Post-Doctoral Fellow

Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering
College of Engineering
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
• Full-time at 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE)
• 2 Year fixed term opportunity

What You Will Do
We have an exciting opportunity for a postdoctoral fellow to undertake research in the field of transportation engineering. You will have the opportunity to drive research in a broad range of areas, contributing to the on-going research in the pavement design, numerical modelling and material characterisations.
While the primary focus of this position is on research, you will also contribute to teaching of Transportation Engineering courses that support the Master of Civil Engineering.

Who You Are
You will have a PhD in Civil Engineering, ideally with a specialisation in Pavement design and materials or a related discipline, as well as advanced research background in bituminous material characterisation and numerical modelling. You will have significant experience with laboratory preparations, testing and instrumentations of asphalt mixes, bitumen and polymer modified rheology with full understandings of the standard tests protocols. You will have a strong background in fracture mechanics, constitutive models, viscoelastic behaviour of asphalt mixes with experience in finite element (FEM), discrete element modelling (DEM) or Smoothed-particle hydrodynamics, SPH. It is also important to have significant experience with software packages such as ABAQUS, PFC3D and have an ability to write and develop user defined material subroutines to be used with Abaqus or other packages for numerical simulations. Additionally, you will have a strong background in statistical analysis as well as an ability to use Matlab and other programming languages such as C++ and visual basic.

You will have demonstrated experience of excellent research capabilities (design and leadership) required to carry out innovative and insightful research and a publication track record as well as experience with preparation and delivery of quality oral presentations.

Who You Will Work With
The role of the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering (CNRE) is to remain at the forefront of research and technology and preserve our strong international reputation for high quality teaching.

We aim to constantly develop our alumni and industry partnerships, to provide students with the highest level of training, and to expand the scope of our research expertise by attracting and retaining highly-skilled academic and support staff.

For more about the Department, please visit: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/schools/cnre/
Please take a virtual tour of our Engineering facilities.
Why UC
The University of Canterbury is committed to promoting a world-class learning environment through research and teaching excellence, and has a vision statement of "People Prepared to Make a Difference". You will have the opportunity to work alongside members of a diverse academic community and enrich your own professional and personal development.
For information about the range of benefits that UC offers, please visit us: http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/joinus
The University of Canterbury is an Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) employer and we encourage diversity in our staffing profile. The University of Canterbury actively seeks to meet its obligation under the Treaty of Waitangi - Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
The closing date for this position is: Sunday, 15th March 2020 (Midnight NZ time)

How to Apply
Applications for this position are submitted online and should include a cover letter (describing background, suitability for the position, your recent and future research projects), curriculum vitae that includes a list of relevant research publications, and the names and contact details of two referees.
Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process.

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For further information specifically about the role, please contact: [email protected]