Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), China & Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
The Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) Program (group of Vikrant Gupta) is looking for 1 PhD student to conduct high-quality research on computational fluid dynamics of wind farms.
Wind energy is rapidly growing and is set to become a major player in the electricity market. The growing size of turbines and wind farms means that their interactions with atmospheric flows becomes two-way coupled with meso-scale and micro-scale coupling. The PhD candidate will work on developing CFD capabilities to simulate large wind turbines spanning several layers of the atmospheric boundary layers and operating in complex environment, such as on floating platforms in deep offshore regions. The candidate will work with team members to facilitate flow modelling and analysis towards development of layout and operation optimization of wind farms.
Wind energy, Turbulence, CFD, low-order modelling.
- Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering or related (essential)
- Strong background in at least one programming language (essential) and fortran, C++ (preferable)
- Strong background in partial differential and ordinary differential equations (essential)
- Strong interest in GPU computations and high-performance computing (desirable)
- Strong interest to work in team, and travel to Israel (essential)
- Good communication skills, good command of English (essential)
- Ability to author scientific reports and co-author scientific publications (essential)
- The candidates must fulfill the requirements for admission to the Technion Graduate School and need to comply with its regulations leading to the PhD/Master degree: https://graduate.technion.ac.il/en/prospective-students/
- Application deadline: 31 May 2026
- Send required documents to: vikrant.gupta@gtiit.edu.cn
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Assoc. Prof. Vikrant Gupta
Phone: +86 (754) 8807 7226
Email: vikrant.gupta@gtiit.edu.cn
Web Page : https://www.gtiit.edu.cn/en/viewStaff.aspx?staffNo=1290
