PhD student in City Ventilation
About University of Gävle The University of Gävle has the vision of being a leader in education and research for a sustainable human living environment. This means that the University places emphasis on what the future needs - sustainable social development that protects the environment in which people are at work and during their free time. For us at the University of Gävle it is therefore natural to strive for a good working environment for our employees and a stimulating study environment for our students. Our research profiles are Health Promotion Working Life and Built Environment, and we offer approximately 50 education programs and 400 courses in the humanities, health care and medicine, social and natural sciences and engineering. The student number is 17,000. At the University there are 700 employees - 500 teachers and researchers and 200 in administration.
Job description We are looking for a graduate student to the Energy Systems division at the Department of Building, Energy and Environmental Engineering. The PhD student will develop state-of-the-art methods and tools for quantifying and evaluate the air quality in cites. The overarching goal is to create the basis for a new integrated process for planning of a healthy air quality in cities taking into consideration the release of contaminants within the street network of a city. This will be achieved by providing urban planners, architects, and traffic planners with the basis for a new process for designing cities and new settlements with a healthy air quality. The research is carried out by a multidisciplinary group from ventilation, energy systems, architecture and geographic information systems. The research methods will be; wind tunnel studies, flow simulations, interviews and field measurement in an outdoor model city. This project will be in collaboration with our research partners at the Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou in China and Universita di Bascilicata in Italy. The PhD student will visit Sun Yat-Sen University in China to perform experiments at an outdoor model city, which consists of 3300 buildings. The effect of tree plantings is considered in cooperation with researchers from Italy. Departmental duties, usually teaching, will at most cover 20%. Local guidelines for salary apply.
Qualifications The candidate must hold an MSc degree in energy systems or other areas relevant to the PhD topic. The candidate should also have good collaborative skills as well as take initiative, be able to work both practical and theoretical and be independence in their work. Considering the content of the employment and tasks, it is important that the candidate are abel to speak and writes english fluency.
Application
Application should be handed in November 22, 2018, by latest and marked with ref. HIG-STÖD 2018/625. Send your application to
[email protected]. On our website you can see the ad in Swedish. It is the Swedish ad that constitutes the original advertisement in this recruitment. Applications should include a brief description of research interests and past experience, a CV, copies of diplomas, certificates, copy of the thesis and other relevant documents. We want you to provide details of referees and/or attach letters of recommendation. University of Gävle strives to be an inclusive workplace that promotes equal opportunities and attracts qualified candidates who can contribute to the Universitys excellence and diversity. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people of all backgrounds.
Contact
Contact persons Ulf Larsson Head of department 026-64 87 91
[email protected] Mathias Cehlin Project leader 072-299 53 52
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