Japanese Government (
Monbukagakusho:MEXT)
scholarship: If you want to apply for the graduate (Masters and PhD) study at our group, we may be able to recommend you after an interview and evaluation of your background.
Please note that the scheme is highly competetive.
JSPS postdoctoral fellowhips:
We can certainly host researchers with experience and/or strong ineterst in fluid mechanics in general.
Current opportunity
1. Post-Doc in CFD of lidar-based wind field measurements
Project description:
The aim of this project is to improve the accuracy of turbulence measurements
using Doppler lidars. The candidate will develop a framework for simulating
profiling lidar-based wind field measurements in our large-eddy simulations
(LES) tool which has been developed in OpenFOAM environment. The simulation
framework will be used to identify the sources of errors while computing
turbulence statistics from lidar measurements. In the next step, correction
method based on statistical turbulence models will be developed and validated.
The project is part of the international collaboration involving Kindai
University, Ashikaga University in Japan, and the Technical University of
Denmark (DTU) in Denmark.
Primary responsibilities:
Extend the simulation tool to simulate profiling lidar-based wind field
measurements
Develop correction method(s) to improve the accuracy of lidar-based
turbulence measurements
Closely interact with our collaborators
Write scientific papers and present the research results at national and
international conferences
Requirements:
PhD degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, applied
mathematics, physics or a related discipline
Proven track record in working with computational fluid dynamics.
Significant experience with DNS or LES or RANS is the requirement
Coding experience in C, C++ or Fortran for numerical modelling.
Experience in Python is desirable
Experience with OpenFOAM, High Performance Computing (HPC), Doppler
lidar measurement is desirable.
Salary scale: Comparable to the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships
(standard program) and covers health insurance and other benefits.
Contract period: Initially for two years. Can be extended for additional one year.
Start date: February 2025 (or as early as feasible)
Kindai University is one of the largest Universities in Japan, with campuses
spread all over the country. Our campus is in Hiroshima prefecture. Fluid
Energy Group is a part of Mechanical Engineering Department at the School of
Engineering. We have access to the state-of-the-art HPC facilities and several
field measurements facilities through our collaborators. We also have multiple
wind tunnels which are mainly used for aerodynamics and wind energy study.
If interested, please send your CV, cover letter and names of two references
as a single PDF file to Jay Prakash Goit (jay.goit@hiro.kindai.ac.jp).
