PhD Studentship In Inverse Problems In Heat And Fluid Flow

Applications are invited for a three year Postgraduate studentship, supported the School of Engineering and Applied Science, to be undertaken within the mathematics group at Aston University.  

About the project: Many important real world applications lead to inverse problems. These include medical imaging, non-destructive testing and oil/gas exploration. Research on inverse problems at Aston involve parameter identification in heat and fluid flow models. For example, source identification in heat and wave processes, and temperature reconstructions from incomplete boundary data (with applications in non-destructive testing). Focus of the research is on the development of efficient and stable numerical procedures for the reconstructions together with investigation of mathematical properties of such procedures. There are several different possible directions for research within inverse problems in heat and fluid flow depending on the background and interests of the applicant.

Eligibility: The successful applicant should have a first class or upper second class honours degree or equivalent qualification with main part in mathematics. Preferred skill requirements include knowledge/experience of theoretical and numerical aspects of partial differential equations.