Research Fellow — Hydrocarbon Cracking & CFD Expert

National University of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

National University of Singapore invites a Research Fellow to join the Hydrocarbon-fuel Regenerative Cooling project at Kent Ridge Campus. You will develop detailed cracking and coking mechanisms and implement them in OpenFOAM to simulate fuel cooling and coke deposition.

The role requires a PhD and strong expertise in CFD, chemical kinetics, and scripting for automation. You will mentor students and contribute to high-impact publications while collaborating across design, engineering, and lab

Qualifications

• PhD in Aerospace Engineering or a related field.
• Strong skills in hydrocarbon-fuel cracking and coking, chemical kinetic mechanisms development and CFD simulations.
• Excellent experience in hydrocarbon-fuel regenerative cooling simulation, kinetic mechanism development and validation.
• Experience with CFD software, preferably OpenFOAM.
• Proficiency in Python, C++ or MATLAB, with scripting for automation, data processing and model integration.
• Excellent publication record.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed cracking and coking kinetic mechanisms for multi-component hydrocarbon-fuel.
• Implement mechanisms in OpenFOAM and perform high-fidelity CFD simulations of crack, heat transfer and coke deposition in regenerative cooling channels.
• Assist with editing and preparation of manuscripts, reports, deliverables and presentations.
• Supervise/mentor undergraduate and graduate students that work in the lab.

Skills

Cracking & Coking

CFD Simulations

Kinetic Mechanisms

Scripting (Python/C++/MATLAB)

Publications

Education

PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Tools

OpenFOAM

Python

C++

MATLAB

Job description

National University of Singapore invites a Research Fellow to join the Hydrocarbon-fuel Regenerative Cooling project at Kent Ridge Campus. You will develop detailed cracking and coking mechanisms and implement them in OpenFOAM to simulate fuel cooling and coke deposition.

The role requires a PhD and strong expertise in CFD, chemical kinetics, and scripting for automation. You will mentor students and contribute to high-impact publications while collaborating across design, engineering, and lab