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.