOI: 
10.1080/01457632.2018.1426244