Applicants are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Mechanical and Production Engineering programme. The position is available from 01 December 2025 or later. You can submit your application via the link under 'how to apply'.

Title:
Bubble dynamics in gas evolving systems

Research area and project description:
Bubble-bubble and bubble-wall interactions are key to understand and improve gas evolving electrochemical processes such as water splitting. In real world, phenomena such as phase change, temperature and concentration gradients and presence of surfactants add to the complexity of the problem. The main objective of the project is to investigate the fundamental physics of these interactions and their link to the macroscopic quantities such as the energy efficiency of the process.

The main research tool will be interface-resolving numerical simulations, but there will be possibilities to incorporate experiments. You will be a member of a larger team working on different aspects of the problem using both numerical and experimental methodology.

Project description: For technical reasons, you must upload a project description. Please simply copy the project description above and upload it as a PDF in the application.

Qualifications and specific competences:
Applicants to the PhD position must have a relevant master’s degree in mechanical engineering or related fields at the time of starting the position.

In addition, the successful candidate should:

• Possess a strong educational background and academic qualifications.
• Have a thorough understanding of subjects such as fluid dynamics and heat and/or mass transfer.
• Communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing, in academic and social contexts.
• Show a high level of independence and motivation to engage in cutting-edge research.

Familiarity with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and multiphase flows is considered advantageous.

Place of employment and place of work:
The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work is Department of Mechanical & Production Engineering, Katrinebjergvej 89, 8200 Aarhus N., Denmark.

Contacts:
Applicants seeking further information regarding the position are invited to contact:

• Pourya Forooghi, forooghi@mpe.au.dk (main supervisor)

For information about application requirements and mandatory attachments, please see our application guide. If answers cannot be found there, please contact:

• admission.gradschool.tech@au.dk

How to apply:
Please follow this link to submit your application.

Application deadline is 04 August 2025 at 23:59 CEST

Preferred starting date is 01 December 2025

Please note:

• Only documents received prior to the application deadline will be evaluated. Thus, documents sent after deadline will not be taken into account.
• The programme committee may request further information or invite the applicant to attend an interview.
• Shortlisting will be used, which means that the evaluation committee only will evaluate the most relevant applications.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply, regardless of their personal background. Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with applicable collective agreement.