Open Position for PhD-students at the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management at RWTH Aachen University

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Schüttrumpf, Holger

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Mar 11, 2022, 1:07:09 PM3/11/22

to coasta...@udel.edu, Brüll, Catrina

Dear colleagues,

the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management of RWTH Aachen University is seeking for new PhD-students in a fundamental research project.

Our Profile

The Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management currently employs 20 scientific and 15 non-scientific staff and has its own experimental lab. The institute is involved in many international and interdisciplinary projects, among others in the course of excellence funding at RWTH Aachen University. The main research areas are groundwater, floods, design and near-natural hydraulic engineering, coastal and estuarine research, sediment transport, river morphodynamics, and hydropower.

Together with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Chennai, India) the Institute is looking for a PhD student in the framework of a research project in the field of coastal engineering. Responsibilities of the PhD student in the scope of the project encompass experimental as well as numerical (OpenFOAM, DualSPHysics) investigations on advanced constructional tsunami mitigation measures.

Within the scope of the project, a one year stay at IIT Madras is planned.

Your Profile

You have an outstanding university degree (master's degree or comparable) in civil engineering, industrial engineering, or environmental engineering with a specialization in hydraulic engineering or environmental sciences.

Advanced (study) knowledge in the field of hydraulic engineering/water management or other water-related topics.
Confident in the German and English language. (English language is minimum requirement!)
Interest in the education of young students.
Ability to come up with ideas, communication skills, and organizational talent.
Willingness to engage in a team and interest in taking on responsibility.
Willingness to travel and work on projects abroad (sometimes outside Europe).
Interest in further scientific qualification in the field of water-related issues ( PhD-thesis).
Applicants who have already completed a PhD-thesis are not addressed.

Your Duties and Responsibilities

Work on an international R&D project in the research area of coasts and estuaries with a focus on tsunamis.
Perform numerical modeling as well as experimental work and investigations in the institute's own experimental lab
Presentation and publication of research results.
Participate in teaching and institute operations.

What We Offer

The successful candidate will be employed under a regular employment contract.

The position is to be filled at the earliest possible date and offered for a fixed term of 1 year.

An extension for initially 2 years is planned. The option to extend the contract for three further years is available.

The fixed-term employment is possible as it constitutes one of the fixed-term options of the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (German Act on Fixed-term Scientific Contracts).

This is a part-time position (50 % of the standard weekly hours for full-time employees).

The successful candidate has the opportunity to pursue a doctoral degree in this position.

The salary is based on the German public service salary scale (TV-L).

The position corresponds to a pay grade of EG 13.

About us

RWTH is a certified family-friendly University. We support our employees in maintaining a good work-life balance with a wide range of health, advising, and prevention services, for example university sports. We also offer a comprehensive continuing education scheme and a public transportation ticket available at a significantly reduced price.

RWTH is an equal opportunities employer. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, particularly from groups that are underrepresented at the University. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability or age. RWTH is strongly committed to encouraging women in their careers. Female applicants are given preference if they are equally suitable, competent, and professionally qualified, unless a fellow candidate is favored for a specific reason.

As RWTH is committed to equality of opportunity, we ask you not to include a photo in your application.

You can find information on the personal data we collect from applicants in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) at http://www.rwth-aachen.de/dsgvo-information-bewerbung.

How to apply:

Please send the resume with contacts of three references to Dr-Ing. Catrina Brüll (bru...@iww.rwth-aachen.de)

Please feel free to check further information or other open positions on our websites:

https://www.iww.rwth-aachen.de/cms/iww/Das-Institut/Stellenangebote/~lyjk/JOB-Einzelansicht/?file=V000002305&lidx=1

https://www.iww.rwth-aachen.de/cms/iww/Das-Institut/Stellenangebote/~lyjk/JOB-Einzelansicht/?file=V000002066&lidx=1

https://www.iww.rwth-aachen.de/cms/iww/Das-Institut/Stellenangebote/~lyjk/JOB-Einzelansicht/?file=V000002148&lidx=1

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Schüttrumpf

Lehrstuhl und Institut fuer Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft

(Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management)

RWTH Aachen University

Mies-van-der-Rohe Strasse 17

D-52056 Aachen