Phd position available, starting before March 2012
Subject:
Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic turbulent cycles in shear flows
PhD supervisors:
Carlo Cossu
(CNRS, Institut de Mecanique des Fluides, Toulouse) and
Francois Rincon
(CNRS, Institut de
Recherche en Astrophysique et Planetologie, Toulouse).
Job description: applications are invited for a PhD student
position in Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics at the Institut de
Mecanique des Fluides de Toulouse (IMFT). The PhD research will primarily
focus on theoretical and numerical modelling of large-scale coherent
structures in wall-bounded turbulent flows such as boundary layers,
channel flows, pipe and Couette flows, with possible applications in the
fields of aerodynamics, astrophysical and geophysical fluid dynamics.
The new PhD student will join the EMT2 group of the Institute and will take
part in an ongoing international collaboration on
the subject. The PhD project is very much interdisciplinary and will be
carried out in direct collaboration with the Institut de Recherche en
Astrophysique et Planetologie in Toulouse.
Conditions: applicants should have a Master in astrophysics
or in any branch of physics or mathematics by the end of 2011. The
scholarship is for 3 years, starting no later than March 15th,
2012. The net income will be between 1300 and 1600 euros/month
(depending on whether the student can obtain an extra teaching
assistant position at the University), and the position comes with
full health care benefits in France.
Instructions to apply: the deadline for applications is
December 1st, 2011. Applications including a curriculum vitae, a letter
of motivation, and a brief description of the courses and research
projects taken on by the student during the last year of his/her
Master's program should be sent by email (see contact
below). The applicant should also arrange for at least two reference
letters to be sent directly to the same address. For more detailed
information on the position and on the scientific project, please
contact directly Carlo Cossu or Francois Rincon (informal inquiries are
most welcome).
Context: The successful applicant will be affiliated
with the University of Toulouse.
Contact:
Carlo Cossu
Institut de Mecanique des Fluides de Toulouse
1, Allee du professeur Camille Soula
F-31000 TOULOUSE
tel: +33 (0)5 34 32 29 34
e-mail: carlo.cossu@imft.fr
Francois Rincon
Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planetologie
Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees
14 avenue Edouard Belin
F-31400 TOULOUSE
tel: +33 (0)5 61 33 28 50
e-mail: rincon@ast.obs-mip.fr