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The Unsteady Flow Diagnostics Laboratory (UNFoLD) led by Prof. Karen Mulleners at EPFL in Lausanne is looking for multiple PhD students to join the group in the fall of 2025 or early 2026. 

The UNFoLD lab specialises in the experimental measurements, analysis, and modelling of unsteady vortex-dominated flow phenomena, with applications in bio-inspired propulsion, wind turbine rotor blade aerodynamics, gust interactions, and fluid-structure interactions. The research focuses on unfolding the origin and development of unsteady flow separation and vortex formation. The lab has built a reputation for carefully designed and precisely controlled experiments, high quality temporally and spatially resolved field experiments using particle image velocimetry combined with synchronised measurements of the technically relevant quantities, such as aerodynamic forces or power output, exploratory data analyses to bridge the gap between our observations and understanding of the development and interaction of vortices, and the technically relevant quantities.

Several open PhD postions are available for fully funded projects on:

• Flow separation on three-dimensional wings


• Fluid-structure interactions of flapping flags 


• (Bio-inspired) unsteady vortex formation and interaction

More information about the lab and the ongoing and past projects can be found here: https://www.epfl.ch/labs/unfold/