Job Description

Job Title Post Doctoral Fellow

Description

The Emirates Nuclear Technology Center at Khalifa University is searching for a post-doctoral Research Associate (RA) to participate in a project conducting a safety analysis of design basis accident and design extension condition against experimental data from OECD-ATLAS project. This project is taking a thermal hydraulic analysis and a computational approach via lump code such as RELAP5/TRACE and CFD code such as ANSYS/STAR-CCM+ as well as a thermal-hydraulic experiment. Particular emphasis is for candidates with a background and interest in generating an input of safety analysis code and developing safety analysis code by implementing new models with the V&V procedure and conducting T-H experiments via designing and building test rig and measuring/analyzing data.

The position is within the area of Thermal-hydraulics, Safety analysis, System design of Nuclear Power plant. Candidates must be willing to relocate to Abu Dhabi for the duration of the appointment, starting as soon as possible. Competitive salary + benefits are available.

For informal inquiries or further information on the position, please send an email to Dr. Ho Joon Yoon at hojoon.yoon@ku.ac.ae

How to apply?

Please send a copy of your detailed CV, Statement of Research Interest and 3 reference letters

Operational Responsibilities

• Your responsibilities will include:
• Work within a multi-university, multi-campus collaboration to investigate thermo-hydraulic phenomena through OECD-ATLAS project
• Generate transient input deck for RELAP5 and TRACE for relevant topics in ATLAS project.
• Revise and upgrade input deck for APR1400-KU
• Simulate local phenomena in ATLAS test facility via ANSYS/STAR-CCM+
• Produce training materials for SNAP, RELAP5, TRACE, and ANSYS/STAR-CCM+
• Work closely with and contribute to the training of graduate students working with the project.
• Conduct a thermal-hydraulic experiment via designing, building test rig and measuring data.

Desired skills and experience

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. in nuclear physics, nuclear engineering or in a related field
• High motivation and a solid desire to actively participate in experiments as well as to propose and undertake initiatives
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; effective interpersonal skills to work effectively within a scientifically diverse team
• Ability to successfully report and publish research results

Required Experience The successful candidate must possess computational skill and experience, to support thermo-hydraulic investigation of nuclear power plant system, in at least one of the following areas: Safety analysis with Lump codes, such as:

• MARS/RELAP5/TRACE/MELCOR/SNAP

- or - Safety analysis with Computational Fluidic Dynamics, such as:

• ANSYS/STAR-CCM+/ HPC software ( Linux, xCAT, etc)

The experience of T-H experiment is also highly recommended.

About the employer

The internationally top-ranked Khalifa University of Science and Technology is the one university in the UAE with the research and academic programs that address the entire range of strategic, scientific and industrial challenges facing the UAEs knowledge economy transformation and our rapidly evolving world. Its world-class faculty and state-of-the-art research facilities provide an unparalleled learning experience to students from the UAE and around the world. The university brings together the best in science, engineering and medicine in the UAE, to offer specialized degrees that can take promising high school graduates all the way to top-rated doctorate degree holders. To know more about the Center please visit Emirates Nuclear Technology Center - Khalifa University (ku.ac.ae)

Areas of Research

• Organization & Management
• Safety Engineering
• General Engineering

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