CFD PhD?

[Contraband]

Hi Everyone, I am a graduate Mechanical Engineer with an MSc focused on CFD, not for a specific marine application though. I would like to find work using CFD for marine applications. My question is this: In order to be employable in this field, do I need to obtain a PhD focused on Marine CFD applications? I would also appreciate any links, suggestions, to existing companies that are doing this kind of R & D work. And if I do infact need a PhD, any information as to the best option for Marine CFD. Thanks!
CB

[nico]

Hello, I have started a PhD in marine cfd in Scotland 3 months ago. From my experience; a PhD is required, i am learning a lot of new things here, and obviously i have to go in more details. After my Msc, i didnt spend much time looking for a work, but it didnt seem straightforward. In the end, i ll feel much more confident using CFD after my phd than after my Msc.
I dont think you need a Phd focused on marine cfd. Once you have a good knowledge of the cfd tool (here a finite volume, unstructured, code) you can apply it to everything, but work on 2 phases flows might be more interesting.
You should try to contact the department here (http://www.na-me.ac.uk/). They might have some PhD opportunities.

[Contraband]

Hi Nico, Thanks for the reply. I did surf by your department, I'll get in contact with them soon. Could you recomend a promoter at the department who could be contacted for, specifically marine CFD? I guess, while CFD stays an expensive, complicated tool for research, it will be a long time until the R&D using CFD techniques leaves the university sphere of influence. Thanks again
CB

[nico]

You can contact the head of department. CFD is heavily used in the marine field. At least in the ship industry. But money is there.
A fair bit of R&D is validation of cfd results for different case. My own project is to develop a CFD solver from the beginning, very interesting.