Research Assistant Professor in Building Energy/Building Environment/Building Safety & Resilience

THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a government-funded tertiary institution in Hong Kong. It offers programmes at various levels including Doctorate, Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees. It has a full-time academic staff strength of around 1,200. The total annual consolidated expenditure budget of the University is in excess of HK$7.6 billion.

DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY ENGINEERING

Research Assistant Professor in Building Energy/ Building Environment/ Building Safety and Resilience(three posts) (Ref. 221024003)

PolyU is one of the world’s leading institutions of Higher Education and provides exceptional research, teaching and living environments in one of the world’s greatest cities. The Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering (BEEE) contributes to PolyU’s QS world university ranking by Subject 2022 of 15th in the subject area of Architecture and Built Environment and 15th in the subject area of Civil and Structural Engineering.  BEEE currently leads the “quality of research performance and of research postgraduate experience”. BEEE is one of the constituent departments of the Faculty of Construction and Environment, and offers a full range of programmes leading to the awards of Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Philosophy, Master of Engineering, Master of Science, Bachelor of Engineering and Higher Diploma. Currently there are 44 research staff and 83 research students (82 studying for PhD), over 350 full-time / part-time Master’s students and an undergraduate student body of over 300 full-time students. BEEE currently has 30 full-time academic/teaching staff members engaging in a wide range of research activities organised in the following three themes:

Building Energy: Energy issues in buildings addressed in the context of both demand and supply to improve sustainability of the built environment.

uilding Environment: Optimisation of buildings and built environments for thermal comfort, indoor air quality, visual / spatial and vibration / acoustic aspects to improve occupant health and productivity.

Building Safety and Resilience: Protection of building occupants from hazards such as fire and lightning to improve safety and resilience of communities, buildings and built environments.

The University and the Department strongly encourage a multi-cultural environment regarding both the staff and student body composition. Please visit the website at https://www.polyu.edu.hk/beee/ for further information about the Department.

The Department is looking for internationally excellent candidates in our research theme of Building Environment / Building Energy / Building Safety and Resilience.

Duties

The appointees will be required to:

(a)   initiate, lead and participate in scholarly research in his/her area of expertise and be active in research leading to quality journal publications and in bidding for external research grants and applied research projects;  

(b)   conduct research in related areas and contribute to the development of the Department’s research strength;  

(c)   undertake teaching duties at various levels;  

(d)   provide leadership in developing a programme, a subject discipline or a research programme, etc.;  

(e)   undertake relevant administrative duties; and  

(f)   perform any other duties as assigned by the Head of Department or his/her delegates.  

Qualifications

Applicants should:

(a)   have a doctoral degree in an appropriate related discipline;  

(b)   have relevant postdoctoral research experience (as supported by evidence of research projects and outputs) with teaching experience in related disciplines and subjects being a definite advantage;  

(c)   have an outstanding publication record in referred journals, and demonstrate good potential in bidding for research grants as well as in establishing significant externally funded research programmes;  

(d)   have strong commitment to excellence in teaching and research;  

(e)   be able to demonstrate effective classroom teaching skills and have good interpersonal skills; and  

(f)   have an excellent command of English.  

The applicants should demonstrate strong potential to be internationally prominent through a track record of excellent research in the areas of Building Environment / Building Energy. They should contribute to the development and delivery of degree programmes; should demonstrate the ability to teach in engineering design relevant to their technical specialisation; and should have been involved in major research projects.

Applicants should be able to conduct research and teach subjects related to Building Environment / Building Energy / Building Safety and Resilience.

Conditions of Service

A highly competitive package including a medical benefits plan and a gratuity payable upon completion of the term which is normally for three years initially, with possibility of extension for another three years.

Application

Please submit an application through PolyU’s career website (https://jobs.polyu.edu.hk/rap ). Consideration of applications will commence on 24 November 2022 until the positions are filled. The University’s Personal Information Collection Statement for recruitment can be found at https://www.polyu.edu.hk/hro/careers/pics_for_recruitment/ .

PolyU is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, ethnicity, nationality, family status or physical or mental disabilities.

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