PhD Fellowship: Coastal Wave-Vegetation Interactions

DTU; Kongens Lyngby; Remote; DKK 368,000 - 469,000; Full time

Job summary

DTU invites applications for a 3-year PhD fellowship in coastal engineering within the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Section for Fluid Mechanics. The project focuses on marine advection and dissipation in vegetated coastal environments, with collaboration across DTU, DHI, and international partners.

You will develop analytical and numerical models for waves interacting with coastal vegetation, extending to irregular waves and wave-averaged flows, while validating against

Qualifications

• Two-year master's degree (120 ECTS) or equivalent required.
• Strong background in coastal/ocean engineering or fluid mechanics.
• Experience with numerical modelling or CFD is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop analytical and numerical models for waves interacting with coastal vegetation.
• Extend models to irregular wave fields and derive wave-averaged parameters.
• Investigate undertow and circulation above vegetated beds in the surf zone.
• Develop cross-shore momentum balances and assess storm-surge reduction.
• Conduct numerical simulations using CFD and apply turbulence models for surface-wave flows.
• Validate models against lab data and develop practical parameterisations for larger models.

Skills

Coastal engineering

Fluid mechanics

Computational fluid dynamics

Applied mathematics

Programming

Education

Master's degree (2-year)

Tools

CFD

Job description

DTU invites applications for a 3-year PhD fellowship in coastal engineering within the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Section for Fluid Mechanics. The project focuses on marine advection and dissipation in vegetated coastal environments, with collaboration across DTU, DHI, and international partners.

You will develop analytical and numerical models for waves interacting with coastal vegetation, extending to irregular waves and wave-averaged flows, while validating against