Date: March 2024
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: (216) 368-2029

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.