3.5-year D.Phil studentship, available from January 2015 (subject to eligibility requirements below).

Research Area

This studentship, which offered in collaboration with Jaguar Land Rover, will directly support the work of the University of Oxford Advanced Compression Ignition Engine Centre of Excellence (ACIE-COE). This recently established Centre of Excellence, which includes both experimental and numerical research activities, is expected to be a major contributor to Jaguar Land Rover’s future diesel combustion system research activities over the next 10-15 years.

The successful applicant will focus on the development of new and improved numerical models for key in-cylinder processes governing engine emissions and performance under the extremes of in-cylinder temperature and pressure typical of a modern, highly boosted, diesel engine S/he will be a member of the Combustion and Engines Group and will be supervised by Prof. Martin Davy.

Award Value

The EPSRC studentship covers University fees at the level set for UK/EU students plus a stipend (tax-free maintenance grant) of £13,863 p.a. for the first year, and at least this amount for a further two and a half years. An additional £1,500 p.a. will be added to the EPSRC stipend from the project research funding. The award will also cover the payment of college fees (c £2765 p.a.).

Eligibility

This studentship is available to all applicants meeting the EPSRC eligibility criteria (http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/skills/studentships/help/eligibility/). Overseas applicants should note that the University fees are covered only at the UK/EU rate.  Accordingly, overseas students would have to provide the difference between the UK/EU and the overseas student rates for University fees from some other source, such as a scholarship or personal funds.

Candidate Requirements

Prospective candidates will be judged according to how well they meet the following criteria:

• A good 2.i or first class honours degree (or overseas equivalent) in Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics;
• Prior knowledge and training in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methods;
• Excellent English written and spoken communication skills;
• Demonstrated ability of independent research and contribution to scientific publications.

The following skills are desirable but not essential:

•  Experience of STAR-CD, ES-ICE, or STAR-CCM+;
•  Ability to program in C/C++;
•  Ability to program in Matlab.

Note that the successful candidate will be required to spend some time training at Jaguar Land Rover’s Whitely Engineering Centre. A full, clean driving licence is therefore considered advantageous.

Application Procedure

To apply for this studentship, candidates should send the following documents tostudentship<στο>eng.ox.ac.uk :

• CV
• Covering letter (explaining your suitability for the study, what you hope to achieve from the DPhil and your research experience to date)
• Contact details for two academic or professional referees

NOTE: Candidates are expected to meet the graduate admissions criteria available at:http://www.eng.ox.ac.uk/study-here/postgraduate/admissions-criteria and a full graduate application must be made at the same time as applying for this studentship.  Your studentship application will not be considered unless you have also submitted a graduate application. Further details about making a graduate application are available at: http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply.

Please quote JLR iCASE 14220110-MHD in all correspondence to the Department and in your graduate application.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor Martin Davy [martin.davy@eng.ox.ac.uk]. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.