Specialist position as researcher for smart mobility systems

Traffic congestions and safety have been two of main causes for economic losses and causality worldwide. To facilitate the fast transition to emission-free, more efficient and safer transportation systems, the world has witnessed significant advances in emerging transport technologies such as transportation electrification and connected automated vehicles. These emerging technologies are promising panacea to renovate current mobility systems and significantly contribute to transition to more sustainable mobility systems. However, these new techniques bring not only opportunities but also challenges. There are many theoretical, technical and practical issues that need to be addressed to put these new technologies or techniques to good use.

The research within the position will focus on advancing one or several aspects of aforementioned new challenges. The successful candidate for this position will explore the key questions for facilitating transportation electrification, connected automation in transportation systems or integration of the two technologies. The specific topics (but not limited to) could be:
1, Optimizing infrastructure deployment, network design and scheduling for electric vehicles (both private car and public transits).
2, Control and management for connected electric vehicles at the traffic flow and trajectory levels.

Information about the research group:
The researcher will be in Urban Mobility Systems research group, a research group within Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering in Chalmers University of Technology. The group was established in 2018. Since its foundation, the lab has received valuable support from Chalmers civil engineering department, Areas of Advance Transport Chalmers, Swedish Innovation Agency, Swedish Energy Agency, and EU, and developed close collaborations with major industry partners, such as WSP, Volvo Group and RISE etc. In the past few years, the group has been actively working on those topics. The collective effort has resulted in a number of high-quality research papers, over 50 million SEK research grants, and newly developed international collaborations. The researcher on offer will join the team to advance sustainable mobility systems, with scrupulous guidance and supportive helps from senior researchers.

Major responsibilities
Your major responsibility as researcher is to perform your own research under the strategic themes of the research group. You are expected to develop your own scientific concepts and communicate the results of your research orally and verbally. Another important aspect involves collaboration within academia and with society at large. You will also teach, supervise and apply for research funding to support further development. 

Contract terms
Full-time employment.

Qualifications
To be qualified for this position, you must have a PhD level degree in one of the following relevant fields: Transportation engineering; Operation research; Mathematics; Electrical engineering; Automatic controls; Computer science; or other subjects that fit the requirements of the position.

- Excellent oral and writing and communication skills in English. Swedish is a merit but not mandatory.
- Strong professional/educational background in the mentioned relevant fields.
- Strong and long-term commitment and self-motivation to academic work/career.
- Mathematic knowledge; background about optimization, statistics and algebra.

We offer
Chalmers offers a cultivating and inspiring working environment in the coastal city of Gothenburg. 
Read more about working at Chalmers and our benefits for employees.

Chalmers aims to actively improve our gender balance. We work broadly with equality projects, for example the GENIE Initiative on gender equality for excellence. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Application procedure
The application should be marked with Ref 20220641 and written in English. The application should be sent electronically and be attached as pdf-files, as below:

CV: (Please name the document as: CV, Surname, Ref.number) including:
• CV, include complete list of publications
• Previous teaching and pedagogical experiences
• Two references that we can contact.

Personal letter: (Please name the document as: Personal letter, Family name, Ref. number)
1-3 pages where you:
• Introduce yourself
• Describe your previous research fields and main research results
• Describe your future goals and future research focus

Other documents:
• Attested copies of completed education, grades and other certificates.

Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form. The files may be compressed (zipped).

Application deadline: 28-12-2022

For questions, please contact:
Lars Rosen, Professor, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
E-mail: lars.rosen@chalmers.se 

Kun Gao, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
E-mail: gkun@chalmers.se

*** Chalmers declines to consider all offers of further announcement publishing or other types of support for the recruiting process in connection with this position. *** 
   


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