Full professor/Associate professor

Full professor/Associate professor in Indoor environment and climate technology


Information about the research and the department
The Division of Building Services Engineering is one of the seven research divisions within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Building Services Engineering has a dedicated and balanced staff of senior teachers, researchers and PhD students (employed and external), and a well equipped laboratory.

Building Services Engineering comprises the requirements on the indoor environment, such as thermal comfort, air quality, etc. It also includes design of the technical systems for heating, ventilation and air coonditioning (HVAC), including components and control systems. Furthermore, Building Services Engineering also comprises the requirements on building energy performance, as well as energy supply systems (district heating, heat pumps, solar energy, etc.) to the extent their designs are influenced by the technical systems in the building or vice versa. Building Services Engineering is based on basic thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid dynamics and psychrometrics. Our main focus is the indoor environment and energy used in buildings, but our education and research also covers other spaces that need a certain indoor environment, e.g. cars, operating theaters, etc. 

Our teaching and research involves all topics mentioned above. Our courses are taught in one engineering programme (3 years) and in two master programmes (2 years). On average, one PhD candidate graduates within Building Services Engineering per year; this is intended to be kept or increased.

Major responsibilities
We are strenghtening the division with a new professor who will lead the research and education. The successful candidate for this position wants to take the opportunity, and has the capacity, to take our research area into the next decade. As professor, you are expected to play a leading role in research and education in indoor environment and climate technology.

The main responsibilities of the position include:
- To develop and lead the area of research
- To collaborate with industry and society as well as within academia, in Sweden and internationally
- To apply for and attract research funding and to lead research projects
- To supervise PhD students as principal supervisor, and to be examiner
- To collaborate on development and teaching in courses on all levels of our education, and to supervise degree projects

Service activities at division and/or department level may also be included.

Position summary
The position is a full-time permanent employment as Professor. If all requirements for a full professorship are not fulfilled, but the candidate is expected to meet the requirements within a few years, an associate professorship can be an alternative.

Qualifications
The position as professor requires scientific expertise within the field on a very high level from an international perspective. You must have the ability to assume a leading role for research in your field. You have good leadership and cooperation skills. Since your own research and that of PhD students is primarily funded by external sources, we assume you can successfully apply for external funding. Experience from research and development in industry or the public sector and demonstrated innovation capacity are meritorious. More in detail, the following qualifications are required:

- Proven track record of, and high potential for high quality scientific research, as evidenced by publication records.
- Capability and creativity to develop the research area building services engineering at Chalmers to become internationally successful and distinguished, and to support the development of related Swedish enterprises.
- Documented capability to attract and lead large projects with national and international partners.
- Well documented educational skills and experience from teaching and development of education on different levels. For this reason, we place a great deal of emphasis on your pedagogical portfolio. The position requires a minimum of 15 higher education credits in teaching and learning in higher education, or corresponding expertise.
- Well documented ability to examine and supervise PhD and master's students.
- a PhD degree in a relevant research area.

The applicant is expected to have research experience on indoor environment and climate technology - heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Established international contacts is of high value, and international work is a merit. Experience from laboratory and field work is a merit and also work experience related to engineering, e.g. as consultant.

The position requires sound verbal and written communication skills in Swedish and English. If Swedish is not your native language, you must be able to teach in Swedish on undergraduate level after two years. Chalmers offers Swedish courses.

Chalmers continuously strives to be an attractive employer. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Application procedure
The application should be marked with Ref 20160352 and written in English.
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Application deadline: 19 March, 2017