Position Type: Engineering - Civil and Environmental
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Environmental and Water Resources Modeling
University of New Orleans
Job Summary
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New Orleans invites applications for a post-doctoral fellow position in environmental and water resources modeling. The appointment will be for a minimum of one year with the potential for renewal upon satisfactory performance. The position will involve developing new and enhancing existing research programs in environmental and water resources engineering, and it will include the opportunity to engage in undergraduate teaching, as well as graduate and undergraduate student mentoring. The successful candidate will be highly motivated and strongly interested in an academic career that focuses on both teaching and research. He or she will be capable of working both independently and as a team and will be strongly focused on outcomes. This position will report to Dr. John Nicklow.
Required Qualifications
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering or closely related field.
Strong technical writing skills.
Demonstrated progression in developing a strong scholarly research and publication record.
About UNO
The University of New Orleans (UNO) is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduates to earn their college degree, according to The Princeton Review. The Princeton Review features UNO in the new 2020 edition of its college guide, "The Best 385 Colleges."
U.S. News and World Report has ranked UNO in the top 200 engineering colleges in the United States.
UNO is a Carnegie High Research Activity Institution.
For years, U.S. News and World Report has ranked UNO among the national universities whose students graduate with the lightest debt loads.
UNO is located about eight miles from downtown New Orleans in an area offering an outstanding quality of life, dynamic live-music scene, and exceptional cuisine reflecting its history as a melting pot of French, African, and American cultures.
About Civil and Environmental Engineering
The department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at UNO benefits from the support of the university-led initiative to elevate the college to national prominence in education and research, and to help enhance economic development in Louisiana and the entire gulf coast region.
The CEE department has a vibrant and growing ABET-accredited undergraduate Civil Engineering program with more than 200 undergraduate students.
The CEE department offers masters and doctoral degrees through the College of Engineering. UNO is the only university in the New Orleans area offering such degrees in the Civil and Environmental engineering disciplines. UNO recently began offering a new B.S. in Urban Construction Management within the CEE department.
The CEE department has excellent laboratory facilities in the areas of construction management, environmental engineering, hydraulics and coastal engineering, geotechnical engineering, and structural engineering.
The CEE department is proud to offer an outstanding comprehensive environment to faculty who value a well-rounded career path of high-quality student interaction, productive, meaningful research, and rewarding civic engagement. <
