Doctoral student in experimental fluid mechanics and complex films

Projektbeskrivning

Postgraduate education topic: Technical mechanics

Flow is a strong research environment with researchers who conduct both basic and applied research in flow mechanics at the Department of Technical Mechanics.

We are looking for a doctoral student with experimental focus in the flow mechanism to the Fluids and Surfaces group within Flow. The service offers an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated candidate to contribute to a research project at the forefront, financed by the Swedish Research Council (VR).

The project aims to increase understanding of how complex films, including biological and live films, cooperate with surrounding fluid flows. Such films are widely both in nature and in technical applications, from mucus in the lungs to biofilms on medical devices and ships. When the films are subjected to shear and potentially time-varying flows, they can be deformed into complex forms, exhibit unusual material properties and develop over time. Thus, they are a dynamic and continuously changing stripe for the flow. At the same time, the films affect the overlying flow and can change both the friction resistance and transport and exchange of different substances.

Despite their importance, the coupled interaction between complex films and fluid flows is still inadequately understood. This limits our ability to predict and control these systems and means significant challenges in medical, industrial and geophysical applications.

In this project, the doctoral student will work with and further develop a unique experimental platform to study complex films under controlled but at the same time complex flow conditions. The experimental work will be supplemented with continuum modelsing of complex materials, data-driven methods and calculation-based flow mechanics (CFD).

Tutorial:Shervin Bagheri is proposed to supervise the doctoral student. Decisions are taken on admission

Eligibility for admission

To be admitted to postgraduate education (Cape 7 39 § The Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant is required to have basic eligibility:

• disposed a degree at advanced level, or
• Fulfilled course claims on at least 240 High school credits, at least 60 High school credits at advanced level, or
• In any other way within or outside the country, equivalent knowledge is mainly acquired.

In addition to the above there is also a mandatory requirement in English corresponding to English B / 6.

Selection

To succeed with your doctoral studies on KTH, you need to be targeted and persistent in your work. In selecting the applicants, the ability is assessed to:

• independently pursue his work ahead,
• able to cooperate with others,
• have a professional approach,
• analyze and work with complex questions and
• Experience of experimental flow mechanics.

After the eligibility requirements, great emphasis will be added to personal qualities.

Target degree: Doctoral degree

Information about admission and employment

Only the one who has been adopted to postgraduate education may be employed as a doctoral student. The total employment period may not be longer than that corresponds to education at full-time postgraduate for four years. An employee doctoral student can to a limited extent (at most 20 %) perform certain tasks within eg. education and administration. A new employment as a doctoral student applies for a maximum of one year, the employment may then be renewed by a maximum of two years at a time. In studies to be terminated with a licentiate degree, the total employment time may not be longer than that corresponds to training at a full-time postgraduate for two years.

As a doctoral student, you get part of KTH's employment benefits and has a monthly salary according to KTH's doctoral salary agreement. Read more about research studies at KTH | KTH | Sweden.

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Application

You apply via KTH's recruitment system. You as applicants have the main responsibility for your application complete when submitted.

The application must have the following content

• Copies of diplomas and grades from previous university studies and certificates of language requirements (see above). Translations into English or Swedish if the original document is not issued in one of these languages. Copies of original should be renamed
• CV with relevant professional experiences and knowledge.
• Application letter with a brief account of why you want to pursue research studies, about your academic interests and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. (Max 2 pages)
• Representative publications or technical reports. For longer documents, please attach a summary (Abstract) and a web link to the full text

The application must be received by KTH no later than the last application date at midnight, CET / CEST (Central European Time / Central European Summer Time).

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