The Thermal Spray and Multi-phase Flow Lab seeks highly motivated candidates 
to carry out research on thermal spray coatings. Thermal spray comprises a 
group of coating processes in which finely divided metallic or ceramic 
molten droplets are sprayed on a substrate forming a coating with improved 
surface characteristics.

-->Job description
This research project is part of a collaborative work with the aerospace 
industry in Montreal involving five academic and industrial partners. The 
main objective of the project is to bridge the knowledge-gap between the 
spray conditions in the suspension plasma spraying process and the 
microstructural characteristic of the deposited coatings. The successful 
applicant will be responsible for the development of an in-house code for 
modeling coating buildup in suspension plasma spray.

-->Qualifications
A suitable background for this position would be a Bachelor in Mechanical 
Engineering or Engineering Physics, preferably majored in computational 
mechanics, scientific computing or fluid mechanics. Solid knowledge of 
programming (i.e. MATLAB, C++, etc.) is required. Applications are open to 
anybody interested in pursuing M.Sc., PhD, or in a Post-doctoral Fellowship. 
Applicants must possess the ability to work independently and perform 
critical analysis as well as a good level of cooperation and communication 
abilities.

***All team members of this project must be Canadian citizens or permanent 
residents in Canada.***

-->Application
To apply for this position, please email the following documents:
• Cover letter with a statement of interest
• Curriculum vitae with a description of research experience
• Copy of university transcripts

To: Dr. Reza Attarzadeh
Concordia University
Email: reza.attarzadeh@concordia.ca

We invite applications for several PhD positions in Mathematical and 
Statistical Modelling, starting Sep 2018.

The positions are based in Waterloo, one of the fastest growing communities 
in Canada, a short driving distance from Toronto, the largest city in 
Canada. You will join a core group of highly active participating faculty 
with national and international reputation in a diverse set of cross-
disciplinary research areas unified by the field of mathematical and 
statistical modelling. The PhD program is interdisciplinary with the 
distribution of participating faculty in both math and non-math departments, 
at approximately 50-50. In most cases, a student in this program, working on 
a specific application-oriented project will have two co-supervisors, one 
with expertise in mathematical and statistical sciences and the other with 
specialized expertise in the project-specific domain application involving 
modelling. The application domains for all proposed PhD projects draw on the 
strengths of the Laurier Department of Mathematics, the Interdisciplinary 
Research Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Modelling in Scientific 
Discovery, Innovation and Sustainability (MS2Discovery), and stakeholders in 
the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Faculties of Science and 
Arts. 

We seek outstanding candidates who will develop expertise in using the tools 
of mathematical and statistical modelling, contribute in creative and 
innovative ways to solving complex interdisciplinary problems, carry out 
independent research, and learn to communicate effectively with researchers 
in other disciplines. Prospective students are encouraged to look into the 
program-affiliated faculty members and their work, and discuss areas of 
interest with potential supervisors to find or propose interdisciplinary PhD 
projects within this program. Admission of international students to this 
PhD program is extremely competitive. They will have contacted a faculty 
member willing to supervise them, if they are admitted, and confirming 
funding. Canadian citizens and permanent residents who are found qualified 
are to be offered the position before it can be offered to a foreign 
candidate.

We encourage interested applicants to apply now by visiting our homepage: 
https://www.wlu.ca/programs/science/graduate/mathematical-and-statistical-
modelling-phd/index.html Ongoing review will continue until all available 
positions are filled.

CERTH/CPERI (www.cperi.certh.gr) has a requirement for a Senior CFD Engineer 
to join our Athens/Greece office to provide support to the development of 
numerical algorithms relevant to the science of Computational Fluid Dynamics 
and are applicable to both isothermal and non-isothermal flows. The projects 
the CFD Engineer will deal with, are primarily research oriented, without 
that excluding the case of industrial ones. The main CFD package, where the 
development and most of the numerical runs will be performed are 
Ansys/Fluent, without excluding the case of OpenFoam. The main requirements 
that are needed, include good knowledge of Fluid Mechanics and of the 
underlying numerical equations with a previous experience on the numerical 
discretization of them. It is a requirement that the interested candidate 
speaks and understands Greek. 

