PhD Studentship Mathematical Models and Numerical Methods for Water FlowsMaritime Engineering and Water Systems (MEWS) Research Group

Project Description: A PhD studentship is available in the MaritimeEngineering and Water Systems (MEWS) Research group to a candidate with afirst class or upper second class or equivalent degree in science orengineering. The project can be either a pre-defined or self-motivated topicin the broad area of Mathematical Models and Numerical Methods, e.g.,Computational Fluids/Coastal/River Dynamics, Sediment Transport andHydraulics for engineering. Very diverse research themes with a good trackrecord are available for a suitable PhD candidate. These include modernnumerical techniques (lattice Boltzmann methods), high-resolution Riemannsolver (e.g. Surface Gradient Method for shallow water equations), Cartesiancut-cell method (a simple approach to complicated geometries) andpressure-correction methods (SIMPLE, SIMPLER and SIMPLC). The project willinvolve development and application of one of these novel computationalmodels/methods or others to problems relating to engineering water flows.Candidates must have a good knowledge of fluidmechanics/hydraulics/hydrodynamics. Knowledge/experience in one of the majorprogramming languages like FORTRAN90 and C++ is preferred but not essential.The research produced from the project is likely to offer benefits to a widerange of applications in hydraulic, coastal and environmental engineering.The successful applicant will have a unique opportunity to join one of theUK’s leading engineering departments and benefit from interaction with otherleading researchers.

Applicants must have a minimum of a UK upper second class honours degree orequivalent.

This studentship is open to International applicants who may apply for aUniversity Studentship and to Home/EU residents who may also apply for anEPSRC DTA award (see www.epsrc.ac.uk for eligibility criteria).

Enquiries should be made (quoting this advertisement) via e-mail to:
pgeng@liv.ac.uk
University of Liverpool
Department of Engineering
PG Student Support Office

or apply online following the links from the website.http://www.liv.ac.uk/engdept/