PhD Assistantship in Coastal Engineering at the University of Maine

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The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Maine is seeking a graduate research assistant to join an exciting project funded by the National Science Foundation to understand how coastal flooding affects infrastructure. Tide-surge-river interactions during storm events in Maine are known to enhance flooding upstream. This project will assess infrastructure risk during windstorm events using a network of adaptive wireless sensors driven by machine learning, where results will be displayed in real time. These data will be combined with regional scale model simulations to identify structural vulnerability from various compound flooding mechanisms. This is a multi-institutional effort in conjunction with the University of Vermont and Vermont Technical College to conduct research in Advanced Wireless interactions with Internet of things (IOT) Sensing and engineering Infrastructure (AWISI). This opportunity is open to PhD seeking students with an anticipated start date of September 1, 2022.

The successful applicant will join a cohort of coastal and oceanographic engineering students working on diverse field, laboratory and numerical modeling research. This student will receive a competitive stipend, healthcare and tuition.

Required Qualifications:

·         MS in Coastal Engineering, Physical Oceanography or a closely related field,

·         Experience in computer programming,

·         Strong mathematics and physics background,

·         Excellent written and oral communication skills, and

·         Ability to be a team player.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

·         Regional scale modeling experience (ROMS, Delft3d, ADCIRC, etc.), and

·         Prior record of publications and presentations.

 

To apply, send a one-page letter of motivation, CV, copy of transcripts and contact information for 3 references to kimberly....@maine.edu by February 24th, 2022.