项目介绍

2024年12月19日

About the job

As part of the ERC Consolidator grant “Particle Resolving Fluid-Sediment Interaction” (PARTRES), we have a vacancy for a 3-year PhD position at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering within the Marine Civil Engineering group. Representing the interconnected processes of current, waves and sediment transport constitutes an interdisciplinary challenge. In the PARTRES project, the sediment transport will be described through a particle centric numerical framework.

This PhD position focuses on the modelling of coastal erosion under extreme hydrodynamics events. It will be simulated with a special consideration of the nonlinear wave effects in order to better estimate sediment transport during coastal storms, storm surges and flooding. The modeling centers around a three-dimensional non-hydrostatic model, which includes both the nonlinear coastal wave transformations under extreme hydrodynamic events and the resulting coastal erosion. The efficient and versatile non-hydrostatic model will be coupled to the particle-based coastal sediment and erosion modelling framework developed under PARTRES. 

The numerical model used for those activities is the open-source hydrodynamics framework REEF3D (www.reef3d.com). The model is developed in-house and the candidate will be a member of the research team. The new sediment particle transport model will be implemented in REEF3D through a generic particle framework that is parallelized for domain decomposition.

The position reports to the head of department and the main supervisor is a professor. 

For a position as a PhD Candidate, the goal is a completed doctoral education up to an obtained doctoral degree.

Duties of the position

• Work on coastal erosion modelling under extreme hydrodynamic event and nonlinear waves using a non-hydrostatic model
• Contribute to the development of the open-source hydrodynamics software REEF3D 
• Publish in top-ranking journals and conferences
• Perform excellent and independent research
• Collaborate with the project team at NTNU

Required selection criteria

• You must have a professionally relevant background in one or several of the following fields:coastal engineering, hydraulic engineering, oceanography, fluid mechanics and sediment transport
• Your education must correspond to a five-year Norwegian degree program, where 120 credits are obtained at the master’s level
• You must have a strong academic background from your previous studies and an average grade from the master’s degree program, or equivalent education, which is equal to B or better compared with NTNU’s grading scale. If you do not have letter grades from previous studies, you must have an equally good academic basis. If you have a weaker grade background, you may be assessed if you can document that you are particularly suitable for a PhD education
• You must meet the requirements for admission to the faculty’s doctoral program
• Strong understanding of ocean waves and wave mechanics
• Have extensive experience with numerical modelling of waves, current and/or sediment transport
• Have in-depth knowledge on underlying mechanics of sediment transport
• Excellent knowledge of fluid mechanics
• You are particularly suitable for a PhD education
• Excellent English skills, spoken and written

The appointment is to be made in accordance with Regulations on terms of employment for positions such as postdoctoral fellow, Phd candidate, research assistant and specialist candidate and Regulations concerning the degrees of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) and Philosodophiae Doctor (PhD) in artistic research national guidelines for appointment as PhD, post doctor and research assistant 

Preferred selection criteria

• Programming skills in C/C++, Fortran or Python
• Experience with the open-source hydrodynamic framework REEF3D
• Experience with open-source software
• To have demonstrated the ability to write and publish international scientific articles based upon carried out research tasks will be considered as an advantage

Personal characteristics

• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and dedicated
• Motivated to solve computational physics problems
• Ambitious and goal oriented
• Team player
• Excellent communication skills

Emphasis will be placed on personal and interpersonal qualities.

We offer

• Exciting and stimulating tasks in a strong international academic environment
• An open and inclusive work environment with dedicated colleagues
• Favourable terms in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• Employee benefits

Salary and conditions

As a PhD candidate (code 1017) you are normally paid from gross NOK 532 200 per annum before tax, depending on qualifications and seniority. From the salary, 2 % is deducted as a contribution to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.

The period of employment is 3 years.

Appointment to a PhD position requires that you are admitted to the PhD programme in Engineering within three months of employment, and that you participate in an organized PhD programme during the employment period.

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The engagement is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants, and the acts relating to Control of the Export of Strategic Goods, Services and Technology. Candidates who by assessment of the application and attachment are seen to conflict with the criteria in the latter law will be prohibited from recruitment to NTNU. After the appointment you must assume that there may be changes in the area of work.

The position is subject to external funding.

It is a prerequisite you can be present at and accessible to the institution daily.

About the application

The application and supporting documentation to be used as the basis for the assessment must be in English.

Publications and other scientific work must be attached to the application. Please note that your application will be considered based solely on information submitted by the application deadline. You must therefore ensure that your application clearly demonstrates how your skills and experience fulfil the criteria specified above.

The application must include:

• Cover letter specifically addressing how the candidate complies with the required qualifications for the position
• CV and certificates
• Transcripts and diplomas for bachelor’s and master’s degrees
• A copy of the master’s thesis. If you recently have submitted your master’s thesis, you can attach a draft of the thesis. Documentation of a completed master’s degree must be presented before taking up the position
• Language skill attests
• Academic works – published or unpublished – that you would like to be considered in the assessment (up to 5 items)
• Name and contact information of three referees

If all, or parts, of your education has been taken abroad, we also ask you to attach documentation of the scope and quality of your entire education, both bachelor’s and master’s education, in addition to other higher education. Description of the documentation required can be found here. If you already have a statement from Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills, please attach this as well.

We will take joint work into account. If it is difficult to identify your efforts in the joint work, you must enclose a short description of your participation.

In the evaluation of which candidate is best qualified, emphasis will be placed on education, experience and personal and interpersonal qualities. Motivation, ambitions, and potential will also count in the assessment of the candidates. 

NTNU is committed to following evaluation criteria for research quality according to The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment – DORA.

General information

Working at NTNU

NTNU believes that inclusion and diversity is our strength. We want to recruit people with different competencies, educational backgrounds, life experiences and perspectives to contribute to solving our social responsibilities within education and research. We will facilitate for our employees’ needs.

NTNU is working actively to increase the number of women employed in scientific positions and has a number of resources to promote equality. 

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The city of Trondheim is a modern European city with a rich cultural scene. Trondheim is the innovation capital of Norway with a population of 200,000. The Norwegian welfare state, including healthcare, schools, kindergartens and overall equality, is probably the best of its kind in the world. Professional subsidized day-care for children is easily available. Furthermore, Trondheim offers great opportunities for education (including international schools) and possibilities to enjoy nature, culture and family life and has low crime rates and clean air quality.

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As an employee at NTNU, you must at all times adhere to the changes that the development in the subject entails and the organizational changes that are adopted.

A public list of applicants with name, age, job title and municipality of residence is prepared after the application deadline. If you want to reserve yourself from entry on the public applicant list, this must be justified. Assessment will be made in accordance with current legislation. You will be notified if the reservation is not accepted.

If you have any questions about the position, please contact Professor Hans Bihs, email hans.bihs@ntnu.no. If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact HR Consultant Martine Sulen, e-mail: martine.sulen@ntnu.no.

If you think this looks interesting and in line with your qualifications, please submit your application electronically via jobbnorge.no with your CV, diplomas and certificates attached. Applications submitted elsewhere will not be considered. Upon request, you must be able to obtain certified copies of your documentation.  

Application deadline: 31.01.2025