진학프로석·박사 채용 접수 플랫폼

The positions are part of two projects funded by the Research Council of Norway for the development of a soft hairy surfaces for droplet flow control and vibration-based soft robot. The project has an ambitious aim to demonstrate how physical principles from a new understanding of the coupling between viscous flow and elastic deformation of solids to inspire new technological developments.

The project will provide a fundamental understanding of the physical processes at play when droplets interact with soft hairy surfaces and when actively driving a soft sheet near a wall. Essential to the projects is developing a new understanding of the fluid-structure interactions, that is to say, the coupling between hair’s/sheet’s elastic deformations and the fluid flow. The project aims to develop a contactless soft robot relying on these operating principles (guided by our physical understanding of the processes) and using hairy surfaces for flow control. The projects requires detailed measurements of the dynamic soft elastic interface and the fluid flow, as well as theoretical and numerical developments.

The project provides oportunities to collaborate with both national and international collaborators, as well as exploring sustainability aspects of the technology. This is the right position if you are highly motivated about fundamental science and excited about questions related to fluid-structure interactions (elastohydrodynamics) and interfacial fluid mechanics in the context of soft robotics. The Postdoctoral Research Fellowship will join an international and interdisciplinary research group lead by Prof. Andreas Carlson, which hosts other projects including an ERC Consolidator Grant.

For more information and how to apply: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/293760/postdoctoral-research-fellows-in-viscous-flow-coupled-with-elastic-deformation