The University of California Pavement Research Center at UC Davis has an opening for a Heavy Vehicle Simulator (HVS) Operations Engineer. The successful applicant will manage the day-to-day operations of the accelerated pavement testing facility (2 HVSs). For more information visit:
https://careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucdavis/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&JobOpeningId=10584&PostingSeq=1&SiteId=7&languageCd=ENG&FOCUS=Applicant
The University of California Pavement Research Center at UC Davis has an opening for a Project Engineer/Project Scientist. The successful applicant will initially lead research on asphalt binders with a focus on modified binders and binders recycled from RAP and RAS. For more information: https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF03679.
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Western Research Institute (WRI), a leading research and technology development company located in Laramie, Wyoming, seeks a Post Doc to join the Asphalt & Petroleum Technologies Business Unit.
Brief Description of Duties: Develop and lead projects in the design, characterization, and testing of asphalt materials (binders and asphalt aggregate mixtures). Characterization includes physical (rheology, mechanics, thermal analysis), chemical (chromatography, spectroscopy) and physical-chemical (microscopy). Primary focus will be on physical characterization dealing with an emphasis on rheology of binder and some mixture testing. Prepare and contribute to reports for publication and/or presentation to clients or the professional community. Contribute to, or direct, the preparation, presentation, and follow-up of major-scale proposals. Develop solutions to complex problems. Manage the research and support personnel assigned to specific projects/programs. Responsible for routine maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of laboratory instruments and equipment.
The position is intended to grow into a full-time Lead position that will entail marketing and project development activities. These activities includes initiation, development and management of contacts and contracts with clients and to meet deadlines within budget.
Minimum Qualifications: PhD degree in civil engineering, materials science, chemistry or chemical engineering and experience in research and project development or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge was acquired. Must be able to work efficiently in a team environment, be self-motivated, autonomous and work under a variety of challenging research conditions. Strong written and oral communication skills and a positive outlook are essential.
Preferred Qualifications: The preferred candidate will have strengths in critical thinking, innovation, development of scientific hypothesis and research planning, problem solving, strong technical skills and a commitment to results and organization, strong work ethic, management skills, proposal writing (NCHRP experience is a plus), communication skills with clients and partners and a good team spirit.
Position is available immediately and open until filled. Email resume and cover letter to Michelle D. Holmes, HR Manager, Western Research Institute, 3474 N. 3rd Street, Laramie, WY 82070. E-mail address: mholmes1@uwyo.edu.
WRI is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
A Pavement Management Engineer / Project Manager position is available at ARRB Group. Please see the following link for the full post information: http://arrbgroup.net/about-us/careers/
If you are interested, please send your resume to jill.kiley@arrbgroup.net
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has two openings for Civil Engineers. Please see more details below:
The Wyoming Technology Transfer Center, located at The University of Wyoming in Laramie, is looking for a candidate with a PhD and research experience in the field of transportation engineering or pavement. Experience in safety and optimization is desired but other experiences in transportation/pavement will be considered. The Center is looking for applicants who will be involved in ongoing studies in addition to working on future research proposals. The position includes health insurance as well as retirement benefits, and the annual salary is based on experience.
Should you want to apply, or know a potential candidate you would like to refer for this position, applications are currently open by sending the candidate´s resume and cover letter to wyt2c@uwyo.edu.
The Wyoming Technology Transfer Center, is a local technical assistance program assisting the State of Wyoming, local agencies, and individuals in gaining technical transportation knowledge. They help communicate new and developing transportation technologies, provide research, and conduct a variety of workshops throughout Wyoming.
This position is located at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) in McLean, Virginia. The ideal candidate for this position has broad pavement expertise, understands highway agency needs and has experience planning, overseeing and promoting research and development activities associated with pavement surface characteristics, pavement safety and infrastructure resilience. He/she also has good project management skills, as well as excellent written and oral communication skills.
The announcement is open until 4/10/2020.
Here is the link to the vacancy announcement on the USAJOBS site: Open to both U.S. Citizens and Federal Employees: FHWA.HRT-2020-0005: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/564209600
If you have strong experience and interests in working with internal and external stakeholders that can make a difference, and have a desire to improve pavement safety and infrastructure resilience, then FHWA’s Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center is where you want to be!
If you have strong experience and interests in working with internal and external stakeholders that can make a difference, and have a desire to improve pavement safety and infrastructure resilience, then FHWA’s Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center is where you want to be! The Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center is a federally owned and operated national research facility located on a scenic, wooded campus in McLean, Virginia. Our center houses nearly 20 laboratories, and support facilities, and conducts applied and exploratory advanced research on innovative technologies for the design, construction, inspection, operation, management, and preservation of the highway infrastructure, in vehicle-highway interaction, safety, operations, nanotechnology, and a host of other types of transportation research. It also has free parking!
The Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center is a federally owned and operated national research facility located on a scenic, wooded campus in McLean, Virginia. Our center houses nearly 20 laboratories, and support facilities, and conducts applied and exploratory advanced research on innovative technologies for the design, construction, inspection, operation, management, and preservation of the highway infrastructure, in vehicle-highway interaction, safety, operations, nanotechnology, and a host of other types of transportation research. It also has free parking!
At Turner-Fairbank, you’ll be just minutes from picturesque Washington, DC and all that it has to offer: an extraordinarily rich history, world-class entertainment and arts, luxurious dining establishments, countless museums, and all the grandeur of the Nation’s capital.
As our TFHRC Highway Research Engineer, you will work with the Team Leader to:
Come share your valuable expertise and ideas with Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, and play an integral part in improving the safety and resilience of highways and byways of our nation and the world!
There is a summer fellowship opportunity through the UNH Sustainability Fellows Program on analysis of flooded pavements. Click here for additional information on the project.
More information on the program and application instructions can be found here: https://sustainableunh.unh.edu/sustainability-fellows
There is also an Informational Webinar on January 31 at 12 PM (Eastern)
Application Deadline: February 10,2020.
The Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) is seeking a postdoctoral associate to develop an approach to assess moisture damage of asphalt mixture as part of a performance-related specification (PRS). Moisture damage is a critical concern for asphalt material engineers - a recent survey shows 80% of State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) conduct some kind of testing related to moisture damage resistance. However, a performance prediction model to include moisture damage in a PRS framework is not readily available.
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has been advancing a PRS framework using fundamental engineering properties to predict long-term pavement life and assign pay factors by comparing as-designed to as-built materials. The framework currently addresses rutting, fatigue cracking, and low temperature cracking, but is lacking with respect to moisture damage. Postdoctoral associates should have extensive experience with respect to moisture damage conditioning and characterization. The approach should be amenable to testing in both mixture design and production phases of an asphalt pavement construction project. A PRS has potential to encourage innovation, share risk, and raise the bar on performance of asphalt mixtures.
References:
McCarthy, L.M., Callans, J., Quigley, R., and Scott, S.V. "Performance Specifications for Asphalt Mixtures: A Synthesis of Highway Practice," NCHRP Synthesis 492, National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
More information can be found in: http://nrc58.nas.edu/RAPLab10/Opportunity/Opportunity.aspx?LabCode=27&ROPCD=270100&RONum=C0206
Additionally, more information on the program can be found in the following link: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap/
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.
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).
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.
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