A postdoctoral fellow position is available in Department of Civil Infrastructure and Environmental Engineering at Khalifa University of Science and Technology in the UAE. Applicants should demonstrate research capabilities in computational mechanics. Preference will be given to candidates with previous experience in computational contact mechanics, modeling of the tire-pavement interaction, and Abaqus.
Key Roles & Responsibilities:
The postdoctoral fellow is responsible for the computational modeling, participate and utilize the results of laboratory/field tests for the simulation of tire-pavement interaction and the prediction of the influence of test wheel temperature on skid resistance measurements. 1. Develop a 3-D finite-element based thermo-mechanical tire-pavement interaction computational framework that can be used to predict the influence of temperature on skid resistance measurements. 2. Calibrate and validate the computational framework by laboratory tests and skid resistance tests in UAE pavements. The duration of the position is from January 2020 to June 2022 and the position will be open until filled. For interested applicants, please send a curriculum vita including list of publications to Dr. Tae Yeon Kim (taeyeon.kim@ku.ac.ae).
About Khalifa University of Science and Technology:
Khalifa University of Science and Technology (KUST) has grown to become one of GCC’s leading technical and engineering universities, as well as a key center of intellectual talent and innovation. We are UAE’s highest ranking and 15th in Emerging Economies in latest Times Higher Education Ranking. The subject rankings in ‘Engineering and Technology’ second in the 2018 The Arab World University Rankings, and 32nd out of 259 Asian Universities in the 2018 THE Asia University Rankings. KUST is home to students, researchers and faculty from around the world. The newly-established Khalifa University of Science and Technology combines The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research and The Petroleum Institute into one world-class, research-intensive institution, seamlessly integrating research and education to produce world leaders and critical thinkers in applied science and engineering. Khalifa University endeavors to be a leader among research intensive universities of the 21st century, while catalyzing the growth of Abu Dhabi and the UAE’s rapidly developing knowledge economy.