Position: PhD position in Water Resources Planning and Management
Employer
Singapore University of Technology and Design
The Singapore University of Technology and Design is Singapore’s fourth autonomous university, established in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. SUTD’s mission is to advance knowledge and nurture technically grounded leaders and innovators to serve societal needs. This is accomplished with a focus on design, through an integrated multi-disciplinary curriculum and multi-disciplinary research. The university is rapidly expanding its education and research footprint and is home to several world-class research centers. The university recently moved to a new state of the art campus.
Homepage: https://www.sutd.edu.sg
Location: Singapore
Sector: Academic
Relevant divisions:
Climate: Past, Present & Future (CL)
Energy, Resources and the Environment (ERE)
Hydrological Sciences (HS)
Type: Full time
Level: Student / Graduate / Internship
Salary: Open
Preferred education: Master
Application deadline: 15 May 2022
Posted: 22 March 2022
Job description
The Resilient Water Systems Group (Singapore University of Technology and Design) offers one PhD position in areas broadly related to water resources management, multi-sector dynamics, optimization and control of large-scale infrastructure. Potential topics of research include:
- Managing Southeast Asia’s climate-water-energy-food systems in a changing climate;
- Designing sustainable power grid interconnections for ASEAN countries: integration amid the water-energy nexus;
- Linking past, present, and future hydro-climatic variability to water and energy management.
Applicants must hold a Bachelors and/or Masters degree in engineering, science, or applied mathematics, with a good academic background in hydrology, optimization, and statistics/probability.
The start time is mid-September 2022. All scholarships include full tuition fees and a competitive compensation. Selected candidates with an outstanding academic profile will be granted additional funding support for international conferences and overseas research attachments.
How to apply
Applications are due on May 15, 2022. To apply, please contact Dr. Stefano Galelli or visit the Resilient Water Systems Group’s website. For additional information on SUTD’s Graduate School, visit http://esd.sutd.edu.sg/academics/phd-program/.
