Research Assistant/associate in Thermo-fluid - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Newcastle University

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Salary:


Research Assistant:
£31,396 to £32,982 per annum, pro rata

Research Associate:
£33,966 to £36,024 per annum, pro rata

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits.

We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.


Closing Date: 02 April 2024

The Role


The School of Engineering at Newcastle University (NU) is seeking to appoint a Research Assistant/Research Associate to work on a new EPSRC project in collaboration with the University of Cambridge (UoC).

The project will investigate thermodiffusively-unstable lean premixed hydrogen flames with digital and physical twins at NU and UoC, respectively.

The aim is to develop improved turbulent-flame modelling necessary to design and develop efficient carbon-free combustors for transportation and power generation with low NOx emissions.


The numerical approach will be to use the Pele suite of codes to perform Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) with detailed chemistry.

A range of high-performance computing (HPC) architectures will be used, including a significant amount of compute time on the national facility Archer2.


We are looking for someone who holds (or be near to completing) a PhD in numerical turbulent fluid mechanics or closely related area; experience of programming/code development will be essential, and experience with turbulent combustion will be advantageous.


This role is fixed term for a period of 12 months, and we would be happy to consider flexible or part time working patterns.

Key Accountabilities

  • Designing, executing and analysing large direct numerical simulations of turbulent premixed flames on highperformance computing architectures
  • Collaborating with academic partners at the University of Cambridge and analysing DNS data for direct comparison with physical twin
  • Analysis and development of turbulentflame modelling approaches and collaborating with industrial partners
  • Writing journal articles for publication in peerreviewed journals
  • Presenting at national and international conferences
The Person

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

  • Knowledge of turbulent fluid dynamics and turbulence modelling approaches
  • Knowledge of numerical methods for PDEs, and computational fluid dynamics
  • Programming experience (preferably C++)
  • Experience designing, executing, and analysing numerical experiments for turbulent fluid dynamics
  • Ability to communicate technical work to academic and industrial partners
  • Ability to prepare journal articles for publication
Desirable

  • Knowledge of premixed flames and turbulentflame modelling
  • Experience running large direct numerical simulation of turbulent fluid dynamics
  • Experience with high performance computing architectures
  • Experience simulating thermodiffusivelyunstable lean premixed hydrogen
  • A track record of dissemination through highquality peerreviewed journal articles and conference presentations
Attributes and Behaviour

  • High level of analytical and problemsolving skills
  • Ability to work well as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Capable of communicating complex information clearly to different audiences
  • Professional approach with a commitment to equality, diversity, dignity and respect in the workplace

Qualifications:


  • PhD awarded (or near completion for Research Assistant) in numerical turbulent fluid dynamics (mathematics, physics, engineering), or closely related field for Research Associate
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At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.

We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.

We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.


Requisition ID: 26810
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