Postdoc position in Digitalized Built Environment - Befattningen är under tillsättning eller redan tillsatt, och det är inte längre möjligt att lämna in en ansökan

The Department of Applied Physics and Electronics currently has around 100 employees and conducts research in fields such as Energy Technology, Laser spectroscopy, Medical Technology, machine learning and embedded systems, as well as robotics. For further information visit: https://www.umu.se/en/department-of-applied-physics-and-electronics/

We are now looking for a post doc with proved expertise in digitalized and sustainable built environment. The position is full time for 2 years starting on January 1^st or as agreed. Application deadline is December 01, 2021.

Project description
The Energy Efficiency research at Umeå University aims to improve the sustainability in the built environment, and the activities range from buildings’ embodied energy to operational energy use. The ongoing research projects investigate energy utilization in the life cycle of buildings, occupants’ behavior, indoor thermal comfort, building information modeling, and AI for a digitalized and sustainable built environment.

Digital technologies are dramatically changing the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector, from the tools and processes used to the ways people and organizations experience and interact with the built environment. The postdoc project will conduct cutting-edge research on immersive virtual environment, data-driven modelling, intelligent sensing networks to examine interrelations between human experience and digitalized built environment.

Qualifications
A person who has been awarded a doctorate or a foreign qualification deemed to be the equivalent of a doctorate qualifies for employment as postdoc. Priority should be given to candidates who have completed their doctoral degree no more than three years before the closing date of the application. A candidate who has completed their degree prior to this may be considered if special circumstances exist. Special circumstances include absence due to illness, parental leave or clinical practice, appointments of trust in trade unions or similar circumstances. Postdoctoral fellows who are to teach or supervise must have taken relevant courses in teaching and learning in higher education.

To be considered for this employment you are required to have a PhD degree or a foreign degree that is deemed equivalent, in construction engineering and management, building energy efficiency, computer science or another, for the project, relevant subject.

The applicant should be proficient user in both oral and written English.

Meriting is documented knowledge and proven research experiences in at least one of the areas: Virtual reality (VR) model development, immersive built environment, Human-Computer Interaction, sensing in the built environment.

The requirements must be fulfilled at the last day for applications.

Application
A complete application should contain the following documents:

1. A cover letter with a brief description of your motivation for applying and merits that make you fit well into the positions;
2. Curriculum vitae with documented knowledge or experience of relevant subjects;
3. Describe your research interests of relevance to the project;
4. Certified copies of doctoral degree certificate and other relevant degree certificates;
5. Copies of PhD thesis and relevant publications;
6. Contact information of two references;
7. Other documents you want to invoke

The application must be written in English or Swedish. The application is made through our electronic recruitment system. Documents sent electronically must be in Word or PDF format. Log in to the system and apply via the button at the end of this page. The closing date is December 01, 2021.

For more information contact:

Professor Weizhuo Lu, weizhuo.lu@umu.se, +46 73 836 9536

Or Professor Thomas Olofsson, thomas.olofsson@umu.se, +46 90-786 67 10