Postdoctoral Scholar-Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Date: September 2023 Title: Postdoctoral Scholar 

Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering School: Case School of Engineering 

Location: 10900 Euclid Ave Cleveland OH 44106 

Supervisor Name and Title: Chirag Kharangate, Assistant Professor 

Contact information: Email: chirag.kharangate@case.edu; Phone: 2163682029 

 

POSITION OBJECTIVE 

Postdoctoral position in the Two-Phase Flow and Thermal Management Lab at Case Western Reserve University to do research in two-phase flows with focus on machine learning application to phase-change thermal management systems, including autonomous vision and Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs). 

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS 

1.      Develop computer vision tools to investigate flow boiling imaging data from experiments (20%)

2.      Develop physics-informed machine learning modeling tools and validate with experiments performed in the lab (20%)

3.       Perform experiments in two-phase flows for boiling and condensation (15%)

4.       Perform CFD simulations in two-phase flows for boiling and condensation (15%)

5.       Publish peer-reviewed journal papers and attend international conferences to disseminate and share research (20%)

6.       Coordinate with sponsors for meeting research project deliverables (10%)

7.       Advise graduate and undergraduate students at the Two-Phase Flow and Thermal Management Lab in conducting their research projects relating to boiling and condensation experiments and modeling (10%)

NONESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Attend department and school education and outreach activities

CONTACTS 
Department: continuous (66+%)
University: infrequent (up to 5%)
External: moderate (16-30%)
Students: moderate (16-30%)

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

None

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience: 0+ 

Education/Licensing: PhD in Engineering or Computer Science 

REQUIRED SKILLS

1.       Machine Learning/ Neural Networks/ Computer Vision

RECOMMENDED SKILLS

1.       ANSYS Fluent/COMSOL multiphasic Solver

2.       C, Matlab 

3.       Experimental design and thermal-fluidic testing experience in lab setting

 

WORKING CONDITIONS 

No special working conditions. 

 

Please submit your CV and names of three references to crk91@case.edu.