*Accountabilities and Responsibilities 

Acting as project delivery manager where directed, managing the work of 
project teams and delivering work on time, and to a suitable quality 
standard, being also in position to support activities as those of 
presentations, meetings, events,  and relevant filed proposals preparation.


*Qualifications and Desired Skills

Degree in mechanical, chemical or suitable engineering related course, 
previous experience in the development of User Defined Subroutines, with a 
high appreciation in UDFs for the case of Ansys/Fluent.  Previous experience 
of CFD and/or other advanced engineering analysis tools is appreciated, 
Experience in performing a range of fluid flow and thermal related problems 
e.g. separation, multiphase, mixing, thermal/radiation, hydrodynamics, 
combustion. Also knowledge on programming languages as those of C, C++ is a 
requirement

** The interested candidate should have completed military services (if it's 
mandatory) 

We invite applications for the postdoctoral position in Mechanical Engineering 
Department, University of Maine. The research area is in the flow-structure-
acoustics interaction, especially for modeling the nonlinear tissue with large 
strains and muscle activation.    
Preferred qualifications are:
 1) Ph.D. in mechanical engineering or related fields.
 2)  Strong Background in modeling flow-structure interaction. Previous 
experience in human phonation is considered a Plus.
3)  Excellent programing skills with C++, Fortran and MPI and previous experience 
in large scale code development.
4) Highly motived and dedicated to research.
Applications, including full curriculum vita, contact information of three 
professional references, the abstract of your doctoral dissertation and most two 
relevant papers/manuscripts that you have (co)authored recently. 
Start Date: As early as August 1st, 2018
Duration: 1 yr. initially; may be extended for more years.  
For more information contact: Professor Xudong zheng(XudongZheng.cfmsg@gmail.edu)

We invite applications for a Ph.D. student assistantship in the Department of 
Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maine, Orono starting from Fall 
2018 or spring 2019. The successful applicant will work under the supervision 
of Dr. Xudong Zheng to conduct research in the area of computational fluid 
dynamics. He/She will receive the financial support for full tuition fee and 
living expense.
Required
•	BS or MS degree in fluid mechanics, applied mathematics and physics, or 
related areas.
•	Good knowledge of  fluid mechanics, mathematics and good problem-
solving skills
•	Excellent modeling and simulation skills.
•	Good writing and communication skills in English
Preferred:
•	Good programming skills in Fortran and C++.
•	Previous experience in computational fluid dynamics.
•	Using/developing large scale in-house CFD code
•	Cartesian grid method(immersed boundary method, VOF, level set etc.)
•	High performance computing (MPI, openMP, or CUDA)
•	Flow-structure interaction modeling
•	Biological flow
•	Biomedical image processing
•	Computational geometry
Please send the detailed CV, statement of purpose, copy of the transcript and 
three references directly to xudongzheng.cfmsg@gmail.com.

The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization at Göttingen, Germany, is an international research institute. It performs both experimental and theoretical fundamental scientific research and currently employs about 300 people.

The research

Possible research areas for the PhD project are numerical and/or theoretical investigation of the airflow in human noses and the associated transport of odor molecules. The goal is to understand the connection between nasal geometry and function as well as our sense of smell.

Our offer

The PhD position is limited to three years. The starting date is flexible, but should start as soon as possible. We are offering excellent working conditions in a highly international and interdisciplinary research environment. Salary and working hours are in accordance with the funding guidelines of the Max Planck Society for junior scientists. Working hours are fulltime; salary is 2/3 of E13 TVöD-Bund. In close collaboration with the Georg August University, a structured PhD program is offered in the graduate program of the Physics Department, or in the graduate program on the Physics of Biological and Complex Systems.

The Max-Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages applications from such qualified individuals. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.

