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Applicants are invited to contact the project leader / potential supervisor by email for further information.

Qualification Requirement

Post	Requirement
Research Fellow	A doctoral degree in a related discipline with at least 3 years of postdoctoral research experience or equivalent qualifications and experience.
Postdoctoral Fellow	A doctoral degree or an equivalent qualification in a related discipline and must have no more than 5 years of post‐qualification experience at the time of application.
Research Associate	A master’s degree or a good honours degree in a related discipline with 3 or more years of research/relevant work experience.
Research Assistant	An honours degree or an equivalent qualification in a related discipline.
PhD student	Admission Requirement

Environmental Engineering Unit

Project Leader	Posts available	Research Area	Additional requirements	Contact Email
Dr LEU Shao-yuan Ben	Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant / PhD Student	Biological treatment Lignocellulosic biomass Biorefinery	Ph.D./M.S./B.S. Major in Engineering, Nature Science, or Chemistry (part-time offer may be considered to B.S. or M.S. students)	syleu@polyu.edu.hk
Prof. POON Chi-sun	Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant / PhD Student	Sustainable construction materials Concrete technology Waste management	PhD/MSc in the construction materials, cement and concrete or environmental science	cecspoon@polyu.edu.hk
Dr SZE Nang-ngai Tony	Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant / PhD Student	Traffic safety Statistical model Driving simulator study Travel behaviour Transport policy	Knowledge or experience in GIS is desired	tony.nn.sze@polyu.edu.hk

Geotechnical Engineering Unit

Project Leader	Posts available	Research Area	Additional requirements	Contact Email
Dr CHEN Wenbo	Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant / PhD Student	Macro- and Micro- Characterization of Geomaterials Mechanical-chemical Treatment of Soil Soils Application of new materials and techniques in Geotechnical Engineering	PhD/MSc/BEng in Geotechnical/ Civil Engineering	wb.chen@polyu.edu.hk
Dr LEUNG Yat-fai Andy	Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Assistant / PhD Student	Interaction between Foundation and Superstructure Optical Fibre Strain Sensing Spatial Variability of Soil Properties	N/A	andy.yf.leung@polyu.edu.hk
Prof. YIN Jian-hua	Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant / PhD Student	Testing Study and Constitutive Modelling of Behaviour of Soils and Soft Soil Improvement Smart Monitoring of Geotechnical Structures Using Optical Fibre Sensors Analyses of Consolidation Settlements and Geotechnical Structures	PhD/MSc/BEng in Geotechnical/ Civil Engineering or a Degree in Sensor Design and Manufacturing	cejhyin@polyu.edu.hk

Hydraulic Engineering Unit

Project Leader	Posts available	Research Area	Additional requirements	Contact Email
Dr KERAMAT Alireza	PhD Student	Statistical Analysis and Signal Processing Fluid-Structure Interaction Defect Detection Haemodynamics Numerical Methods	N/A	alireza.keramat@polyu.edu.hk
Dr Wang Jinghua	Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate/ PhD Student	Floating building; Coastal flooding; Coastal disaster mitigation; Ocean wave renewable; Offshore wind renewable; Nonlinear water waves.	For PhD student, the candidate should hold a Bachelor or Master degree in Coastal or Ocean Engineering with a good overall GPA (above 3.5/4) at a recognized university. For applicants who do not have a degree for which English was the language of instruction are required to fulfil the University's minimum English language requirements for admission (IELTS 6.5+ or equivalent). For Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate, experienced candidates with proficiency in the followings will be preferably considered: SCHISM-WWMIII (or equivalent); OpenFOAM; HOS model with proficiency in Fortran or C++; PIV experiments.	jinghua.wang@polyu.edu.hk

Structural Engineering Unit

Project Leader	Posts available	Research Area	Additional requirements	Contact Email
Dr LIU Siwei	Postdoctoral Fellow	Steel Structures Cold-formed Steel Structures Second-order Direct Analysis	PhD in Structural or Mechanical Engineering Strong knowledge in Mathematics, Finite Element Method and Numerical Analysis	si-wei.liu@polyu.edu.hk
Dr LIU Siwei	PhD Student	Computational Structural Mechanics	With a Master degree in Civil, Structural or Mechanical Engineering Strong knowledge in Mathematics, Finite Element Method and Numerical Analysis Programming skills with Python, NumPy and PyQT Experience of software development is preferred	si-wei.liu@polyu.edu.hk
Dr BI Kaiming	Postdoctoral Fellow / PhD Student	The candidates with strong background in metamaterials, floating offshore structures, impact engineering, structural vibration control, green materials, earthquake engineering, modular structures and machine learning are preferred.	The expected starting time is fall 2023. The candidate should at least hold a Bachelor’s degree with First Class Honours (or equivalent qualification), conferred by a recognised university. The candidate should also meet the following English requirement: An overall score of at least 6.5 in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS); OR A Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 80 or above for the Internet-based test or 550 or above for the paper-based test. The undergraduate university should be QS/THE/ARWU World Top-500 Universities or Top-150 Subjects; GPA>3.2/4.0	kaiming.bi@polyu.edu.hk

Transportation & Construction Unit

Project Leader	Posts available	Research Area	Additional requirements	Contact Email
Prof. CHEN Anthony	Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant /	Integrated Strategic and Operational Planning for the Urban Transportation-Electricity Megasystem	Transportation systems modelling Energy systems modelling Optimization methods Computing skills	anthony.chen@polyu.edu.hk
Dr LENG Zhen	Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant / PhD Student	Sustainable Pavement Materials and Technologies Nondestructive Evaluation of Infrastructure Life Cycle Assessment	Candidates with relevant background on civil engineering, polymer materials, chemistry, environment, and nondestructive testing are welcome.	zhen.leng@polyu.edu.hk
Dr MA Wei	Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant / PhD Student	Data-driven Modeling and Optimization Machine Learning and Data Mining Large-scale Dynamic Traffic Modeling Autonomous Systems Urban Computing Smart Cities	Familiar with at least one programming language Have solid math, optimization, transportation, data mining, or machine learning backgrounds	wei.w.ma@polyu.edu.hk
Dr Jacqueline Lo	Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant / PhD Student	Innovation Management and Performance Evaluations Data-driven Multi-criterion Decision-making Smart Transportation Management Systems Smart Cities Pedestrian and Crowd Simulations for Smart Infrastructure and Urban Planning Industrialized Construction	Candidates with relevant background in civil engineering, construction management are welcome Have solid math, optimization, machine learning, or construction management backgrounds	jacqueline.lo@polyu.edu.hk

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