The Faculty of Engineering and Environment at the University of Southampton is seeking an outstanding candidate to fill a research position in computational turbulent reacting flows.

In moving towards cleaner combustion technologies, high hydrogen content (HHC) alternative fuel blends, especially those containing significant quantities of hydrogen are undoubtedly significant, because they are environmentally friendly and can be used as an alternative feedstock for energy resources in the clean energy generation. This research will involve direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbulent combustion, focussing on HHC fuel burning at high pressure. The research objective is to assess combustion characteristics such as flame wrinkling, turbulence-chemistry interactions at high pressure.

You will be responsible for development of modelling capabilities, demonstration of these capabilities in a series of laboratory scale test cases using cutting edge super-computing resources, and analysis of the test cases to expose the fundamentals of the phenomena involved. 

Expertise required includes: a strong understanding of turbulent combustion modelling; strong written and oral communication skills; a commitment to excellence and an ambition to succeed in a career in research.  It would be an advantage for you to have demonstrated experience of code development (preferably FORTRAN) and high performance computing. 

You will join the Energy Technology Research group. The group has particular expertise in clean combustion, multiphase flow modelling, electro-chemistry, nano-materials and energy storage.

The University of Southampton is one of the top 15 research universities in the UK and has achieved consistently high scores for its teaching and learning activities. The University of Southampton is ranked joint 9th among Russell Group universities in terms of the 2008 RAE.

For informal enquires please contact: Dr Ranga Dinesh Kahanda Koralage, dinesh.kahanda-koralage@soton.ac.uk , +44 (0) 2380598301

Application procedure:

You should submit your completed online application form at www.jobs.soton.ac.uk . If you need any assistance, please call Emily Enright (Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 2507. Please quote reference 419214BX on all correspondence.

Further details:
We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Closing Date:  

Friday 18 July 2014

Reference:  

419214BX