INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR

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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Applications are invited for six nos. of Project Associate/Senior Project Associate in the following sponsored projects tenable at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur under the supervision of the undersigned.

  1. “A Study of The Effects of Wake Passing on Turbine Blade Film Cooling—both Numerics and Experiments”.
  2. “Numerical Simulations of Flow and Heat Transfer around Film-Cooled Gas Turbine Blades with Different Turbulence Models”.
  3. “Large-Eddy Simulation of Transitional Flow over a Low-Pressure Turbine Blade”.

These projects are from national initiatives and the candidates who would work on the project will be benefited by interactions with national labs and experts in the field of mechanical and aerospace engineering. Good candidates may be encouraged for higher studies through these projects and can expect to have high quality publications.

Emoluments: Rs.18000-36000 for Senior Project Associate and Rs.15000-30000 for Project Associate depending on qualification and experience. The position is purely temporary.

Qualifications:
Senior Project Associate: Mtech /B.Tech + 3 yrs experience with a good academic background in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering/Applied Mathematics with specialization in Fluid Mechanics/CFD/Turbomachinery/Thermal Science. Ph.D preferred.

Project Associate: Mtech /B.Tech + 1 year experience in Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering with specialization in Fluid Mechanics/CFD/Turbomachinery/Thermal Science. B. Tech with an excellent academic background and working experience in the field may also apply.

Knowledge of CFD software development, Fortran, C/C++, Java, High Performance computing including OpenMP and MPI programming is desirable.

Two posts out of six is for those having background for experimental studies. Knowledge in using Hot-Wire Anemometer, PIV and LDA will be appreciated.

Interested candidates may send their resume to the following address or email at subrata.sarkar1@gmail.com before 17th June, 2013.

Contact:
Dr. Subrata Sarkar
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
POST OFFICE I.I.T. KANPUR
Pin - 208 016
E- mail: subrata.sarkar1@gmail.com
Phone: (0512) 259 7942