PhD Studentship in DNS of Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Transition University of Arizona in United States

The Computational Multiphase Transport Laboratory (CMTL) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute invites applications for a postdoctoral research associate position focused on computational multiphase flow. The project centers on high-fidelity modeling of droplet dynamics and droplet interactions with other droplets and solid surfaces, with an emphasis on aircraft and wind-turbine icing. The researcher will study processes such as droplet impact, deformation, coalescence, breakup, splashing, heat tra...

Postdoctoral position at the University of Arizona in DNS of boundary-layer transition and control . The project uses high-fidelity Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) to study stability, laminar-turbulent transition, and breakdown mechanisms in hypersonic boundary layers at M = 4 to 14 . A second focus is the investigation of promising flow control methods using DNS. The work is centered on fundamental fluid dynamics , aerodynamics , and computational fluid dynamics , with opportunities to contr...

The University of Arizona is recruiting a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate I in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department at the Tucson Campus, United States. The postdoctoral researcher will work under the supervision of Professor Hermann Fasel. The research focuses on high-fidelity Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) of boundary-layer stability and laminar-turbulent transition at hypersonic speeds from Mach 4 to 14. The project will examine physical mechanisms during the line...

Funded Ph.D. position at the University of Notre Dame in Boundary-Layer Transition Modeling . The research group works on computational fluid dynamics , fluid instabilities , and laminar-turbulent transition , with applications to hypersonic vehicles and high-speed propulsion . Current and potential projects include nonlinear crossflow transition, cavity-induced transition, receptivity studies, numerical methods for stability analysis, model flows, nonequilibrium calculations, and discontinuous ...

Ph.D. opportunity in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for a fully funded research program on computational engineering for extreme environments . The project focuses on developing next-generation computational methods for systems operating under extreme conditions, where conventional modeling approaches struggle. Research themes include hypersonics , materials and directed energy , high-fidelity computational modeling and simulation, scientific machine learnin...