Post-Doctoral Associate in the Center for Sand Hazards and Opportunities in Resilience, Energy, and Sustainability (SHORES) - Dr. Mostafa Mobasher

The Center for Sand Hazards and Opportunities in Resilience, Energy, and Sustainability (SHORES) and the Division of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, seek to recruit a Postdoctoral Associate to work on a fascinating project focused on the development machine-learning powered digital twin system for the structural performance of civil engineering structures. The project is a collaboration between multiple research groups led primarily by Professor Tarek Abdoun and Professor Mostafa Mobasher. It involves a diverse range of activities including: structural and geotechnical modeling, machine-learning model development, structural sensing and health monitoring, conducting physical experiments, and validation of computational models.

A successful applicant must have a PhD in Civil Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, or Mechanical Engineering, and is still within their first 5 years since receiving their PhD.

Applicants are expected to demonstrate research experience in the fields of structural modeling and machine-learning model development.

The terms of employment include highly competitive salary, medical insurance, housing allowance, annual home-leave travel, and educational subsidies for children as well as other benefits.

For consideration, applicants need to submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae with full publication list, statement of research interests and contact information for at least two references, all in PDF format.

If you have any questions, please email Dr.

Mostafa Mobasher at mostafa.mobasher@nyu.edu.

Applications may be submitted on https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/about/careers/postdoctoral-and-research.html.

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