The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University is accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in Urban Stormwater Management: Green, Blue and Grey Solutions. The preferred start date is January 2025, but spring and summer 2025 start dates will also be considered, with a duration of 12 months, with the possibility of renewal up to a three-year period. The postdoctoral fellow will conduct research related to low-impact development and stormwater management systems, including green roofs, stormwater management ponds, bioretention and permeable pavement.
Department Background Information
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University (located in Ottawa, Canada). More information is available here: https://carleton.ca/cee/
Research Project Overview
The postdoctoral fellow will have the opportunity to develop research investigating real-time quantity and quality data systems, green infrastructure technologies design and performance, and operation and maintenance practices. Opportunities exist to design and implement your own experiments related to green, blue and grey stormwater infrastructure and publish research leveraging ongoing or past experimental work produced by Dr. Drake’s lab.
Research Project Supervisor and Principal Investigator
Prof. Drake in a Canada Research Chair Tier II – Stormwater and Low Impact Development. She has distinguished herself as one of Canada’s leading experts in stormwater management, low-impact development (LID) and green infrastructure. Her work draws heavily on principles of sustainability, best management practices and holistic, interdisciplinary design, and she has made significant contributions that have advanced stormwater design, operations, and maintenance for the unique climate and urban environments of Canadian cities. Dr. Drake is distinctive in that her research has advanced the state of knowledge for a broad and diverse range of stormwater systems, including conventional conveyance and end-of-pipe controls, vegetated or living infrastructure and infiltration-based technologies.
Salary
The postdoctoral fellow will be offered a salary of $75,000 per annum, with the additional ability to opt into an extended health and dental benefits plan. The postdoc will be considered unionized and will be a member of PSAC Local 77000. Information on this bargaining unit can be found here: https://psac77000.ca/.
Position Duties and Responsibilities
The incumbent of this position will, under the direction of Dr. Drake, be responsible for leading the research activities of the project, including but not limited to the following core responsibilities:
- project coordination
- sensor calibration and validation in a laboratory analysis
- (e.g. lab work with HYPROP, KSat, sieve analysis)
- fieldwork on green roofs
- Operating field equipment and completing field work(e.g. precipitation gauges, flow meters, soil moisture sensors etc.)
- Designing and building experimental set-ups (e.g. green roof testbeds, bioretention mesocolumns etc.)
- data analysis with scripting languages (e.g. R, Python, MATLAB)
- Report and paper writing
Job Requirements
- A doctoral degree in Engineering (Civil, Environmental, Water Resources, Electrical), Environmental Sciences, Physical Soil Sciences or a related field.
- Hands on experience completing fieldwork, operating environmental monitoring equipment or working in an environmental laboratory environment.
Valuable Skills & Experience
- Preferences will be given to candidates with strong quantitative skills and a proven publication record in one or more of the following areas: green infrastructure, low-impact development, stormwater systems, soil science, environmental soil physics, real-time data and sensors.
- Hands-on experience completing field research studies and experience working with environmental monitoring equipment, soil analysis methods and equipment, environmental data sensors and loggers (e.g. , Onset, Campbell Scientific, )
- Experience managing large inter-related environmental datasets and using a scripting language(s) such as Python, R or MATLAB would be an asset.
Accommodations and Accessibility
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About Carleton University:
Carleton University is a dynamic and innovative research and teaching institution with a
national and international reputation as a leader in collaborative teaching and learning, research
and governance. To learn more about our university and the City of Ottawa, please visit
www.carleton.ca/provost.
Carleton University is committed to fostering diversity within its community as a source of
excellence, cultural enrichment, and social strength. We welcome those who would contribute
to the further diversification of our university including, but not limited to: women; visible
minorities; First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples; persons with disabilities; and persons of
any sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression. Carleton understands that career
paths vary. Legitimate career interruptions will in no way prejudice the assessment process and
their impact will be taken into careful consideration.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. If contacted for an interview, please inform us should accommodation be required,
and arrangements will be made in a timely manner. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.
How to Apply
Candidates who would like to apply for this fellowship opportunity are invited to submit their cover letter along with a resume/CV to Jennifer Drake at jennifer.drake@carleton.ca. Contact information for a minimum of 2 references. References will only be contacted in case of short-listing.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.