Post-Doctoral and Doctoral Candidate Positions In Computational Fluid Dynamics And Molecular Dynamics In Topics Related To Clean Energy And Safety

Aalto University seeks researchers with interest and competence in some of the following topics: physics, fluid dynamics, mathematics, chemistry, computational engineering, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), molecular dynamics (MD), numerical methods, programming and data analysis. Basic fluid dynamics and physics understanding is a necessary prerequisite.

The projects involve the following topics.

1) CFD and/or MD of flows in porous media with relevance to catalytic processes in power-to-X applications (e.g. hydrogen and other synthetic fuels) and surface coating applications. The project involves both CFD and MD studies so some background in one of these topics is preferred along with physics background.

2) CFD of reactive flows near cool surfaces with relevance to greenhouse gas emission mitigation for synthetic fuels including hydrogen and methanol.

3) CFD of aerosols in turbulent flows in the context of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses.

4) CFD of two-phase flows with droplets and bubbles in energy and safety context.