Research Fellow - Emission Control of Ammonia Combustion

About the role

The Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N), a pan-university research institute founded in 2010 focused on systems-level research for tropical megacities, is hiring a research fellow to support work on emission control of ammonia combustion. The role involves combustion experiments, experimental databases, emission pathway analysis and low-emission ammonia combustion methods.

Key responsibilities

• Validate detailed and skeletal chemical reaction mechanisms against experimental databases on combustion and emission characteristics.
• Develop and apply Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models to study intermediate reaction pathways and pollutant formation in hydrogen-ammonia and hydrocarbon-ammonia systems.
• Deploy high-precision skeletal mechanisms in engine-scale simulations to capture combustion behaviour and pollutant evolution.
• Build predictive modelling frameworks describing the chemical evolution of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen species during ammonia-based fuel combustion.
• Analyse and quantify pollutant formation pathways, focusing on CO, NOx, N2O and unburned NH3.
• Generate modelling insights and tools to support the design and optimisation of low-emission, ammonia-fuelled propulsion technologies.

Required profile

• PhD in Mechanical or Vehicle Engineering or a related field.
• 3 years of research experience in combustion, emissions or thermofluid modelling.
• Publication track record (one publication is a reference).
• Proficiency in English and good communication skills for research work.

Required skills

• Expertise in numerical simulation methods, especially CFD and chemical kinetics modelling.
• Familiarity with detailed and skeletal chemical reaction mechanisms in multi-fuel combustion systems.
• Programming tools such as Python, MATLAB or C++ for data processing and model development are preferred.