Postdoc in fluid mechanics

Job description

The Department of Engineering Mechanics pursues basic and applied research in biomechanics, composite mechanics, fluid mechanics, contact mechanics, fracture mechanics and fatigue, material mechanics and paper mechanics. In the applied research, there are strong connections to industry and public actors.

We announce a postdoctoral position within a project funded by European Research Council (ERC) and Swedish e-Science Research Centre (SeRC) where we aim to improve understanding of elastoinertial turbulence at low Reynolds numbers. As part of the project, we now announce a postdoctoral position on numerical high-performance computations of this problem.

The work will be conducted in close collaboration with the Complex Fluids Research Group at KTH. The candidate will also interact with other researchers within SeRC, FLOW, and our international network from ongoing national and EU projects within fluid mechanics, complex fluids and multiphase flow.

Qualifications

Requirements

• A doctoral degree, or an equivalent foreign degree in numerical simulations of fluid mechanics. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made.
• Research expertise
• strongly motivated for research

Preferred qualifications

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline
• Particularly advantageous merits for this position is documented experience with high-performance computing of non-Newtonian fluids on computational clusters and code development thereof
• Documented experience of simulations of non-Newtonian flows within turbulence, particle suspensions and elasto-inertial problems are a strong advantage
• Teaching abilities
• Awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality
• Collaborative abilities
• Independence
• written and oral proficiency in English since it’s used on a daily basis

Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

Join us at KTH

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To apply for the position

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The application must include:

• CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Copy of diplomas and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents have not been issued in any of these languages.
• Brief account of why you want to conduct research, your academic interests and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Maximally two pages long.

Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the employment

The position offered is for, at the most, two years.

A position as a postdoctoral fellow is a time-limited qualified appointment focusing mainly on research, intended as a first career step after a dissertation.

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