Doctoral student (licentiate) in computation of urban airflow - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Project description

Third-cycle subject: Sustainable buildings

In this project, machine learning based simulation tools will be developed to both predict the air distribution and inverse track pollutants in a city level. Global urbanization and climate change have urged the need of transforming urbans, from small to large, to healthier and smarter cities. One of the largest challenges lies in understanding the pollutant transporting phenomena in the city and finding out the sources of such pollutants to mitigate. Cities are complex bodies, pollutants spread in a highly interdependent and interactive approach, which are highly depended on the urban planning, traffic and transportation status, energy systems as well as building designs. As a result, a tool that can support the decision making and assist mitigating the pollutant resources are crucial. However, the development of such tools is commonly pledged by long computing time, low accuracy, complicated models as well as case-to-case solutions. For urban planners, environmental engineers and public owners, efficient and holistic understanding of the consequences and spreading mechanism are in need in order to provide decision supports and pollutant source control strategies in a large scale. The purpose of the project is to contribute to the accelerations of future smart and healthy cities designs. This project has a strong focus on urban airflow predictions, pollutant predictions, and source tracking by developing advanced simulation tool in large city scale

Supervision: The doctoral student will be supervised by: assistant professor Wei Liu and professor Folke Björk

What we offer

• The possibility to study in a dynamic and international research environment in collaboration with industries and prominent universities from all over the world.Read more
• A workplace with many employee benefits and monthly salary according to KTH’s Doctoral student salary agreement.
• A postgraduate education at an institution that is active and supportive in matters pertaining to working conditions, gender equality and diversity as well as study environment.
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH.
• The doctoral student's tasks also include being involved in the department's teaching in the first and second cycle

Eligibility

To be admitted to postgraduate education (Chapter 7, 39 § Swedish Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility in accordance with either of the following:

• passed a degree at advanced level,
• completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 higher education credits at advanced level, or
• in any other way acquired within or outside the country acquired essentially equivalent knowledge.
• Requirements for English equivalent to English B/6, read more here.
• Master of science in Civil or Mechanical engineering, or equivalent, with specialization in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, or building technology.

Selection

In order to succeed as a doctoral student at KTH you need to be goal oriented and persevering in your work. During the selection process, candidates will be assessed upon their ability to:

• independently pursue his or her work
• collaborate with others,
• have a professional approach and
• analyse and work with complex issues.

After the qualification requirements, great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities and personal suitability.

It is also important that the applicant has experience and knowledge in computational fluid dynamics, in machine learning and in C++/python programming. Experience in teaching assistant is a plus.

Target degree: Licentiate degree

Information regarding admission and employment

Only those admitted to postgraduate education may be employed as a doctoral student. The total length of employment may not be longer than what corresponds to full-time doctoral education in four years ' time. An employed doctoral student can, to a limited extent (maximum 20%), perform certain tasks within their role, e.g. training and administration. A new position as a doctoral student is for a maximum of one year, and then the employment may be renewed for a maximum of two years at a time.

Union representatives

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Doctoral section (Students’ union on KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

You will find contact information for doctoral section on the section's website.

Application

Apply for the position and admission through KTH's recruitment system. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the instructions in the advertisement.

Applications must be received at the last closing date at midnight, CET/CEST (Central European Time/entral European Summer Time).

Applications must include the following elements:

• CV including your relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Application letter with a brief description of why you want to pursue research studies, about what your academic interests are and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. (Maximum 2 pages long)
• Copies of diplomas and grades from previous university studies and certificates of fulfilled language requirements (see above). Translations into English or Swedish if the original document is not issued in one of these languages.
• Representative publications or technical reports. For longer documents, please provide a summary (abstract) and a web link to the full text.

Other information

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