Full PhD scholarships (August 2021) available in our group. For those who are interested, please send your CV and transcripts to us (huangwei.zhang@nus.edu.sg)
We have a post-doctoral research fellow position available in March 2021. The research is focused on numerical simulations of two-phase thermo-fluids and heat transfer for advanced materials and manufacturing. For those who are interested, please send your CV to Dr Huangwei Zhang.
The Computational Combustion and Energy (CCE) Group in National University of Singapore (NUS) is seeking for Post-Doctoral Research Fellows to conduct cutting-edge research in the area of turbulent combustion modelling.
The research will be supervised by Prof. Huangwei ZHANG. The position is to start as soon as possible. The appointment is firstly for one year and can be extended to one year more based on the performance.
The ideal candidates should meet the following requirements:
Background:
PhD in Applied Mathematics, Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering, completed within the last three years or soon to be completed.
Prerequisites:
Fluid mechanics, Combustion, Chemical kinetics, Computational fluid dynamics
Desired Skills:
– Experience in Fortran/C/C++ programming, HPC cluster usage, MPI-based parallel code development
– Experience in OpenFOAM or other open source or commercial CFD packages
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Applicants are encouraged to firstly contact Prof. Zhang for informal discussion about research topics. They should submit their applications (cover letter, detailed CV, three representative papers and contact information of three references) to Prof. Zhang at mpezhu@nus.edu.sg.
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Full Ph.D. scholarships are available for outstanding candidates to study in The Computational Combustion and Energy (CCE) Group in National University of Singapore (NUS).
The research will involve development of the Conditional Moment Closure (CMC) combustion model for Large Eddy Simulations (LES) of turbulent flames.
Interested applicants should email a detailed CV and transcripts in both undergraduate and graduate (if any) studies to Prof. Zhang at mpezhu@nus.edu.sg. Applications should be submitted following the procedures from the website of NUS Engineering Graduate Studies.
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+ Options for PhD scholarships:
(1) The President’s Graduate Fellowship
(2) The Lee Kong Chian Graduate Scholarship
(3) The NUS Research Scholarship
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The Computational Combustion and Energy (CCE) Group also provides the following projects for NUS undergraduate students. The students are supposed to have the background of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer as well as computational fluid dynamics. For interested students, please contact Prof. Zhang (mpezhu@nus.edu.sg).
| Topic | Description |
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| Numerical simulations of ignition of turbulent methane jet flows | Ignition of turbulent methane jet flows will be investigated using numerical simulation method with proper combustion model and turbulence model. The CFD tool can be ANSYS Fluent (downloadable from http://www.ansys.com/products/academic/ansys-student) for students. The project student is expected to have knowledge from the perquisite courses, like fluid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, or combustion. |
| Eulerian modelling of particle laden bluff body flows | Particle laden bluff body flows will be investigated using Eulerian modelling. The CFD tool can be EulerFoam solver in OpenFOAM package (downloadable from https://openfoam.org/). The project student is expected to have knowledge from the perquisite courses, like fluid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics and C++ language programming. |
| Prediction of pollutant emission from pulverized coal combustion in semi-industrial furnaces | Pulverized coal combustion will be investigated using numerical simulation method with proper combustion model and turbulence model. The emphasis will be put on the analysis of the nitric oxide formation during the combustion process. The CFD tool can be ANSYS Fluent (downloadable from http://www.ansys.com/products/academic/ansys-student) for students. The student is expected to have knowledge from the perquisite courses, like fluid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, or combustion. |
| Large eddy simulation of small pool fires | Small pool fires will be investigated with large eddy simulation method and comprehensive sub-models (including radiation, soot formation, gas combustion and also liquid fuel evaporation). Pool fires are simple flame configurations for mimicking the large fire phenomenon in engineering problems, like in building compartments. The CFD tool can be fireFoam solver in OpenFOAM package (downloadable from https://openfoam.org/). The project student is expected to learn the perquisite courses, like fluid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics and C++ language programming. |
| Theoretical analysis of ignition and propagation of spherical flames with inert particles | Ignition and propagation of spherical flames with inert particles will be investigated with asymptotic analysis and one step global chemistry. Theoretical derivations are needed to obtained the correlations between spherical flame radius and flame propagating speed. With parametric studies, different effects (e.g. particle property and/or ignition power) on flame ignition and expansion can be investigated. The student is expected to finish perquisite courses, like fluid mechanics or combustion. |