Hypersonics, Vehicle Design and Applied High Speed Flows (4 positions available)

at  University of Southern Queensland

• Remuneration range $88,917 to $148,185 pa
• Full-time fixed term - various appointment terms
• Toowoomba campus or Springfield campus
  Building on its strengths as Australia’s leading regional University, UniSQ’s vision is to be renowned for innovation and excellence in education, student experience, research and engagement. Guided by our core values of respect, integrity and excellence, the University’s Strategic Plan 2021-2025 outlines our commitment to creating and sharing knowledge, transforming lives and solving the problems that matter to our world.
  Together with international partners such as NASA, DLR (German Space Agency) and Boeing, our Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences (IAESS) is leading the way in several space related fields including hypersonics and rocketry, astrophysics and advanced materials.
  You will join the Hypersonics and Rocketry Group https://www.unisq.edu.au/research/institutes-centres/iaess/centre-for-hypersonics-and-rocketry , a flagship group within the UniSQ, hosting Australia’s only long-duration hypersonic wind tunnel. In recent years the group has experienced substantial growth and has been very successful in winning competitive grants and forming international collaborations and partnerships. The group is a leading part of the iLAuNCH Trailblazer, which is part of the Australian Governments investment to build Australia’s sovereign space capability by addressing critical gaps and accelerating development of a space technology sector.

We are looking at research fellows interested and experienced in working on one or multiple of the following projects.

• Project A: Model-informed Digital Twins for Gas Turbines and Hypersonic Vehicles
• Project B: Enhanced hypersonic aerodynamics and stability models through Hardware in the Loop ground tests in TUSQ
• Project C: Surface preparation for coatings and adhesives for space componentry
• Project D: Development of an AI/ML-enabled space surveillance mission for hypersonic missile defens

The purpose of these positions is to expand the capability and capacity of the Hypersonic and Rocketry group to conduct both fundamental and applied research in the areas of hypersonics, high-speed fluid dynamics and related fields. You will contribute to fundamental research in high-speed (compressible) flow, including simulation, experimentation, and relevant diagnostics techniques and contribute to industry focused research, including applying high-speed flow simulations, experiments, and diagnostic methods or related techniques to address industry problems.

We are looking at research fellows interested and experienced in working on one or multiple of the following projects.

• Project A: Model-informed Digital Twins for Gas Turbines and Hypersonic Vehicles
• Project B: Enhanced hypersonic aerodynamics and stability models through Hardware in the Loop ground tests in TUSQ
• Project C: Surface preparation for coatings and adhesives for space componentry
• Project D: Development of an AI/ML-enabled space surveillance mission for hypersonic missile defense

Across the projects you will have opportunities to engage in the following research activities:

• Simulation of hypersonic flows, high speed flows, aero-thermodynamics, radiation, multi-physics, and other phenomena.
• Development of simulation codes, models, and optimisations algorithms.
• Design and mission evaluation of hypersonic vehicle concepts.
• Experiments and development of diagnostics methods for hypersonic ground test in the TUSQ wind tunnel.
• Simulation of dynamic systems including gas turbines and high speed vehicles.
• Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to fluid dynamics and system modelling.