PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Fluid Mechanics in New Zealand

Imperial College London is seeking a PhD student for a 2027-start project on how turbulence mixes the ocean and atmosphere and how these processes influence the environment and climate. The research will use highly resolved simulations generated on an exascale supercomputer to investigate ocean–atmosphere mixing. Depending on the student’s interests and the project direction, the work may combine analysis of large simulation datasets, theoretical modelling, machine learning and comparison with o...

This is a postdoctoral position in physical oceanography at the University of Gothenburg, a large research university in Sweden with a strong research environment and international profile. The advert emphasizes the university’s broad research mission and its role in addressing societal challenges through knowledge, while this opening is focused specifically on physical oceanography. The position is part of the university’s research and academic environment and is aimed at an experienced researc...

This postdoctoral project investigates whether boreal streams emit aerosols to the atmosphere and, if so, what physical and environmental processes control those emissions. The work sits at the interface of aquatic and atmospheric sciences, building on the idea that bubble bursting and related air–water exchange processes may operate very differently in streams than in oceans. The successful researcher will help develop a flux chamber designed to capture aerosols emitted from stream surfaces and...

This PhD project at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) focuses on the experimental analysis of boiling instabilities in advanced nuclear steam generators. The research addresses a key challenge for next-generation reactor concepts such as high-temperature gas-cooled reactors and molten salt reactors, where superheated steam generation creates different thermal-hydraulic conditions from conventional light-water reactors. You will help develop and build a laboratory steam generator setup fo...

This postdoctoral project at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) focuses on the integrated modelling of heating systems that combine subsurface energy extraction and storage with the buildings they serve. The research centres on how heating and cooling demand interacts with the performance of sustainable supply systems, with particular attention to accurate simulation of production temperature and subsurface processes that shape system behaviour. You will work on two externally funded proj...

This postdoctoral position is based at the Ecole supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la Ville de Paris and focuses on experimental research in active matter. The project aims to understand the physical mechanisms of self-regulation in active systems using reconstituted active nematics built from cytoskeleton components. The researcher will investigate how mobile inclusions interact with an active environment, with special attention to the reciprocal effects between the inclusion...

The Department of Mathematics at the University of South Carolina is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to join an interdisciplinary project on multiscale modeling of stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems . The position brings together mathematical modeling, computational simulation, and experimental methods to study the flow behavior of smart micellar materials . The successful candidate will contribute to an NIH-funded research effort that integrates rheological experiments, stochastic modeling...

Gesse R., an Assistant Professor at Villanova University, is seeking a PhD student to join a research group working in computational soft matter . The fully funded position is scheduled to start in Fall 2027. The group studies the modeling and simulation of particles—including both active and passive particles—and macromolecules in fluids. The research involves computational approaches to soft matter, fluid mechanics, colloidal physics, numerical methods, and applied mathematics, with potential ...

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Coastal & Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) is offering a research appointment focused on computational fluid dynamics for water resources applications. The project centers on creating and improving USACE-specific capabilities and workflows within OpenFOAM, with a particular emphasis on modeling and treatment of total dissolved gases (TDG). Working with CHL’s multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers, the selected participant will contr...