Internet 13.03./ Fristende 03.04.2015 Technische Universität Berlin offers an open position: Research Assistant – salary grade E 13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen part-time employment may be possible Faculty V - Department of Fluid Dynamics and Technical Acoustics / Computational Fluid Dynamics The department of Computational Fluid Dynamics focuses on the simulation of complex fluids and their optimization. The group is part of an active research environment (SFB 1029, BIMoS). Reference number: V-92/15 (to be filled from 01.05.2015 until 30.04.2017 with an extension option/ closing date for applications 03.04.2015) Job description: The area of activity is a stable long-term simulation of an adjungated, turbulent and compressible boundary layer. The aim is a reliable calculation of sensitivities in fluids for optimization tasks. Specific problems are the data management and the compression of the forward calculation as well as the stability of the backwards calculation. Requirements: As a successful candidate you should hold a university degree (Master, Diplom or equivalent) in the area of numerical fluid dynamics; excellent skills in mathematics, fluid dynamics / continuum mechanics and numerical simulation. Experiences with turbulence, adjoint-based methods for optimization and Unix / Fortran / Matlab are an advantage. You have the possibility to attain a doctorate. Please send your written application with the reference number and the appropriate documents to Technische Universität Berlin - Der Präsident - , Fakultät V, Institut für Strömungsmechanik und Technische Akustik, FG Numerische Fluiddynamik, Prof. Dr. Sesterhenn, Sekr. MB 1, Müller-Breslau-Straße 12, 10623 Berlin. To ensure equal opportunities between women and men, applications by women with the required applications are explicitly desired. Qualified individuals with disabilities will be favored. Please send copies only. Original documents will not be returned. The vacancy is also available on the internet at http://www.personalabteilung.tu-berlin.de/menue/jobs/.