- Reference
- ENG334714
- Closing Date
- Thursday, 4th December 2014
- Job Type
- Research & Teaching
- Department
- Energy & Sustainability
- Salary
- £25513 to £27864 per annum pro-rata depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.
Applications are invited from highly qualified graduates for the above posts leading to a PhD degree within the Thermofluids research group. The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008) placed Nottingham 5th of UK universities for engineering, while the 2014 QS World University Ranking places Nottingham 77th overall. Both posts involve close collaboration with Linne FLOW Centre - a centre of excellence hosting internationally outstanding fluid mechanics research at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
These posts present an excellent opportunity to do a PhD while being involved in a dynamic research team in a rapidly developing area, with generous funding for trips and exchanges to KTH and other institutions, and international conferences.
There are two part-time (20 hours per week), fixed-term posts offered on a contract for 3 years and 3 months.
Research projects
Microfluidic flow cells are emerging components in biomedical diagnostics (lab-on-a-chip), and nano/micromaterials. Ultrastrong threads of microfibril cellulose were recently created in flow cells at KTH and show potential as environmentally-friendly replacement for plastics.
In both projects, the flow through microfluidic flow cells is studied by numerical simulations, stability analysis and optimization techniques, in collaboration with experiments.
The first project investigates devices for droplet generation and sorting. Improvement of these processes would allow automatized studies of individual cells. The first stage of droplet formation is often a small wave growing on the interface. The goal of this project is to understand the influence of nozzle shape on waves, droplet formation and passage through the nozzle.
The second project investigates devices to generate rapid mixing. To see the structure of proteins and DNA, mixing between two fluids must occur in milliseconds. The goal is to characterize mixing mechanisms and optimize geometries for efficient mixing.
In these projects, we utilise novel and unique computational tools available in Nottingham and KTH.Many microflows contain molecules such as polymers; the resulting non-Newtonian flowbehavior is studied with Micro and Complex Flows Group of Linne FLOW Centre.
Please see the accompanying Role Profile Form for further information.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr. Outi Tammisola (outi-leena.tammisola@nottingham.ac.uk) or Prof. Luca Brandt at KTH (luca@mech.kth.se). Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.
The Faculty of Engineering was the first in the UK to be awarded an Athena Silver SWAN Award, in recognition of our commitment to supporting and advancing women’s careers in Engineering (STEMM). You can read more about this initiative at www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/athena-swan.
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