Assistant professor, permanent position Energy and Process Engineering - at IMT NORD EUROPE

Discipline: Energy Engineering, Process Engineering, Fluid Mechanics (sections 62 or 60 of French National Council of Universities - CNU)

Affiliation : IMT Nord Europe

Unit: Centre for Energy and Environment

Line Manager: Director of the Center for Energy and Environment

Type of contract: Permanent academic position of assistant professor

Workplace: Dunkirk (France), with occasional travels to Douai

CONTEXT

Public establishment belonging to IMT (Institut Mines-Télécom), placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, IMT Nord Europe has three main objectives: providing our students with ethically responsible engineering practice enabling them to solve 21st century issues, carrying out our R&D activities leading to outstanding innovations and supporting territorial development through innovation and entrepreneurship. Ideally positioned at the heart of Europe, 1 hour away from Paris, 30 min from Brussels and 1h30 from London, IMT Nord Europe has strong ambitions to become a main actor of the current industrial, digital and environmental transitions, by combining education and research on engineering and digital technologies.

Located on two main campuses dedicated to research and education in Douai and Lille, IMT Nord Europe offers research facilities of almost 20,000m² in the following areas:

• Energy and Environment

• Digital Systems

• Materials and Processes

For more information, see: https://imt-nord-europe.fr/en/

The position is to be filled within the Energy and Environment Teaching, Research, and Innovation Center (CERI EE). In addition to about sixty doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, this center includes 31 teacher-researchers, 13.5 engineers and technicians, 2 administrative assistants. It is currently organized into two research domains: Atmospheric Sciences and Energy Efficiency of Components, Systems and Processes. CERI EE also has an instrumental technical center and several national and international centers of expertise.

IMT Nord Europe wishes to strengthen the skills of CERI EE, within the Energy, Fluids and Transfers team.

The candidate will join this research team, which focuses on intensifying transfer phenomena in thermo-fluidic components at various scales. The targeted applications are in the fields of energy and process engineering, especially for society decarbonization purposes. Experimental and numerical approaches are concurrently employed to improve energy efficiency at the component, energy system, or process scale. This generally requires enhancing performance by means of flow control, use of rheological behavior of complex fluids, surface structuring, and, if applicable, transfers in solid parts.

ACTIVITIES

Under the authority of the Director of the Energy and Environment CERI (Teaching, Research, and Innovation

Center), the position holder will actively participate in both teaching activities and the development of research and technology transfer projects within the Energy, Fluids and Transfers team.

Teaching Activities:

The position holder must have expertise in the fields of Energy Engineering, Thermal Engineering and/or Process Engineering and/or Fluid Mechanics both fondamental and practical, enabling him/her to be involved at various levels in the teaching activities.

Specifically, he/she will:

• Participate in teaching activities (lectures, tutorials/laboratories, engineering projects) for engineering

and/or specialized master's programs in his/her field of expertise, with some courses possibly being

taught in English.

• Contribute to the implementation of pedagogical innovations.

• Engage in educational supervision activities (projects, entrance examination, tutoring).

• Participate, by assisting the training program coordinators, in the design and implementation of courses

(Engineering programs, masters, specialized masters, professional training, etc.).

Research and Technology Transfer Activities:

The main mission of the position holder is to undertake developments related to the research team's activities.

Specifically, he/she will:

• Initiate and lead research projects, co-supervise PhD students focusing on the optimization of thermo-fluidic components performances in the fields of process engineering and energy engineering, with the targeting aim of society decarbonization.

• Communicate on his/her research through scientific publications, patents and presentations.

• Develop research and technology transfer actions in collaboration with private and/or academic

partners.

• Promote and develop the team's themes, the Center, and the Institut Mines Télécom in general.

• Participate in regional and/or international group activities and organize scientific events.

• Aim to prepare a Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (Habilitation to Supervise Research).

REQUIRED PROFILE

The candidate must have recognized scientific and technical skills to successfully carry out the aforementioned missions.

He/she has developed strong expertise in the use or development of tools and methods for modeling transfer phenomena (thermal, mass, momentum, etc.) involved in thermo-fluidic components and processes. Multiphysical and/or multiphase aspects will be highly valued.

Extensive experience in optimization methods will be a strong asset, and skills in experimental methods will also be appreciated.

The candidate must hold a Ph.D. in the fields of Energy Engineering, Process Engineering or Fluid Mechanics. The position is suitable for a candidate interested in teaching and research focused on the optimization of thermo-fluidic components and processes for innovation purposes.

Postdoctoral experience and project management experience will be greatly appreciated.

Skills

Knowledge

• Scientific rigor and writing quality.

• Communication and teamwork skills.

• Motivation for teaching activities.

• Organized, rigorous, autonomous, and reactive.

• Demonstrate a marked openness to international collaboration to develop education and research projects with an international focus.

• Mandatory proficiency in English, both oral and written (expressive, negociation, and writing skills).

• Advanced use or development of computational codes or softwares for modeling, simulation, and/or optimization of transfer phenomena.

• Strong skills and knowledge in transfer mechanisms (thermal, mass, momentum, etc.).

• Knowledge in multicriteria and multiobjective

optimization techniques

CONDITIONS:

The job is to be filled as to June 2025.

The administrative residence is set in Dunkirk (France). Travels to meet the Douai-based team will be organized on a regular basis.

Good skills in French and English (B2 level minimum) will be particularly important.

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION METHODS :

•          For any information on the position, please contact the Director of Center for Energy and Environment:  Prof. Nadine LOCOGE, nadine.locoge@imt-nord-europe.fr

•          For further information on the details of the missions, please contact: Prof. Serge RUSSEIL at CERI EE, serge.russeil@imt-nord-europe.fr

•          For any administrative information, please contact the Human Resources Department: jobs@imt-nord-europe.fr 

This job is offered to civil servants on a mobility basis, or on a contractual basis under public law.

In addition, the position can be adapted for a disabled person.

Partial remote work is possible.
Exceptional work environment.
Numerous vacation days.
On-site collective catering.
Public transport coverage for home-to-work commuting (75%).
Sustainable mobility package (for carpooling or bicycle commuting).
Family allowances depending on the family situation.
Wide range of social benefits.
Stimulating innovation ecosystem (startups, students, research, businesses).

GENERAL INFORMATION:

The required application document must include the following documents:

• A Curriculum Vitae specifying your activities in research (including a list of publications and conference presentations), and possibly teaching, administration and other collective responsibilities.

• Add the names and contact details of two referees, who will be contacted separately.

• Copies of degrees and diplomas

• A letter of motivation

• A summary of your qualifications, work and experience (maximum 4 pages)

• Your identity document,

• A project for integration into CERI EE, describing research and teaching activities the candidate proposes while taking into account complementary skills to those of the host team (please contact the research team mentioned above).

Recruitee link to apply: https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/o/enseignante-chercheuse-ou-enseignant-chercheur-maitre-de-conferences-energetique-genie-des-procedes-cdi-a-imt-nord-europe-2

Deadline date for submissions: 15/03/2025

Eligibility Conditions: PhD degree.