Your application

Please apply via our online application portal with the reference no MPIDS-W018:

Please contact David Zwicker (phone +49 551/5176-451; e-mail address: david.zwicker@ds.mpg.de) should you have further questions.

Context and objective: 
Reaction transport systems emerge in many areas of research and applications as, e.g.: chemical 
reaction kinetics in fluids, plankton dynamics, infection spreading. While the dynamics of reacting 
species have been widely studied in homogeneous media, their understanding in heterogeneous 
environments, particularly relevant for ecological problems, is still limited. In this project we propose 
to elucidate, by means of numerical simulations of advection-reaction-diffusion systems, the complex 
interplay between environmental heterogeneity (due to resource limitations, such as light availability 
in the water column in the sea or in a lake) and transport by a fluid flow, which controls the 
appearance of phytoplankton blooms in stirred aquatic environments. 
The focus is on the role of spatially structured flows and turbulent mixing on growth and persistence 
of algal populations, as well as on the resulting detailed vertical/horizontal population distribution. To 
investigate these issues, turbulent flows arising from Large-Eddy-Simulation (LES) models of Navier-
Stokes equation or kinematic models will be considered. Such an approach is expected to allow 
access to the details at different scales of the interacting mechanisms that determine phytoplankton 
dynamics. Due to the wide range of spatial and temporal scales involved, this represents a highly 
challenging task and it constitutes the main original aspect of the project. For the purpose of 
enhancing biological and physical realism, model complexity will be gradually increased. By analysing 
the temporal behaviour of the adopted model systems it will eventually be possible to explore the 
mechanisms controlling the onset of environmental conditions acting as precursors of algal blooms. 
This study is expected to provide insights on how to better account for the complexity of fluid 
motions, with respect to the population dynamics models typically used in fundamental and applied 
studies at scales larger than the spatial (turbulent) structures of the flow. In particular, we aim at 
characterizing the main effects due to turbulent fluctuations and, hence, at the possibility to account 
for a richer phenomenology. Results will then be useful to establish new constraints for improving 
food web models in marine ecology. Ameliorating the possibility to predict and, potentially, control 
phytoplankton blooms also has a major societal impact, e.g. for the management of the 
anthropogenically induced eutrophication (enhanced algal growth due to excess nutrients) of 
freshwater and coastal marine ecosystems.

Candidate: 
Candidate having good knowledge of fluid mechanics or dynamical systems and an 
interest for numerical methods; education: Master in Fluid Mechanics, Physics, Applied Mathematics.  
Good knowledge of oral and written English is required. Knowing Fortran, C or Python would be a 
plus.

Eligibility conditions:
Your profile is eligible to apply for the PhD/Doctorate program "Make Our Planet Great Again" if:
• you have a Master's degree or you will pass a Master's degree before August 31, 2018
• you have lived in France for less than 90 days since April 1, 2016
• you are exclusively a foreign national
there is no condition in relation with age.

Two-year Postdoc Position:

   - Prof. Stefan Pirker from Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria and 
   - Prof. Bert Blocken from Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands 

join forces for the development of a novel real-time and high-resolution CFD
methodology, called recurrence CFD (rCFD), addressing pollutant dispersion in
urban environment. 

More information (e.g. our Research Proposal including Reviewer Comments): 

   - www.open-pollutants.com (download section)


We are looking for a postdoc candidate with

   - Knowledge on the numerical simulation of turbulent flows (especially LES)

   - Experience in modelling of urban flows (not strict requirement)

   - Pronounced programming skills (C-language)  

   - Experience in ANSYS/Fluent (udf programming)

   - Proven scientific skills (publications)

   - Personal flexibility to move to Linz/Austria and start the work in Sep/18

We are offering

   - a stimulating working environment (15-20 researchers)

   - an interdisciplinary and international supervision

   - a competitive salary (i.e. 14 times 3.700€ gross)

   - a 'hot' research topic for publications and follow-up funding 

Interested candidates should send their application to andrea.scharing@jku.at
not later than May 31th.