PhD Candidate: Micro-Structured Condensation & Heat Transfer

Universitets- og høyskolelektorer/-lærere; Trondheim; On-site; NOK 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

NTNU in Trondheim invites applications for a 3-year PhD position in the Department of Energy and Process Engineering as part of the MSCA SurPhase Doctoral Network. The project investigates droplet shedding, film breakup, flooding and heat transfer in ribbed micro-structured surfaces during flow condensation of low-GWP refrigerants.

The successful candidate will work in the Thermal Two-Phase Flow Laboratory on Gløshaugen, under Professor Maria Fernandino, with access to state-of-the-art equipment

Qualifications

• Must hold a Master's degree in mechanical engineering, thermal engineering or applied physics, or equivalent.
• Degree must include a substantial project (min 30 ECTS) and be documented before starting.
• Strong background in fluid mechanics and heat transfer is required.
• Excellent oral and written English presentation skills are required.
• Experience with experimental work and lab studies is essential.
• Programming experience with Matlab or Python (or similar) is required.

Responsibilities

• Design, plan and conduct condensation experiments.
• Contribute to academic publications, project reports and dissemination activities.
• Participate in meetings with supervisors and colleagues.
• Engage in secondments as part of the network training activities.
• Collaborate with other doctoral candidates in the consortium.

Skills

English presentation skills

Experimental work

Programming with Matlab

Programming with Python

Education

Master's degree in mechanical engineering

Master's degree in thermal engineering

Master's degree in applied physics

Tools

Matlab

Python

Job description

NTNU in Trondheim invites applications for a 3-year PhD position in the Department of Energy and Process Engineering as part of the MSCA SurPhase Doctoral Network. The project investigates droplet shedding, film breakup, flooding and heat transfer in ribbed micro-structured surfaces during flow condensation of low-GWP refrigerants.

The successful candidate will work in the Thermal Two-Phase Flow Laboratory on Gløshaugen, under Professor Maria Fernandino, with access to state-of-the-art equipment