Post-doctoral research position at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

The Energy Technology and Architecture (ETA) Lab and UBC Sustainability Initiative is inviting applications for a post-doctoral research fellowship on the development and application of a MATSim model for The University of British Columbia campus.

UBC is one of the largest universities in North America, one of few with its own permanent residential community, and one of fewer that is administered as its own municipality. The UBC Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) platform allows researchers to use the university’s data and infrastructure as a testing ground for city-scale solutions to grand challenges, such as climate change and the effect of emerging technologies on urban systems. UBC is routinely ranked amongst the top 50 universities in the world (QS Rankings 2019) and was recently ranked number one in the world for taking action to combat climate change and to making cities resilient, safe, and healthy (Times Higher Education 2019).

The post-doctoral fellow will contribute leadership to several pressing questions regarding urban planning at UBC (and Vancouver at large), such as: 1) to what extent can synergies between future electric vehicle charging loads and building energy demand be foreseen and accommodated? 2) what is the optimum location for a mass rapid transit station at UBC campus? 3) can anonymised pedestrian movement data be integrated into a larger agent-based modelling framework that links transportation systems to pedestrian movement to building occupancy? The successful candidate will have ample opportunities to develop high-ranking peer reviewed publications, attend international conferences, develop new proposals, and assist with supervision of graduate students. Further information on the position can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/sfg2peteajwr00b/UBC USI Postdoc_Transport and Energy Modeling_2019.pdf?dl=0. For further enquiries, please contact Professor Adam Rysanek (arysanek /at/ sala.ubc.ca). The application deadline is May 15, 2019, and the position’s preferred start date is July 1, 2019 (negotiable).