INTERNSHIP MASTER : Modeling particle transport within a thin liquid film – 6 months

JOB ENVIRONMENT:

Institut Mines-Télécom is the leading public group of engineering and management Grandes Écoles in France. Consisting of eight public graduate Grandes Écoles and two subsidiary graduate schools, Institut Mines-Télécom leads and develops a rich ecosystem of partner schools, economic, academic and institutional partners, key players in education, research and economic development.

Mines Saint-Étienne, a graduate school of the Institut Mines-Télécom, is responsible for education, research, innovation, industrial transfer and scientific culture dissemination. With 2,500 students, 500 staff and a budget of €50m, it has 3 campuses dedicated to the industry of the future, health and well-being, and digital sovereignty and microelectronics. It is ranked in the top 15 graduate engineering schools in France and the top 500 universities worldwide.

The 2023-2027 strategy of Mines Saint-Etienne is in line with that of Institut Mines Telecom. It aims to:

• · Support the ecological, digital and generational transitions and educate the people involved
• · Support national and European sovereignty in microelectronics and digital technology

To support this strategy, it is recruiting a Postdoctoral researcher in organic bioelectronics.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Presentation of internship assignments and activities : Particle transport within liquid films is encountered in several scenarios, such as biological and environmental flows, and in chemical and pharmaceutical engineering applications. In those flows, hydrodynamics and particle interact. Modeling the particle transport and in particular the interplay between hydrodynamics and particle flows (hydrodynamics influences particles and vice-versa) is extremely challenging and requires a high computational cost. To tackle this problem, in this project we aim at modeling the film flow with a low-dimensional shallow-water formulation (integration of the Navier-Stokes equations over the film thickness), and the particle transport with a DEM approach (discrete element method). The scientific challenge consists in coupling these two approaches (shallow-water with DEM). For this, a Matlab in-house flow solver will be employed. Firstly, the liquid film will be interacting with fixed particles, then the particles will be allowed to move according to the hydrodynamics of the film.

Keywords : fluid dynamics, particle transport, computational analysis, thin films.

The internship is based on the Saint-Étienne campus.

PROFIL SOUGHT:

• Student attending mechanical or chemical engineering MSc diploma (or similar)
• Motivated student eager to learn
• Student with knowledge on fundamentals of fluid mechanics and transport phenomena
• Student with knowledge on fundamentals of numerical methods

WHY JOIN US :

Institut Mines-Telecom is characterised by:

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• A scientific environment of excellence
• A group with entities throughout France

Mines Saint-Etienne is distinguished by:

• A privileged working environment with a high student supervision rate and a high environment rate (support and back-up functions)
• First-rate experimental and digital resources
• Significant contract research activity (€11m/year in Research and Innovation contracts), mainly with industrial partners
• 25% international students, Member of the T.I.M.E. network and the EULIST European University
• A centre for scientific, technical and industrial culture - La Rotonde - which is unique in France, and which has a major impact on society (> 50,000 visitors per year)
• Pleasant workplace, easily accessible by public transport and close to motorways
• Public transport costs reimbursed up to 75% (subject to conditions)
• Staff committee that subsidises sports, leisure, cultural and social events and activities
• 1 day leave per month

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Position based in : Saint-Étienne

• Applications must be submitted by : 31/01/2025

• Please send your CV and covering letter to : [email protected] and [email protected]
• Preferred start date : March/April 2025
• Internships are open to all, with accommodations available on request for candidates with disabilities.

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