PhD Studentship in Aeronautics: Real-time Data Assimilation for Multi-physics Flows (AE0095) Imperial College London in United Kingdom

Imperial College London is offering a PhD studentship in the Department of Aeronautics focused on real-time data assimilation for multi-physics flows . The project addresses a central challenge in engineering prediction: physics-based models can extrapolate to unobserved conditions but contain uncertain parameters and neglected physical effects, while measurements provide information about the true system state but are sparse and noisy. The doctoral research will develop bias-aware data assimila...

PhD studentship at the University of Arizona on DNS of hypersonic boundary-layer transition . The project uses high-fidelity Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) to study stability and laminar-turbulent transition in boundary layers at hypersonic speeds ( M = 4 to 14 ). Research topics include the physical mechanisms governing the linear and nonlinear stages of transition, breakdown to turbulence, and the investigation of promising flow-control methods using high-fidelity DNS. The position is well...

Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Automotive Aeroacoustics, CFD and AI at the University of Bristol, in collaboration with Jaguar Land Rover through the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Sound Futures. The project, Quiet Efficiency: Reducing Wind Noise for Low Drag Cars (Br.27.3), investigates how advanced computational fluid dynamics and artificial intelligence can support the design of quieter, more aerodynamically efficient vehicles. Research will combine large-eddy simulation, ...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in spacecraft propulsion, focusing on the extension of Hall thruster operational range through design and propellant optimisation . The project investigates how Hall ion thrusters can be adapted to deliver a wider range of thrust performance: from higher-thrust operation to highly fuel-efficient modes. You will work with thruster databases , optimisation , simulation , and experimental validation to study how geometry choices such as channel diame...

PhD Doctoral Candidate (DC12) – HyNOISE The University of Cambridge Engineering Department is recruiting one doctoral candidate for a 36-month HyNOISE Doctoral Network project on systematic data assimilation for predicting thermoacoustic instabilities in hydrogen-fuelled gas turbines. The research combines aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, applied physics, aeroacoustics, combustion, computational fluid dynamics and Bayesian modelling. The project will extend UCAM’s AXIOM adjoint-acc...