1.Summary
We are looking for Post-doctoral Fellows to work on projects on computational contact mechanics/computational mechanics. The Post-doctoral Fellows will be stationed at the China-Singapore International Joint Research Institute (CSIJRI) and South China University of Technology (SCUT) in Guangzhou, China. The Post-doctoral Fellows will be funded by the CSIJRI and local government and receive competitive salary and benefit packages. The Post-doctoral Fellows will be working with Professor Shiping Huang and Professor Enrique Zuazua.
2.Projects
（1）Computational Contact Mechanics/Computational Mechanics
This project aims to develop the theory and numerical implementation of computational contact mechanics/ computational mechanics.
Requirements: The candidate should hold a Ph.D. degree (with Ph.D. degree no longer than 3 years) in related areas such as civil engineering, mechanical engineering or mechanics. The candidate should be familiar with numerical method for PDE (Partial Differential Equation) such as Finite Element method, Boundary Element method and Finite difference method.
Location: Guangzhou, China
Number of positions: 2
Salary: About 350,000 RMB per year
Research period: two years
Start time: start immediately
Supervisor: Prof. Shiping Huang and Prof. Enrique Zuazua
Contact: ctasihuang@scut.edu.cn; enrique.zuazua@fau.de
(2) Intelligent structural health monitoring sensors
This project aims to develop smart sensors in structural health monitoring such as vibration sensors, strain sensors or image sensors.
Requirements: The candidate should hold a Ph.D. degree (with Ph.D. degree no longer than 3 years) in related areas such as civil engineering, computer science or electronic engineering. The candidates who are familiar with C++, PCB design are preferred.
Number of positions: 2
Salary: About 350,000 RMB per year
Research period: two years
Start time: start immediately
Supervisor: Prof. Shiping Huang and Prof. Enrique Zuazua
Contact: ctasihuang@scut.edu.cn; enrique.zuazua@fau.de
3.Supervisors
（1）Professor Shiping Huang
Email: ctasihuang@scut.edu.cn
Prof. Shiping Huang has been with South China University of Technology since 2011. He received his bachelor degree at South China University of Technology in 2002. Then he went to Southeast University for his mater degree, majoring in structural engineering. He finished his Ph.D degree in civil engineering at the University of Kansas in 2011. From 2014 to 2016, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at John’s Hopkins University.
Dr.Huang currently is an associate professor in civil engineering. Dr.Huang’s research interests include computational mechanics, experimental mechanics and structural health monitoring. He has received over 7 million RMB research funding, including 3 NSFC projects （served as a PI）. He published more than 40 peer-reviewed articles，5 patents and 15 softwares.
（2）Professor Enrique Zuazua
Email: enrique.zuazua@fau.de
Prof. Enrique Zuazua (Eibar, Basque Country – Spain, 1961) holds an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship at the Friedrich–Alexander University (FAU), Erlangen–Nürnberg (Germany). He is also the Director of the Chair of Computational Mathematics at Deusto Foundation, Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao (Basque Country-Spain) where he leads the research team funded by the ERC – European Research Council Advanced Grant “DyCon: Dynamic Control”. He is also a Professor of Applied Mathematics since 2001 in the Department of Mathematics of the UAM - Autonomous University of Madrid where he holds a Strategic Chair.
His fields of expertise in the area of Applied Mathematics cover topics related with Partial Differential Equations, Systems Control and Numerical Analysis. His work in the interface between Control Systems Theory and Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing has led to some fruitful collaboration with different industrial sectors such as the optimal shape design in aeronautics and the management of electrical and water distribution networks. He is the editor in chief of the Journal Mathematical Control and Related Fields, the coordinator of the BCAM – SpringerBriefs Series and member of the editorial committee on many Journals and scientific committees.
4.About the CSIJRI
Witnessed by the Chinese President Xi Jinping and Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the China-Singapore International Joint Research Institute is an important technology collaboration platform jointly set up by the China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City Administrative Committee (CSGKC Administrative Committee), South China University of Technology (SCUT), Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) and SSGKC Investment and Development Co., Ltd (GKC Co). The institute is located in Guangzhou Knowledge City, home to many world-class resources for the international collaboration.
Guided by demand, CSIJRI will bring in advanced technologies and top talents from SCUT, NTU Singapore and renowned universities and research institutes home and abroad. An innovative model of ‘Openness, Diversity, Dynamics and Efficiency’ has been established through innovations in mechanism and technology. Such innovative model will further enhance the vitality and creativity in research, and accelerate the local application of advanced and mature international technologies and products. In line with the pivotal IAB and NEM industries in Guangzhou city, the Institute established 6 R&D platforms: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Life and Health, New Energy, New Materials, Green Buildings and Smart Cities, Pollution Control and Environment Restoration. It has also successfully kick-started several international joint commercialisation projects, incubated and introduced a batch of high-tech start-ups.
Leveraging the massive support from the local governments and the various sectors in the society, CSIJRI has attracted world’s top talents and resources. It strives to build a world-class R&D institute integrating technological innovation, incubation and commercialisation and targets to become the key engine to the innovation-driven industrial development of CSGKC so as to further enhance the internationalisation of research and talents in both countries and the region and facilitate knowledge transfer and technological advancement worldwide.
5.About South China University of Technology
South China University of Technology (SCUT) is a top research university in Southern China listed under China’s “Double World Class” project as a Category-A University. Its engineering programme is placed at the 22nd by the “Academic Ranking of World Universities”. Patent technology transfer indicators placed 1st in the national ranking; SCUT has 9 disciplines entered top 1% on the ESI global list, its engineering, materials science, chemistry and agricultural science are among the ESI global top 1‰.
