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COMPANY Universidad Nacional del Litoral

E-MAIL
acardona@unl.edu.ar

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ORGANISATION/COMPANY COUNTRY
Universidad Nacional del Litoral Argentina

DEPARTMENT CITY
CIMEC Santa Fe

ORGANISATION TYPE STATE/PROVINCE

Higher Education Institute Santa Fe

WEBSITE POSTAL CODE

http://unl.edu.ar/ 3000
http://cimec.conicet.gov.ar/
STREET
E-MAIL Pellegrini 2750
acardona@unl.edu.ar
PHONE
(+54) 342 4511594 x 7003

MOBILE PHONE
(+54) 9 342 4187768

FAX
(+54) 342 4511169

ORGANISATION/COMPANY LOCATION
Universidad Nacional del Litoral Argentina › Santa Fe

RESEARCH FIELD TYPE OF CONTRACT

Engineering › Mechanical engineering Temporary
Engineering › Simulation engineering
JOB STATUS
RESEARCHER PROFILE Full-time
First Stage Researcher (R1)
HOURS PER WEEK
APPLICATION DEADLINE 40
17/02/2020 12:00 - America/Sao Paulo

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OFFER STARTING DATE

01/04/2020

EU RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
PROGRAMME
H2020 / Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Actions

REFERENCE NUMBER
UNL-2019-01

MARIE CURIE GRANT

AGREEMENT NUMBER
860101

A total of 15 PhD positions are available at 8 universities, 1 research centre and 4 industries, in
the framework of the European Marie Curie European Training Network (ETN) zEPHYR. This
project is focused on the development of performant wind farms by addressing simultaneously
the individual performance of each turbine composing the wind farm, and the efficient
harvesting of the local wind resources in on-shore and urban environments. The researchers
recruited in zEPHYR will investigate emerging technologies through laboratory experiments,
theoretical modelling and numerical simulations addressing the following aspects: mesoscale
and microscale atmospheric boundary layer simulations, rotor aerodynamics, aeroacoustics
and structural dynamics, atmospheric propagation and human factors, uncertainty
quantification, sensitivity analysis and multi-physical optimization.

In that context, the Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL), Argentina, is offering an ESR
position for a PhD project entitled

Efficient CFD methods for the simulation of WT fluid-structure interaction

This research project is addressed to the development of finite volume methods as well as
innovative particle methods for the numerical analysis of WT fluid-structure interaction. Particle
methods are known to be advantageous in convection dominated flows, and well adapted to
simulate flows with moving boundaries. The objective is to accelerate the computations while
preserving accuracy in order to enable optimization in design of wind turbines. Methods should
be interacting with an existing code for wind turbine simulation including flexible blades, the
machine, the mast, etc. Parallelisation will be made in an already developed MPI environment
between UNL and Samtech for cosimulation.

The PhD will be mainly based at the Research Center for Computational Methods (CIMEC)
from UNL, under supervision by Profs. Norberto Nigro and Alberto Cardona, and several

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secondments are foreseen at partner institutions of the zEPHYR network: at Siemens Gamesa
(Denmark), at Samtech SA (Belgium) and at National Technical University of Athens (Greece).

The contract can start between the 1 st of February 2019 and the 1 st of August 2020.

The multidisciplinary topics addressed in zEPHYR are scientifically challenging and of high
technological and economical relevance, promising interesting career perspectives in
academic and multi-sectorial industrial environments. The zEPHYR partners do strictly adhere
to the ethical standards of the European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for the
Recruitment of Researchers[1]. Female scientists are particularly encouraged to apply.
Applicants must satisfy some eligibility rules, in particular in terms of transnational mobility.[2] A
strict equal opportunity, gender-neutral and internationally comparable recruitment procedure is
implemented.

[1] https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/charter

[2] http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

You will work in an excellent multi-disciplinary and international environment.

You will be part of an international research consortium and will benefit from it.
We offer competitive salary (36 months contract) plus allowances included in the ITN package:
Living, Mobility and Family Allowances (of which, taxes, social / pension contributions have to
be paid). More information on the ITN financial support for researchers are presented in Table
1 of the Horizon2020 Work Programme 2018-2020 available under url: https://ec.europa.eu
/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2018-2020/main/h2020-wp1820-msca_en.pdf

The candidate at the time of recruitment has to be in the first four years (full-time equivalent
research experience) of her/his research careers and has not been awarded a doctoral degree.
Full-Time Equivalent Research Experience is measured from the date when the researcher
obtained the degree entitling him/her to embark on a doctorate (either in the country in which
the degree was obtained or in the country in which the researcher is recruited or seconded),
even if a doctorate was never started or envisaged.
Eligible candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.)
in Argentina for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date.
Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays, and time spent as part of a

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procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention are not taken into
account.

The application shall include CV, motivation letter, 2 references and copy of Master Degree
certificate or equivalent and grades.
Selected candidates will be invited for interview.

For informal inquiries about this position please contact: Prof. Alberto Cardona,
acardona@unl.edu.ar (Subject: zEPHYR ESR4).

Send applications to:

Prof Alberto Cardona

CIMEC (UNL / CONICET)
Ref: Contract UNL-2019-01
Predio CONICET “Dr Alberto Cassano”
Colectora Ruta Nac 168 s/n – Paraje El Pozo
(3000) Santa Fe
Argentina
REQUIREMENTS

RESEARCH FIELD
Engineering › Simulation engineering

YEARS OF RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1-4

REQUIRED EDUCATION LEVEL

Engineering: Master Degree or equivalent

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REQUIRED LANGUAGES
ENGLISH: Excellent
SPANISH: Basic

Knowledge in (one or more of) the following will be advantageous:

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1 position(s) available at
CIMEC - Universidad
Nacional del Litoral
Argentina
Santa Fe
Santa Fe
3000
Colectora Ruta 168 s/n -
Predio Conicet - Barrio El
Pozo

EURAXESS offer ID: 471233

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