The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University is accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in Urban Stormwater Management: Green, Blue and Grey Solutions. The preferred start date is January 2025, but spring and summer 2025 start dates will also be considered, with a duration of 12 months, with the possibility of renewal up to a three-year period. The postdoctoral fellow will conduct research related to low-impact development and stormwater management systems, including green roofs, stormwater management ponds, bioretention and permeable pavement.
Responsibilities
- sensor calibration and validation in a laboratory analysis
- (e.g. lab work with HYPROP, KSat, sieve analysis)
- fieldwork on green roofs
- Operating field equipment and completing field work(e.g. precipitation gauges, flow meters, soil moisture sensors etc.)
- Designing and building experimental set-ups (e.g. green roof testbeds, bioretention mesocolumns etc.)
- data analysis with scripting languages (e.g. R, Python, MATLAB)
- Report and paper writing
Qualifications
- A doctoral degree in Engineering (Civil, Environmental, Water Resources, Electrical), Environmental Sciences, Physical Soil Sciences or a related field.
- Hands on experience completing fieldwork, operating environmental monitoring equipment or working in an environmental laboratory environment.