The Centre for Fluid and Complex Systems at Coventry University is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Fluid Mechanics to support its growing activities in this field.
The Fluid and Complex Systems Research Centre (about 80 members of staff and PhD students, currently supported by a portfolio of external funding GBP 3.1M) gathers fluid dynamicists, physicists, engineers and computer scientists to tackle fundamental and real-life problems involving fluids and complexity with mathematical rigour. For example, aside its more traditional forte in fluid dynamics and statistical physics, the centre is also developing novel approaches in engineering fluid mechanics, flow measurement and socio-physics.
Two of the Centre's four research groups specialise in fundamental and engineering aspects of fluid dynamics. They currently comprise 18 Staff and 17 PhD students and run projects combining theory, numerical simulations and experiments, supported by a number of grants from research funding bodies (EPSRC, The Leverhulme Trust, the Royal Society, Innovate UK and a number of industrial partners) and international partnerships. The Centre has priority access to on-site high performance computing provisions and runs two experimental facilities: a fluid dynamics lab in Coventry, as well as an experimental platform for the study of flows in very high magnetic fields, in collaboration with the French CNRS and Grenoble University. The group forms part of Coventry University's Mathematics Unit of Assessment (10) for the Research Excellence Framework (REF); 86% of the submission's output was deemed internationally excellent at REF 2014.
The successful candidate will be expected to teach mathematics in the School of Computing Electronics and Mathematics and carry out research activities as a member of the Fluid and Complex Systems Research Centre. The Assistant Professor will be expected to develop independent research that complement the Centre's specialities in turbulence, plasmas, nuclear fusion, magnetohydrodynamics, rotating, geo- and astrophysical flows, stability, transition, convection and porous media. At the same time, they will be encouraged to start new directions of research, within the wide remit of fundamental and applied fluid dynamics, in the spirit of collaboration and academic freedom fostered by the Centre.
The role is predominantly dedicated to research (60% of the Asst. Prof time) within the remit of Research Excellence Framework Unit 10 (Mathematics). As such the successful candidate will be expected to hold a PhD or equivalent in any area of fluid mechanics/mathematical physics and have an established track record of publishing their work in the best international journals in the discipline. Actively seeking funding, from national and international funding agencies, or from private funders, will be a key part of the role so evidence of previous commitment to attract research funding from major agencies or private funders will be an advantage.
The teaching role (40% of the Asst. Prof time) will involve helping to develop and teach courses at undergraduate and graduate level in Mathematics and Physics. The successful candidate will be able to support teaching across Mathematics and/or Physics courses at all levels. You will be responsible for the development, preparation and delivery of learning, teaching and assessment at undergraduate and postgraduate level in Mathematics and/or Physics including the use of computational methods and software. You will ensure that the teaching for which you are responsible is informed by contemporary research in the relevant field and develops the ability of students to engage in debate, critical discourse and rational thinking.
Informal enquiries are encouraged, please contact Professor Alban Pothérat (alban.potherat@coventry.ac.uk, +44(0)2477 65 88 65),
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