PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Applications are invited for one funded 3.5-year PhD studentship for the project titled ”Data-driven modelling and control of turbulence-generated noise” in the group of computational aerodynamics and aeroacoustics (CA^2) led by Dr Zhong-Nan Wang at the University of Birmingham./nThe CA^2 research group focuses on developing high-fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and data-driven methods for aerodynamics and aeroacoustics with primary application in aerospace engineering./nThe PhD project is expected to start in September 2026 (but the time can be flexible)./nThe successful applicant will be able to work within a vibrant and multidisciplinary aerospace team under the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Birmingham and also have opportunities to engage with researchers at other national and international leading academic institutions, e.g. Cambridge and MIT, and industries, such as Rolls-Royce and Airbus, via established collaboration./nThe project will employ high-fidelity CFD to provide the full details of noise generation processes in unsteady turbulent flows and develop data-driven methods to inform low-order mathematical modelling of noise-generating dynamics and control strategies, initially focusing on aircraft noise but applicable to fan noise and wind turbine noise.