Applications are invited for the above post, to which appointment will be made as soon as possible. The Professorship, which provides leadership in research and teaching in this strategically important area, will be held in the Department of Engineering Science, in association with a non-stipendiary professorial fellowship at St Catherine's College.
The successful candidate will have an outstanding research record of internationally recognized stature in turbomachinery. He or she will be interested in developing and leading advanced experimental programmes, addressing topics in fluid flow, heat transfer, thermodynamics, and similar aspects, with applications in gas turbine power generation or propulsion systems. The Professor will be appointed Director of the Rolls-Royce Technology Centre in Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer.
Applications (ten copies, or one only from overseas candidates), naming three persons who have agreed to act as referees, should be received not later than 24 August 2009, by Dr Gwen Booth, Personnel Officer, Senior Appointments, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JD, or by email to professorships@admin.ox.ac.uk. The further particulars may be found at http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/ and may also be obtained from Mrs Elaine Eastgate (tel. 01865 280189).
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