PhD position ’Multiscale Urban Energy Modelling’ - Empa - myScience Jobs

<table style="height:100%;" width="100%"><tr bgcolor="#a90021"><td width="80%"> <div class="box" style="background:#980419; padding-left:10px; "> <table border=0 width="1080px" height="80" align=left bgcolor="#980419"> <tr><td width="200" bgcolor="#980419"><a href="/" target="_top" title="myScience"><img src="/var/myscience/image/logo/myscience.gif" height="81" width="180" alt="myScience"></a> </td><td valign="top"><a href="/" target="_top" title="Back to home page"><img src="/image/icon/icon_home.png" alt="Back home"></a>   <a href="/jobs_and_careers/search" target="_top" title="Job search"><img src="/image/icon/icon_search.png" alt="Search for a job"></a>        <span class="st white">In your application, please refer to myScience and reference jobs.myScience/id14067   -   </span> <a href="/linkto.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Finternet1.refline.ch%2F673276%2F0260%2F%2B%2Bpublications%2B%2B%2F2%2Findex.html&module=jobs&id=14067" target="_top" rel="nofollow"><span class="st white">» more information</span></a> <br><br><span style="color:#ffffff; font-size: 22px; line-height:26px; margin-bottom:110px;"><b>PhD position ’Multiscale Urban Energy Modelling’</b></span><br> <font color="#ffffff"><b>24.01.2012  -  </b></font> <a href="/jobs_and_careers?ctrl=1&q=Empa" target="_top"><font color="#ffffff"><b>Empa</b></font></a><font color="#ffffff"> - Thun, Bern region</font> <br><span class="st"><a href="/jobs_and_careers/Civil+Engineering" title="Civil Engineering (search jobs)" target="_top"><font color=white><b>Civil Engineering</b></font></a></span><span class="st">  <font color=white>|</font>  <a href="/jobs_and_careers/Physics-Astronomy" title="Physics/Astronomy (search jobs)" target="_top"><font color=white><b>Physics/Astronomy</b></font></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2> </td></tr></table> </td></tr><tr><td> <table style="height: 100%;" width="100%" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td> <tr><td width="80%" valign=top> <p> <p>Empa</p> <p>Andrea Koellmann</p> <p>Human Resources</p> <p>Überlandstrasse 129</p> <p>8600 Dübendorf</p> <p>Switzerland</p> www.empa.ch/abt118 <p> <p><strong>Your Task</strong></p> <p>With the global trend towards urbanization, the development of sustainable, energy-efficient and energy-decentralized urban environments is strongly advocated. The development and analysis of such new urban energy concepts have to be supported by advanced simulation methods.</p> <p>The PhD project aims at developing an urban microclimate model using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for the urban air domain, a model for solar and longwave radiation exchange between urban surfaces, and a link to a regional meteorological meso-scale model. This urban microclimate model interacts with energy simulation models at scales from individual building to cities.</p> <p>The project includes validation work by physical modelling of flow patterns in the new ETHZ/Empa atmospheric boundary layer wind tunnel, equipped with a time resolved PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) system.</p> <p>The work will be carried out at Empa in close collaboration with and under the supervision of Prof. Jan Carmeliet, Chair of Building Physics at ETH Zurich. The planned project duration is three years.</p> </p> <p> <p><strong>Your profile</strong></p> <p>The ideal candidate is a communicative scientist with a masters or diploma degree in Mechanical, Civil or Environmental Engineering, or Physics (or related). He/she has a strong background and experience in both computational fluid dynamics and building energy simulation. Mastering the English language is required.</p> <p><strong>Application procedure</strong></p> <p>The selection will be based on a two-step application process. In a first step, applications (motivation letter, CV, diploma copies, all university records, 2 reference letters) will have to be submitted. After a first selection, potential candidates will be invited for a personal interview. The position will be available upon agreement.</p> <p>Additional information can be obtained by contacting Viktor Dorer, Empa Building Science and Technology Laboratory, +41 58 765 42 75, viktor.dorer [a] empa[.]ch .</p> </p> </td><td width="20%" valign=top bgcolor=white> <div class="box"><b>Other Related Job Offers:</b><p>» <a href="/jobs_and_careers/id14917-sektionsleiter-in-centre_suisse_d-8217_electronique_et_de_microtechnique_sa-landquart" target="_top">Sektionsleiter/in</a> <font color="#888888">- 21.05</font></p> <p>» <a href="/jobs_and_careers/id14841-maitre_d_enseignement_et_de_recherche_au_departement_d_astronomie-universite_de_geneve-geneve" target="_top">Maître d’Enseignement et de Recherche au Département d’astronomie</a> <font color="#888888">- 09.05</font></p> <p>» <a href="/jobs_and_careers/id14786-professeur-e_hes_en_architecture_du_paysage_specialiste_en_construction_et_techniques-haute_ecole_du_paysage_d-8217_ingenierie_et_d-8217_architecture-geneve" target="_top">Professeur-e HES en architecture du paysage, spécialiste en construction et techniques</a> <font color="#888888">- 30.04</font></p> <p>» <a href="/jobs_and_careers/id14775-dozierende-n_fuer_mobile_user-interfaces_und_location_based_services_und_dozierende-n_fuer_computer_graphics_und_virtual_reality-zuercher_hochschule_fuer_angewandte_wissenschaften_zhaw-winterthur" target="_top">Dozierende/n für Mobile User-Interfaces und Location Based Services und Dozierende/n für Computer Graphics und Virtual Reality</a> <font color="#888888">- 28.04</font></p> <p>» <a href="/jobs_and_careers/id14748-professeur-e_hes_en_architecture_responsable_de_l-8217_enseignement_de_la_materialite_et_de_la_construction_au_sein_du_cycle_bachelor-haute_ecole_du_paysage_d-8217_ingenierie_et_d-8217_architecture-geneve" target="_top">Professeur-e HES en architecture responsable de l’enseignement de la matérialité et de la construction au sein du cycle Bachelor</a> <font color="#888888">- 24.04</font></p> </div> <div class="box"><center><a href="http://www.careerjet.ch" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.careerjet.ch/advertise/img/logo_120x31_uk.gif" alt="Logo Careerjet" width="120" height="31"></a></center></div> <div class="space3"></div> <div class="box"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div></td></tr></table> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#a90021"><td colspan=1 valign=top ><div class="box"><span class="footnote"><font color="#ffffff"></font></span> <a href="/linkto.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Finternet1.refline.ch%2F673276%2F0260%2F%2B%2Bpublications%2B%2B%2F2%2Findex.html&module=jobs&id=" target="_top" rel="nofollow"><span class="footnote"><font color="#ffffff">   -   Remove this frame</font></span></a>   -   <span class="st"><a href="http://www.scimetrica.com"><span class="footnote"><font color="#ffffff"> Copyright © - Scimetrica.</font></span></a></span></div></td></tr></table>