EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Fluid Dynamics across Scales

EPSRC 跨尺度流体动力学博士培训中心

• 批准号: EP/L016230/1
• 金额: $ 545.82万
• 依托单位: Imperial College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Training Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FL016230%2F1
• 关键词: EPSRC; Centre; Doctoral; Training; Fluid

Our goal is to create a world-class Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT)in fluid dynamics. The CDT will be a partnership between theDepartments of Aeronautics, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering,Civil Engineering, Earth Science and Engineering, Mathematics, andMechanical Engineering. The CDT's uniqueness stems from trainingstudents in a broad, cross-disciplinary range of areas, supportingthree key pillars where Imperial is leading internationally and in theUK: aerodynamics, micro-flows, and fluid-surface interactions, withemphasis on multi-scale physics and on connections among them,allowing the students to understand the commonalities underlyingdisparate phenomena and to exploit them in their research on emergingand novel technologies. The CDT's training will integratetheoretical, experimental and computational approaches as well asmathematical and modelling skills and will engage with a wide range ofindustrial partners who will contribute to the training, the researchand the outreach. A central aspect of the training will focus on thedifferent phenomena and techniques across scales and theirinter-relations.Aerodynamics and fluid dynamics are CDT priority areas classified as"Maintain" in the Shaping Capabilities landscape. They are of keyimportance to the UK economy (see 'Impact Summary in the Je-S form')and there currently is a high demand for, but a real dearth of,doctoral-level researchers with sufficient fundamental understandingof the multi-scale nature of fluid flows, and with numerical,experimental, and professional skills that can immediately be usedwithin various industrial settings. Our CDT will address these urgenttraining needs through a broad exposure to the multi-faceted nature ofthe aerodynamics and fluid mechanics disciplines; formal training inresearch methodology; close interaction with industry; training intransferable skills; a tight management structure (with an externaladvisory board, and quality-assurance procedures based on a monitoringframework and performance indicators); and public engagementactivities.The proposed CDT aligns perfectly with Imperial's research strategyand vision and has its full support. The CDT will leverage theresearch excellence of the 60 participating academics across Imperial,demonstrated by a high proportion of internationally-leadingresearchers (among whom are 15 FREng, and, 4 FRS), 5*-rated (RAE)departments, and a fluid dynamics research income of 93M pounds sinde2008 (with about 32% from industry) including a number of EPSRC-fundedProgramme Grants in fluid dynamics (less than 4 or 5 in the UK) and anumber of ERC Advanced Investigator Grants in fluid dynamics (lessthan about 7 across Europe). The CDT will also leverage our existingworld-class training infra-structure, featuring numerous pre-doctoraltraining programmes, high-performance computing and laboratoryfacilities, fluid dynamic-specific seminar series, and our outstandingtrack-record in training doctoral students and in graduateemployability. The Faculty of Engineering has also committed to thedevelopment of bespoke dedicated space which is important forcohort-building activities, and the establishment of a fluids networkto strengthen inter-departmental collaborations for the benefit of theCDT.

我们的目标是创建一个世界级的流体动力学博士培训中心（CDT）。CDT将是航空、生物工程、化学工程、土木工程、地球科学与工程、数学和机械工程系之间的合作伙伴。CDT的独特性源于在广泛的跨学科领域培养学生，支持帝国在国际和英国领先的三个关键支柱：空气动力学，微流和流体表面相互作用，强调多尺度物理学和它们之间的联系，让学生了解不同现象的共性，并在新兴和新颖技术的研究中利用它们。CDT的培训将整合理论、实验和计算方法以及数学和建模技能，并将与将为培训、研究和推广做出贡献的广泛的工业伙伴合作。培训的一个核心方面将集中在不同尺度的不同现象和技术及其相互关系。空气动力学和流体动力学是CDT在塑造能力领域中归类为“维护”的优先领域。他们是至关重要的英国经济（见“影响摘要的Je-S形式”），目前有很高的需求，但真实的缺乏，博士水平的研究人员有足够的基本了解的多尺度性质的流体流动，并与数值，实验和专业技能，可以立即使用在各种工业环境。我们的CDT将通过广泛接触空气动力学和流体力学学科的多方面性质来解决这些迫切的培训需求;研究方法的正式培训;与工业界的密切互动;培训不可转移的技能;紧密的管理结构（有一个外部咨询委员会和基于监测框架和业绩指标的质量保证程序）;建议的CDT完全符合帝国理工的研究战略和愿景，并得到了帝国理工的全力支持。CDT将利用帝国理工学院60名参与学者的卓越研究成果，并由高比例的国际领先研究人员证明（其中15名为FRENG，4名为FRS），5* 评级（RAE）部门，2008年流体动力学研究收入为9300万英镑（约32%来自工业），包括EPSRC资助的流体动力学赠款项目（在英国少于4或5人）和一系列ERC流体动力学高级研究员赠款（在欧洲少于7人）。CDT还将利用我们现有的世界级培训基础设施，包括众多的博士前培训课程，高性能计算和实验室设施，流体动力学特定研讨会系列，以及我们在培训博士生和毕业生就业能力方面的出色记录。工程学院亦致力发展特别为建筑活动而设的专用空间，以及建立流动网络，以加强跨部门合作，使CDT受惠。