MS/PhD Opening | Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering | University of Alberta | Ed[...]

Bhabona; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking passionate MSc/PhD students to join an innovative research hub focused on making technology more inclusive. This exciting opportunity involves engaging with cutting-edge projects that aim to enhance the safety and productivity of construction workers through advanced technologies like AI, human sensing, and digital twins. Students will contribute to research that addresses the needs of diverse individuals in built environments. If you're motivated by the challenge of inclusivity and have a strong desire to expand your knowledge, this role offers a unique chance to impact society positively while pursuing your academic goals.

Qualifications

• Strong empathy, motivation for research, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
• Research and leadership experiences demonstrating these qualities.

Responsibilities

• Engage in research projects focused on safety and productivity in construction.
• Explore technologies for equitable and inclusive environments.

Skills

Empathy to humans

Desire to expand knowledge

Motivation for conducting research

Valuing diversity, equality, and inclusion

Research experience

Leadership experience

Job description

Dr. Gaang Lee

Recruitment for Fully Funded MSc/PhD Students
Attentive Hub, Hole School of Construction Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
Does technology benefit all equally? Well, not really. Technology spreads unevenly; there are those who cannot easily approach technology for diverse reasons (e.g., construction workers, first responders in harsh work environments where technology cannot be readily deployed, older adults and other marginalized people with lack of digital competence) and from there, a new dimension of exclusion (technological exclusion) has been happening in our society.
Attentive Hub ponders how technology can be more inclusive. Our focus is on our daily surroundings, such as workplaces, buildings, parks, roads, and sidewalks, where the colors of our lives are determined; we are deploying technologies that enable those daily surroundings to be equitably attentive to all the diverse individuals' needs and feelings so that the surroundings can be safe, healthy, comfortable, and truly inclusive. To achieve this goal, we attend to up-to-current trends in technologies, such as human sensing, AI, robots, extended reality, and digital twins, and integrate them with psychophysiological and socio-cognitive theories. Now I am looking for students who want to join this endeavor from July/September 2024.

Qualifications

• Empathy to humans
• Genuine desire to know and expand knowledge
• Solid motivation for conducting research
• Mindset and behavior valuing diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI)
• Research, work, and leadership experiences proving the above qualities

The examples of the research projects students will be involved in are:

• Psychophysiological monitoring for construction workers' safety and productivity
• Trustable robots to maximize human-robot collaboration performance
• Psychophysiological monitoring for equitable and inclusive built environments
• Extended reality and biosensing in understanding/improving human experience in construction and built environments
• Digital twins and reinforcement learning for continuously updating what-if simulations

How to apply:

Please email to the hub leader, Dr. Gaang Lee ([e-mail]) by December 1, 2023. Please include a CV with a brief explanation of why you are the right fit for Attentive Hub.

About University

The University of Alberta (UofA) stands as one of the top universities in North America, distinguished for its remarkable research achievements across various university rankings. In particular, the construction engineering and management program at UofA is renowned on a global scale, solidifying its reputation as one of the finest worldwide.