Education level and CFD-related jobs

manle0312 · July 21, 2015, 09:40

Hello everyone,
I am currently an undergrad in Mechanical Engineering and I am passionate about Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics. Specifically, I would like to learn more about the computational side of Heat and Fluid. I understand the CFD is a tool and the big topic here is numerical analysis. Being a complete newbie in CFD, I have the following questions:

1) Is a PhD necessary to get a job in this area or a Master is sufficient?

2) What is the demand for job in this area in the USA? I ask because CFD is purely based upon on computer's processing power. If the company decides to use commercial CFD package, then they wouldn't need someone who knows how to write code CFD? Is this correct?

edoan · July 21, 2015, 12:26

To work with CFD in an industry setting having a masters is good, you can use in house code or commercial code with little coding knowledge. These types of jobs are available, not overly plentiful. if you want to work for a developer you likely need a in depth knowledge of coding and a PhD. I'm not sure about this job availbility.

raju_mit · July 28, 2015, 05:13

Having Masters in specific area is sufficient along with fundamental knowledge in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, gas dynamics etc.... If you want to do coding, then you should know computer programming language as well as the CFD methodology. For that better to do some research on coding with specific application.... All The Best...

manle0312 · July 28, 2015, 06:52

Hello,

Thank you for your replies. I'm planning to go for a Master degree that concentrates on Heat. There's 1 more question: Is the market for an engineer with deep knowledge of CFD competitive? In otherwords, does it worth the time to spend and study cfd?

Thank you.

edoan · July 28, 2015, 08:07

as a beginner, you will find it hard to get a CFD job without a masters so if working in this field is something you are passionate about then yes it is well worth the time to study CFD.

July 21, 2015, 09:40	Education level and CFD-related jobs	#1
manle0312 New Member Man Le Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 11	Hello everyone, I am currently an undergrad in Mechanical Engineering and I am passionate about Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics. Specifically, I would like to learn more about the computational side of Heat and Fluid. I understand the CFD is a tool and the big topic here is numerical analysis. Being a complete newbie in CFD, I have the following questions: 1) Is a PhD necessary to get a job in this area or a Master is sufficient? 2) What is the demand for job in this area in the USA? I ask because CFD is purely based upon on computer's processing power. If the company decides to use commercial CFD package, then they wouldn't need someone who knows how to write code CFD? Is this correct?

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July 21, 2015, 12:26		#2
edoan Member Ethan Doan Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 90 Rep Power: 13	To work with CFD in an industry setting having a masters is good, you can use in house code or commercial code with little coding knowledge. These types of jobs are available, not overly plentiful. if you want to work for a developer you likely need a in depth knowledge of coding and a PhD. I'm not sure about this job availbility.

July 28, 2015, 05:13		#3
raju_mit New Member Raju Govindharajan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 5 Rep Power: 16	Having Masters in specific area is sufficient along with fundamental knowledge in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, gas dynamics etc.... If you want to do coding, then you should know computer programming language as well as the CFD methodology. For that better to do some research on coding with specific application.... All The Best...

July 28, 2015, 06:52		#4
manle0312 New Member Man Le Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 11	Hello, Thank you for your replies. I'm planning to go for a Master degree that concentrates on Heat. There's 1 more question: Is the market for an engineer with deep knowledge of CFD competitive? In otherwords, does it worth the time to spend and study cfd? Thank you.

July 28, 2015, 08:07		#5
edoan Member Ethan Doan Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 90 Rep Power: 13	as a beginner, you will find it hard to get a CFD job without a masters so if working in this field is something you are passionate about then yes it is well worth the time to study CFD.