Open positions on Modelling flood risk and cascading effects

[Benjamin Dewals]

The research group Hydraulics in Environmental & Civil Engineering (HECE) is offering doctoral and/or postdoctoral positions for conducting research related to modelling flood risk and cascading effects, in the framework of an international project co-funded by the EU.

Two positions are available, each of them primarily focused on one of the two topics below.

• Modelling the monetary damages of riverine floods across various societal sectors: design and implementation of surveys, analysis of existing and newly collected data, model development (incl. machine-learning techniques) and validation (based on data from the 2021 European mega-flood), application to real-world case studies in Belgium and Germany based on 2D hydrodynamic modelling outcomes.

• Modelling the hydrodynamic effects of bridge clogging by floating debris: analysis of existing field data and laboratory observations, site monitoring, development of process-based models, model testing and coupling with an operational 2D hydrodynamic model, application to real-world case studies in Belgium and Germany.

Both positions are open either to a doctoral candidate (PhD position) or to a PhD-holder (post-doc position).

Interested candidates should apply by filling in this online form: https://forms.office.com/e/iqGAK0qrq2

More information here: https://www.uee.uliege.be/cms/c_11683677/fr/recruitment-doctoral-and-postdoctoral-positions-hece