项目介绍

2025年2月26日

Job description

Ghent University is a world of its own. Employing more than 15.000 people, it is actively involved in education and research, management and administration, as well as technical and social service provision on a daily basis. It is one of the largest, most exciting employers in the area and offers great career opportunities. With its 11 faculties and more than 85 departments offering state-of-the-art study programmes grounded in research in a wide range of academic fields, Ghent University is a logical choice for its staff and students.

For the Fluid Mechanics team we are looking for a m/f/x

Doctoral fellow

• You prepare a doctoral thesis and spend at least 90% of your assignment on academic research.
• You work with other researchers in SBO-project PICASSO, where the interaction between fluid mechanics and moving/deforming structures is coupled to control and image processing, using reduced models and machine learning.
• You work with the colleagues in team Fluid Mechanics and support common activities in the team.
• You assist in teaching activities at the Bachelor’s and Master’s level in the field of numerical simulation and fluid mechanics.
• You counsel Bachelor and Master students in their exercises, internships and Master’s dissertation in the field of numerical simulation and fluid mechanics.

Job profile

• You preferably hold a Master’s degree in Electromechanical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Computational Engineering, Control, or an equivalent degree. The degree requirements need to be fulfilled at the start of your appointment.
• You are interested in scientific and/or project based research and services.
• You are interested in coaching students in the Bachelor’s, Master’s and/or Advanced Master’s programmes.
• You have good didactive and communicative skills.
• You preferably have already conducted research in the field of numerical modelling of flows and have research experience with CFD tools, structural mechanics and/or control.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• We offer a full-time position as a doctoral fellow, consisting of an initial period of 12 months, which – after a positive evaluation, will be extended to a total maximum of 48 months.
• Your contract will start on 01/09/2025 at the earliest.
• The fellowship amount is 100% of the net salary of an AAP member in equal family circumstances. The individual fellowship amount is determined by the Department of Personnel and Organization based on family status and seniority. A grant that meets the conditions and criteria of the regulations for doctoral fellowships is considered free of personal income tax. Click here for more information about our salary scales
• All Ghent University staff members enjoy a number of benefits, such as a wide range of training and education opportunities, 36 days of holiday leave (on an annual basis for a full-time job) supplemented by annual fixed bridge days, bicycle allowance and eco vouchers. Click here for a complete overview of all the staff benefits.

How to apply

Send your CV, copy of your diploma (if already in your possession) and a motivation letter to annick.decoster@ugent.be.

We do not accept late applications.

For more information about this vacancy, please contact Prof. Joris Degroote (joris.degroote@ugent.be, +32 9 264 32 88)