Temporary CFD Research Engineer — Blood Flow

University of Louisville; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Louisville is seeking a Temporary Research Engineer for a focused project simulating and validating arterial blood flow. The assignment is a temporary 3-month appointment with responsibilities spanning benchtop validation, CFD setup, and data analysis.

Essential duties include operating a flow-validation system, running CFD simulations, fitting model parameters to data, and maintaining meticulous records.

Qualifications

• Six (6) years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with CFD simulation and post-processing using ANSYS Fluent.
• Ability to work carefully with experimental hardware, data-acquisition methods, pumps, tubing, sensors, tracers, or related laboratory equipment.

Responsibilities

• Operate a benchtop flow-validation system relevant to arterial-flow and RTD measurements.
• Set up, run, and document CFD simulations of blood flow in arterial geometries.
• Fit model parameters to experimental and/or clinical data; assess goodness of fit, uncertainty, and sensitivity of key assumptions.
• Maintain organized records of simulation settings, experimental conditions, data-processing steps, and results.

Skills

Research engineering

CFD simulations

Education

BS in chemical/biomedical/related engineering

Tools

ANSYS Fluent

Job description

The University of Louisville is seeking a Temporary Research Engineer for a focused project simulating and validating arterial blood flow. The assignment is a temporary 3-month appointment with responsibilities spanning benchtop validation, CFD setup, and data analysis.

Essential duties include operating a flow-validation system, running CFD simulations, fitting model parameters to data, and maintaining meticulous records.