Research Fellow in Modelling Droplet Drying & Dynamics

We are seeking to appoint a talented and highly motivated Research Fellow to develop models that enable the evolution of droplet and particle structure to be predicted as droplets dry and coalesce.  This role is part of an EPSRC funded collaborative project ‘Evaporative Drying of Droplets and the Formation of Micro-structured and Functional Particles and Films’ and is a collaboration between the Universities of Leeds, Durham and Bristol and 13 industrial partners. The project brings together modelling and experimental expertise to address the complex challenge of understanding the wealth of dynamics that change the distribution of material inside a droplet as it dries to form a particle.

Your research will primarily involve developing and applying Lattice Boltzmann (LB) modelling techniques which capture flow, heat and mass transfer in single droplets and colliding/coalescing droplets. These models will be used to develop fundamental theoretical understanding of observed behaviours, as well as forming the basis of reduced models of processes using many droplets. 

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Professor Andrew Bayly, School of Chemical and Process Engineering

Tel: +44 (0) 113 34 30167, email: a.e.bayly@leeds.ac.uk

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