The Surface-environment Interaction REsearch Laboratory (SIRE Lab) in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering has two open positions available immediately for seniors in mechanical or aerospace engineering (U.S. citizens only) to work on a department of Energy (DOE)-sponsored project. The work involves conducting very large, multiscale simulations (exascale computing) of heat transfer and fluid flow processes inside small modular reactors with specific focus on thermal management of the reactor core using micro/nano-engineered surfaces.
Funding: Full-time funding is available for 20 hours/week @ $13 per hour. Preference will be given to those students who are interested to continue as master's or Ph.D. students after graduation and stay with the project for the next 2-3 years.
Internship Opportunity: For students who continue as master's or Ph.D. students, there is a competitive internship opportunity every year at Sandia National Laboratories (one of the project partners).
Contact Details: Interested students are requested to send an email to Dr. Krishna Kota (kkota@nmsu.edu) with your one-page resume and a brief paragraph expressing your interest in this work.
SIRE Lab's interdisciplinary research focus is on studying the physical, chemical, and biological interactions between tailored and engineered surfaces and their surrounding thermal, fluidic, and particulate environments. Broad focus area of our laboratory is 'sustainability of energy, water, and health infrastructure.' Specific interests are in the areas of energy and thermal management, desalination of highly saline waters, virus infection and propagation, and long-duration space transportation. SIRE Lab's research has received media coverage in 95+ national and international news outlets such as CNN, BBC, Daily Mail UK, New York Times, The Washington Post, Science Daily, US News & World Report, Electronics Cooling Magazine, News-Medical, ABC News, KRWG TV, Yahoo, MSN, etc. and was cited by the OSHA Policy Document on COVID-19.
